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Chen X, Chen J, Zhang W, Wang H, Liu X, Zhou W, Yang H, Rao Z. Crystal structure and biochemical study on argininosuccinate lyase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 510:116-121. [PMID: 30665717 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) participates in arginine synthesis through catalysing a reversible reaction in which argininosuccinate (AS) converts into arginine and fumarate. ASL from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for its growth. In this work, the crystal structure of the apo form of MtbASL was determined and reveals a tetrameric structure that is essential for its activity since the active sites are formed by residues from three different monomers. Subsequently, we determined the crystal structure of MtbASL-sulfate complex, and the ligand mimics the negatively charged intermediate. The complex structure and mutagenesis studies indicate that residues S282 and H161 might act as a catalytic dyad. A major conformational change in the MtbASL-SO4 complex structure could be observed upon sulfate binding, and this movement facilitates the interaction between substrate and the residues involved in catalysis. A different conformational change in the C-terminal domain could be observed in the MtbASL-SO4 complex compared with that in other homologues. This difference may be responsible for the lower activity of MtbASL, which is related to the slow growth rate of M. tuberculosis. The C-terminal domain is a potential allosteric site upon inhibitor binding. The various conformational changes and the diversity of the sequence of the potential allosteric site across the homologues might provide clues for designing selective inhibitors against M. tuberculosis.
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- Xiaobo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Laboratory of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Fuhrmann J, Clancy K, Thompson PR. Chemical biology of protein arginine modifications in epigenetic regulation. Chem Rev 2015; 115:5413-61. [PMID: 25970731 PMCID: PMC4463550 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jakob Fuhrmann
- Department
of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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W. Clancy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Program in Chemical
Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical
School, 364 Plantation
Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Program in Chemical
Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical
School, 364 Plantation
Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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A QM/MM study of the catalytic mechanism of aspartate ammonia lyase. J Mol Graph Model 2014; 51:113-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 04/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Puthan Veetil V, Fibriansah G, Raj H, Thunnissen AMWH, Poelarends GJ. Aspartase/Fumarase Superfamily: A Common Catalytic Strategy Involving General Base-Catalyzed Formation of a Highly Stabilized aci-Carboxylate Intermediate. Biochemistry 2012; 51:4237-43. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300430j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vinod Puthan Veetil
- Department of Pharmaceutical
Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen,
The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biophysical Chemistry,
Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen,
The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical
Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen,
The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biophysical Chemistry,
Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen,
The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical
Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen,
The Netherlands
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Fibriansah G, Veetil VP, Poelarends GJ, Thunnissen AMWH. Structural basis for the catalytic mechanism of aspartate ammonia lyase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6053-62. [PMID: 21661762 DOI: 10.1021/bi200497y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Aspartate ammonia lyases (or aspartases) catalyze the reversible deamination of L-aspartate into fumarate and ammonia. The lack of crystal structures of complexes with substrate, product, or substrate analogues so far precluded determination of their precise mechanism of catalysis. Here, we report crystal structures of AspB, the aspartase from Bacillus sp. YM55-1, in an unliganded state and in complex with L-aspartate at 2.4 and 2.6 Å resolution, respectively. AspB forces the bound substrate to adopt a high-energy, enediolate-like conformation that is stabilized, in part, by an extensive network of hydrogen bonds between residues Thr101, Ser140, Thr141, and Ser319 and the substrate's β-carboxylate group. Furthermore, substrate binding induces a large conformational change in the SS loop (residues G(317)SSIMPGKVN(326)) from an open conformation to one that closes over the active site. In the closed conformation, the strictly conserved SS loop residue Ser318 is at a suitable position to act as a catalytic base, abstracting the Cβ proton of the substrate in the first step of the reaction mechanism. The catalytic importance of Ser318 was confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis. Site-directed mutagenesis of SS loop residues, combined with structural and kinetic analysis of a stable proteolytic AspB fragment, further suggests an important role for the small C-terminal domain of AspB in controlling the conformation of the SS loop and, hence, in regulating catalytic activity. Our results provide evidence supporting the notion that members of the aspartase/fumarase superfamily use a common catalytic mechanism involving general base-catalyzed formation of a stabilized enediolate intermediate.
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- Guntur Fibriansah
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ariyananda LDZ, Lee P, Antonopoulos C, Colman RF. Biochemical and biophysical analysis of five disease-associated human adenylosuccinate lyase mutants. Biochemistry 2009; 48:5291-302. [PMID: 19405474 DOI: 10.1021/bi802321m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL), a catalyst of key reactions in purine biosynthesis, is normally a homotetramer in which three subunits contribute to each of four active sites. Human ASL deficiency is an inherited metabolic disease associated with autism and mental retardation. We have characterized five disease-associated ASL mutants: R194C and K246E are located at subunit interfaces, L311V is in the central helical region away from the active site, and R396C and R396H are at the entrance to the active site. The V(max) (at 25 degrees C) for R194C is comparable to that of WT, while those of L311V, R396C, R396H, and K246E are considerably reduced and affinity for adenylosuccinate is retained. The mutant enzymes have decreased positive cooperativity as compared to WT. K246E exists mainly as dimer or monomer, accounting for its negligible activity, whereas the other mutant enzymes are similar to WT in the predominance of tetramer. At 37 degrees C, the specific activity of WT and these mutant enzymes slowly decreases 30-40% with time and reaches a limiting specific activity without changing significantly the amount of tetramer. Mutant R194C is unique in being rapidly inactivated at the harsher temperature of 60 degrees C, indicating that it is the least stable enzyme in vitro. Conformational changes in the mutant enzymes are evident from protein fluorescence intensity at 25 degrees C and after incubation at 37 degrees C, which correlates with the loss of enzymatic activity. Thus, these disease-associated single mutations can yield enzyme with reduced activity either by affecting the active site or by perturbing the enzyme's structure and/or native conformation which are required for catalytic function.
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Puthan Veetil V, Raj H, Quax WJ, Janssen DB, Poelarends GJ. Site-directed mutagenesis, kinetic and inhibition studies of aspartate ammonia lyase fromBacillussp. YM55-1. FEBS J 2009; 276:2994-3007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shinobu A, Agmon N. Mapping Proton Wires in Proteins: Carbonic Anhydrase and GFP Chromophore Biosynthesis. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:7253-66. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8102047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ai Shinobu
- Fritz Haber Research Center, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Fritz Haber Research Center, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Elucidation of the substrate specificity, kinetic and catalytic mechanism of adenylosuccinate lyase from Plasmodium falciparum. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1794:642-54. [PMID: 19111634 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2008] [Revised: 11/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL) catalyzes two distinct but chemically similar reactions in purine biosynthesis. The first, exclusive to the de novo pathway involves the cleavage of 5-aminoimidazole-4-(N-succinylcarboxamide) ribonucleotide (SAICAR) to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) and fumarate and the second common to both de novo and the salvage pathways involves the cleavage of succinyl-adenosine monophosphate (SAMP) to AMP and fumarate. A detailed kinetic and catalytic mechanism of the recombinant His-tagged ASL from Plasmodium falciparum (PfASL) is presented here. Initial velocity kinetics, product inhibition studies and transient kinetics indicate a Uni-Bi rapid equilibrium ordered mechanism. Substrate and solvent isotope effect studies implicate the process of C(gamma)-N bond cleavage to be rate limiting. Interestingly, the effect of pH on k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) highlight ionization of the base only in the enzyme substrate complex and not in the enzyme alone, thereby implicating the pivotal role of the substrate in the activation of the catalytic base. Site-directed mutagenesis implicates a key role for the conserved serine (S298) in catalysis. Despite the absence of a de novo pathway for purine synthesis and most importantly, the absence of other enzymes that can metabolise AICAR in P. falciparum, PfASL catalyzes the SAICAR cleavage reaction with kinetic parameters similar to those of SAMP reaction and binds AICAR with affinity similar to that of AMP. The presence of this catalytic feature allows the use of AICAR or its analogues as inhibitors of PfASL and hence, as novel putative anti-parasitic agents. In support of this, we do see a dose dependent inhibition of parasite growth in the presence of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAriboside) with half-maximal inhibition at 167+/-5 microM.
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Fujii T, Sakai H, Kawata Y, Hata Y. Crystal structure of thermostable aspartase from Bacillus sp. YM55-1: structure-based exploration of functional sites in the aspartase family. J Mol Biol 2003; 328:635-54. [PMID: 12706722 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00310-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The crystal structure of the thermostable aspartase from Bacillus sp. YM55-1 has been solved and refined for 2.5A resolution data with an R-factor of 22.1%. The present enzyme is a homotetramer with subunits composed of three domains. It exhibits no allosteric effects, in contrast to the Escherichia coli aspartase, which is activated by divalent metal cation and L-aspartate, but is four-times more active than the E.coli enzyme. The overall folding of the present enzyme subunit is similar to those of the E.coli aspartase and the E.coli fumarase C, both of which belong to the same superfamily as the present enzyme. A local structural comparison of these three enzymes revealed seven structurally different regions. Five of the regions were located around putative functional sites, suggesting the involvement of these regions into the functions characteristic of the enzymes. Of these regions, the region of Gln96-Gly100 is proposed as a part of the recognition site of the alpha-amino group in L-aspartate for aspartase and the hydroxyl group in L-malate for fumarase. The region of Gln315-Gly323 is a flexible loop with a well-conserved sequence that is suggested to be involved in the catalytic reaction. The region of Lys123-Lys128 corresponds to a part of the putative activator-binding site in the E.coli fumarase C. The region in the Bacillus aspartase, however, adopts a main-chain conformation that prevents the activator binding. The regions of Gly228-Glu241 and Val265-Asp272, which form a part of the active-site wall, are suggested to be involved in the allosteric activation of the E.coli aspartase by the binding of the metal ion and the activator. Moreover, an increase in the numbers of intersubunit hydrogen bonds and salt-bridges is observed in the Bacillus aspartase relative to those of the E.coli enzyme, implying a contribution to the thermostability of the present aspartase.
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- Tomomi Fujii
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Sampaleanu LM, Yu B, Howell PL. Mutational analysis of duck delta 2 crystallin and the structure of an inactive mutant with bound substrate provide insight into the enzymatic mechanism of argininosuccinate lyase. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:4166-75. [PMID: 11698398 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107465200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The major soluble avian eye lens protein, delta crystallin, is highly homologous to the housekeeping enzyme argininosuccinate lyase (ASL). ASL is part of the urea and arginine-citrulline cycles and catalyzes the reversible breakdown of argininosuccinate to arginine and fumarate. In duck lenses, there are two delta crystallin isoforms that are 94% identical in amino acid sequence. Only the delta2 isoform has maintained ASL activity and has been used to investigate the enzymatic mechanism of ASL. The role of the active site residues Ser-29, Asp-33, Asp-89, Asn-116, Thr-161, His-162, Arg-238, Thr-281, Ser-283, Asn-291, Asp-293, Glu-296, Lys-325, Asp-330, and Lys-331 have been investigated by site-directed mutagenesis, and the structure of the inactive duck delta2 crystallin (ddeltac2) mutant S283A with bound argininosuccinate was determined at 1.96 A resolution. The S283A mutation does not interfere with substrate binding, because the 280's loop (residues 270-290) is in the open conformation and Ala-283 is more than 7 A from the substrate. The substrate is bound in a different conformation to that observed previously indicating a large degree of conformational flexibility in the fumarate moiety when the 280's loop is in the open conformation. The structure of the S283A ddeltac2 mutant and mutagenesis results reveal that a complex network of interactions of both protein residues and water molecules are involved in substrate binding and specificity. Small changes even to residues not involved directly in anchoring the argininosuccinate have a significant effect on catalysis. The results suggest that either His-162 or Thr-161 are responsible for proton abstraction and reinforce the putative role of Ser-283 as the catalytic acid, although we cannot eliminate the possibility that arginine is released in an uncharged form, with the solvent providing the required proton. A detailed enzymatic mechanism of ASL/ddeltac2 is presented.
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- Liliana M Sampaleanu
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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