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del Caño-Ochoa F, Ng BG, Rubio-del-Campo A, Mahajan S, Wilson MP, Vilar M, Rymen D, Sánchez-Pintos P, Kenny J, Martos ML, Campos T, Wortmann SB, Freeze HH, Ramón-Maiques S. Beyond genetics: Deciphering the impact of missense variants in CAD deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 2023; 46:1170-1185. [PMID: 37540500 PMCID: PMC10838372 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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CAD is a large, 2225 amino acid multienzymatic protein required for de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. Pathological CAD variants cause a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy which is highly responsive to uridine supplements. CAD deficiency is difficult to diagnose because symptoms are nonspecific, there is no biomarker, and the protein has over 1000 known variants. To improve diagnosis, we assessed the pathogenicity of 20 unreported missense CAD variants using a growth complementation assay that identified 11 pathogenic variants in seven affected individuals; they would benefit from uridine treatment. We also tested nine variants previously reported as pathogenic and confirmed the damaging effect of seven. However, we reclassified two variants as likely benign based on our assay, which is consistent with their long-term follow-up with uridine. We found that several computational methods are unreliable predictors of pathogenic CAD variants, so we extended the functional assay results by studying the impact of pathogenic variants at the protein level. We focused on CAD's dihydroorotase (DHO) domain because it accumulates the largest density of damaging missense changes. The atomic-resolution structures of eight DHO pathogenic variants, combined with functional and molecular dynamics analyses, provided a comprehensive structural and functional understanding of the activity, stability, and oligomerization of CAD's DHO domain. Combining our functional and protein structural analysis can help refine clinical diagnostic workflow for CAD variants in the genomics era.
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- Francisco del Caño-Ochoa
- Structure of Macromolecular Targets Unit. Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC. Valencia, Spain
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- Human Genetics Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Structure of Macromolecular Targets Unit. Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC. Valencia, Spain
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- Human Genetics Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit. Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC. Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics - Center for Metabolic Diseases, University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium
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- Unidad de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de Enfermedades Metabólicas Congénitas. C.S.U.R. de Enfermedades Metabólicas. MetabERN. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), La Coruña, Spain
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- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Ireland
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit. Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
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- Reference Center of Inherited Metabolic Diseases of Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- University Children’s Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Salzburg, Austria
- Amalia Children’s Hospital, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Human Genetics Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Structure of Macromolecular Targets Unit. Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC. Valencia, Spain
- Group 739, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER)–Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Valencia, Spain
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Meelua W, Wanjai T, Thinkumrob N, Oláh J, Cairns JRK, Hannongbua S, Ryde U, Jitonnom J. A computational study of the reaction mechanism and stereospecificity of dihydropyrimidinase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:8767-8778. [PMID: 36912034 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05262h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
Abstract
Dihydropyrimidinase (DHPase) is a key enzyme in the pyrimidine pathway, the catabolic route for synthesis of β-amino acids. It catalyses the reversible conversion of 5,6-dihydrouracil (DHU) or 5,6-dihydrothymine (DHT) to the corresponding N-carbamoyl-β-amino acids. This enzyme has the potential to be used as a tool in the production of β-amino acids. Here, the reaction mechanism and origin of stereospecificity of DHPases from Saccharomyces kluyveri and Sinorhizobium meliloti CECT4114 were investigated and compared using a quantum mechanical cluster approach based on density functional theory. Two models of the enzyme active site were designed from the X-ray crystal structure of the native enzyme: a small cluster to characterize the mechanism and the stationary points and a large model to probe the stereospecificity and the role of stereo-gate-loop (SGL) residues. It is shown that a hydroxide ion first performs a nucleophilic attack on the substrate, followed by the abstraction of a proton by Asp358, which occurs concertedly with protonation of the ring nitrogen by the same residue. For the DHT substrate, the enzyme displays a preference for the L-configuration, in good agreement with experimental observation. Comparison of the reaction energetics of the two models reveals the importance of SGL residues in the stereospecificity of catalysis. The role of the conserved Tyr172 residue in transition-state stabilization is confirmed as the Tyr172Phe mutation increases the activation barrier of the reaction by ∼8 kcal mol-1. A detailed understanding of the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme could offer insight for engineering in order to enhance its activity and substrate scope.
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- Wijitra Meelua
- Demonstration School, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand
- Unit of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science and Catalysis, and Division of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
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- Unit of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science and Catalysis, and Division of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
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- Unit of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science and Catalysis, and Division of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, Budapest H-1111, Hungary
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application and School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Chemical Centre, P.O. Box 124, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Unit of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science and Catalysis, and Division of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
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Vitali J, Nix JC, Newman HE, Colaneri MJ. Crystal structure of Methanococcus jannaschii dihydroorotase. Proteins 2023; 91:91-98. [PMID: 35978488 PMCID: PMC9771888 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this paper, we report the structural analysis of dihydroorotase (DHOase) from the hyperthermophilic and barophilic archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii. DHOase catalyzes the reversible cyclization of N-carbamoyl-l-aspartate to l-dihydroorotate in the third step of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. DHOases form a very diverse family of enzymes and have been classified into types and subtypes with structural similarities and differences among them. This is the first archaeal DHOase studied by x-ray diffraction. Its structure and comparison with known representatives of the other subtypes help define the structural features of the archaeal subtype. The M. jannaschii DHOase is found here to have traits from all subtypes. Contrary to expectations, it has a carboxylated lysine bridging the two Zn ions in the active site, and a long catalytic loop. It is a monomeric protein with a large β sandwich domain adjacent to the TIM barrel. Loop 5 is similar to bacterial type III and the C-terminal extension is long.
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- Jacqueline Vitali
- Department of PhysicsCleveland State UniversityClevelandOhioUSA
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesCleveland State UniversityClevelandOhioUSA
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- Molecular Biology Consortium, Advanced Light SourceLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesCleveland State UniversityClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Chemistry and PhysicsThe State University of New York CollegeOld WestburyNew YorkUSA
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Jiao W, Mittelstädt G, Parker EJ. Precise Positioning of Water Is Critical for Hydrolysis Catalyzed by 5'-Methylthioadenosine Nucleosidase. Biochemistry 2022; 61:1883-1893. [PMID: 35969806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis is a fundamental chemical transformation involved in many essential metabolic processes. The enzyme 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (MTAN) catalyzes the hydrolysis of adenosine-containing metabolites in cysteine and methionine metabolism. Although MTAN enzymes contain highly similar active site architecture and generally follow a dissociative (DN*AN) reaction mechanism, substantial differences in reaction rates and chemical transition state structures have been reported. To understand how subtle changes in sequence and structure give rise to differences in chemistry between homologous enzymes, we have probed the reaction coordinates of two MTAN enzymes using quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical and molecular dynamics simulations combined with experimental methods. We show that the transition state structure and energy are significantly affected by the recruitment and positioning of the catalytic water molecule and that subtle differences in the noncatalytic active site residues alter the environment of the catalytic water, leading to changes in the reaction coordinate and observed reaction rate.
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- Wanting Jiao
- Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Alqahtani SS, Koltai T, Ibrahim ME, Bashir AHH, Alhoufie STS, Ahmed SBM, Molfetta DD, Carvalho TMA, Cardone RA, Reshkin SJ, Hifny A, Ahmed ME, Alfarouk KO. Role of pH in Regulating Cancer Pyrimidine Synthesis. J Xenobiot 2022; 12:158-180. [PMID: 35893264 PMCID: PMC9326563 DOI: 10.3390/jox12030014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Replication is a fundamental aspect of cancer, and replication is about reproducing all the elements and structures that form a cell. Among them are DNA, RNA, enzymes, and coenzymes. All the DNA is doubled during each S (synthesis) cell cycle phase. This means that six billion nucleic acids must be synthesized in each cycle. Tumor growth, proliferation, and mutations all depend on this synthesis. Cancer cells require a constant supply of nucleotides and other macromolecules. For this reason, they must stimulate de novo nucleotide synthesis to support nucleic acid provision. When deregulated, de novo nucleic acid synthesis is controlled by oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes that enable increased synthesis and cell proliferation. Furthermore, cell duplication must be achieved swiftly (in a few hours) and in the midst of a nutrient-depleted and hypoxic environment. This also means that the enzymes participating in nucleic acid synthesis must work efficiently. pH is a critical factor in enzymatic efficiency and speed. This review will show that the enzymatic machinery working in nucleic acid synthesis requires a pH on the alkaline side in most cases. This coincides with many other pro-tumoral factors, such as the glycolytic phenotype, benefiting from an increased intracellular pH. An increased intracellular pH is a perfect milieu for high de novo nucleic acid production through optimal enzymatic performance.
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- Saad Saeed Alqahtani
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia;
- Pharmacy Practice Research Unit, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; (M.E.I.); (A.H.H.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; (M.E.I.); (A.H.H.B.)
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- Medical Laboratories Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Medina 42353, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Biosciences and Chemistry, College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK;
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy; (D.D.M.); (T.M.A.C.); (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy; (D.D.M.); (T.M.A.C.); (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy; (D.D.M.); (T.M.A.C.); (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy; (D.D.M.); (T.M.A.C.); (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Research Center, Zamzam University College, Khartoum 11123, Sudan;
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- Research Center, Zamzam University College, Khartoum 11123, Sudan;
- Alfarouk Biomedical Research LLC, Temple Terrace, FL 33617, USA
- Hala Alfarouk Cancer Center, Khartoum 11123, Sudan
- Correspondence:
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Huang YH, Chiang WY, Chen PJ, Lin ES, Huang CY. Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities of the Root Extract of the Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Sarracenia purpurea. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11131668. [PMID: 35807620 PMCID: PMC9269354 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea exhibits many ethnobotanical uses, including the treatments of type 2 diabetes and tuberculosis-like symptoms. In this study, we prepared different extracts from the leaves (pitchers), stems, and roots of S. purpurea and investigated their antioxidant and anticancer properties. To evaluate the extraction efficiency, we individually used different solvents, namely methanol, ethanol, acetone, and distilled water, for S. purpurea extract preparations. The root extract of S. purpurea, obtained by 100% acetone (S. purpurea-root-acetone), had the highest anticancer activities, antioxidation capacity (the DPPH activity with IC50 of 89.3 ± 2.2 μg/mL), antibacterial activities, total phenolic content (33.4 ± 0.7 mg GAE/g), and total flavonoid content (107.9 ± 2.2 mg QUE/g). The most abundant compounds in S. purpurea-root-acetone were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; 7,8-Dihydro-α-ionone was the major compound present in S. purpurea-root-acetone. In addition, the co-cytotoxicity of S. purpurea-root-acetone (combined with the clinical anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on the survival, apoptosis, proliferation, and migration of the 4T1 mammary carcinoma) was examined. The combination of 5-FU with S. purpurea-root-acetone could be highly efficient for anti-4T1 cells. We also found that S. purpurea-root-acetone could inhibit the enzymatic activity of human dihydroorotase (huDHOase), an attractive target for potential anticancer chemotherapy. The sic most abundant compounds in S. purpurea-root-acetone were tested using an in silico analysis via MOE-Dock software for their binding affinities. The top-ranked docking conformations were observed for 7,8-dihydro-α-ionone and stigmast-5-en-3-ol, suggesting the inhibition potential against huDHOase. Overall, the collective data in this study may indicate the pharmacological potentials of S. purpurea-root-acetone for possible medical applications.
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- Yen-Hua Huang
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 402, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (W.-Y.C.); (P.-J.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 402, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (W.-Y.C.); (P.-J.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 402, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (W.-Y.C.); (P.-J.C.)
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- Department of Beauty Science, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 403, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 402, Taiwan; (Y.-H.H.); (W.-Y.C.); (P.-J.C.)
- Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 402, Taiwan
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Guan HH, Huang YH, Lin ES, Chen CJ, Huang CY. Structural Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dihydroorotase Reveals Molecular Insights into the Tetramerization Mechanism. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237249. [PMID: 34885830 PMCID: PMC8659124 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase), a dimetalloenzyme containing a carbamylated lysine within the active site, is a member of the cyclic amidohydrolase family, which also includes allantoinase (ALLase), dihydropyrimidinase (DHPase), hydantoinase, and imidase. Unlike most known cyclic amidohydrolases, which are tetrameric, DHOase exists as a monomer or dimer. Here, we report and analyze two crystal structures of the eukaryotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae DHOase (ScDHOase) complexed with malate. The structures of different DHOases were also compared. An asymmetric unit of these crystals contained four crystallographically independent ScDHOase monomers. ScDHOase shares structural similarity with Escherichia coli DHOase (EcDHOase). Unlike EcDHOase, ScDHOase can form tetramers, both in the crystalline state and in solution. In addition, the subunit-interacting residues of ScDHOase for dimerization and tetramerization are significantly different from those of other DHOases. The tetramerization pattern of ScDHOase is also different from those of DHPase and ALLase. Based on sequence analysis and structural evidence, we identify two unique helices (α6 and α10) and a loop (loop 7) for tetramerization, and discuss why the residues for tetramerization in ScDHOase are not necessarily conserved among DHOases.
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- Hong-Hsiang Guan
- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 33076, Taiwan;
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan;
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- Department of Beauty Science, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, No.193, Sec.1, San-Min Rd., Taichung City 403, Taiwan;
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- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 33076, Taiwan;
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30043, Taiwan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (C.-J.C.); (C.-Y.H.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan;
- Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (C.-J.C.); (C.-Y.H.)
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Hemkemeyer M, Schwalb SA, Heinze S, Joergensen RG, Wichern F. Functions of elements in soil microorganisms. Microbiol Res 2021; 252:126832. [PMID: 34508963 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The soil microbial community fulfils various functions, such as nutrient cycling and carbon (C) sequestration, therefore contributing to maintenance of soil fertility and mitigation of global warming. In this context, a major focus of research has been on C, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycling. However, from aquatic and other environments, it is well known that other elements beyond C, N, and P are essential for microbial functioning. Nonetheless, for soil microorganisms this knowledge has not yet been synthesised. To gain a better mechanistic understanding of microbial processes in soil systems, we aimed at summarising the current knowledge on the function of a range of essential or beneficial elements, which may affect the efficiency of microbial processes in soil. This knowledge is discussed in the context of microbial driven nutrient and C cycling. Our findings may support future investigations and data evaluation, where other elements than C, N, and P affect microbial processes.
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- Michael Hemkemeyer
- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Institute of Biogenic Resources in Sustainable Food Systems - From Farm to Function, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany.
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Institute of Biogenic Resources in Sustainable Food Systems - From Farm to Function, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science & Soil Ecology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Soil Biology and Plant Nutrition, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstr. 1a, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Institute of Biogenic Resources in Sustainable Food Systems - From Farm to Function, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany
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Guan HH, Huang YH, Lin ES, Chen CJ, Huang CY. Plumbagin, a Natural Product with Potent Anticancer Activities, Binds to and Inhibits Dihydroorotase, a Key Enzyme in Pyrimidine Biosynthesis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6861. [PMID: 34202294 PMCID: PMC8267945 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase) is the third enzyme in the de novo biosynthesis pathway for pyrimidine nucleotides, and an attractive target for potential anticancer chemotherapy. By screening plant extracts and performing GC-MS analysis, we identified and characterized that the potent anticancer drug plumbagin (PLU), isolated from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes miranda, was a competitive inhibitor of DHOase. We also solved the complexed crystal structure of yeast DHOase with PLU (PDB entry 7CA1), to determine the binding interactions and investigate the binding modes. Mutational and structural analyses indicated the binding of PLU to DHOase through loop-in mode, and this dynamic loop may serve as a drug target. PLU exhibited cytotoxicity on the survival, migration, and proliferation of 4T1 cells and induced apoptosis. These results provide structural insights that may facilitate the development of new inhibitors targeting DHOase, for further clinical anticancer chemotherapies.
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- Hong-Hsiang Guan
- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan;
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan;
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- Department of Beauty Science, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, No. 193, Sec.1, San-Min Rd., Taichung City 403, Taiwan;
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- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan;
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30043, Taiwan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan;
- Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City 402, Taiwan
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Guan HH, Huang YH, Lin ES, Chen CJ, Huang CY. Structural basis for the interaction modes of dihydroorotase with the anticancer drugs 5-fluorouracil and 5-aminouracil. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 551:33-37. [PMID: 33714757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase) is the third enzyme in the de novo biosynthesis pathway of pyrimidine nucleotides and considered an attractive target for potential antimalarial, anticancer, and antipathogen chemotherapy. Whether the FDA-approved clinical drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) that is used to target the enzyme thymidylate synthase for anticancer therapy can also bind to DHOase remains unknown. Here, we report the crystal structures of DHOase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScDHOase) complexed with malate, 5-FU, and 5-aminouracil (5-AU). ScDHOase shares structural similarity with Escherichia coli DHOase. We also characterized the binding of 5-FU and 5-AU to ScDHOase by using the fluorescence quenching method. These complexed structures revealed that residues Arg18, Asn43, Thr106, and Ala275 of ScDHOase were involved in the 5-FU (PDB entry 6L0B) and 5-AU binding (PDB entry 6L0F). Overall, these results provide structural insights that may facilitate the development of new inhibitors targeting DHOase and constitute the 5-FU and 5-AU interactomes for further clinical chemotherapies.
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- Hong-Hsiang Guan
- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Beauty Science, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, No.193, Sec.1, San-Min Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No.110, Sec.1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan.
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Screening and Molecular Docking of Novel Benzothiazole Derivatives as Potential Antimicrobial Agents. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9050221. [PMID: 32365587 PMCID: PMC7277330 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9050221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The burden of antibiotic resistance necessitates a continued search for new antimicrobials. We evaluated the antimicrobial activities of novel benzothiazoles synthesized by our group. Antibacterial activity was evaluated in vitro in Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli, while the antifungal activity was tested in Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger, and expressed as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC; µg/mL). MIC values of benzothiazole compounds ranged from 25 to 200 µg/mL. Compounds 3 and 4 gave high antibacterial and moderate antifungal activities, while 10 and 12 showed moderate activity against all tested organisms. In addition, some benzothiazole compounds significantly suppressed the activity of Escherichia coli dihydroorotase and inhibited the dimorphic transition of Candida albicans. Moreover, the active benzothiazole compounds induced DNA and protein leakage in Aspergillus niger spores. Molecular interactions of benzothiazole derivatives with dihydroorotase revealed the formation of hydrogen bonds with the active site residues LEU222 or ASN44. Strong hydrophobic interactions of the bulky thiazole and naphthalene rings at the entrance to the active site might interfere with the access of substrates to their binding sites, which results in dihydroorotase inhibition. Thus, inhibition of dihydroorotase might contribute to the observed antimicrobial actions of these compounds.
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Waterworth SC, Flórez LV, Rees ER, Hertweck C, Kaltenpoth M, Kwan JC. Horizontal Gene Transfer to a Defensive Symbiont with a Reduced Genome in a Multipartite Beetle Microbiome. mBio 2020; 11:e02430-19. [PMID: 32098813 PMCID: PMC7042692 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02430-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Symbiotic mutualisms of bacteria and animals are ubiquitous in nature, running a continuum from facultative to obligate from the perspectives of both partners. The loss of functions required for living independently but not within a host gives rise to reduced genomes in many symbionts. Although the phenomenon of genome reduction can be explained by existing evolutionary models, the initiation of the process is not well understood. Here, we describe the microbiome associated with the eggs of the beetle Lagria villosa, consisting of multiple bacterial symbionts related to Burkholderia gladioli, including a reduced-genome symbiont thought to be the exclusive producer of the defensive compound lagriamide. We show that the putative lagriamide-producing symbiont is the only member of the microbiome undergoing genome reduction and that it has already lost the majority of its primary metabolism and DNA repair pathways. The key step preceding genome reduction in the symbiont was likely the horizontal acquisition of the putative lagriamide lga biosynthetic gene cluster. Unexpectedly, we uncovered evidence of additional horizontal transfers to the symbiont's genome while genome reduction was occurring and despite a current lack of genes needed for homologous recombination. These gene gains may have given the genome-reduced symbiont a selective advantage in the microbiome, especially given the maintenance of the large lga gene cluster despite ongoing genome reduction.IMPORTANCE Associations between microorganisms and an animal, plant, or fungal host can result in increased dependence over time. This process is due partly to the bacterium not needing to produce nutrients that the host provides, leading to loss of genes that it would need to live independently and to a consequent reduction in genome size. It is often thought that genome reduction is aided by genetic isolation-bacteria that live in monocultures in special host organs, or inside host cells, have less access to other bacterial species from which they can obtain genes. Here, we describe exposure of a genome-reduced beetle symbiont to a community of related bacteria with nonreduced genomes. We show that the symbiont has acquired genes from other bacteria despite going through genome reduction, suggesting that isolation has not yet played a major role in this case of genome reduction, with horizontal gene gains still offering a potential route for adaptation.
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- Samantha C Waterworth
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenburg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenburg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Del Caño-Ochoa F, Moreno-Morcillo M, Ramón-Maiques S. CAD, A Multienzymatic Protein at the Head of de Novo Pyrimidine Biosynthesis. Subcell Biochem 2020; 93:505-538. [PMID: 31939163 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28151-9_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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CAD is a 1.5 MDa particle formed by hexameric association of a 250 kDa protein that carries the enzymatic activities for the first three steps in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides: glutamine-dependent Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, Aspartate transcarbamoylase and Dihydroorotase. This metabolic pathway is essential for cell growth and proliferation and is conserved in all living organisms. However, the fusion of the first three enzymatic activities of the pathway into a single multienzymatic protein only occurs in animals. In prokaryotes, by contrast, these activities are encoded as distinct monofunctional enzymes that function independently or by forming more or less transient complexes. Whereas the structural information about these enzymes in bacteria is abundant, the large size and instability of CAD has only allowed a fragmented characterization of its structure. Here we retrace some of the most significant efforts to decipher the architecture of CAD and to understand its catalytic and regulatory mechanisms.
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- Francisco Del Caño-Ochoa
- Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Lipowska J, Miks CD, Kwon K, Shuvalova L, Zheng H, Lewiński K, Cooper DR, Shabalin IG, Minor W. Pyrimidine biosynthesis in pathogens - Structures and analysis of dihydroorotases from Yersinia pestis and Vibrio cholerae. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 136:1176-1187. [PMID: 31207330 PMCID: PMC6686667 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway is essential for the proliferation of many pathogens. One of the pathway enzymes, dihydroorotase (DHO), catalyzes the reversible interconversion of N-carbamoyl-l-aspartate to 4,5-dihydroorotate. The substantial difference between bacterial and mammalian DHOs makes it a promising drug target for disrupting bacterial growth and thus an important candidate to evaluate as a response to antimicrobial resistance on a molecular level. Here, we present two novel three-dimensional structures of DHOs from Yersinia pestis (YpDHO), the plague-causing pathogen, and Vibrio cholerae (VcDHO), the causative agent of cholera. The evaluations of these two structures led to an analysis of all available DHO structures and their classification into known DHO types. Comparison of all the DHO active sites containing ligands that are listed in DrugBank was facilitated by a new interactive, structure-comparison and presentation platform. In addition, we examined the genetic context of characterized DHOs, which revealed characteristic patterns for different types of DHOs. We also generated a homology model for DHO from Plasmodium falciparum.
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- Joanna Lipowska
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Prangé T, Girard E, Fourme R, Dhaussy A, Edwards B, Vaishnav A, Patel C, Guy‐Evans H, Hervé G, Evans DR. Pressure‐induced activation of latent dihydroorotase from Aquifex aeolicusas revealed by high pressure protein crystallography. FEBS J 2019; 286:1204-1213. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Thierry Prangé
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie & RMN biologiques (UMR 8015 CNRS) Paris France
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- CEA CNRS IBS Université Grenoble Alpes France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL L'Orme des Merisiers Saint‐Aubin France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit MI USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit MI USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit MI USA
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- Department of Chemistry Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti MI USA
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- Laboratoire BIOSIPE Sorbonne Université Institut de Biologie Paris Seine Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit MI USA
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Del Caño-Ochoa F, Grande-García A, Reverte-López M, D'Abramo M, Ramón-Maiques S. Characterization of the catalytic flexible loop in the dihydroorotase domain of the human multi-enzymatic protein CAD. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:18903-18913. [PMID: 30315107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The dihydroorotase (DHOase) domain of the multifunctional protein carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase (CAD) catalyzes the third step in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides in animals. The crystal structure of the DHOase domain of human CAD (huDHOase) revealed that, despite evolutionary divergence, its active site components are highly conserved with those in bacterial DHOases, encoded as monofunctional enzymes. An important element for catalysis, conserved from Escherichia coli to humans, is a flexible loop that closes as a lid over the active site. Here, we combined mutagenic, structural, biochemical, and molecular dynamics analyses to characterize the function of the flexible loop in the activity of CAD's DHOase domain. A huDHOase chimera bearing the E. coli DHOase flexible loop was inactive, suggesting the presence of distinctive elements in the flexible loop of huDHOase that cannot be replaced by the bacterial sequence. We pinpointed Phe-1563, a residue absolutely conserved at the tip of the flexible loop in CAD's DHOase domain, as a critical element for the conformational equilibrium between the two catalytic states of the protein. Substitutions of Phe-1563 with Ala, Leu, or Thr prevented the closure of the flexible loop and inactivated the protein, whereas substitution with Tyr enhanced the interactions of the loop in the closed position and reduced fluctuations and the reaction rate. Our results confirm the importance of the flexible loop in CAD's DHOase domain and explain the key role of Phe-1563 in configuring the active site and in promoting substrate strain and catalysis.
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- Francisco Del Caño-Ochoa
- From the Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid 28049, Spain
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- the Structural Biology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain, and
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- From the Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid 28049, Spain
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- the Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00185, Italy
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- From the Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid 28049, Spain,
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The gene that codes for the putative dihydroorotase in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii was subcloned in pET-21a and expressed in Escherichia coli. A purification protocol was devised. The purity of the protein was evaluated by SDS-PAGE and the protein was confirmed by sequencing using LC-MS. The calculated molecular mass is 48104 Da. SEC-LS suggested that the protein is a monomer in solution. ICP-MS showed that there are two Zn ions per monomer. Kinetic analysis of the recombinant protein gave hyperbolic kinetics with Vmax = 12.2 µmol/min/mg and Km = 0.14 mM at 25 °C. Furthermore the activity of the protein increased with temperature consistent with the hyperthermophilic nature of the organism. A homology model was constructed using the mesophilic Bacillus anthracis protein as the template. Residues known to be critical for Zn and substrate binding were conserved. The activity of the enzyme at 85 and 90 °C was found to be relatively constant over 160 min and this correlates with the temperature of optimal growth of the organism of 85 °C. The amino acid sequences and structures of the two proteins were compared and this gave insight into some of the factors that may confer thermostability-more Lys and Ile, fewer Ala, Thr, Gln and Gly residues, and shorter N- and C-termini. Additional and better insight into the thermostabilization strategies adopted by this enzyme will be provided when its crystal structure is determined.
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- Jacqueline Vitali
- Department of Physics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA.
- Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, State University of New York at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY, 11568, USA
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Biochemical characterization of dihydroorotase of Leishmania donovani: Understanding pyrimidine metabolism through its inhibition. Biochimie 2016; 131:45-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ca-asp bound X-ray structure and inhibition of Bacillus anthracis dihydroorotase (DHOase). Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:4536-4543. [PMID: 27499369 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase) is the third enzyme in the de novo pyrimidine synthesis pathway and is responsible for the reversible cyclization of carbamyl-aspartate (Ca-asp) to dihydroorotate (DHO). DHOase is further divided into two classes based on several structural characteristics, one of which is the length of the flexible catalytic loop that interacts with the substrate, Ca-asp, regulating the enzyme activity. Here, we present the crystal structure of Class I Bacillus anthracis DHOase with Ca-asp in the active site, which shows the peptide backbone of glycine in the shorter loop forming the necessary hydrogen bonds with the substrate, in place of the two threonines found in Class II DHOases. Despite the differences in the catalytic loop, the structure confirms that the key interactions between the substrate and active site residues are similar between Class I and Class II DHOase enzymes, which we further validated by mutagenesis studies. B. anthracis DHOase is also a potential antibacterial drug target. In order to identify prospective inhibitors, we performed high-throughput screening against several libraries using a colorimetric enzymatic assay and an orthogonal fluorescence thermal binding assay. Surface plasmon resonance was used for determining binding affinity (KD) and competition analysis with Ca-asp. Our results highlight that the primary difference between Class I and Class II DHOase is the catalytic loop. We also identify several compounds that can potentially be further optimized as potential B. anthracis inhibitors.
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Krungkrai SR, Krungkrai J. Insights into the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum as chemotherapeutic target. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2016; 9:525-34. [PMID: 27262062 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in humans. Artemisinins remain as the first-line treatment for Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria although drug resistance has already emerged and spread in Southeast Asia. Thus, to fight this disease, there is an urgent need to develop new antimalarial drugs for malaria chemotherapy. Unlike human host cells, P. falciparum cannot salvage preformed pyrimidine bases or nucleosides from the extracellular environment and relies solely on nucleotides synthesized through the de novo biosynthetic pathway. This review presents significant progress on understanding the de novo pyrimidine pathway and the functional enzymes in the human parasite P. falciparum. Current knowledge in genomics and metabolomics are described, particularly focusing on the parasite purine and pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism. These include gene annotation, characterization and molecular mechanism of the enzymes that are different from the human host pathway. Recent elucidation of the three-dimensional crystal structures and the catalytic reactions of three enzymes: dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, orotate phosphoribosyltransferase, and orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase, as well as their inhibitors are reviewed in the context of their therapeutic potential against malaria.
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- Sudaratana R Krungkrai
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Science, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, Pathumthani 12000, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Peng WF, Huang CY. Allantoinase and dihydroorotase binding and inhibition by flavonols and the substrates of cyclic amidohydrolases. Biochimie 2014; 101:113-22. [PMID: 24418229 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Allantoinase and dihydroorotase are members of the cyclic amidohydrolases family. Allantoinase and dihydroorotase possess very similar binuclear metal centers in the active site and may use a similar mechanism for catalysis. However, whether the substrate specificities of allantoinase and dihydroorotase overlap and whether the substrates of other cyclic amidohydrolases inhibit allantoinase and dihydroorotase remain unknown. In this study, the binding and inhibition of allantoinase (Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2) and dihydroorotase (Klebsiella pneumoniae) by flavonols and the substrates of other cyclic amidohydrolases were investigated. Hydantoin and phthalimide, substrates of hydantoinase and imidase, were not hydrolyzed by allantoinase and dihydroorotase. Hydantoin and dihydroorotate competitively inhibited allantoinase, whereas hydantoin and allantoin bind to dihydroorotase, but do not affect its activity. We further investigated the effects of the flavonols myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, and galangin, on the inhibition of allantoinase and dihydroorotase. Allantoinase and dihydroorotase were both significantly inhibited by kaempferol, with IC50 values of 35 ± 3 μM and 31 ± 2 μM, respectively. Myricetin strongly inhibited dihydroorotase, with an IC50 of 40 ± 1 μM. The double reciprocal of the Lineweaver-Burk plot indicated that kaempferol was a competitive inhibitor for allantoinase but an uncompetitive inhibitor for dihydroorotase. A structural study using PatchDock showed that kaempferol was docked in the active site pocket of allantoinase but outside the active site pocket of dihydroorotase. These results constituted a first study that naturally occurring product flavonols inhibit the cyclic amidohydrolases, allantoinase, and dihydroorotase, even more than the substrate analogs (>3 orders of magnitude). Thus, flavonols may serve as drug leads for designing compounds that target several cyclic amidohydrolases.
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- Wei-Feng Peng
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., Taichung City, Taiwan.
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Grande-García A, Lallous N, Díaz-Tejada C, Ramón-Maiques S. Structure, functional characterization, and evolution of the dihydroorotase domain of human CAD. Structure 2013; 22:185-98. [PMID: 24332717 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Upregulation of CAD, the multifunctional protein that initiates and controls the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines in animals, is essential for cell proliferation. Deciphering the architecture and functioning of CAD is of interest for its potential usage as an antitumoral target. However, there is no detailed structural information about CAD other than that it self-assembles into hexamers of ∼1.5 MDa. Here we report the crystal structure and functional characterization of the dihydroorotase domain of human CAD. Contradicting all assumptions, the structure reveals an active site enclosed by a flexible loop with two Zn²⁺ ions bridged by a carboxylated lysine and a third Zn coordinating a rare histidinate ion. Site-directed mutagenesis and functional assays prove the involvement of the Zn and flexible loop in catalysis. Comparison with homologous bacterial enzymes supports a reclassification of the DHOase family and provides strong evidence against current models of the architecture of CAD.
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- Araceli Grande-García
- Structural Bases of Genome Integrity Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Structural Bases of Genome Integrity Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Structural Bases of Genome Integrity Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Structural Bases of Genome Integrity Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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The mononuclear metal center of type-I dihydroorotase from Aquifex aeolicus. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2013; 14:36. [PMID: 24314009 PMCID: PMC3880350 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-14-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dihydroorotase (DHO) is a zinc metalloenzyme, although the number of active site zinc ions has been controversial. E. coli DHO was initially thought to have a mononuclear metal center, but the subsequent X-ray structure clearly showed two zinc ions, α and β, at the catalytic site. Aquifex aeolicus DHO, is a dodecamer comprised of six DHO and six aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATC) subunits. The isolated DHO monomer, which lacks catalytic activity, has an intact α-site and conserved β-site ligands, but the geometry of the second metal binding site is completely disrupted. However, the putative β-site is restored when the complex with ATC is formed and DHO activity is regained. Nevertheless, the X-ray structure of the complex revealed a single zinc ion at the active site. The structure of DHO from the pathogenic organism, S. aureus showed that it also has a single active site metal ion. RESULTS Zinc analysis showed that the enzyme has one zinc/DHO subunit and the addition of excess metal ion did not stimulate catalytic activity, nor alter the kinetic parameters. The metal free apoenzyme was inactive, but the full activity was restored upon the addition of one equivalent of Zn2+ or Co2+. Moreover, deletion of the β-site by replacing the His180 and His232 with alanine had no effect on catalysis in the presence or absence of excess zinc. The 2.2 Å structure of the double mutant confirmed that the β-site was eliminated but that the active site remained otherwise intact. CONCLUSIONS Thus, kinetically competent A. aeolicus DHO has a mononuclear metal center. In contrast, elimination of the putative second metal binding site in amidohydrolyases with a binuclear metal center, resulted in the abolition of catalytic activity. The number of active site metal ions may be a consideration in the design of inhibitors that selectively target either the mononuclear or binuclear enzymes.
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Rice AJ, Truong L, Johnson ME, Lee H. A colorimetric assay optimization for high-throughput screening of dihydroorotase by detecting ureido groups. Anal Biochem 2013; 441:87-94. [PMID: 23769705 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase) is the third enzyme in the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway and is a potential new antibacterial drug target. No target-based high-throughput screening (HTS) assay for this enzyme has been reported to date. Here, we optimized two colorimetric-based enzymatic assays that detect the ureido moiety of the DHOase substrate, carbamyl-aspartate (Ca-asp). Each assay was developed in a 40-μl assay volume using 384-well plates with a different color mix, diacetylmonoxime (DAMO)-thiosemicarbazide (TSC) or DAMO-antipyrine. The sensitivity and color interference of both color mixes were compared in the presence of common HTS buffer additives, including dimethyl sulfoxide, reducing agents, detergents, and bovine serum albumin. DAMO-TSC (Z'-factors 0.7-0.8) was determined to be superior to DAMO-antipyrine (Z'-factors 0.5-0.6) with significantly less variability within replicates. An HTS pilot screening with 29,552 compounds from four structurally diverse libraries confirmed the quality of our newly optimized colorimetric assay with DAMO-TSC. This robust method has no heating requirement, which was the main obstacle to applying previous assays to HTS. More important, this well-optimized HTS assay for DHOase, the first of its kind, should make it possible to screen large-scale compound libraries to develop new inhibitors against any enzymes that produce ureido functional groups.
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- Amy J Rice
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Chemical rescue of the post-translationally carboxylated lysine mutant of allantoinase and dihydroorotase by metal ions and short-chain carboxylic acids. Amino Acids 2013; 44:1181-91. [PMID: 23287969 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1451-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bacterial allantoinase (ALLase) and dihydroorotase (DHOase) are members of the cyclic amidohydrolase family. ALLase and DHOase possess similar binuclear metal centers in the active site in which two metals are bridged by a post-translationally carboxylated lysine. In this study, we determined the effects of carboxylated lysine and metal binding on the activities of ALLase and DHOase. Although DHOase is a metalloenzyme, purified DHOase showed high activity without additional metal supplementation in a reaction mixture or bacterial culture. However, unlike DHOase, ALLase had no activity unless some specific metal ions were added to the reaction mixture or culture. Substituting the metal binding sites H59, H61, K146, H186, H242, or D315 with alanine completely abolished the activity of ALLase. However, the K146C, K146D and K146E mutants of ALLase were still active with about 1-6% activity of the wild-type enzyme. These ALLase K146 mutants were found to have 1.4-1.7 mol metal per mole enzyme subunit, which may indicate that they still contained the binuclear metal center in the active site. The activity of the K146A mutant of the ALLase and the K103A mutant of DHOase can be chemically rescued by short-chain carboxylic acids, such as acetic, propionic, and butyric acids, but not by ethanol, propan-1-ol, and imidazole, in the presence of Co2+ or Mn2+ ions. However, the activity was still ~10-fold less than that of wild-type ALLase. Overall, these results indicated that the 20 natural basic amino acid residues were not sufficiently able to play the role of lysine. Accordingly, we proposed that during evolution, the post-translational modification of carboxylated lysine in the cyclic amidohydrolase family was selected for promoting binuclear metal center self-assembly and increasing the nucleophilicity of the hydroxide at the active site for enzyme catalysis. This kind of chemical rescue combined with site-directed mutagenesis may also be used to identify a binuclear metal center in the active site for other metalloenzymes.
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Ornelas A, Korczynska M, Ragumani S, Kumaran D, Narindoshvili T, Shoichet BK, Swaminathan S, Raushel FM. Functional annotation and three-dimensional structure of an incorrectly annotated dihydroorotase from cog3964 in the amidohydrolase superfamily. Biochemistry 2012; 52:228-38. [PMID: 23214420 DOI: 10.1021/bi301483z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The substrate specificities of two incorrectly annotated enzymes belonging to cog3964 from the amidohydrolase superfamily were determined. This group of enzymes are currently misannotated as either dihydroorotases or adenine deaminases. Atu3266 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 and Oant2987 from Ochrobactrum anthropi ATCC 49188 were found to catalyze the hydrolysis of acetyl-(R)-mandelate and similar esters with values of k(cat)/K(m) that exceed 10(5) M(-1) s(-1). These enzymes do not catalyze the deamination of adenine or the hydrolysis of dihydroorotate. Atu3266 was crystallized and the structure determined to a resolution of 2.62 Å. The protein folds as a distorted (β/α)(8) barrel and binds two zincs in the active site. The substrate profile was determined via a combination of computational docking to the three-dimensional structure of Atu3266 and screening of a highly focused library of potential substrates. The initial weak hit was the hydrolysis of N-acetyl-D-serine (k(cat)/K(m) = 4 M(-1) s(-1)). This was followed by the progressive identification of acetyl-(R)-glycerate (k(cat)/K(m) = 4 × 10(2) M(-1) s(-1)), acetyl glycolate (k(cat)/K(m) = 1.3 × 10(4) M(-1) s(-1)), and ultimately acetyl-(R)-mandelate (k(cat)/K(m) = 2.8 × 10(5) M(-1) s(-1)).
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- Argentina Ornelas
- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA
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Truong L, Hevener KE, Rice AJ, Patel K, Johnson ME, Lee H. High-level expression, purification, and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus dihydroorotase (PyrC) as a cleavable His-SUMO fusion. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 88:98-106. [PMID: 23246866 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Revised: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacterium that causes a variety of mild to lethal human diseases. The rapid spread of multidrug-resistant strains makes the discovery of new antimicrobial agents critical. Dihydroorotase (PyrC), the third enzyme in the bacterial pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway, is structurally and mechanistically distinct from its mammalian counterpart. It has been confirmed to be essential in S. aureus making it an attractive antibacterial drug target. No protocol to express and purify S. aureus PyrC (SaPyrC) has been reported. To obtain the SaPyrC enzyme and overcome anticipated solubility problems, the SaPyrC gene was cloned into the pET-SUMO vector. The N-terminal His-SUMO fused SaPyrC was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) with an HRV 3C protease recognition site inserted between the SUMO tag and SaPyrC to allow for improved cleavage by HRV protease. Purification of cleaved protein using HisTrap affinity and gel filtration columns resulted in native SaPyrC with estimated 95% purity and 40% yield. Both His-SUMO tagged and native SaPyrC form dimers, and enzyme characterization studies have shown that the His-SUMO tag affects enzyme activity slightly. Forward and reverse kinetic rate constants for both tagged and native SaPyrC were determined, and pH profiling studies revealed the optimal pH values for forward and reverse reactions.
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- Lena Truong
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S. Ashland Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60607-7173, USA
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Lallous N, Grande-García A, Molina R, Ramón-Maiques S. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the dihydroorotase domain of human CAD. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1341-5. [PMID: 23143245 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112038857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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CAD is a 243 kDa eukaryotic multifunctional polypeptide that catalyzes the first three reactions of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis: glutamine-dependent carbamyl phosphate synthetase, aspartate transcarbamylase and dihydroorotase (DHO). In prokaryotes, these activities are associated with monofunctional proteins, for which crystal structures are available. However, there is no detailed structural information on the full-length CAD protein or any of its functional domains apart from that it associates to form a homohexamer of ∼1.5 MDa. Here, the expression, purification and crystallization of the DHO domain of human CAD are reported. The DHO domain forms homodimers in solution. Crystallization experiments yielded small crystals that were suitable for X-ray diffraction studies. A diffraction data set was collected to 1.75 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation at the SLS, Villigen, Switzerland. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group C222(1), with unit-cell parameters a=82.1, b=159.3, c=61.5 Å. The Matthews coefficient calculation suggested the presence of one protein molecule per asymmetric unit, with a solvent content of 48%.
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- Nada Lallous
- Structural Bases of Genome Integrity Group, Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Calle de Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Bacterial allantoinase (ALLase; EC 3.5.2.5), which catalyzes the conversion of allantoin into allantoate, possesses a binuclear metal center in which two metal ions are bridged by a posttranslationally carboxylated lysine. Here, we characterized ALLase from Escherichia coli BL21. Purified recombinant ALLase exhibited no activity but could be activated when preincubating with some metal ions before analyzing its activity, and was in the order: Mn(2+)- ≫ Co(2+)- > Zn(2+)- > Ni(2+)- > Cd(2+)- ~Mg(2+)-activated enzyme; however, activity of ALLase (Mn(2+)-activated form) was also significantly inhibited with 5 mM Co(2+), Zn(2+), and Cd(2+) ions. Activity of Mn(2+)-activated ALLase was increased by adding the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT), but was decreased by treating with the sulfhydryl modifying reagent N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Inhibition of Mn(2+)-activated ALLase by chelator 8-hydroxy-5-quinolinesulfonic acid (8-HQSA), but not EDTA, was pH-dependent. Analysis of purified ALLase by gel filtration chromatography revealed a mixture of monomers, dimers, and tetramers. Substituting the putative metal binding residues His59, His61, Lys146, His186, His242, and Asp315 with Ala completely abolished the activity of ALLase, even preincubating with Mn(2+) ions. On the basis of these results, as well as the pH-activity profile, the reaction mechanism of ALLase is discussed and compared with those of other cyclic amidohydrolases.
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- Ya-Yeh Ho
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Wang CC, Tsau HW, Chen WT, Huang CY. Identification and characterization of a putative dihydroorotase, KPN01074, from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Protein J 2010; 29:445-52. [PMID: 20676924 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-010-9272-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dihydroorotase (DHO; EC 3.5.2.3) is an essential metalloenzyme in the biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. Here, we identified and characterized DHO from the pathogenic bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp). The activity of KpDHO toward L: -dihydroorotate was observed with K (m) = 0.04 mM and V (max) = 8.87 mumol/(mg min). Supplementing the standard growth medium with Co2+, Mn2+, Mg2+, or Ni2+ increased enzyme activity. The catalytic activity of KpDHO was inhibited with Co2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, and phosphate ions. Substituting the putative metal binding residues His17, His19, Lys103, His140, His178, and Asp251 with Ala completely abolished KpDHO activity. However, the activity of the mutant D251E was fourfold higher than that of the wild-type protein. On the basis of these biochemical and mutational analyses, KpDHO (KPN01074) was identified as type II DHO.
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- Chuan-Cheng Wang
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, No. 135, Nanxiao St., Changhua City, Taiwan
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The mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by uronate isomerase illustrates how an isomerase may have evolved from a hydrolase within the amidohydrolase superfamily. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8879-90. [PMID: 19678710 PMCID: PMC2773443 DOI: 10.1021/bi901046x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Uronate isomerase (URI) catalyzes the reversible isomerization of D-glucuronate to D-fructuronate and of D-galacturonate to D-tagaturonate. URI is a member of the amidohydrolase superfamily (AHS), a highly divergent group of enzymes that catalyze primarily hydrolytic reactions. The chemical mechanism and active site structure of URI were investigated in an attempt to improve our understanding of how an active site template that apparently evolved to catalyze hydrolytic reactions has been reforged to catalyze an isomerization reaction. The pH-rate profiles for k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) for URI from Escherichia coli are bell-shaped and indicate that one group must be unprotonated and another residue must be protonated for catalytic activity. Primary isotope effects on the kinetic constants with [2-2H]-D-glucuronate and the effects of changes in solvent viscosity are consistent with product release being the rate-limiting step. The X-ray structure of Bh0493, a URI from Bacillus halodurans, was determined in the presence of the substrate D-glucuronate. The bound complex showed that the mononuclear metal center in the active site is ligated to the C-6 carboxylate and the C-5 hydroxyl group of the substrate. This hydroxyl group is also hydrogen bonded to Asp-355 in the same orientation as the hydroxide or water is bound in those members of the AHS that catalyze hydrolytic reactions. In addition, the C-2 and C-3 hydroxyl groups of the substrate are hydrogen bonded to Arg-357 and the carbonyl group at C-1 is hydrogen bonded to Tyr-50. A chemical mechanism is proposed that utilizes a proton transfer from C-2 of D-glucuronate to C-1 that is initiated by the combined actions of Asp-355 from the end of beta-strand 8 and the C-5 hydroxyl of the substrate that is bound to the metal ion. The formation of the proposed cis-enediol intermediate is further facilitated by the shuttling of the proton between the C-2 and C-1 oxygens by the conserved Tyr-50 and/or Arg-355.
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Xiang DF, Patskovsky Y, Xu C, Meyer AJ, Sauder JM, Burley SK, Almo SC, Raushel FM. Functional identification of incorrectly annotated prolidases from the amidohydrolase superfamily of enzymes. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3730-42. [PMID: 19281183 PMCID: PMC2683473 DOI: 10.1021/bi900111q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The substrate profiles for two proteins from Caulobacter crescentus CB15 (Cc2672 and Cc3125) and one protein (Sgx9359b) derived from a DNA sequence ( gi|44368820 ) isolated from the Sargasso Sea were determined using combinatorial libraries of dipeptides and N-acyl derivatives of amino acids. These proteins are members of the amidohydrolase superfamily and are currently misannotated in NCBI as catalyzing the hydrolysis of l-Xaa-l-Pro dipeptides. Cc2672 was shown to catalyze the hydrolysis of l-Xaa-l-Arg/Lys dipeptides and the N-acetyl and N-formyl derivatives of lysine and arginine. This enzyme will also hydrolyze longer peptides that terminate in either lysine or arginine. The N-methyl phosphonate derivative of l-lysine was a potent competitive inhibitor of Cc2672 with a K(i) value of 120 nM. Cc3125 was shown to catalyze the hydrolysis of l-Xaa-l-Arg/Lys dipeptides but will not hydrolyze tripeptides or the N-formyl and N-acetyl derivatives of lysine or arginine. The substrate profile for Sgx9359b is similar to that of Cc2672 except that compounds with a C-terminal lysine are not recognized as substrates. The X-ray structure of Sgx9359b was determined to a resolution of 2.3 A. The protein folds as a (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel and self-associates to form a homooctamer. The active site is composed of a binuclear metal center similar to that found in phosphotriesterase and dihydroorotase. In one crystal form, arginine was bound adventitiously to the eight active sites within the octamer. The orientation of the arginine in the active site identified the structural determinants for recognition of the alpha-carboxylate and the positively charged side chains of arginine-containing substrates. This information was used to identify 18 other bacterial sequences that possess identical or similar substrate profiles.
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- Dao Feng Xiang
- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461
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- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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- SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 10505 Roselle Street, San Diego, CA, 92121
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- SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 10505 Roselle Street, San Diego, CA, 92121
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461,To whom correspondence may be addressed: (FMR) telephone: (979) 845-3373; fax: (979)-845-9452; e-mail: (SCA) telephone: (718) 430-2746; fax: (718)-430-8565; e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012,To whom correspondence may be addressed: (FMR) telephone: (979) 845-3373; fax: (979)-845-9452; e-mail: (SCA) telephone: (718) 430-2746; fax: (718)-430-8565; e-mail:
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Zhang P, Martin PD, Purcarea C, Vaishnav A, Brunzelle JS, Fernando R, Guy-Evans HI, Evans DR, Edwards BFP. Dihydroorotase from the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus is activated by stoichiometric association with aspartate transcarbamoylase and forms a one-pot reactor for pyrimidine biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2009; 48:766-78. [PMID: 19128030 DOI: 10.1021/bi801831r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In prokaryotes, the first three enzymes in pyrimidine biosynthesis, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS), aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATC), and dihydroorotase (DHO), are commonly expressed separately and either function independently (Escherichia coli) or associate into multifunctional complexes (Aquifex aeolicus). In mammals the enzymes are expressed as a single polypeptide chain (CAD) in the order CPS-DHO-ATC and associate into a hexamer. This study presents the three-dimensional structure of the noncovalent hexamer of DHO and ATC from the hyperthermophile A. aeolicus at 2.3 A resolution. It is the first structure of any multienzyme complex in pyrimidine biosynthesis and is a possible model for the core of mammalian CAD. The structure has citrate, a near isosteric analogue of carbamoyl aspartate, bound to the active sites of both enzymes. Three active site loops that are intrinsically disordered in the free, inactive DHO are ordered in the complex. The reorganization also changes the peptide bond between Asp153, a ligand of the single zinc atom in DHO, and Gly154, to the rare cis conformation. In the crystal structure, six DHO and six ATC chains form a hollow dodecamer, in which the 12 active sites face an internal reaction chamber that is approximately 60 A in diameter and connected to the cytosol by narrow tunnels. The entrances and the interior of the chamber are both electropositive, which suggests that the architecture of this nanoreactor modifies the kinetics of the bisynthase, not only by steric channeling but also by preferential escape of the product, dihydroorotase, which is less negatively charged than its precursors, carbamoyl phosphate, aspartate, or carbamoyl aspartate.
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- Pengfei Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield Street, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Target selection and annotation for the structural genomics of the amidohydrolase and enolase superfamilies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 10:107-25. [PMID: 19219566 PMCID: PMC2693957 DOI: 10.1007/s10969-008-9056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To study the substrate specificity of enzymes, we use the amidohydrolase and enolase superfamilies as model systems; members of these superfamilies share a common TIM barrel fold and catalyze a wide range of chemical reactions. Here, we describe a collaboration between the Enzyme Specificity Consortium (ENSPEC) and the New York SGX Research Center for Structural Genomics (NYSGXRC) that aims to maximize the structural coverage of the amidohydrolase and enolase superfamilies. Using sequence- and structure-based protein comparisons, we first selected 535 target proteins from a variety of genomes for high-throughput structure determination by X-ray crystallography; 63 of these targets were not previously annotated as superfamily members. To date, 20 unique amidohydrolase and 41 unique enolase structures have been determined, increasing the fraction of sequences in the two superfamilies that can be modeled based on at least 30% sequence identity from 45% to 73%. We present case studies of proteins related to uronate isomerase (an amidohydrolase superfamily member) and mandelate racemase (an enolase superfamily member), to illustrate how this structure-focused approach can be used to generate hypotheses about sequence-structure-function relationships.
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Huang CY, Hsu CC, Chen MC, Yang YS. Effect of metal binding and posttranslational lysine carboxylation on the activity of recombinant hydantoinase. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 14:111-21. [PMID: 18781344 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0428-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacterial hydantoinase possesses a binuclear metal center in which two metal ions are bridged by a posttranslationally carboxylated lysine. How the carboxylated lysine and metal binding affect the activity of hydantoinase was investigated. A significant amount of iron was always found in Agrobacterium radiobacter hydantoinase purified from unsupplemented cobalt-, manganese-, or zinc-amended Escherichia coli cell cultures. A titration curve for the reactivation of apohydantoinase with cobalt indicates that the first metal was preferentially bound but did not give any enzyme activity until the second metal was also attached to the hydantoinase. The pH profiles of the metal-reconstituted hydantoinase were dependent on the specific metal ion bound to the active site, indicating a direct involvement of metal in catalysis. Mutation of the metal binding site residues, H57A, H59A, K148A, H181A, H237A, and D313A, completely abolished hydantoinase activity but preserved about half of the metal content, except for K148A, which lost both metals in its active site. However, the activity of K148A could be chemically rescued by short-chain carboxylic acids in the presence of cobalt, indicating that the carboxylated lysine was needed to coordinate the binuclear ion within the active site of hydantoinase. The mutant D313E enzyme was also active but resulted in a pH profile different from that of wild-type hydantoinase. A mechanism for hydantoinase involving metal, carboxylated K148, and D313 was proposed.
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- Cheng-Yang Huang
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Liao RZ, Yu JG, Raushel FM, Himo F. Theoretical investigation of the reaction mechanism of the dinuclear zinc enzyme dihydroorotase. Chemistry 2008; 14:4287-92. [PMID: 18366031 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The reaction mechanism of the dinuclear zinc enzyme dihydroorotase was investigated by using hybrid density functional theory. This enzyme catalyzes the reversible interconversion of dihydroorotate and carbamoyl aspartate. Two reaction mechanisms in which the important active site residue Asp250 was either protonated or unprotonated were considered. The calculations establish that Asp250 must be unprotonated for the reaction to take place. The bridging hydroxide is shown to be capable of performing nucleophilic attack on the substrate from its bridging position and the role of Zn(beta) is argued to be the stabilization of the tetrahedral intermediate and the transition state leading to it, thereby lowering the barrier for the nucleophilic attack. It is furthermore concluded that the rate-limiting step is the protonation of the amide nitrogen by Asp250 coupled with C-N bond cleavage, which is consistent with previous experimental findings from isotope labeling studies.
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- Rong-Zhen Liao
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Tyagi R, Eswaramoorthy S, Burley SK, Raushel FM, Swaminathan S. A common catalytic mechanism for proteins of the HutI family. Biochemistry 2008; 47:5608-15. [PMID: 18442260 DOI: 10.1021/bi800180g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Imidazolonepropionase (HutI) (imidazolone-5-propanote hydrolase, EC 3.5.2.7) is a member of the amidohydrolase superfamily and catalyzes the conversion of imidazolone-5-propanoate to N-formimino-L-glutamate in the histidine degradation pathway. We have determined the three-dimensional crystal structures of HutI from Agrobacterium tumefaciens (At-HutI) and an environmental sample from the Sargasso Sea Ocean Going Survey (Es-HutI) bound to the product [ N-formimino-L-glutamate (NIG)] and an inhibitor [3-(2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)propionic acid (DIP)], respectively. In both structures, the active site is contained within each monomer, and its organization displays the landmark feature of the amidohydrolase superfamily, showing a metal ligand (iron), four histidines, and one aspartic acid. A catalytic mechanism involving His265 is proposed on the basis of the inhibitor-bound structure. This mechanism is applicable to all HutI forms.
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- Rajiv Tyagi
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Lee M, Chan CW, Graham SC, Christopherson RI, Guss JM, Maher MJ. Structures of ligand-free and inhibitor complexes of dihydroorotase from Escherichia coli: implications for loop movement in inhibitor design. J Mol Biol 2007; 370:812-25. [PMID: 17550785 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 04/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dihydroorotase (DHOase) catalyzes the reversible cyclization of N-carbamyl-L-aspartate (CA-asp) to L-dihydroorotate (DHO) in the de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. DHOase is a potential anti-malarial drug target as malarial parasites can only synthesize pyrimidines via the de novo pathway and do not possess a salvage pathway. Here we report the structures of Escherichia coli DHOase crystallized without ligand (1.7 A resolution) and in the presence of the inhibitors 2-oxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylate (HDDP; 2.0 A) and 5-fluoroorotate (FOA, 2.2 A). These are the first crystal structures of DHOase-inhibitor complexes, providing structural information on the mode of inhibitor binding. HDDP possesses features of both the substrate and product, and ligates the Zn atoms in the active site. In addition, HDDP forms hydrogen bonds to the flexible loop (residues 105-115) stabilizing the "loop-in" conformation of the flexible loop normally associated with the presence of CA-asp in the active site. By contrast, FOA, a product-like inhibitor, binds to the active site in a similar fashion to DHO but does not ligate the Zn atoms directly nor stabilize the loop-in conformation. These structures define the necessary features for the future design of improved inhibitors of DHOase.
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- Mihwa Lee
- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Lee M, Maher MJ, Guss JM. Structure of the T109S mutant of Escherichia coli dihydroorotase complexed with the inhibitor 5-fluoroorotate: catalytic activity is reflected by the crystal form. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:154-61. [PMID: 17329804 PMCID: PMC2330171 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107004009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Crystals of a single-point mutant (T109S) of Escherichia coli dihydroorotase (DHOase) with diminished activity grown in the presence of L-dihydroorotate (L-DHO) are tetragonal, with a monomer in the asymmetric unit. These crystals are extremely unstable and disintegrate shortly after formation, which is followed by the growth of orthorhombic crystals from the remnants of the tetragonal crystals or at new nucleation sites. Orthorhombic crystals, for which a structure has previously been reported [Thoden et al. (2001), Biochemistry, 40, 6989-6997; Lee et al. (2005), J. Mol. Biol. 348, 523-533], contain a dimer of DHOase in the asymmetric unit; the active site of one monomer contains the substrate N-carbamyl-L-aspartate (L-CA-asp) and the active site of the other monomer contains the product of the reaction, L-DHO. In the subunit with L-DHO in the active site, a surface loop (residues 105-115) is 'open'. In the other subunit, with L-CA-asp in the active site, the loop folds inwards, forming specific hydrogen bonds from the loop to the L-CA-asp. The tetragonal crystal form can be stabilized by crystallization in the presence of the inhibitor 5-fluoroorotate (FOA), a product (L-DHO) mimic. Crystals of the complex of T109S DHOase with FOA are tetragonal, space group P4(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 72.6, c = 176.1 A. The structure has been refined to R and R(free) values of 0.218 and 0.257, despite severe anisotropy of the diffraction. In this structure, the flexible loops are both in the 'open' conformation, which is consistent with FOA, like L-DHO, binding at both sites. The behaviour of the T109S mutant crystals of DHOase in the presence of L-DHO is explained by initial binding of L-DHO to both subunits, followed by slow conversion to L-CA-asp, with consequent movement of the flexible loop and dissolution of the crystals. Orthorhombic crystals are then able to grow in the presence of L-DHO and L-CA-asp.
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- Mihwa Lee
- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences (G08), University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Division of Biomolecular Sciences, Imperial College, London SW7 2ZA, England
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- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences (G08), University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Williams L, Nguyen T, Li Y, Porter TN, Raushel FM. Uronate isomerase: a nonhydrolytic member of the amidohydrolase superfamily with an ambivalent requirement for a divalent metal ion. Biochemistry 2006; 45:7453-62. [PMID: 16768441 PMCID: PMC2505117 DOI: 10.1021/bi060531l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Uronate isomerase, a member of the amidohydrolase superfamily, catalyzes the isomerization of D-glucuronate and D-fructuronate. During the interconversion of substrate and product the hydrogen at C2 of D-glucuronate is transferred to the pro-R position at C1 of the product, D-fructuronate. The exchange of the transferred hydrogen with solvent deuterium occurs at a rate that is 4 orders of magnitude slower than the interconversion of substrate and product. The enzyme catalyzes the elimination of fluoride from 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-glucuronate. These results have been interpreted to suggest a chemical reaction mechanism in which an active site base abstracts the proton from C2 of D-glucuronate to form a cis-enediol intermediate. The conjugate acid then transfers this proton to C1 of the cis-enediol intermediate to form D-fructuronate. The loss of fluoride from 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-glucuronate is consistent with a stabilized carbanion at C2 of the substrate during substrate turnover. The slow exchange of the transferred hydrogen with solvent water is consistent with a shielded conjugate acid after abstraction of the proton from either D-glucuronate or D-fructuronate during the isomerization reaction. This conclusion is supported by the competitive inhibition of the enzymatic reaction by D-arabinaric acid and the monohydroxamate derivative with Ki values of 13 and 670 nM, respectively. There is no evidence to support a hydride transfer mechanism for uronate isomerase. The wild type enzyme was found to contain 1 equiv of zinc per subunit. The divalent cation could be removed by dialysis against the metal chelator, dipicolinate. However, the apoenzyme has the same catalytic activity as the Zn-substituted enzyme and thus the divalent metal ion is not required for enzymatic activity. This is the only documented example of a member in the amidohydrolase superfamily that does not require one or two divalent cations for enzymatic activity.
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- To whom correspondence may be addressed. phone: (979)-845-3373; fax: (979)-845-9452; email;
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Estiu G, Merz KM. Catalyzed decomposition of urea. Molecular dynamics simulations of the binding of urea to urease. Biochemistry 2006; 45:4429-43. [PMID: 16584179 PMCID: PMC2505355 DOI: 10.1021/bi052020p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present the results of molecular dynamics simulations on the urea/urease system. The starting structure was prepared from the 2.0 A crystal structure of Benini et al. [(1999) Struct. Folding Des. 7, 205-216] of DAP-inhibited urease (PDB code ), and the trimeric structure (2479 residues) resulted in 180K atoms after solvation by water. The force field parameters were derived using the bonded model approach described by Hoops et al. [(1991) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 8262-8270]. Three different systems were analyzed, each one modeling a different protonation pattern for the His320 and His219 residues. In each case, the three monomers of urease have been analyzed separately. The time-averaged structures observed in the three monomers suggest that urease could follow two different competitive mechanisms. A "protein-assisted proton transfer" mechanism points to Asp221 as crucial for catalysis. An "Asp-mediated proton transfer" involves the transfer of a proton from the bridging OH to an NH2 moiety of urea, assisted by Asp360 in the active site. The impact of the simulation results on our understanding of urease catalysis is discussed in detail.
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- Guillermina Estiu
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Lohkamp B, Andersen B, Piškur J, Dobritzsch D. The crystal structures of dihydropyrimidinases reaffirm the close relationship between cyclic amidohydrolases and explain their substrate specificity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:13762-13776. [PMID: 16517602 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513266200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, dihydropyrimidinase catalyzes the second step of the reductive pyrimidine degradation, the reversible hydrolytic ring opening of dihydropyrimidines. Here we describe the three-dimensional structures of dihydropyrimidinase from two eukaryotes, the yeast Saccharomyces kluyveri and the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, determined and refined to 2.4 and 2.05 angstroms, respectively. Both enzymes have a (beta/alpha)8-barrel structural core embedding the catalytic di-zinc center, which is accompanied by a smaller beta-sandwich domain. Despite loop-forming insertions in the sequence of the yeast enzyme, the overall structures and architectures of the active sites of the dihydropyrimidinases are strikingly similar to each other, as well as to those of hydantoinases, dihydroorotases, and other members of the amidohydrolase superfamily of enzymes. However, formation of the physiologically relevant tetramer shows subtle but nonetheless significant differences. The extension of one of the sheets of the beta-sandwich domain across a subunit-subunit interface in yeast dihydropyrimidinase underlines its closer evolutionary relationship to hydantoinases, whereas the slime mold enzyme shows higher similarity to the noncatalytic collapsin-response mediator proteins involved in neuron development. Catalysis is expected to follow a dihydroorotase-like mechanism but in the opposite direction and with a different substrate. Complexes with dihydrouracil and N-carbamyl-beta-alanine obtained for the yeast dihydropyrimidinase reveal the mode of substrate and product binding and allow conclusions about what determines substrate specificity, stereoselectivity, and the reaction direction among cyclic amidohydrolases.
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- Bernhard Lohkamp
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Colleluori DM, Reczkowski RS, Emig FA, Cama E, Cox JD, Scolnick LR, Compher K, Jude K, Han S, Viola RE, Christianson DW, Ash DE. Probing the role of the hyper-reactive histidine residue of arginase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2005; 444:15-26. [PMID: 16266687 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 09/14/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rat liver arginase (arginase I) is potently inactivated by diethyl pyrocarbonate, with a second-order rate constant of 113M(-1)s(-1) for the inactivation process at pH 7.0, 25 degrees C. Partial protection from inactivation is provided by the product of the reaction, l-ornithine, while nearly complete protection is afforded by the inhibitor pair, l-ornithine and borate. The role of H141 has been probed by mutagenesis, chemical modulation, and X-ray diffraction. The hyper-reactivity of H141 towards diethyl pyrocarbonate can be explained by its proximity to E277. A proton shuttling role for H141 is supported by its conformational mobility observed among the known arginase structures. H141 is proposed to serve as an acid/base catalyst, deprotonating the metal-bridging water molecule to generate the metal-bridging hydroxide nucleophile, and by protonating the amino group of the product to facilitate its departure.
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- Diana M Colleluori
- Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Li Y, Raushel FM. Inhibitors designed for the active site of dihydroorotase. Bioorg Chem 2005; 33:470-83. [PMID: 16213543 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 08/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Four new compounds have been synthesized as potential inhibitors of dihydroorotase from Escherichia coli. NMR spectroscopy was used to show that 4,6-dioxo-piperidine-2(S)-carboxylic acid (3), exists in solution as a mixture of the hydrate (7), enol (8), and enolate (9) tautomeric forms. This compound was found to be a competitive inhibitor versus dihydroorotate and thio-dihydroorotate at pH values of 7-9. The K(i) of 76 microM was lowest at pH7.0 where the ketone and hydrate forms of the inhibitor 3 predominate in solution. Compound 3 was reduced to the two diastereomeric 4-hydroxy derivatives (4 and 5) and then dehydrated to yield the alkene derivative, 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-6-oxopyridine-2(S)-carboxylic acid (6). Compounds 4-6 were competitive inhibitors versus thio-dihydroorotate at pH 8.0 with K(i) values of 3.0, 1.6, and 2.3 mM. Dihydroorotase was unable to dehydrate the 4-hydroxy derivative 4 or 5 to the alkene 6 or catalyze the reverse reaction.
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- Yingchun Li
- Department of Chemistry, PO Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA
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