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Balachandran N, Grainger RA, Rob T, Liuni P, Wilson DJ, Junop MS, Berti PJ. Role of Half-of-Sites Reactivity and Inter-Subunit Communications in DAHP Synthase Catalysis and Regulation. Biochemistry 2022; 61:2229-2240. [PMID: 36197914 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
α-Carboxyketose synthases, including 3-deoxy-d-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase (DAHPS), are long-standing targets for inhibition. They are challenging targets to create tight-binding inhibitors against, and inhibitors often display half-of-sites binding and partial inhibition. Half-of-sites inhibition demonstrates the existence of inter-subunit communication in DAHPS. We used X-ray crystallography and spatially resolved hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) to reveal the structural and dynamic bases for inter-subunit communication in Escherichia coli DAHPS(Phe), the isozyme that is feedback-inhibited by phenylalanine. Crystal structures of this homotetrameric (dimer-of-dimers) enzyme are invariant over 91% of its sequence. Three variable loops make up 8% of the sequence and are all involved in inter-subunit contacts across the tight-dimer interface. The structures have pseudo-twofold symmetry indicative of inter-subunit communication across the loose-dimer interface, with the diagonal subunits B and C always having the same conformation as each other, while subunits A and D are variable. Spatially resolved HDX reveals contrasting responses to ligand binding, which, in turn, affect binding of the second substrate, erythrose-4-phosphate (E4P). The N-terminal peptide, M1-E12, and the active site loop that binds E4P, F95-K105, are key parts of the communication network. Inter-subunit communication appears to have a catalytic role in all α-carboxyketose synthase families and a regulatory role in some members.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Lab, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Lab, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada
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Araújo JDO, Dos Santos AM, Lameira J, Alves CN, Lima AH. Computational Investigation of Bisphosphate Inhibitors of 3-Deoxy-d- manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate Synthase. Molecules 2019; 24:E2370. [PMID: 31252580 PMCID: PMC6650799 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24132370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The synthase, 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P), is a key enzyme for the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis of gram-negative bacteria and a potential target for developing new antimicrobial agents. In this study, computational molecular modeling methods were used to determine the complete structure of the KDO8P synthase from Neisseria meningitidis and to investigate the molecular mechanism of its inhibition by three bisphosphate inhibitors: BPH1, BPH2, and BPH3. Our results showed that BPH1 presented a protein-ligand complex with the highest affinity, which is in agreement with experimental data. Furthermore, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations showed that BPH1 is more active due to the many effective interactions, most of which are derived from its phosphoenolpyruvate moiety. Conversely, BPH2 exhibited few hydrogen interactions during the MD simulations with key residues located at the active sites of the KDO8P synthase. In addition, we hydroxylated BPH2 to create the hypothetical molecule named BPH3, to investigate the influence of the hydroxyl groups on the affinity of the bisphosphate inhibitors toward the KDO8P synthase. Overall, we discuss the main interactions between the KDO8P synthase and the bisphosphate inhibitors that are potential starting points for the design of new molecules with significant antibiotic activities.
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- Jéssica de Oliveira Araújo
- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brasil.
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Balachandran N, Heimhalt M, Liuni P, To F, Wilson DJ, Junop MS, Berti PJ. Potent Inhibition of 3-Deoxy-d-arabinoheptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) Synthase by DAHP Oxime, a Phosphate Group Mimic. Biochemistry 2016; 55:6617-6629. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department
of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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Allison TM, Cochrane FC, Jameson GB, Parker EJ. Examining the Role of Intersubunit Contacts in Catalysis by 3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-Phosphate Synthase. Biochemistry 2013; 52:4676-86. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400521f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy M. Allison
- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Synthesis and evaluation of tetrahedral intermediate mimic inhibitors of 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:907-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Allison TM, Hutton RD, Jiao W, Gloyne BJ, Nimmo EB, Jameson GB, Parker EJ. An Extended β7α7 Substrate-Binding Loop Is Essential for Efficient Catalysis by 3-Deoxy-d-manno-Octulosonate 8-Phosphate Synthase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:9318-27. [DOI: 10.1021/bi201231e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy M. Allison
- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The Riddet
Institute and The
Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre
and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Reichau S, Jiao W, Walker SR, Hutton RD, Baker EN, Parker EJ. Potent inhibitors of a shikimate pathway enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: combining mechanism- and modeling-based design. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:16197-207. [PMID: 21454647 PMCID: PMC3093739 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.211649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis remains a serious global health threat, with the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains highlighting the urgent need for novel antituberculosis drugs. The enzyme 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase (DAH7PS) catalyzes the first step of the shikimate pathway for the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds. This pathway has been shown to be essential in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis. DAH7PS catalyzes a condensation reaction between P-enolpyruvate and erythrose 4-phosphate to give 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate. The enzyme reaction mechanism is proposed to include a tetrahedral intermediate, which is formed by attack of an active site water on the central carbon of P-enolpyruvate during the course of the reaction. Molecular modeling of this intermediate into the active site reported in this study shows a configurational preference consistent with water attack from the re face of P-enolpyruvate. Based on this model, we designed and synthesized an inhibitor of DAH7PS that mimics this reaction intermediate. Both enantiomers of this intermediate mimic were potent inhibitors of M. tuberculosis DAH7PS, with inhibitory constants in the nanomolar range. The crystal structure of the DAH7PS-inhibitor complex was solved to 2.35 Å. Both the position of the inhibitor and the conformational changes of active site residues observed in this structure correspond closely to the predictions from the intermediate modeling. This structure also identifies a water molecule that is located in the appropriate position to attack the re face of P-enolpyruvate during the course of the reaction, allowing the catalytic mechanism for this enzyme to be clearly defined.
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- Sebastian Reichau
- From the Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140 and
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- From the Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140 and
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- From the Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140 and
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- From the Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140 and
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- the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery and School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- From the Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140 and
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Allison TM, Hutton RD, Cochrane FC, Yeoman JA, Jameson GB, Parker EJ. Targeting the Role of a Key Conserved Motif for Substrate Selection and Catalysis by 3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-Phosphate Synthase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3686-95. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200251f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Timothy M. Allison
- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The Riddet Institute and Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The Riddet Institute and Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The Riddet Institute and Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Ackerman SH, Gatti DL. The contribution of coevolving residues to the stability of KDO8P synthase. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17459. [PMID: 21408011 PMCID: PMC3052366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The evolutionary tree of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase (KDO8PS), a bacterial enzyme that catalyzes a key step in the biosynthesis of bacterial endotoxin, is evenly divided between metal and non-metal forms, both having similar structures, but diverging in various degrees in amino acid sequence. Mutagenesis, crystallographic and computational studies have established that only a few residues determine whether or not KDO8PS requires a metal for function. The remaining divergence in the amino acid sequence of KDO8PSs is apparently unrelated to the underlying catalytic mechanism. Methodology/Principal Findings The multiple alignment of all known KDO8PS sequences reveals that several residue pairs coevolved, an indication of their possible linkage to a structural constraint. In this study we investigated by computational means the contribution of coevolving residues to the stability of KDO8PS. We found that about 1/4 of all strongly coevolving pairs probably originated from cycles of mutation (decreasing stability) and suppression (restoring it), while the remaining pairs are best explained by a succession of neutral or nearly neutral covarions. Conclusions/Significance Both sequence conservation and coevolution are involved in the preservation of the core structure of KDO8PS, but the contribution of coevolving residues is, in proportion, smaller. This is because small stability gains or losses associated with selection of certain residues in some regions of the stability landscape of KDO8PS are easily offset by a large number of possible changes in other regions. While this effect increases the tolerance of KDO8PS to deleterious mutations, it also decreases the probability that specific pairs of residues could have a strong contribution to the thermodynamic stability of the protein.
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- Sharon H. Ackerman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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Tao P, Schlegel HB, Gatti DL. Common basis for the mechanism of metallo and non-metallo KDO8P synthases. J Inorg Biochem 2010; 104:1267-75. [PMID: 20825995 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2010.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2010] [Revised: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The three-dimensional structures of metal and non-metal enzymes that catalyze the same reaction are often quite different, a clear indication of convergent evolution. However, there are interesting cases in which the same scaffold supports both a metal and a non-metal catalyzed reaction. One of these is 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase (KDO8PS), a bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of KDO8P and inorganic phosphate (P(i)) from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P), and water. This reaction is one of the key steps in the biosynthesis of bacterial endotoxins. The evolutionary tree of KDO8PS is evenly divided between metal and non-metal forms, both having essentially identical structures. Mutagenesis and crystallographic studies suggest that one or two residues at most determine whether or not KDO8PS requires a metal for function, a clear example of "minimalist evolution". Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) simulations of both the enzymatic and non-enzymatic synthesis of KDO8P have revealed the mechanism underlying the switch between metal and non-metal dependent catalysis. The principle emerging from these studies is that this conversion is possible in KDO8PS because the metal is not involved in an activation process, but primarily contributes to orienting properly the reactants to lower the activation energy, an action easily mimicked by amino acid side-chains.
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- Peng Tao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States.
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Roberts A, Furdui C, Anderson KS. Observation of a chemically labile, noncovalent enzyme intermediate in the reaction of metal-dependent Aquifex pyrophilus KDO8PS by time-resolved mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:1919-1924. [PMID: 20533322 PMCID: PMC3381509 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The direct detection of intermediates in enzymatic reactions can yield important mechanistic insights but may be difficult due to short intermediate lifetimes and chemical instability. Using a rapid-mixing device coupled with electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, the noncovalent hemiketal intermediate in the reaction of metal-dependent 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate-8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase from Aquifex pyrophilus was observed in the millisecond time range. Using single turnover conditions, the noncovalent complexes of enzyme with Cd(2+):phosphoenolpyruvate, Cd(2+):phosphate, Cd(2+):KDO8P, and Cd(2+):intermediate complexes were resolved. The intermediate complex is present during times ranging from 50-630 ms, indicating that the intermediate builds up at the ambient temperatures of the experiment. This represents the first direct detection of the intermediate with a native metal-dependent KDO8PS, and further demonstrates that time-resolved mass spectrometry is a useful tool in mechanistic studies of enzymatic reactions.
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- Anne Roberts
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Allison TM, Yeoman JA, Hutton RD, Cochrane FC, Jameson GB, Parker EJ. Specificity and mutational analysis of the metal-dependent 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1804:1526-36. [PMID: 20406700 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase (KDO8PS) catalyzes the reaction between phosphoenol pyruvate and D-arabinose 5-phosphate to generate KDO8P. This reaction is part of the biosynthetic pathway to 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate, a component of the lipopolysaccharide of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall. Two distinct groups of KDO8PSs exist, differing by the absolute requirement of a divalent metal ion. In this study Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans KDO8PS has been expressed and purified and shown to require a divalent metal ion, with Mn2+, Co2+ and Cd2+ (in decreasing order) being able to restore activity to metal-free enzyme. Cd2+ significantly enhanced the stability of the enzyme, raising the Tm by 14 degrees C. D-glucose 6-phosphate and D-erythrose 4-phosphate were not substrates for A. ferrooxidans KDO8PS, whereas 2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate was a poor substrate and there was negligible activity with D-ribose 5-phosphate. The 243AspGlyPro245 motif is absolutely conserved in the metal-independent group of synthases, but the Gly and Pro sites are variable in the metal-dependent enzymes. Substitution of the putative metal-binding Asp243 to Ala in A. ferrooxidans KDO8PS gave inactive enzyme, whereas substitutions Asp243Glu or Pro245Ala produced active enzymes with altered metal-dependency profiles. Prior studies indicated that exchange of a metal-binding Cys for Asn converts metal-dependent KDO8P synthase into a metal-independent form. Unexpectedly, this mutation in A. ferrooxidans KDO8P synthase (Cys21Asn) gave inactive enzyme. This finding, together with modest activity towards 2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate suggests similarities between the A. ferrooxidans KDO8PS and the related metal-dependent 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate phosphate synthase, and highlights the importance of the AspGlyPro loop in positioning the substrate for effective catalysis in all KDO8P synthases.
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- Timothy M Allison
- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Tao P, Gatti DL, Schlegel HB. The Energy Landscape of 3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-Phosphate Synthase. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11706-14. [DOI: 10.1021/bi901341h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Peng Tao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Tumbale P, Brew K. Characterization of a metal-independent CAZy family 6 glycosyltransferase from Bacteroides ovatus. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:25126-34. [PMID: 19622749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.033878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The myriad functions of complex carbohydrates include modulating interactions between bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts. In humans and other vertebrates, variations in the activity of glycosyltransferases of CAZy family 6 generate antigenic variation between individuals and species that facilitates resistance to pathogens. The well characterized vertebrate glycosyltransferases of this family are multidomain membrane proteins with C-terminal catalytic domains. Genes for proteins homologous with their catalytic domains are found in at least nine species of anaerobic commensal bacteria and a cyanophage. Although the bacterial proteins are strikingly similar in sequence to the catalytic domains of their eukaryotic relatives, a metal-binding Asp-X-Asp sequence, present in a wide array of metal ion-dependent glycosyltransferases, is replaced by Asn-X-Asn. We have cloned and expressed one of these proteins from Bacteroides ovatus, a bacterium that is linked to inflammatory bowel disease. Functional characterization shows it to be a metal-independent glycosyltransferase with a 200-fold preference for UDP-GalNAc as substrate relative to UDP-Gal. It efficiently catalyzes the synthesis of oligosaccharides similar to human blood group A and may participate in the synthesis of the bacterial O-antigen. The kinetics for GalNAc transfer to 2'-fucosyl lactose are characteristic of a sequential mechanism, as observed previously for this family. Mutational studies indicate that despite the lack of a metal cofactor, there are pronounced similarities in structure-function relationships between the bacterial and vertebrate family 6 glycosyltransferases. These two groups appear to provide an example of horizontal gene transfer involving vertebrates and prokaryotes.
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- Percy Tumbale
- Department of Basic Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
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Cochrane FC, Cookson TVM, Jameson GB, Parker EJ. Reversing evolution: re-establishing obligate metal ion dependence in a metal-independent KDO8P synthase. J Mol Biol 2009; 390:646-61. [PMID: 19447118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2009] [Revised: 05/08/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Two distinct groups of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase (KDO8PS), a key enzyme of cell-wall biosynthesis, differ by their requirement for a divalent metal ion for enzymatic activity. The unique difference between these groups is the replacement of the metal-binding Cys by Asn. Substitution of just this Asn for a Cys in metal-independent KDO8PS does not create the obligate metal-ion dependency of natural metal-dependent enzymes. We describe how three or four mutations of the metal-independent KDO8PS from Neisseria meningitidis produce a fully functional, obligately metal-dependent KDO8PS. For the substitutions Asn23Cys, Asp247Glu (this Asp binds to the metal ion in all metal-dependent KDO8PS) and Pro249Ala, and for double and triple combinations, mutant enzymes that contained Cys in place of Asn showed an increase in activity in the presence of divalent metal ions. However, combining these mutations with substitution by Ser of the Cys residue in the conserved (246)CysAspGlyPro(249) motif of metal-independent KDO8PS created enzymes with obligate metal dependency. The quadruple mutant (Asn23Cys/Cys246Ser/Asp247Glu/Pro249Ala) showed comparable activity to wild-type enzymes only in the presence of metal ions, with maximum activity with Cd(2+), the metal ion that is strongly inhibitory at micromolar concentrations for the wild-type enzyme. In the absence of metal ions, activity was barely detectable for this quadruple mutant or for triple mutants bearing both Cys246Ser and Asn23Cys mutations. The structures of NmeKDO8PS and its Asn23Cys/Asp247Glu/Pro249Ala and quadruple mutants at pH 4.6 were characterized at resolutions better than 1.85 A. Aged crystals of the Asn23Cys/Asp247Glu/Pro249Ala mutant featured a Cys23-Cys246 disulfide linkage, explaining the spectral bleaching observed when this mutant was incubated with Cu(2+). Such bleaching was not observed for the quadruple mutant. Reverse evolution to a fully functional obligately metal-dependent KDO8PS has been achieved with just three directed mutations for enzymes that have, at best, 47% identity between metal-dependent and metal-independent pairs.
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- Fiona C Cochrane
- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Kona F, Tao P, Martin P, Xu X, Gatti DL. Electronic structure of the metal center in the Cd(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) substituted forms of KDO8P synthase: implications for catalysis. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3610-30. [PMID: 19228070 DOI: 10.1021/bi801955h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Aquifex aeolicus 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase (KDO8PS) is active with a variety of different divalent metal ions bound in the active site. The Cd(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) substituted enzymes display similar values of k(cat) and similar dependence of K(m)(PEP) and K(m)(A5P) on both substrate and product concentrations. However, the flux-control coefficients for some of the catalytically relevant reaction steps are different in the presence of Zn(2+) or Cu(2+), suggesting that the type of metal bound in the active site affects the behavior of the enzyme in vivo. The type of metal also affects the rate of product release in the crystal environment. For example, the crystal structure of the Cu(2+) enzyme incubated with phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P) shows the formed product, 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P), still bound in the active site in its linear conformation. This observation completes our structural studies of the condensation reaction, which altogether have provided high-resolution structures for the reactants, the intermediate, and the product bound forms of KDO8PS. The crystal structures of the Cd(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) substituted enzymes show four residues (Cys-11, His-185, Glu-222, and Asp-233) and a water molecule as possible metal ligands. Combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) geometry optimizations reveal that the metal centers have a delocalized electronic structure, and that their true geometry is square pyramidal for Cd(2+) and Zn(2+) and distorted octahedral or distorted tetrahedral for Cu(2+). These geometries are different from those obtained by QM optimization in the gas phase (tetrahedral for Cd(2+) and Zn(2+), distorted tetrahedral for Cu(2+)) and may represent conformations of the metal center that minimize the reorganization energy between the substrate-bound and product-bound states. The QM/MM calculations also show that when only PEP is bound to the enzyme the electronic structure of the metal center is optimized to prevent a wasteful reaction of PEP with water.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fathima Kona
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Walker SR, Cumming H, Parker EJ. Substrate and reaction intermediate mimics as inhibitors of 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase. Org Biomol Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b909241b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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