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Cruz-Navarrete FA, Baxter NJ, Flinders AJ, Buzoianu A, Cliff MJ, Baker PJ, Waltho JP. Peri active site catalysis of proline isomerisation is the molecular basis of allomorphy in β-phosphoglucomutase. Commun Biol 2024; 7:909. [PMID: 39068257 PMCID: PMC11283535 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06577-9] [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: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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Metabolic regulation occurs through precise control of enzyme activity. Allomorphy is a post-translational fine control mechanism where the catalytic rate is governed by a conformational switch that shifts the enzyme population between forms with different activities. β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) uses allomorphy in the catalysis of isomerisation of β-glucose 1-phosphate to glucose 6-phosphate via β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate. Herein, we describe structural and biophysical approaches to reveal its allomorphic regulatory mechanism. Binding of the full allomorphic activator β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate stimulates enzyme closure, progressing through NAC I and NAC III conformers. Prior to phosphoryl transfer, loops positioned on the cap and core domains are brought into close proximity, modulating the environment of a key proline residue. Hence accelerated isomerisation, likely via a twisted anti/C4-endo transition state, leads to the rapid predominance of active cis-P βPGM. In contrast, binding of the partial allomorphic activator fructose 1,6-bisphosphate arrests βPGM at a NAC I conformation and phosphoryl transfer to both cis-P βPGM and trans-P βPGM occurs slowly. Thus, allomorphy allows a rapid response to changes in food supply while not otherwise impacting substantially on levels of important metabolites.
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- F Aaron Cruz-Navarrete
- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute, Patterson Building, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Robertson AJ, Cruz-Navarrete FA, Wood HP, Vekaria N, Hounslow AM, Bisson C, Cliff MJ, Baxter NJ, Waltho JP. An Enzyme with High Catalytic Proficiency Utilizes Distal Site Substrate Binding Energy to Stabilize the Closed State but at the Expense of Substrate Inhibition. ACS Catal 2022; 12:3149-3164. [PMID: 35692864 PMCID: PMC9171722 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the factors that underpin the enormous catalytic proficiencies of enzymes is fundamental to catalysis and enzyme design. Enzymes are, in part, able to achieve high catalytic proficiencies by utilizing the binding energy derived from nonreacting portions of the substrate. In particular, enzymes with substrates containing a nonreacting phosphodianion group coordinated in a distal site have been suggested to exploit this binding energy primarily to facilitate a conformational change from an open inactive form to a closed active form, rather than to either induce ground state destabilization or stabilize the transition state. However, detailed structural evidence for the model is limited. Here, we use β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) to investigate the relationship between binding a phosphodianion group in a distal site, the adoption of a closed enzyme form, and catalytic proficiency. βPGM catalyzes the isomerization of β-glucose 1-phosphate to glucose 6-phosphate via phosphoryl transfer reactions in the proximal site, while coordinating a phosphodianion group of the substrate(s) in a distal site. βPGM has one of the largest catalytic proficiencies measured and undergoes significant domain closure during its catalytic cycle. We find that side chain substitution at the distal site results in decreased substrate binding that destabilizes the closed active form but is not sufficient to preclude the adoption of a fully closed, near-transition state conformation. Furthermore, we reveal that binding of a phosphodianion group in the distal site stimulates domain closure even in the absence of a transferring phosphoryl group in the proximal site, explaining the previously reported β-glucose 1-phosphate inhibition. Finally, our results support a trend whereby enzymes with high catalytic proficiencies involving phosphorylated substrates exhibit a greater requirement to stabilize the closed active form.
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- Angus J. Robertson
- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Robertson AJ, Wilson AL, Burn MJ, Cliff MJ, Popelier PLA, Waltho JP. The Relationship between Enzyme Conformational Change, Proton Transfer, and Phosphoryl Transfer in β-Phosphoglucomutase. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Angus J. Robertson
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Chiariello MG, Alfonso-Prieto M, Ippoliti E, Fahlke C, Carloni P. Mechanisms Underlying Proton Release in CLC-type F -/H + Antiporters. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:4415-4420. [PMID: 33950673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The CLC family of anion channels and transporters includes Cl-/H+ exchangers (blocked by F-) and F-/H+ exchangers (or CLCFs). CLCFs contain a glutamate (E318) in the central anion-binding site that is absent in CLC Cl-/H+ exchangers. The X-ray structure of the protein from Enterococcus casseliflavus (CLCF-eca) shows that E318 tightly binds to F- when the gating glutamate (E118; highly conserved in the CLC family) faces the extracellular medium. Here, we use classical and DFT-based QM/MM metadynamics simulations to investigate proton transfer and release by CLCF-eca. After up to down movement of protonated E118, both glutamates combine with F- to form a triad, from which protons and F- anions are released as HF. Our results illustrate how glutamate insertion into the central anion-binding site of CLCF-eca permits the release of H+ to the cytosol as HF, thus enabling a net 1:1 F-/H+ stoichiometry.
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- Maria Gabriella Chiariello
- Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-5) and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-1), Molekular- und Zellphysiologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 54245 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-5) and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Cécile and Oskar Vogt Institute for Brain Research, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-5) and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 54245 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-1), Molekular- und Zellphysiologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-5) and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- JARA-HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 54245 Jülich, Germany
- Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- JARA Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (INM-11), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Allomorphy as a mechanism of post-translational control of enzyme activity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5538. [PMID: 33139716 PMCID: PMC7608592 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Enzyme regulation is vital for metabolic adaptability in living systems. Fine control of enzyme activity is often delivered through post-translational mechanisms, such as allostery or allokairy. β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) from Lactococcus lactis is a phosphoryl transfer enzyme required for complete catabolism of trehalose and maltose, through the isomerisation of β-glucose 1-phosphate to glucose 6-phosphate via β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate. Surprisingly for a gatekeeper of glycolysis, no fine control mechanism of βPGM has yet been reported. Herein, we describe allomorphy, a post-translational control mechanism of enzyme activity. In βPGM, isomerisation of the K145-P146 peptide bond results in the population of two conformers that have different activities owing to repositioning of the K145 sidechain. In vivo phosphorylating agents, such as fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, generate phosphorylated forms of both conformers, leading to a lag phase in activity until the more active phosphorylated conformer dominates. In contrast, the reaction intermediate β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, whose concentration depends on the β-glucose 1-phosphate concentration, couples the conformational switch and the phosphorylation step, resulting in the rapid generation of the more active phosphorylated conformer. In enabling different behaviours for different allomorphic activators, allomorphy allows an organism to maximise its responsiveness to environmental changes while minimising the diversion of valuable metabolites. β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) from Lactococcus lactis is a phosphoryl transfer enzyme required for catabolism of trehalose and maltose. Coupled analyses of multiple βPGM structures and enzymatic activity lead to the proposal of allomorphy — a post-translational mechanism controlling enzyme activity.
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Cruz-Navarrete FA, Baxter NJ, Wood HP, Hounslow AM, Waltho JP. 1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of the P146A variant of β-phosphoglucomutase from Lactococcus lactis in its substrate-free form. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2019; 13:349-356. [PMID: 31396843 PMCID: PMC6713671 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-019-09904-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) is a magnesium-dependent phosphoryl transfer enzyme that catalyses the reversible isomerisation of β-glucose 1-phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate, via two phosphoryl transfer steps and a β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate intermediate. Substrate-free βPGM is an essential component of the catalytic cycle and an understanding of its dynamics would present significant insights into βPGM functionality, and enzyme catalysed phosphoryl transfer in general. Previously, 30 residues around the active site of substrate-free βPGMWT were identified as undergoing extensive millisecond dynamics and were unassignable. Here we report 1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of the P146A variant (βPGMP146A) in its substrate-free form, where the K145-A146 peptide bond adopts a trans conformation in contrast to all crystal structures of βPGMWT, where the K145-P146 peptide bond is cis. In βPGMP146A millisecond dynamics are suppressed for all but 17 residues, allowing 92% of backbone resonances to be assigned. Secondary structure predictions using TALOS-N reflect βPGM crystal structures, and a chemical shift comparison between substrate-free βPGMP146A and βPGMWT confirms that the solution conformations are very similar, except for the D137-A147 loop. Hence, the isomerisation state of the 145-146 peptide bond has little effect on structure but the cis conformation triggers millisecond dynamics in the hinge (V12-T16), the nucleophile (D8) and residues that coordinate the transferring phosphate group (D8 and S114-S116), and the D137-A147 loop (V141-A142 and K145). These millisecond dynamics occur in addition to those for residues involved in coordinating the catalytic MgII ion and the L44-L53 loop responsible for substrate discrimination.
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- F Aaron Cruz-Navarrete
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Johnson LA, Robertson AJ, Baxter NJ, Trevitt CR, Bisson C, Jin Y, Wood HP, Hounslow AM, Cliff MJ, Blackburn GM, Bowler MW, Waltho JP. van der Waals Contact between Nucleophile and Transferring Phosphorus Is Insufficient To Achieve Enzyme Transition-State Architecture. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Luke A. Johnson
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 90181, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Brás NF, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Schwartz SD. Mechanistic Insights on Human Phosphoglucomutase Revealed by Transition Path Sampling and Molecular Dynamics Calculations. Chemistry 2018; 24:1978-1987. [PMID: 29131453 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Human α-phosphoglucomutase 1 (α-PGM) catalyzes the isomerization of glucose-1-phosphate into glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) through two sequential phosphoryl transfer steps with a glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (G16P) intermediate. Given that the release of G6P in the gluconeogenesis raises the glucose output levels, α-PGM represents a tempting pharmacological target for type 2 diabetes. Here, we provide the first theoretical study of the catalytic mechanism of human α-PGM. We performed transition-path sampling simulations to unveil the atomic details of the two catalytic chemical steps, which could be key for developing transition state (TS) analogue molecules with inhibitory properties. Our calculations revealed that both steps proceed through a concerted SN 2-like mechanism, with a loose metaphosphate-like TS. Even though experimental data suggests that the two steps are identical, we observed noticeable differences: 1) the transition state ensemble has a well-defined TS region and a late TS for the second step, and 2) larger coordinated protein motions are required to reach the TS of the second step. We have identified key residues (Arg23, Ser117, His118, Lys389), and the Mg2+ ion that contribute in different ways to the reaction coordinate. Accelerated molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the G16P intermediate may reorient without leaving the enzymatic binding pocket, through significant conformational rearrangements of the G16P and of specific loop regions of the human α-PGM.
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- Natércia F Brás
- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA
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Barrozo A, Liao Q, Esguerra M, Marloie G, Florián J, Williams NH, Kamerlin SCL. Computer simulations of the catalytic mechanism of wild-type and mutant β-phosphoglucomutase. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:2060-2073. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00312b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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β-Phosphoglucomutase (β-PGM) has served as an important model system for understanding biological phosphoryl transfer.
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- Alexandre Barrozo
- Science for Life Laboratory
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Uppsala University
- S-75124 Uppsala
- Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Uppsala University
- S-75124 Uppsala
- Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Uppsala University
- S-75124 Uppsala
- Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Uppsala University
- S-75124 Uppsala
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Loyola University Chicago
- Chicago
- USA
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Ampaw A, Carroll M, von Velsen J, Bhattasali D, Cohen A, Bowler MW, Jakeman DL. Observing enzyme ternary transition state analogue complexes by 19F NMR spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2017; 8:8427-8434. [PMID: 29619190 PMCID: PMC5863612 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04204c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Ternary transition state analogue (TSA) complexes probing the isomerization of β-d-glucose 1-phosphate (G1P) into d-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) catalyzed by catalytically active, fluorinated (5-fluorotryptophan), β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) have been observed directly by 19F NMR spectroscopy. In these complexes MgF3- and AlF4- are surrogates for the transferring phosphate. However, the relevance of these metal fluorides as TSA complexes has been queried. The 1D 19F spectrum of a ternary TSA complex presented a molar equivalence between fluorinated enzyme, metal fluoride and non-isomerizable fluoromethylenephosphonate substrate analogue. Ring flips of the 5-fluoroindole ring remote from the active site were observed by both 19F NMR and X-ray crystallography, but did not perturb function. This data unequivocally demonstrates that the concentration of the metal fluoride complexes is equivalent to the concentration of enzyme and ligand in the TSA complex in aqueous solution.
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- Anna Ampaw
- Department of Chemistry , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada B3H 4R2 .
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- Department of Chemistry , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada B3H 4R2 .
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory , Grenoble Outstation , 71 avenue des Martyrs , CS 90181 F-38042 Grenoble , France
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility , Life Sciences Research Institute , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada B3H 4R2
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory , Grenoble Outstation , 71 avenue des Martyrs , CS 90181 F-38042 Grenoble , France
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- Department of Chemistry , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada B3H 4R2 .
- College of Pharmacy , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada B3H 4R2
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Chu Y, Williams NH, Hengge AC. Transition States and Control of Substrate Preference in the Promiscuous Phosphatase PP1. Biochemistry 2017; 56:3923-3933. [PMID: 28678475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Catalytically promiscuous enzymes are an attractive frontier for biochemistry, because enzyme promiscuities not only plausibly explain enzyme evolution through the mechanism of gene duplication but also could provide an efficient route to changing the catalytic function of proteins by mimicking this evolutionary process. PP1γ is an effectively promiscuous phosphatase for the hydrolysis of both monoanionic and dianionic phosphate ester-based substrates. In addition to its native phosphate monoester substrate, PP1γ catalyzes the hydrolysis of aryl methylphosphonates, fluorophosphate esters, phosphorothioate esters, and phosphodiesters, with second-order rate accelerations that fall within the narrow range of 1011-1013. In contrast to the different transition states in the uncatalyzed hydrolysis reactions of these substrates, PP1γ catalyzes their hydrolysis through similar transition states. PP1γ does not catalyze the hydrolysis of a sulfate ester, which is unexpected. The PP1γ active site is tolerant of variations in the geometry of bound ligands, which permit the effective catalysis even of substrates whose steric requirements may result in perturbations to the positioning of the transferring group, both in the initial enzyme-substrate complex and in the transition state. The conservative mutation of arginine 221 to lysine results in a mutant that is a more effective catalyst toward monoanionic substrates. The surprising conversion of substrate preference lends support to the notion that mutations following gene duplication can result in an altered enzyme with different catalytic capabilities and preferences and may provide a pathway for the evolution of new enzymes.
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- Yuan Chu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University , Logan, Utah 84322-0300, United States
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield , Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University , Logan, Utah 84322-0300, United States
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Wałejko P, Witkowski S. Selective removal of phenyl group from alkyl diphenyl phosphates. JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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McCormick NE, Forget SM, Syvitski RT, Jakeman DL. MgF 3- and AlF 4- transition state analogue complexes of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 95:295-303. [PMID: 27991832 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2016-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The phospho-transfer mechanism of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) has been probed through formation of trifluoromagnesate (MgF3-) and tetrafluoroaluminate (AlF4-) transition state analogue complexes and analyzed using 19F, 1H waterLOGSY and 1H chemical shift perturbation NMR spectroscopy. We observed the first 19F NMR spectroscopic evidence for the formation of metal fluoride transition state analogues of yeast PGK and also observed significant changes to proton chemical shifts of PGK in the presence, but not in the absence, of fluoride upon titration of ligands, providing indirect evidence of the formation of a closed ternary transition state. WaterLOGSY NMR spectroscopy experiments using an uncompetitive model were used in an attempt to measure ligand binding affinities within the transition state analogue complexes.
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- Nicole E McCormick
- a College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, 5968 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- b Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coberg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- b Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coberg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- a College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, 5968 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.,b Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 6274 Coberg Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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Cha SH, Hong J, McGuffie M, Yeom B, VanEpps JS, Kotov NA. Shape-Dependent Biomimetic Inhibition of Enzyme by Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Activity. ACS NANO 2015; 9:9097-9105. [PMID: 26325486 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Enzyme inhibitors are ubiquitous in all living systems, and their biological inhibitory activity is strongly dependent on their molecular shape. Here, we show that small zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs)-pyramids, plates, and spheres-possess the ability to inhibit activity of a typical enzyme β-galactosidase (GAL) in a biomimetic fashion. Enzyme inhibition by ZnO NPs is reversible and follows classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with parameters strongly dependent on their geometry. Diverse spectroscopic, biochemical, and computational experimental data indicate that association of GAL with specific ZnO NP geometries interferes with conformational reorganization of the enzyme necessary for its catalytic activity. The strongest inhibition was observed for ZnO nanopyramids and compares favorably to that of the best natural GAL inhibitors while being resistant to proteases. Besides the fundamental significance of this biomimetic function of anisotropic NPs, their capacity to serve as degradation-resistant enzyme inhibitors is technologically attractive and is substantiated by strong shape-specific antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), endemic for most hospitals in the world.
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- Sang-Ho Cha
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi University , Suwon 443-760, South Korea
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- China Pharmaceutical University , 24 Tongjiaxiang, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210009, China
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University , Yongin 449-728, South Korea
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan48109, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48198, United States
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Jin Y, Bhattasali D, Pellegrini E, Forget SM, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Bowler MW, Jakeman DL, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP. α-Fluorophosphonates reveal how a phosphomutase conserves transition state conformation over hexose recognition in its two-step reaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:12384-9. [PMID: 25104750 PMCID: PMC4151737 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402850111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) catalyzes isomerization of β-D-glucose 1-phosphate (βG1P) into D-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) via sequential phosphoryl transfer steps using a β-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (βG16BP) intermediate. Synthetic fluoromethylenephosphonate and methylenephosphonate analogs of βG1P deliver novel step 1 transition state analog (TSA) complexes for βPGM, incorporating trifluoromagnesate and tetrafluoroaluminate surrogates of the phosphoryl group. Within an invariant protein conformation, the β-D-glucopyranose ring in the βG1P TSA complexes (step 1) is flipped over and shifted relative to the G6P TSA complexes (step 2). Its equatorial hydroxyl groups are hydrogen-bonded directly to the enzyme rather than indirectly via water molecules as in step 2. The (C)O-P bond orientation for binding the phosphate in the inert phosphate site differs by ∼ 30° between steps 1 and 2. By contrast, the orientations for the axial O-Mg-O alignment for the TSA of the phosphoryl group in the catalytic site differ by only ∼ 5°, and the atoms representing the five phosphorus-bonded oxygens in the two transition states (TSs) are virtually superimposable. The conformation of βG16BP in step 1 does not fit into the same invariant active site for step 2 by simple positional interchange of the phosphates: the TS alignment is achieved by conformational change of the hexose rather than the protein.
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- Yi Jin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom; Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom; Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom; and
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-European Molecular Biology Laboratory-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom; Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom; and
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DeYonker NJ, Webster CE. Phosphoryl transfers of the phospholipase D superfamily: a quantum mechanical theoretical study. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:13764-74. [PMID: 24007383 DOI: 10.1021/ja4042753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The HKD-containing Phospholipase D superfamily catalyzes the cleavage of the headgroup of phosphatidylcholine to produce phosphatidic acid and choline. The mechanism of this cleavage process is studied theoretically. The geometric basis of our models is the X-ray crystal structure of the five-coordinate phosphohistidine intermediate from Streptomyces sp . Strain PMF (PDB Code = 1V0Y ). Hybrid ONIOM QM:QM methodology with Density Functional Theory (DFT) and semiempirical PM6 (DFT:PM6) is used to acquire thermodynamic and kinetic data for the initial phosphoryl transfer, subsequent hydrolysis, and finally, the formation of the experimentally observed ″dead-end″ phosphohistidine product (PDB Code = 1V0W ). The model contains nineteen amino acid residues (including the two highly conserved HKD-motifs), four explicit water molecules, and the substrate. Via computations, the persistence of the short-lived five-coordinate phosphorane intermediate on the minutes times scale is rationalized. This five-coordinate phosphohistidine intermediate energetically exists between the hydrolysis event and ″substrate reorganization″ (the reorganization of the in vitro model substrate within the active site). Computations directly support the thermodynamic favorability of the in vitro four-coordinate phosphohistidine product. In vivo, the activation energy of substrate reorganization is too high, perhaps due to a combination of substrate immobility when embedded in the lipid bilayer, as well as its larger steric bulk compared to the compound used in the in vitro substrate soaks. On this longer time scale, the enzyme will migrate along the lipid membrane toward its next substrate target, rather than promote the formation of the dead-end product.
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- Nathan J DeYonker
- The Department of Chemistry, The University of Memphis , 213 Smith Chemistry Building, Memphis, Tennessee 38152-3550, United States
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Teles M, Boltaña S, Reyes-López F, Santos MA, Mackenzie S, Tort L. Effects of chronic cortisol administration on global expression of GR and the liver transcriptome in Sparus aurata. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2013; 15:104-114. [PMID: 22777624 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9467-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The present work was designed to assess the effects of artificially increased high plasma cortisol levels induced by slow-release cortisol implants on the mRNA abundance of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in different organs of Sparus aurata (Gilthead sea bream), as well as to evaluate global transcriptional changes in the liver, using the Aquagenomics S. aurata oligo-nucleotide microarray technology. For that purpose, groups of fish were intraperitoneally injected with implants containing two different concentrations of cortisol (50 or 200 μg/g body weight). Blood and organs were sampled after 7 and 14 days of cortisol implantation. Only fish with 200 μg/g implants exhibited a significant rise in plasma cortisol. Thus, we evaluated the expression of the GR in different organs in these fish 7 and 14 days post-implantation. GR mRNA abundance was upregulated in head kidney and heart of fish at both sampling times. In liver and muscle, GR mRNA abundance was upregulated after 14 days, whereas in gills, the GR mRNA transcript was upregulated earlier, at day 7. These results suggest that increased plasma cortisol induced by a slow-release implant of cortisol mimics the overall effects of stress and affects the expression of GR mRNA in a time- and organ-specific manner. Data obtained with the Aquagenomics S. aurata oligo-nucleotide microarray allowed the identification of a total of 491 cortisol-responsive transcripts and highlight the strong intensity of transcriptional modulation in liver of fish implanted with cortisol after 7 days, in contrast to that observed at day 14. Transcriptional remodeling highlighted a significant activity in carbohydrate metabolism mainly in the gluconeogenic pathway linked to downregulation of inflammatory and immune response processes in implanted fish.
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- Mariana Teles
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
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Phosphoryl transfer plays key roles in signaling, energy transduction, protein synthesis, and maintaining the integrity of the genetic material. On the surface, it would appear to be a simple nucleophile displacement reaction. However, this simplicity is deceptive, as, even in aqueous solution, the low-lying d-orbitals on the phosphorus atom allow for eight distinct mechanistic possibilities, before even introducing the complexities of the enzyme catalyzed reactions. To further complicate matters, while powerful, traditional experimental techniques such as the use of linear free-energy relationships (LFER) or measuring isotope effects cannot make unique distinctions between different potential mechanisms. A quarter of a century has passed since Westheimer wrote his seminal review, 'Why Nature Chose Phosphate' (Science 235 (1987), 1173), and a lot has changed in the field since then. The present review revisits this biologically crucial issue, exploring both relevant enzymatic systems as well as the corresponding chemistry in aqueous solution, and demonstrating that the only way key questions in this field are likely to be resolved is through careful theoretical studies (which of course should be able to reproduce all relevant experimental data). Finally, we demonstrate that the reason that nature really chose phosphate is due to interplay between two counteracting effects: on the one hand, phosphates are negatively charged and the resulting charge-charge repulsion with the attacking nucleophile contributes to the very high barrier for hydrolysis, making phosphate esters among the most inert compounds known. However, biology is not only about reducing the barrier to unfavorable chemical reactions. That is, the same charge-charge repulsion that makes phosphate ester hydrolysis so unfavorable also makes it possible to regulate, by exploiting the electrostatics. This means that phosphate ester hydrolysis can not only be turned on, but also be turned off, by fine tuning the electrostatic environment and the present review demonstrates numerous examples where this is the case. Without this capacity for regulation, it would be impossible to have for instance a signaling or metabolic cascade, where the action of each participant is determined by the fine-tuned activity of the previous piece in the production line. This makes phosphate esters the ideal compounds to facilitate life as we know it.
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Jin Y, Cliff MJ, Baxter NJ, Dannatt HRW, Hounslow AM, Bowler MW, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP. Charge-Balanced Metal Fluoride Complexes for Protein Kinase A with Adenosine Diphosphate and Substrate Peptide SP20. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201204266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Jin Y, Cliff MJ, Baxter NJ, Dannatt HRW, Hounslow AM, Bowler MW, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP. Charge-balanced metal fluoride complexes for protein kinase A with adenosine diphosphate and substrate peptide SP20. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:12242-5. [PMID: 23125010 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yi Jin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Near attack conformers dominate β-phosphoglucomutase complexes where geometry and charge distribution reflect those of substrate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:6910-5. [PMID: 22505741 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116855109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Experimental observations of fluoromagnesate and fluoroaluminate complexes of β-phosphoglucomutase (β-PGM) have demonstrated the importance of charge balance in transition-state stabilization for phosphoryl transfer enzymes. Here, direct observations of ground-state analog complexes of β-PGM involving trifluoroberyllate establish that when the geometry and charge distribution closely match those of the substrate, the distribution of conformers in solution and in the crystal predominantly places the reacting centers in van der Waals proximity. Importantly, two variants are found, both of which satisfy the criteria for near attack conformers. In one variant, the aspartate general base for the reaction is remote from the nucleophile. The nucleophile remains protonated and forms a nonproductive hydrogen bond to the phosphate surrogate. In the other variant, the general base forms a hydrogen bond to the nucleophile that is now correctly orientated for the chemical transfer step. By contrast, in the absence of substrate, the solvent surrounding the phosphate surrogate is arranged to disfavor nucleophilic attack by water. Taken together, the trifluoroberyllate complexes of β-PGM provide a picture of how the enzyme is able to organize itself for the chemical step in catalysis through the population of intermediates that respond to increasing proximity of the nucleophile. These experimental observations show how the enzyme is capable of stabilizing the reaction pathway toward the transition state and also of minimizing unproductive catalysis of aspartyl phosphate hydrolysis.
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Theoretical investigation of the enzymatic phosphoryl transfer of β-phosphoglucomutase: revisiting both steps of the catalytic cycle. J Mol Model 2012; 18:3169-79. [PMID: 22238068 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Enzyme catalyzed phosphate transfer is a part of almost all metabolic processes. Such reactions are of central importance for the energy balance in all organisms and play important roles in cellular control at all levels. Mutases transfer a phosphoryl group while nucleases cleave the phosphodiester linkages between two nucleotides. The subject of our present study is the Lactococcus lactis β-phosphoglucomutase (β-PGM), which effectively catalyzes the interconversion of β-D-glucose-1-phosphate (β-G1P) to β-D-glucose-6-phosphate (β-G6P) and vice versa via stabile intermediate β-D-glucose-1,6-(bis)phosphate (β-G1,6diP) in the presence of Mg(2+). In this paper we revisited the reaction mechanism of the phosphoryl transfer starting from the bisphosphate β-G1,6diP in both directions (toward β-G1P and β-G6P) combining docking techniques and QM/MM theoretical method at the DFT/PBE0 level of theory. In addition we performed NEB (nudged elastic band) and free energy calculations to optimize the path and to identify the transition states and the energies involved in the catalytic cycle. Our calculations reveal that both steps proceed via dissociative pentacoordinated phosphorane, which is not a stabile intermediate but rather a transition state. In addition to the Mg(2+) ion, Ser114 and Lys145 also play important roles in stabilizing the large negative charge on the phosphate through strong coordination with the phosphate oxygens and guiding the phosphate group throughout the catalytic process. The calculated energy barrier of the reaction for the β-G1P to β-G1,6diP step is only slightly higher than for the β-G1,6diP to β-G6P step (16.10 kcal mol(-1) versus 15.10 kcal mol(-1)) and is in excellent agreement with experimental findings (14.65 kcal mol(-1)).
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Babtie AC, Lima MF, Kirby AJ, Hollfelder F. Kinetic and computational evidence for an intermediate in the hydrolysis of sulfonate esters. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:8095-101. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25699a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Xiaoxia L, Marston JP, Baxter NJ, Hounslow AM, Yufen Z, Blackburn GM, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP. Prioritization of charge over geometry in transition state analogues of a dual specificity protein kinase. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:3989-94. [PMID: 21348513 DOI: 10.1021/ja1090035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The direct observation of a transition state analogue (TSA) complex for tyrosine phosphorylation by a signaling kinase has been achieved using (19)F NMR analysis of MEK6 in complex with tetrafluoroaluminate (AlF(4)(-)), ADP, and p38α MAP kinase (acceptor residue: Tyr182). Solvent-induced isotope shifts and chemical shifts for the AlF(4)(-) moiety indicate that two fluorine atoms are coordinated by the two catalytic magnesium ions of the kinase active site, while the two remaining fluorides are liganded by protein residues only. An equivalent, yet distinct, AlF(4)(-) complex involving the alternative acceptor residue in p38α (Thr180) is only observed when the Tyr182 is mutated to phenylalanine. The formation of octahedral AlF(4)(-) species for both acceptor residues, rather than the trigonal bipyramidal AlF(3)(0) previously identified in the only other metal fluoride complex with a protein kinase, shows the requirement of MEK6 for a TSA that is isoelectronic with the migrating phosphoryl group. This requirement has hitherto only been demonstrated for proteins having a single catalytic magnesium ion.
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- Liu Xiaoxia
- Krebs Institute and Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Marcos E, Field MJ, Crehuet R. Pentacoordinated phosphorus revisited by high-level QM/MM calculations. Proteins 2010; 78:2405-11. [PMID: 20602355 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Enzymes catalyzing phosphoryl transfer reactions are extremely efficient and are involved in crucial biochemical processes. The mechanisms of these enzymes are complex due to the diversity of substrates that are involved. The reaction can proceed through a pentacoordinated phosphorus species that is either a stable intermediate or a transition state (TS). Because of this, the first X-ray structure of a pentacoordinated phosphorus intermediate in the beta-phosphoglucomutase enzyme aroused great interest but also much controversy. To provide new insights into the nature of that structure, we have determined the reaction path of the phosphorylation step using high-level QM/MM calculations, and have also calculated the geometry of a complex with a transition state analogue (TSA) that has been suggested to be the actual species in the crystal. The protein crystalline environment has been modeled so as to mimic the experimental conditions. We conclude that the pentacoordinated phosphorus formed in this enzyme is not a stable species but a TS, which gives an activation energy for phosphorylation in agreement with kinetic results. We also show that the TSA is a good mimic of the true TS. We have performed a new crystallographic refinement of the original diffraction map of the pentacoordinated phosphorus structure with the MgF(3)(-) TSA. The new fit improves significantly with respect to the original one, which strongly supports that Allen and coworkers wrongly assigned the X-ray structure to a pentavalent phosphorane.
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- Enrique Marcos
- Departament de Química Biològica i Modelització Molecular, Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Baxter NJ, Bowler MW, Alizadeh T, Cliff MJ, Hounslow AM, Wu B, Berkowitz DB, Williams NH, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP. Atomic details of near-transition state conformers for enzyme phosphoryl transfer revealed by MgF-3 rather than by phosphoranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:4555-60. [PMID: 20164409 PMCID: PMC2842025 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910333106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Prior evidence supporting the direct observation of phosphorane intermediates in enzymatic phosphoryl transfer reactions was based on the interpretation of electron density corresponding to trigonal species bridging the donor and acceptor atoms. Close examination of the crystalline state of beta-phosphoglucomutase, the archetypal phosphorane intermediate-containing enzyme, reveals that the trigonal species is not PO-3 , but is MgF-3 (trifluoromagnesate). Although MgF-3 complexes are transition state analogues rather than phosphoryl group transfer reaction intermediates, the presence of fluorine nuclei in near-transition state conformations offers new opportunities to explore the nature of the interactions, in particular the independent measures of local electrostatic and hydrogen-bonding distributions using 19F NMR. Measurements on three beta-PGM-MgF-3 -sugar phosphate complexes show a remarkable relationship between NMR chemical shifts, primary isotope shifts, NOEs, cross hydrogen bond F...H-N scalar couplings, and the atomic positions determined from the high-resolution crystal structure of the beta-PGM-MgF--3 -G6P complex. The measurements provide independent validation of the structural and isoelectronic MgF--3 model of near-transition state conformations.
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- Nicola J. Baxter
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38043 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Life Sciences and Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Yamamichi H. Verification of the Mechanism of Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions and Development of Artificial Enzymes for the Reactions. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2010. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.68.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Baxter NJ, Hounslow AM, Bowler MW, Williams NH, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP. MgF(3)(-) and alpha-galactose 1-phosphate in the active site of beta-phosphoglucomutase form a transition state analogue of phosphoryl transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:16334-5. [PMID: 19852484 DOI: 10.1021/ja905972m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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(19)F-based NMR analysis and hydrogen/deuterium primary isotope shifts establish the formation of a highly populated solution-state trigonal bipyramidal complex involving beta-phosphoglucomutase (beta-PGM), alpha-galactose 1-phosphate (alphaGal1P), and trifluoromagnesate (MgF(3)(-)), PGM-MgF(3)-alphaGal1P, that is a transition state analogue for phosphoryl transfer. Full backbone resonance assignment of the protein shows that its structure is in the closed conformation required for catalytic activity and is closely related to the corresponding complex with glucose 6-phosphate, which we have recently identified using NMR analysis in solution and X-ray crystallography in the solid state. The previous identification of three structural waters in a PGM-alphaGal1P binary substrate complex had indicated that, in the presence of alphaGal1P, magnesium ions, and fluoride, beta-PGM should indeed form a PGM-MgF(3)-alphaGal1P-TSA complex whereas, in the solid-state, apparently it did not. This cast doubt on the validity of the interpretation of MgF(3)(-) complexes. The present work establishes that, in solution, the expectation that a PGM-MgF(3)-alphaGal1P-TSA complex should readily form is fulfilled. These results thus refute the final evidence used to claim that the trigonal bipyramidal species observed in some solid-state structures of complexes involving beta-PGM are pentaoxyphosphorane intermediates.
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- Nicola J Baxter
- Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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