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Alnafta N, Beffa R, Bojack G, Bollenbach-Wahl B, Brant NZ, Dörnbrack C, Dorn N, Freigang J, Gatzweiler E, Getachew R, Hartfiel C, Heinemann I, Helmke H, Hohmann S, Jakobi H, Lange G, Lümmen P, Willms L, Frackenpohl J. Designing New Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase-Inhibitors Carrying Potential Side Chain Isosteres to Enhance Crop Safety and Spectrum of Activity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:18270-18284. [PMID: 37269295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
There are several methods to control weeds, which impose particular challenges for farmers in all parts of the world, although applying small molecular compounds still remains the most efficient technology to date. However, plants can evolve to become resistant toward active ingredients which is also the case for protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, a class of highly effective herbicides in use for more than 50 years. Hence, it is essential to continuously discover and develop new herbicidal PPO inhibitors with enhanced intrinsic activity, an improved resistance profile, enhanced crop safety, favorable physicochemical properties, and a clean toxicological profile. By modifying structural key features from known PPO inhibitors such as tiafenacil, inspired by isostere and mix&match concepts in combination with modeling investigations based on a wild-type Amaranthus crystal structure, we have found new promising lead structures showing strong activity in vitro and in vivo against several notorious dicotyledon and monocotyledon weeds with emerging resistance (e.g., Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus tuberculatus, Lolium rigidum, and Alopecurus myosuroides). While several phenyl uracils carrying an isoxazoline motif in their thio-linked side chain showed promising resistance-breaking potential against different Amaranthus species, introducing a thioacrylamide side chain afforded outstanding efficacy against resistant grass weeds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Neanne Alnafta
- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Mattison RL, Beffa R, Bojack G, Bollenbach-Wahl B, Dörnbrack C, Dorn N, Freigang J, Gatzweiler E, Getachew R, Hartfiel C, Heinemann I, Helmke H, Hohmann S, Jakobi H, Lange G, Lümmen P, Willms L, Frackenpohl J. Design, synthesis and screening of herbicidal activity for new phenyl pyrazole-based protoporphyrinogen oxidase-inhibitors (PPO) overcoming resistance issues. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:2264-2280. [PMID: 36815643 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Whilst there are several methods to control weeds, which continuously plague farmers around the globe, the application of small molecular compounds is still the most effective technology to date. Plants can evolve to become resistant to PPO-inhibitors, a class of herbicides in commercial use since the 1960s. It is therefore essential to continuously develop new herbicides based on this mode-of-action with enhanced intrinsic activity, an improved resistance profile and favourable physicochemical properties. Based on an Amaranthus PPO crystal structure and subsequent modelling studies, halogen-substituted pyrazoles have been investigated as isosteres of uracil-based PPO-inhibitors. RESULTS By combining structural features from the commercial PPO-inhibitors tiafenacil and pyraflufen-ethyl and by investigating receptor-binding properties, we identified new promising pyrazole-based lead structures showing strong activity in vitro and in vivo against economically important weeds of the Amaranthus genus: A. retroflexus, and resistant A. palmeri and A. tuberculatus. CONCLUSION The present work covers a series of novel PPO-inhibiting compounds that contain a pyrazole ring and a substituted thioacetic acid sidechain attached to the core phenyl group. These compounds show good receptor fit in line with excellent herbicidal activity against weeds that plague corn and rice crops with low application rates. This, in combination with promising selectivity in corn, have the potential to mitigate and affect weeds that have become resistant to some of the current market standards. Remarkably, some of the novel PPO-inhibitors outlined herein show efficacies against economically important weeds that were superior to recently commercialized and structurally related tiafenacil. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Rebecca L Mattison
- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Zhao SS, Wang YJ, Tang L, Guo B, Wang L, Zhang JQ, Yang SG. Identifying novel selective PPO inhibitors through structure-based virtual screening and bio-evaluation. RSC Adv 2023; 13:10873-10883. [PMID: 37033434 PMCID: PMC10075065 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra08006k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) is a key enzyme in chlorophyll and heme biosynthesis, and the development of its inhibitors is of great importance both in the pharmaceutical and pesticide industries. However, the currently developed PPO inhibitors have insignificant bio-selectivity and have a serious impact on non-target organisms. In this study, a docking-based virtual screening approach combined with bio-activity testing was used to obtain novel selective inhibitors of PPO. The results of the bio-activity test showed that thirteen compounds showed 10-fold selectivity over human PPO. And the best selective compound, ZINC70338, has a K i value of 2.21 μM for Nicotiana tabacum PPO and >113-fold selectivity for human PPO. The selectivity mechanism of ZINC70338 in different species of PPO was then analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations to provide a design basis and theoretical guidance for the design of novel selective inhibitors.
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- Shan-Shan Zhao
- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
- Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D Guiyang 550025 China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Drug Research on Common Chronic Diseases, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
- Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D Guiyang 550025 China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550025 China
- Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D Guiyang 550025 China
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Porri A, Noguera MM, Betz M, Sälinger D, Brändle F, Bowe SJ, Lerchl J, Meyer L, Knapp M, Roma‐Burgos N. Can double PPO mutations exist in the same allele and are such mutants functional? PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:2258-2264. [PMID: 35220663 PMCID: PMC9314999 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resistance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO)-inhibiting herbicides is endowed primarily by target-site mutations at the PPX2 gene that compromise binding of the herbicide to the catalytic domain. In Amaranthus spp. PPX2, the most prevalent target mutations are deletion of the G210 codon, and the R128G and G339A substitutions. These mutations strongly affect the dynamic of the PPO2 binding pocket, resulting in reduced affinity with the ligand. Here we investigated the likelihood of co-occurrence of the most widespread target site mutations in the same PPX2 allele. RESULTS Plants carrying R128G+/+ ΔG210+/-, where + indicates presence of the mutation, were crossed with each other. The PPX2 of the offspring was subjected to pyrosequencing and E. coli-based Sanger sequencing to determine mutation frequencies and allele co-occurrence. The data show that R128G ΔG210 can occur in one allele only; the second allele carries only one mutation. Double mutation in both alleles is less likely because of significant loss of enzyme activity. The segregation of offspring populations derived from a cross between heterozygous plants carrying ΔG210 G399A also showed no co-occurrence in the same allele. The offspring exhibited the expected mutation distribution patterns with few exceptions. CONCLUSIONS Homozygous double-mutants are not physiologically viable. Double-mutant plants can only exist in a heterozygous state. Alternatively, if two mutations are detected in one plant, each mutation would occur in a separate allele. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- BASF Agricultural SolutionsResearch Triangle ParkNCUSA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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Wang B, Zhang Z, Zhu H, Niu C, Wen X, Xi Z. The hydrogen bonding network involved Arg59 in human protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase is essential for enzyme activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 557:20-25. [PMID: 33857841 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) is the last common enzyme in chlorophyll and heme biosynthesis pathways. In human, point mutations on PPO are responsible for the dominantly inherited disorder disease, Variegate Porphyria (VP). Of the VP-causing mutation site, the Arg59 is by far the most prevalent VP mutation residue identified. Multiple sequences alignment of PPOs shows that the Arg59 of human PPO (hPPO) is not conserved, and experiments have shown that the equivalent residues in PPO from various species are essential for enzymatic activity. In this work, it was proposed that the Arg59 performs its function by forming a hydrogen-bonding (HB) network around it in hPPO, and we investigated the role of the HB network via site-directed mutagenesis, enzymatic kinetics and computational studies. We found the integrity of the HB network around Arg59 is important for enzyme activity. The HB network maintains the substrate binding chamber by holding the side chain of Arg59, while it stabilizes the micro-environment of the isoalloxazine ring of FAD, which is favorable for the substrate-FAD interaction. Our result provides a new insight to understanding the relationship between the structure and function for hPPO that non-conserved residues can form a conserved element to maintain the function of protein.
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- Baifan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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Noguera MM, Rangani G, Heiser J, Bararpour T, Steckel LE, Betz M, Porri A, Lerchl J, Zimmermann S, Nichols RL, Roma-Burgos N. Functional PPO2 mutations: co-occurrence in one plant or the same ppo2 allele of herbicide-resistant Amaranthus palmeri in the US mid-south. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:1001-1012. [PMID: 32990410 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase 2 (PPO2) inhibitors are important for the management of glyphosate- and acetolactate synthase-resistant Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.]. The evolving resistance to PPO inhibitors is of great concern. We surveyed the evolution of resistance to fomesafen in the US Mid-south and determined its correlation with the known functional PPO2 target-site mutations (TSM). RESULTS The 167 accessions analyzed were grouped into five categories, four resistant (147) and one susceptible (20). Arkansas accessions constituted 100% of the susceptible group while the Missouri accessions comprised 60% of the most resistant category. The majority of Mississippi accessions (88%) clustered in the high-survival-high-injury category, manifesting an early-stage resistance evolution. One hundred and fifteen accessions were genotyped for four known TSMs; 74% of accessions carried at least one TSM. The most common single TSM was ΔG210 (18% of accessions) and the predominant double mutation was ΔG210 + G399A (17%). Other mutations are likely less favorable, hence are rare. All TSMs were detected in three accessions. Further examination revealed that 9 and two individuals carried G399A + G210 and G399A + R128G TSM in the same allele, respectively. The existence of these combinations is supported by molecular modeling. CONCLUSIONS Resistance to PPO inhibitors is widespread across the Mid-southern USA. Highly resistant field populations have plants with multiple mutations. G399A is the most prone to co-occur with other ppo2 mutations in the same allele. Mutation at R128 in the configuration of the PPO2 catalytic domain restrains the co-occurrence of R128G with ΔG210, making ΔG210 + G399A the most plausible, tolerable functional mutation combination to co-occur in the same ppo2 allele.
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- Matheus M Noguera
- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, USA
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- Food & Natural Resources, Fisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Portageville, MO, USA
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, USA
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Nie H, Mansfield BC, Harre NT, Young JM, Steppig NR, Young BG. Investigating target-site resistance mechanism to the PPO-inhibiting herbicide fomesafen in waterhemp and interspecific hybridization of Amaranthus species using next generation sequencing. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:3235-3244. [PMID: 30983048 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer) is one of the most pernicious weeds in cropping systems of the USA due to its evolved resistance against several herbicide sites-of-action, including protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (PPO-R). Currently, the only source of PPO-R documented in waterhemp is ΔG210 of PPX2. Gene flow may not only lead to a transfer of herbicide-resistant alleles, but also produce a hybrid genotype more competitively fit than one or both parents. However, investigating gene flow of Amaranthus species has been of interest in the past two decades with limited evidence. RESULTS Here, a high-throughput MiSeq amplicon sequencing method was used to investigate alterations of the PPX2 gene in 146 PPO-R waterhemp populations across five Midwest states of the USA. Five R128 codons of PPX2, novel to waterhemp, were found including AGG (R), GGA (G), GGG (G), AAA (K) and ATA (I). R128G, R128I, and R128K were found in 11, 3, and 2 populations, respectively. R128G and R128I, but not R128K, conferred fomesafen resistance in a bacterial system. Sequence alignment of the R128 region of PPX2 identified a tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus)-type and Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri)-type PPX2 allele to be present and widespread in the surveyed waterhemp populations, thus providing strong evidence of gene flow between Amaranthus species. CONCLUSION Using a next-generation sequencing method, we identified two PPO target-site mutations R128G/I novel to waterhemp and provided evidence of gene flow of Amaranthus species in a large group of screened waterhemp populations from five Midwest states of the USA. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Haozhen Nie
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Yoon J, Han Y, Ahn YO, Hong MK, Sung SK. Characterization of HemY-type protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase genes from cyanobacteria and their functioning in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 101:561-574. [PMID: 31621006 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00925-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We investigated the functions of two cyanobacterial HemY protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) genes with in vitro and in vivo assays and evaluated their applicability as resistance traits to PPO-inhibiting herbicides. We isolated HemY-type protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) genes from cyanobacteria, OnPPO gene from Oscillatoria nigro-viridis PCC7112 and HaPPO gene from Halothece sp. PCC7418. The alignment of amino acid sequences as well as phylogenetic analyses conducted showed that OnPPO and HaPPO are classified as HemY-type PPO and are more closely related to plastidic PPOs than to mitochondrial PPOs. The PPO-deficient Escherichia coli BT3 strain, which requires heme supplementation, could obtain normal growth in the absence of heme supplementation when complemented with OnPPO and HaPPO. The enzyme assays of OnPPO, HaPPO, and Arabidopsis thaliana PPO1 (AtPPO1) proteins each revealed different kinetic properties in terms of catalytic efficiency, substrate affinity, and the degree of inhibition by PPO inhibitors. In particular, the catalytic efficiencies (kcat/Km) of OnPPO and HaPPO were approximately twofold higher than that of AtPPO1. The elution profiles of all three PPOs, acquired by size-exclusion chromatography, showed only a single peak with a molecular weight of approximately 52-54 kDa, which corresponds to a monomeric form. Moreover, functional complementation with OnPPO and HaPPO in AtPPO1-silenced Arabidopsis resulted in restored growth, whereas AtPPO1-silenced wild type Arabidopsis suffered necrotic death. In addition, we observed that overexpression of OnPPO and HaPPO in Arabidopsis conferred resistance to the PPO-inhibiting herbicides tiafenacil and saflufenacil. These results suggest that two HemY-type PPOs of cyanobacteria can functionally substitute for plastidic PPO activity in Arabidopsis and can enhance resistance to tiafenacil and saflufenacil.
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- Joonseon Yoon
- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07320, Republic of Korea.
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Celis AI, DuBois JL. Making and breaking heme. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2019; 59:19-28. [PMID: 30802830 PMCID: PMC6706330 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mechanisms for making and breaking the heme b cofactor (heme) are more diverse than previously expected. Biosynthetic pathways have diverged at least twice along taxonomic lines, reflecting differences in membrane organization and O2 utilization among major groups of organisms. At least three families of heme degradases are now known, again differing in whether and how O2 is used by the organism and possibly the purpose for turning over the tetrapyrrole. Understanding these enzymes and pathways offers a handle for antimicrobial development and for monitoring heme use in organismal and ecological systems.
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- Arianna I Celis
- Montana State University, 103 Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States
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- Montana State University, 103 Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States.
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Ambrosini V, Issawi M, Leroy-Lhez S, Riou C. How protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors and transgenesis contribute to elucidate plant tetrapyrrole pathway. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424619300076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Several families of herbicides, especially diphenyl ether (DPE) and pyrimidinedione, target the plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathways and in particular one key enzyme, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO). When plants are treated with DPE or pyrimidinedione, an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX, the first photosensitizer of this pathway, is observed in cytosol where it becomes very deleterious under light. Indeed these herbicides trigger plant death in two distinct ways: (i) inhibition of chlorophylls and heme syntheses and (ii) a huge accumulation of protoporphyrin IX in cytosol. Recently, a strategy based on plant transgenesis that induces deregulation of the tetrapyrrole pathway by up- or down-regulation of genes encoding enzymes, such as glutamyl-[Formula: see text]RNA reductase, porphobilinogen deaminase and PPO, has been developed. Against all expectations, only transgenic crops overexpressing PPO showed resistance to DPE and pyrimidinedione. This herbicide resistance of transgenic crops leads to the hypothesis that the overall consumption of herbicides will be reduced as previously reported for glyphosate-resistant transgenic crops. In this review, after a rapid presentation of plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, we show how only PPO enzyme can be the target of DPE and how transgenic crops can be further resistant not only to herbicide but also to abiotic stress such as drought or chilling. Keeping in mind that this approach is mostly prohibited in Europe, we attempt to discuss it to interest the scientific community, from plant physiologists to chemists, who work on the interface of photosensitizer optimization and agriculture.
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- Veronica Ambrosini
- Laboratoire Peirene EA7500, Université de Limoges, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Peirene EA7500, Université de Limoges, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Peirene EA7500, Université de Limoges, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Peirene EA7500, Université de Limoges, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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Rangani G, Salas-Perez RA, Aponte RA, Knapp M, Craig IR, Mietzner T, Langaro AC, Noguera MM, Porri A, Roma-Burgos N. A Novel Single-Site Mutation in the Catalytic Domain of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase IX (PPO) Confers Resistance to PPO-Inhibiting Herbicides. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:568. [PMID: 31156659 PMCID: PMC6530635 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO)-inhibiting herbicides are used to control weeds in a variety of crops. These herbicides inhibit heme and photosynthesis in plants. PPO-inhibiting herbicides are used to control Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer amaranth) especially those with resistance to glyphosate and acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibiting herbicides. While investigating the basis of high fomesafen-resistance in A. palmeri, we identified a new amino acid substitution of glycine to alanine in the catalytic domain of PPO2 at position 399 (G399A) (numbered according to the protein sequence of A. palmeri). G399 is highly conserved in the PPO protein family across eukaryotic species. Through combined molecular, computational, and biochemical approaches, we established that PPO2 with G399A mutation has reduced affinity for several PPO-inhibiting herbicides, possibly due to steric hindrance induced by the mutation. This is the first report of a PPO2 amino acid substitution at G399 position in a field-selected weed population of A. palmeri. The mutant A. palmeri PPO2 showed high-level in vitro resistance to different PPO inhibitors relative to the wild type. The G399A mutation is very likely to confer resistance to other weed species under selection imposed by the extensive agricultural use of PPO-inhibiting herbicides.
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- Gulab Rangani
- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Crop Science, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- *Correspondence: Nilda Roma-Burgos,
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Park J, Ahn YO, Nam JW, Hong MK, Song N, Kim T, Yu GH, Sung SK. Biochemical and physiological mode of action of tiafenacil, a new protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase-inhibiting herbicide. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 152:38-44. [PMID: 30497709 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We conducted biochemical and physiological experiments to investigate the mode of action of tiafenacil (Terrad'or™), a new protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO)-inhibiting pyrimidinedione herbicide. Analysis of the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) against recombinant PPO enzymes from various plant species, including amaranth (Amaranthus tuberculatus), soybean (Glycine max), arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and rapeseed (Brassica napus), showed that tiafenacil had an IC50 of 22 to 28 nM, similar to the pyrimidinedione herbicides butafenacil and saflufenacil and the N-phenylphthalimide herbicide flumioxazin. By contrast, tiafenacil exhibited 3- to 134-fold lower IC50 values than the diphenyl ether herbicides fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, and acifluorfen. Tiafenacil is non-selective and is herbicidal to both dicots and monocots, such as the weeds velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), amaranth, and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) as well as the crops soybean, rapeseed, rice (Oryza sativa), and maize (Zea mays) at concentrations ranging from 1 to 50 μM. Treatment of plant tissue with tiafenacil in darkness resulted in the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX. Subsequent exposure to light increased the content of malondialdehyde and significantly decreased the Fv/Fm values of chlorophyll fluorescence. The results suggest that tiafenacil is a new PPO-inhibiting pyrimidinedione herbicide.
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- Joonghyuk Park
- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea
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- Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, Isu-ro 93, Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 27737, Republic of Korea
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- FarmHannong Co., Ltd., Yeoui-daero 24, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07320, Republic of Korea.
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Dayan FE, Barker A, Tranel PJ. Origins and structure of chloroplastic and mitochondrial plant protoporphyrinogen oxidases: implications for the evolution of herbicide resistance. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:2226-2234. [PMID: 28967179 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO)-inhibiting herbicides are effective tools to control a broad spectrum of weeds, including those that have evolved resistance to glyphosate. Their utility is being threatened by the appearance of biotypes that are resistant to PPO inhibitors. While the chloroplastic PPO1 isoform is thought to be the primary target of PPO herbicides, evolved resistance mechanisms elucidated to date are associated with changes to the mitochondrial PPO2 isoform, suggesting that the importance of PPO2 has been underestimated. Our investigation of the evolutionary and structural biology of plant PPOs provides some insight into the potential reasons why PPO2 is the preferred target for evolution of resistance. The most common target-site mutation imparting resistance involved the deletion of a key glycine codon. The genetic environment that facilitates this deletion is apparently only present in the gene encoding PPO2 in a few species. Additionally, both species with this mutation (Amaranthus tuberculatus and Amaranthus palmeri) have dual targeting of PPO2 to both the chloroplast and the mitochondria, which might be a prerequisite to impart herbicide resistance. The most recent target-site mutations have substituted a key arginine residue involved in stabilizing the substrate in the catalytic domain of PPO2. This arginine is highly conserved across all plant PPOs, suggesting that its substitution could be equally likely on PPO1 and PPO2, yet it has only occurred on PPO2, underscoring the importance of this isoform for the evolution of herbicide resistance. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Franck E Dayan
- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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Abe J, Isobe N, Mikata K, Nagahori H, Naito Y, Saji H, Ono M, Kawamura S. Flumioxazin metabolism in pregnant animals and cell-based protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) inhibition assay of fetal metabolites in various animal species to elucidate the mechanism of the rat-specific developmental toxicity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2017; 339:34-41. [PMID: 29198728 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Flumioxazin, an N-phenylimide herbicide, inhibits protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO), a key enzyme in heme biosynthesis in mammals, and causes rat-specific developmental toxicity. The mechanism has mainly been clarified, but no research has yet focused on the contribution of its metabolites. We therefore conducted in vivo metabolism studies in pregnant rats and rabbits, and found 6 major known metabolites in excreta. There was no major rat-specific metabolite. The most abundant component in rat fetuses was APF, followed by flumioxazin and 5 identified metabolites. The concentrations of flumioxazin and these metabolites in fetuses were lower in rabbits than in rats. In vitro PPO inhibition assays with rat and human liver mitochondria showed that flumioxazin is a more potent PPO inhibitor than the metabolites. There were no species differences in relative intensity of PPO inhibition among flumioxazin and these metabolites. Based on the results of these in vivo and in vitro experiments, we concluded that flumioxazin is the causal substance of the rat-specific developmental toxicity. As a more reliable test system for research on in vitro PPO inhibition, cell-based assays with rat, rabbit, monkey, and human hepatocytes were performed. The results were consistent with those of the mitochondrial assays, and rats were more sensitive to PPO inhibition by flumioxazin than humans, while rabbits and monkeys were almost insensitive. From these results, the species difference in the developmental toxicity was concluded to be due to the difference in sensitivity of PPO to flumioxazin, and rats were confirmed to be the most sensitive of these species.
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- Jun Abe
- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan.
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Department of Patho-Functional Bioanalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Patho-Functional Bioanalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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Hao GF, Zuo Y, Yang SG, Chen Q, Zhang Y, Yin CY, Niu CW, Xi Z, Yang GF. Computational Discovery of Potent and Bioselective Protoporphyrinogen IX Oxidase Inhibitor via Fragment Deconstruction Analysis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:5581-5588. [PMID: 28654285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tuning the binding selectivity through appropriate ways is a primary goal in the design and optimization of a lead toward agrochemical discovery. However, how to achieve rational design of selectivity is still a big challenge. Herein, we developed a novel computational fragment generation and coupling (CFGC) strategy that led to a series of highly potent and bioselective inhibitors targeting protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase. This enzyme plays a vital role in heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis, which has been proven to be associated with many drugs and agrochemicals. However, existing agrochemicals are nonbioselective, resulting in a great threat to nontargeted organisms. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first bioselective inhibitor targeting the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. In addition, the candidate showed excellent in vivo bioactivity and much better safety toward humans.
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- Ge-Fei Hao
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering , Tianjing 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University , Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering , Tianjing 300072, People's Republic of China
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Dailey HA, Dailey TA, Gerdes S, Jahn D, Jahn M, O'Brian MR, Warren MJ. Prokaryotic Heme Biosynthesis: Multiple Pathways to a Common Essential Product. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2017; 81:e00048-16. [PMID: 28123057 PMCID: PMC5312243 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00048-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The advent of heme during evolution allowed organisms possessing this compound to safely and efficiently carry out a variety of chemical reactions that otherwise were difficult or impossible. While it was long assumed that a single heme biosynthetic pathway existed in nature, over the past decade, it has become clear that there are three distinct pathways among prokaryotes, although all three pathways utilize a common initial core of three enzymes to produce the intermediate uroporphyrinogen III. The most ancient pathway and the only one found in the Archaea converts siroheme to protoheme via an oxygen-independent four-enzyme-step process. Bacteria utilize the initial core pathway but then add one additional common step to produce coproporphyrinogen III. Following this step, Gram-positive organisms oxidize coproporphyrinogen III to coproporphyrin III, insert iron to make coproheme, and finally decarboxylate coproheme to protoheme, whereas Gram-negative bacteria first decarboxylate coproporphyrinogen III to protoporphyrinogen IX and then oxidize this to protoporphyrin IX prior to metal insertion to make protoheme. In order to adapt to oxygen-deficient conditions, two steps in the bacterial pathways have multiple forms to accommodate oxidative reactions in an anaerobic environment. The regulation of these pathways reflects the diversity of bacterial metabolism. This diversity, along with the late recognition that three pathways exist, has significantly slowed advances in this field such that no single organism's heme synthesis pathway regulation is currently completely characterized.
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- Harry A Dailey
- Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, Burr Ridge, Illinois, USA
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- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Wang B, Wen X, Xi Z. Molecular Simulations Bring New Insights into Protoporphyrinogen IX Oxidase/Protoporphyrinogen IX Interaction Modes. Mol Inform 2016; 35:476-482. [DOI: 10.1002/minf.201600008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Baifan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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Boateng MO, Corrigall AV, Sturrock E, Meissner PN. Characterisation of the flavin adenine dinucleotide binding region of Myxococcus xanthus protoporphyrinogen oxidase. Biochem Biophys Rep 2015; 4:306-311. [PMID: 29124218 PMCID: PMC5669401 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX), the penultimate enzyme in the haem biosynthetic pathway catalysers the six electron oxidation of protoporphyrinogen-IX to protoporphyrin-IX, in the presence of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and oxygen. In humans, partial defects in PPOX result in variegate porphyria. In this study, the FAD binding region in Myxococcus xanthus PPOX was analysed by engineering and characterising a selection of mutant proteins. Amino acid residues which interact with FAD via their side chains were selected for study. Mutants were characterised and compared with wild type protein. Characterisation included FAD quantitation, analysis of FAD spectra and kinetic assay. Results revealed that Serine 20 mutants could still bind FAD, but polarity in this position is favourable, yet not essential for the integrity of FAD binding. Study of Glutamate 39 mutants suggest that a negative charge at position 39 is clearly favoured for interaction with the ribose ring of FAD, as all non-conservative replacements could not bind sufficient FAD. Asparagine 441 appears not to be directly involved in FAD binding but rather in stabilizing the FAD, and polarity in this position appears important. Tryptophan 408 may play a role in orientating or stabilizing the bound substrate during catalysis, and a non-polar (or slightly polar) residue is favoured at this position; however, aromaticity in this position appears not to be critical. Overall this study sheds further light on how M. xanthus PPOX interacts with FAD.
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- Mavis O Boateng
- Lennox Eales Porphyria Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School, K-floor, Old GSH Main Building, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Lennox Eales Porphyria Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School, K-floor, Old GSH Main Building, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Structural Biology Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Lennox Eales Porphyria Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School, K-floor, Old GSH Main Building, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.,Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Structural Biology Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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Kobayashi K, Masuda T, Tajima N, Wada H, Sato N. Molecular phylogeny and intricate evolutionary history of the three isofunctional enzymes involved in the oxidation of protoporphyrinogen IX. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 6:2141-55. [PMID: 25108393 PMCID: PMC4231631 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tetrapyrroles such as heme and chlorophyll are essential for biological processes, including oxygenation, respiration, and photosynthesis. In the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (Protox) catalyzes the formation of protoporphyrin IX, the last common intermediate for the biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll. Three nonhomologous isofunctional enzymes, HemG, HemJ, and HemY, for Protox have been identified. To reveal the distribution and evolution of the three Protox enzymes, we identified homologs of each along with other heme biosynthetic enzymes by whole-genome clustering across three domains of life. Most organisms possess only one of the three Protox types, with some exceptions. Detailed phylogenetic analysis revealed that HemG is mostly limited to γ-Proteobacteria whereas HemJ may have originated within α-Proteobacteria and transferred to other Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria. In contrast, HemY is ubiquitous in prokaryotes and is the only Protox in eukaryotes, so this type may be the ancestral Protox. Land plants have a unique HemY homolog that is also shared by Chloroflexus species, in addition to the main HemY homolog originating from Cyanobacteria. Meanwhile, organisms missing any Protox can be classified into two groups; those lacking most heme synthetic genes, which necessarily depend on external heme supply, and those lacking only genes involved in the conversion of uroporphyrinogen III into heme, which would use a precorrin2-dependent alternative pathway. However, hemN encoding coproporphyrinogen IX oxidase was frequently found in organisms lacking Protox enzyme, which suggests a unique role of this gene other than in heme biosynthesis.
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- Koichi Kobayashi
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan CREST, JST, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan CREST, JST, Saitama, Japan
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Bali S, Palmer DJ, Schroeder S, Ferguson SJ, Warren MJ. Recent advances in the biosynthesis of modified tetrapyrroles: the discovery of an alternative pathway for the formation of heme and heme d 1. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:2837-63. [PMID: 24515122 PMCID: PMC11113276 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1563-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hemes (a, b, c, and o) and heme d 1 belong to the group of modified tetrapyrroles, which also includes chlorophylls, cobalamins, coenzyme F430, and siroheme. These compounds are found throughout all domains of life and are involved in a variety of essential biological processes ranging from photosynthesis to methanogenesis. The biosynthesis of heme b has been well studied in many organisms, but in sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea, the pathway has remained a mystery, as many of the enzymes involved in these characterized steps are absent. The heme pathway in most organisms proceeds from the cyclic precursor of all modified tetrapyrroles uroporphyrinogen III, to coproporphyrinogen III, which is followed by oxidation of the ring and finally iron insertion. Sulfate-reducing bacteria and some archaea lack the genetic information necessary to convert uroporphyrinogen III to heme along the "classical" route and instead use an "alternative" pathway. Biosynthesis of the isobacteriochlorin heme d 1, a cofactor of the dissimilatory nitrite reductase cytochrome cd 1, has also been a subject of much research, although the biosynthetic pathway and its intermediates have evaded discovery for quite some time. This review focuses on the recent advances in the understanding of these two pathways and their surprisingly close relationship via the unlikely intermediate siroheme, which is also a cofactor of sulfite and nitrite reductases in many organisms. The evolutionary questions raised by this discovery will also be discussed along with the potential regulation required by organisms with overlapping tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathways.
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- Shilpa Bali
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ UK
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Hao GF, Tan Y, Yang SG, Wang ZF, Zhan CG, Xi Z, Yang GF. Computational and experimental insights into the mechanism of substrate recognition and feedback inhibition of protoporphyrinogen oxidase. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69198. [PMID: 23935953 PMCID: PMC3720618 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO; EC 1.3.3.4) is an essential enzyme catalyzing the last common step in the pathway leading to heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis. Great interest in PPO inhibitors arises from both its significance to agriculture and medicine. However, the discovery of PPO inhibitors with ultrahigh potency and selectivity is hampered due to lack of structural and mechanistic understanding about the substrate recognition, which remains a longstanding question central in porphyrin biology. To understand the mechanism, a novel binding model of protogen (protoporphyrinogen IX, the substrate) was developed through extensive computational simulations. Subsequently, amino acid residues that are critical for protogen binding identified by computational simulations were substituted by mutagenesis. Kinetic analyses of these mutants indicated that these residues were critical for protogen binding. In addition, the calculated free energies of protogen binding with these mutants correlated well with the experimental data, indicating the reasonability of the binding model. On the basis of this novel model, the fundamental mechanism of substrate recognition was investigated by performing potential of mean force (PMF) calculations, which provided an atomic level description of conformational changes and pathway intermediates. The free energy profile revealed a feedback inhibition mechanism of proto (protoporphyrin IX, the product), which was also in agreement with experimental evidence. The novel mechanistic insights obtained from this study present a new starting point for future rational design of more efficient PPO inhibitors based on the product-bound PPO structure.
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- Ge-Fei Hao
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Zhang W, Zhu Y, Wei D, Tang M. Mechanisms of the cascade synthesis of substituted 4-amino-1,2,4-triazol-3-one from huisgen zwitterion and aldehyde hydrazone: A DFT study. J Comput Chem 2012; 33:715-22. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.22906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zuo Y, Yang SG, Jiang LL, Hao GF, Wang ZF, Wu QY, Xi Z, Yang GF. Quantitative structure–activity relationships of 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2(3H)-ones and 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones as human protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:296-304. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Revised: 10/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Qin X, Tan Y, Wang L, Wang Z, Wang B, Wen X, Yang G, Xi Z, Shen Y. Structural insight into human variegate porphyria disease. FASEB J 2010; 25:653-64. [PMID: 21048046 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-170811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Human protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (hPPO), a mitochondrial inner membrane protein, converts protoporphyrinogen IX to protoporphyrin IX in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Mutations in the hPPO gene cause the inherited human disease variegate porphyria (VP). In this study, we report the crystal structure of hPPO in complex with the coenzyme flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and the inhibitor acifluorfen at a resolution of 1.9 Å. The structural and biochemical analyses revealed the molecular details of FAD and acifluorfen binding to hPPO as well as the interactions of the substrate with hPPO. Structural analysis and gel chromatography indicated that hPPO is a monomer rather than a homodimer in vitro. The founder-effect mutation R59W in VP patients is most likely caused by a severe electrostatic hindrance in the hydrophilic binding pocket involving the bulky, hydrophobic indolyl ring of the tryptophan. Forty-seven VP-causing mutations were purified by chromatography and kinetically characterized in vitro. The effect of each mutation was demonstrated in the high-resolution crystal structure.
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- Xiaohong Qin
- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 300071
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Layer G, Reichelt J, Jahn D, Heinz DW. Structure and function of enzymes in heme biosynthesis. Protein Sci 2010; 19:1137-61. [PMID: 20506125 DOI: 10.1002/pro.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tetrapyrroles like hemes, chlorophylls, and cobalamin are complex macrocycles which play essential roles in almost all living organisms. Heme serves as prosthetic group of many proteins involved in fundamental biological processes like respiration, photosynthesis, and the metabolism and transport of oxygen. Further, enzymes such as catalases, peroxidases, or cytochromes P450 rely on heme as essential cofactors. Heme is synthesized in most organisms via a highly conserved biosynthetic route. In humans, defects in heme biosynthesis lead to severe metabolic disorders called porphyrias. The elucidation of the 3D structures for all heme biosynthetic enzymes over the last decade provided new insights into their function and elucidated the structural basis of many known diseases. In terms of structure and function several rather unique proteins were revealed such as the V-shaped glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the dipyrromethane cofactor containing porphobilinogen deaminase, or the "Radical SAM enzyme" coproporphyrinogen III dehydrogenase. This review summarizes the current understanding of the structure-function relationship for all heme biosynthetic enzymes and their potential interactions in the cell.
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- Gunhild Layer
- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig D-38106, Germany
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Dayan FE, Daga PR, Duke SO, Lee RM, Tranel PJ, Doerksen RJ. Biochemical and structural consequences of a glycine deletion in the alpha-8 helix of protoporphyrinogen oxidase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2010; 1804:1548-56. [PMID: 20399914 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A rare Gly210 deletion in protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) was recently discovered in herbicide-resistant Amaranthus tuberculatus. According to the published X-ray structure of Nicotiana tabacum PPO, Gly210 is adjacent to, not in, the PPO active site, so it is a matter of interest to determine why its deletion imparts resistance to herbicides. In our kinetic experiments, this deletion did not affect the affinity of protoporphyrinogen IX nor the FAD content, but decreased the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme. The suboptimal Kcat was compensated by a significant increase in the Kis for inhibitors and a switch in their interactions from competitive to mixed-type inhibition. In our protein modeling studies on herbicide-susceptible PPO and resistant PPO, we show that Gly210 plays a key role in the alphaL helix-capping motif at the C-terminus of the alpha-8 helix which helps to stabilize the helix. In molecular dynamics simulations, the deletion had significant architecture consequences, destabilizing the alpha-8 helix-capping region and unraveling the last turn of the helix, leading to enlargement of the active site cavity by approximately 50%. This seemingly innocuous deletion of Gly210 of the mitochondrial PPO imparts herbicide resistance to this dual-targeted protein without severely affecting its normal physiological function, which may explain why this unusual mutation was the favored evolutionary path for achieving resistance to PPO inhibitors.
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- Franck E Dayan
- USDA/ARS, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, P.O. Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA.
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Heme biosynthesis is coupled to electron transport chains for energy generation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:10436-41. [PMID: 20484676 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000956107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cellular energy generation uses membrane-localized electron transfer chains for ATP synthesis. Formed ATP in turn is consumed for the biosynthesis of cellular building blocks. In contrast, heme cofactor biosynthesis was found driving ATP generation via electron transport after initial ATP consumption. The FMN enzyme protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (HemG) of Escherichia coli abstracts six electrons from its substrate and transfers them via ubiquinone, cytochrome bo(3) (Cyo) and cytochrome bd (Cyd) oxidase to oxygen. Under anaerobic conditions electrons are transferred via menaquinone, fumarate (Frd) and nitrate reductase (Nar). Cyo, Cyd and Nar contribute to the proton motive force that drives ATP formation. Four electron transport chains from HemG via diverse quinones to Cyo, Cyd, Nar, and Frd were reconstituted in vitro from purified components. Characterization of E. coli mutants deficient in nar, frd, cyo, cyd provided in vivo evidence for a detailed model of heme biosynthesis coupled energy generation.
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Qin X, Sun L, Wen X, Yang X, Tan Y, Jin H, Cao Q, Zhou W, Xi Z, Shen Y. Structural insight into unique properties of protoporphyrinogen oxidase from Bacillus subtilis. J Struct Biol 2010; 170:76-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 11/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hao GF, Zhu XL, Ji FQ, Zhang L, Yang GF, Zhan CG. Understanding the mechanism of drug resistance due to a codon deletion in protoporphyrinogen oxidase through computational modeling. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:4865-75. [PMID: 19284797 DOI: 10.1021/jp807442n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO; EC 1.3.3.4) is the last common enzyme for the enzymatic transformation of protoporphyrinogen-IX to protoporphyrin-IX, which is the key common intermediate leading to heme and chlorophyll. Hence, PPO has been identified as one of the most importance action targets for the treatment of some important diseases including cancer and variegated porphyria (VP). In the agricultural field, PPO inhibitors have been used as herbicides for many years. Recently, a unique drug resistance was found to be associated with a nonactive site residue (Gly210) deletion rather than substitution in A. tuberculatus PPO. In the present study, extensive computational simulations, including homology modeling, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and molecular mechanics-Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) calculations, have been carried out to uncover the detailed molecular mechanism of drug resistance associated with Gly210 deletion. Although Gly210 in the wild-type A. tuberculatus PPO has no direct interaction with the inhibitors, all the computational models and energetic results indicated that Gly210 deletion has great effects on the hydrogen-bonding network and the conformational change of the binding pocket. An interchain hydrogen bond between Gly210 with Ser424, playing an important role in stabilizing the local conformation of the wild-type enzyme, disappeared after Gly210 deletion. As a result, the mutant-type PPO has a lower affinity than the wild-type enzyme, which accounts for the molecular mechanism of drug resistance. The structural and mechanistic insights obtained from the present study provide a new starting point for future rational design of novel PPO inhibitors to overcome drug resistance associated with Gly210 deletion.
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- Ge-Fei Hao
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Sun L, Wen X, Tan Y, Li H, Yang X, Zhao Y, Wang B, Cao Q, Niu C, Xi Z. Site-directed mutagenesis and computational study of the Y366 active site in Bacillus subtilis protoporphyrinogen oxidase. Amino Acids 2009; 37:523-30. [PMID: 19266155 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0256-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO), the last common enzyme of heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis, catalyses the oxidation of protoporphyrinogen IX to protoporphyrin IX, with FAD as cofactor. Among PPO, Bacillus subtilis PPO (bsPPO) is unique because of its broad substrate specificity and resistance to inhibition by diphenylethers. Identification of the activity of bsPPO would help us to understand the catalysis and resistance mechanisms. Based on the modeling and docking studies, we found that Y366 site in bsPPO was adjacent to substrate and FAD. In order to evaluate the functional role of this site, three mutants Y366A Y366E and Y366H were cloned and kinetically characterized. The efficiency of catalysis for Y366A and Y366H reduced to 10% of the wild-type enzyme's activity, while Y366E just retained 1%. Y366E shows large resistance (K (i) = 153.94 microM) to acifluorfen. Molecular docking was carried out to understand the structure and functional relationship of PPO. The experimental results from the site-directed mutagenesis are consistent with the computational studies. The residue at position 366 is seemed to be responsible for substrate binding and catalysis and involved in herbicide resistance of bsPPO.
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- Lu Sun
- Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Masoumi A, Heinemann IU, Rohde M, Koch M, Jahn M, Jahn D. Complex formation between protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase and ferrochelatase during haem biosynthesis in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 154:3707-3714. [PMID: 19047738 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/018705-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During haem and chlorophyll biosynthesis, flavin-dependent protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase catalyses the six-electron oxidation of protoporphyrinogen IX to form protoporphyrin IX. In the following step, iron is inserted into protoporphyrin IX by ferrochelatase. Based on the solved crystal structures of these enzymes, an in silico model for a complex between these two enzymes was proposed to protect the highly photoreactive intermediate protoporphyrin IX. The existence of this complex was verified by two independent techniques. First, co-immunoprecipitation experiments using antibodies directed against recombinantly produced and purified Thermosynechococcus elongatus protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase and ferrochelatase demonstrated their physical interaction. Secondly, protein complex formation was visualized by in vivo immunogold labelling and electron microscopy with T. elongatus cells. Finally, oxygen-dependent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase, which catalyses the formation of protoporphyrinogen IX, was not found to be part of this complex when analysed with the same methodology.
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- Ava Masoumi
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Biologie et de Génomique Structurales, IGBMC, Parc d'Innovation, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP 10142, F-67404 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Luo YP, Jiang LL, Wang GD, Chen Q, Yang GF. Syntheses and herbicidal activities of novel triazolinone derivatives. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:2118-2124. [PMID: 18298068 DOI: 10.1021/jf703654g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (Protox, EC 1.3.3.4) has been identified as one of the most important action targets of herbicides. To search for novel Protox inhibitors, a series of title compounds 1, 2, and 3 were designed and synthesized by introducing three types of pharmacophores, cyclic imide, phenylurea, and ( E)-methyl 2-methoxyimino-2- o-tolylacetate, into the scaffold of triazolinone. The bioassay results indicated that the resulting cyclic imide-type triazolinones 1 displayed much better herbicidal activities than phenylurea-type triazolinones 2. Most fortunately, compound 3, methyl 2-[3-methyl-(2-fluoro-4-chloro-5-ethylsulfonamidephenyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1 H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl]methylenephenyl-2-( E)-methoxyiminoacetate, was found to be the most promising candidate due to its comparable herbicidal activity at 75-150 g of active ingredient/ha with the commercial product sulfentrazone. On the basis of test results of herbicidal spectrum and crop selectivity, compound 3 could be developed as a postemergent herbicide used for the control of broadleaf weeds in rice fields.
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- Yan-Ping Luo
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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Heinemann IU, Jahn M, Jahn D. The biochemistry of heme biosynthesis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 474:238-51. [PMID: 18314007 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Heme is an integral part of proteins involved in multiple electron transport chains for energy recovery found in almost all forms of life. Moreover, heme is a cofactor of enzymes including catalases, peroxidases, cytochromes of the P(450) class and part of sensor molecules. Here the step-by-step biosynthesis of heme including involved enzymes, their mechanisms and detrimental health consequences caused by their failure are described. Unusual and challenging biochemistry including tRNA-dependent reactions, radical SAM enzymes and substrate derived cofactors are reported.
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- Ilka U Heinemann
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Bröcker MJ, Virus S, Ganskow S, Heathcote P, Heinz DW, Schubert WD, Jahn D, Moser J. ATP-driven reduction by dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase from Chlorobium tepidum mechanistically resembles nitrogenase catalysis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:10559-67. [PMID: 18252716 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708010200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis in gymnosperms, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria, dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (DPOR) reduces ring D of aromatic protochlorophyllide stereospecifically to produce chlorophyllide. We describe the heterologous overproduction of DPOR subunits BchN, BchB, and BchL from Chlorobium tepidum in Escherichia coli allowing their purification to apparent homogeneity. The catalytic activity was found to be 3.15 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) with K(m) values of 6.1 microm for protochlorophyllide, 13.5 microm for ATP, and 52.7 microm for the reductant dithionite. To identify residues important in DPOR function, 21 enzyme variants were generated by site-directed mutagenesis and investigated for their metal content, spectroscopic features, and catalytic activity. Two cysteine residues (Cys(97) and Cys(131)) of homodimeric BchL(2) are found to coordinate an intersubunit [4Fe-4S] cluster, essential for low potential electron transfer to (BchNB)(2) as part of the reduction of the protochlorophyllide substrate. Similarly, Lys(10) and Leu(126) are crucial to ATP-driven electron transfer from BchL(2). The activation energy of DPOR electron transfer is 22.2 kJ mol(-1) indicating a requirement for 4 ATP per catalytic cycle. At the amino acid level, BchL is 33% identical to the nitrogenase subunit NifH allowing a first tentative structural model to be proposed. In (BchNB)(2), we find that four cysteine residues, three from BchN (Cys(21), Cys(46), and Cys(103)) and one from BchB (Cys(94)), coordinate a second inter-subunit [4Fe-4S] cluster required for catalysis. No evidence for any type of molybdenum-containing cofactor was found, indicating that the DPOR subunit BchN clearly differs from the homologous nitrogenase subunit NifD. Based on the available data we propose an enzymatic mechanism of DPOR.
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- Markus J Bröcker
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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