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Structural and functional insights into the reaction specificity of catalase-related hydroperoxide lyase: A shift from lyase activity to allene oxide synthase by site-directed mutagenesis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185291. [PMID: 28953966 PMCID: PMC5617202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Two highly identical fusion proteins, an allene oxide synthase-lipoxygenase (AOS-LOX) and a hydroperoxide lyase-lipoxygenase (HPL-LOX), were identified in the soft coral Capnella imbricata. Both enzymes initially catalyze the formation of 8R-hydroperoxy-eicosatetraenoic acid (8R-HpETE) from arachidonic acid by the C-terminal lipoxygenase (LOX) domain. Despite the fact that the defined catalytically important residues of N-terminal catalase-related allene oxide synthase (cAOS) domain are also conserved in C. imbricata hydroperoxide lyase (cHPL), their reaction specificities differ. In the present study, we tested which of the amino acid substitutions around the active site of cHPL are responsible for a control in the reaction specificity. The possible candidates were determined via comparative sequence and structural analysis of the substrate channel and the heme region of coral cAOSs and C. imbricata cHPL. The amino acid replacements in cHPL—R56G, ME59-60LK, P65A, F150L, YS176-177NL, I357V, and SSSAGE155-160PVKEGD—with the corresponding residues of cAOS were conducted by site-directed mutagenesis. Although all these mutations influenced the catalytic efficiency of cHPL, only F150L and YS176-177NL substitutions caused a shift in the reaction specificity from HPL to AOS. The docking analysis of P. homomalla cAOS with 8R-HpETE substrate revealed that the Leu150 of cAOS interacts with the C5-C6 double bond and the Leu177 with the hydrophobic tail of 8R-HpETE. We propose that the corresponding residues in cHPL, Phe150 and Ser177, are involved in a proper coordination of the epoxy allylic radical intermediate necessary for aldehyde formation in the hydroperoxide lyase reaction.
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Zhao J, Moretto J, Le P, Franzen S. Measurement of Internal Substrate Binding in Dehaloperoxidase–Hemoglobin by Competition with the Heme–Fluoride Binding Equilibrium. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:2827-38. [DOI: 10.1021/jp512996v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Jing Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Aicart-Ramos C, Valhondo Falcón M, Ortiz de Montellano PR, Rodriguez-Crespo I. Covalent attachment of heme to the protein moiety in an insect E75 nitric oxide sensor. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7403-16. [PMID: 22946928 DOI: 10.1021/bi300848x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have recombinantly expressed and purified the ligand binding domains (LBDs) of four insect nuclear receptors of the E75 family. The Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori nuclear receptors were purified as ferric hemoproteins with Soret maxima at 424 nm, whereas their ferrous forms had a Soret maximum at 425 nm that responds to (•)NO and CO binding. In contrast, the purified LBD of Oncopeltus fasciatus displayed a Soret maximum at 415 nm for the ferric protein that shifted to 425 nm in its ferrous state. Binding of (•)NO to the heme moiety of the D. melanogaster and B. mori E75 LBD resulted in the appearance of a peak at 385 nm, whereas this peak appeared at 416 nm in the case of the O. fasciatus hemoprotein, resembling the behavior displayed by its human homologue, Rev-erbβ. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed that, unlike the D. melanogaster and B. mori counterparts, the heme group of O. fasciatus is covalently attached to the protein through the side chains of two amino acids. The high degree of sequence homology with O. fasciatus E75 led us to clone and express the LBD of Blattella germanica, which established that its spectral properties closely resemble those of O. fasciatus and that it also has the heme group covalently bound to the protein. Hence, (•)NO/CO regulation of the transcriptional activity of these nuclear receptors might be differently controlled among various insect species. In addition, covalent heme binding provides strong evidence that at least some of these nuclear receptors function as diatomic gas sensors rather than heme sensors. Finally, our findings expand the classes of hemoproteins in which the heme group is normally covalently attached to the polypeptide chain.
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- Clara Aicart-Ramos
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Nicoletti FP, Droghetti E, Boechi L, Bonamore A, Sciamanna N, Estrin DA, Feis A, Boffi A, Smulevich G. Fluoride as a Probe for H-Bonding Interactions in the Active Site of Heme Proteins: The Case of Thermobifida fusca Hemoglobin. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:20970-80. [DOI: 10.1021/ja209312k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Francesco P. Nicoletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Buenos Aires (C1428EHA), Argentina
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- Institute Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biochemical Sciences and CNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biochemical Sciences and CNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Buenos Aires (C1428EHA), Argentina
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Institute Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Biochemical Sciences and CNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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Nonaka D, Wariishi H, Welinder KG, Fujii H. Paramagnetic 13C and 15N NMR Analyses of the Push and Pull Effects in Cytochrome c Peroxidase and Coprinus cinereus Peroxidase Variants: Functional Roles of Highly Conserved Amino Acids around Heme. Biochemistry 2009; 49:49-57. [DOI: 10.1021/bi9017285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Daisuke Nonaka
- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 821-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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Tosha T, Kagawa N, Arase M, Waterman MR, Kitagawa T. Interaction between substrate and oxygen ligand responsible for effective O-O bond cleavage in bovine cytochrome P450 steroid 21-hydroxylase proved by Raman spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:3708-17. [PMID: 18032381 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707338200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated structural and functional properties of bovine cytochrome P450 steroid 21-hydroxylase (P450c21), which catalyzes hydroxylation at C-21 of progesterone and 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. The uncoupled H(2)O(2) formation was higher in the hydroxylation of progesterone (26% of NADPH consumed) than that of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (15% of NADPH consumed), indicating that 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone can better facilitate the O-O bond scission. In relation to this, it is noted that the O-O stretching mode (nu(O-O)) of the oxygen complex of P450c21 was sensitive to the substrate; the progesterone- or 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone-bound enzyme gave single (at 1137 cm(-1)) or split nu(O-O) bands (at 1124 and 1138 cm(-1)), respectively, demonstrating the presence of two forms for the latter. In contrast to nu(O-O), no corresponding difference was observed for the Fe-O(2) stretching mode between two different substrate-bound forms. The Fe-S(Cys) stretching mode in the ferric state was also identical (349 cm(-1)) for each substrate-bound form, suggesting that modulation through the axial thiolate by the substrate is unlikely. Therefore, it is deduced that the hydroxyl group at C-17 of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone forms a hydrogen bond with the terminal oxygen atom of the FeOO complex in one form, yielding a lower nu(O-O) frequency with higher reactivity for O-O cleavage, whereas the other form in which the substrate does not provide a hydrogen bond to the oxygen ligand is essentially the same between the two kinds of substrates. In the hydrogen-bonded species, the substrate changes the geometry of the FeOO moiety, thereby performing the hydroxylation reaction more effectively in 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone than in progesterone.
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- Takehiko Tosha
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Smulevich G, Feis A, Howes BD. Fifteen years of Raman spectroscopy of engineered heme containing peroxidases: what have we learned? Acc Chem Res 2005; 38:433-40. [PMID: 15895981 DOI: 10.1021/ar020112q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spectroscopic techniques have been fundamental to the comprehension of peroxidase function under physiological conditions. This Account examines the contribution to our understanding of heme peroxidases provided by electronic and resonance Raman spectroscopies in conjunction with site-directed mutagenesis. The results obtained over 15 years with several heme peroxidases and selected mutants have provided important insights into the influence exerted by the protein in the vicinity of the active site via key amino acids on the functionality and stability of the enzymes. Moreover, resonance Raman spectroscopy has revealed that a common feature of heme peroxidases is the presence of an extensive network of H-bonds coupling the distal and proximal sides, which has a profound influence on the heme ligation, affecting both the fifth and the sixth coordination sites.
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- Giulietta Smulevich
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
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Heering HA, Smith AT, Smulevich G. Spectroscopic characterization of mutations at the Phe41 position in the distal haem pocket of horseradish peroxidase C: structural and functional consequences. Biochem J 2002; 363:571-9. [PMID: 11964158 PMCID: PMC1222510 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Three mutants of horseradish peroxidase isoenzyme C (HRPC) have been constructed in which the conserved distal aromatic residue Phe(41) has been substituted by Trp, Val or Ala and the properties of the mutant proteins have been compared with that of the wild-type. The ferric and ferrous states have been studied by resonance Raman, electronic absorption and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopies, together with their respective fluoride and CO complexes as probes for the integrity of the distal haem-pocket hydrogen-bonding network. The catalytic properties of the mutants, most notably the HRPC-mutant Phe(41)-->Trp (F41W) variant, were also affected. Structural modelling suggests that the bulky indole group of the F41W mutant blocks the distal cavity, inhibiting the binding of fluoride and CO to the haem iron, severely impairing the reaction of the enzyme with H(2)O(2) to form Compound I. Substitution with the smaller side-chain residues Val or Ala resulted in a 2-fold increase in the affinity of the mutants for the aromatic donor benzhydroxamic acid (BHA) compared with the wild-type, whereas the sterically hindered F41W mutant was not able to bind BHA at all. All the mutations studied increased the amount of a ferric six-coordinate aquo-high-spin species. On the other hand, the similarity in the Fe-Im stretching frequencies of the mutants and wild-type protein suggests that the distal haem-pocket mutations do not cause any substantive changes on the proximal side of the haem. Spectra of the HRPC mutant Phe(41)-->Ala-CO and the HRPC mutant Phe(41)-->Val-CO complexes strongly suggested a weakening of the interaction between CO and Arg(38) due to a secondary rearrangement of the haem relative to helix B. The effects observed for these HRP mutants were somewhat different from those noted recently for the analogous Coprinus cinereus peroxidase (CIP) mutants, particularly the Trp mutant. These differences can be reconciled in part as being due to the smaller size of the distal cavity of HRP compared with that of CIP.
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- Hendrik A Heering
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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Indiani C, Feis A, Howes BD, Marzocchi MP, Smulevich G. Benzohydroxamic Acid−Peroxidase Complexes: Spectroscopic Characterization of a Novel Heme Spin Species. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja000587h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chiara Indiani
- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Contribution from the Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via G. Capponi 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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Indiani C, Feis A, Howes BD, Marzocchi MP, Smulevich G. Effect of low temperature on soybean peroxidase: spectroscopic characterization of the quantum-mechanically admixed spin state. J Inorg Biochem 2000; 79:269-74. [PMID: 10830877 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(99)00156-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A spectroscopic study of soybean peroxidase (SBP) has been carried out using electronic absorption, resonance Raman (RR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in order to determine the effects of temperature on the heme spin state. Upon lowering the temperature a transition from high spin to low spin is induced in SBP resulting from conformational changes in the heme cavity, including a contraction of the heme core, the reorientation of the vinyl group in position 2 of the porphyrin macrocycle, and the binding of the distal His to the Fe atom. Moreover, the combined analysis of the data derived from the different techniques at both room and low temperatures demonstrates that at low temperature the quantum-mechanically admixed spin state (QS) of SBP has RR frequencies different from those observed for the QS species at room temperature.
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- C Indiani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Italy
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