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Qin Z, Yuan B, Qu G, Sun Z. Rational enzyme design by reducing the number of hotspots and library size. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024. [PMID: 39210728 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01394h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Biocatalysts that are eco-friendly, sustainable, and highly specific have great potential for applications in the production of fine chemicals, food, detergents, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and more. However, due to factors such as low activity, narrow substrate scope, poor thermostability, or incorrect selectivity, most natural enzymes cannot be directly used for large-scale production of the desired products. To overcome these obstacles, protein engineering methods have been developed over decades and have become powerful and versatile tools for adapting enzymes with improved catalytic properties or new functions. The vastness of the protein sequence space makes screening a bottleneck in obtaining advantageous mutated enzymes in traditional directed evolution. In the realm of mathematics, there are two major constraints in the protein sequence space: (1) the number of residue substitutions (M); and (2) the number of codons encoding amino acids as building blocks (N). This feature review highlights protein engineering strategies to reduce screening efforts from two dimensions by reducing the numbers M and N, and also discusses representative seminal studies of rationally engineered natural enzymes to deliver new catalytic functions.
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- Zongmin Qin
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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Hupfeld E, Schlee S, Wurm JP, Rajendran C, Yehorova D, Vos E, Ravindra Raju D, Kamerlin SCL, Sprangers R, Sterner R. Conformational Modulation of a Mobile Loop Controls Catalysis in the (βα) 8-Barrel Enzyme of Histidine Biosynthesis HisF. JACS AU 2024; 4:3258-3276. [PMID: 39211614 PMCID: PMC11350729 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The overall significance of loop motions for enzymatic activity is generally accepted. However, it has largely remained unclear whether and how such motions can control different steps of catalysis. We have studied this problem on the example of the mobile active site β1α1-loop (loop1) of the (βα)8-barrel enzyme HisF, which is the cyclase subunit of imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase. Loop1 variants containing single mutations of conserved amino acids showed drastically reduced rates for the turnover of the substrates N'-[(5'-phosphoribulosyl) formimino]-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (PrFAR) and ammonia to the products imidazole glycerol phosphate (ImGP) and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribotide (AICAR). A comprehensive mechanistic analysis including stopped-flow kinetics, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations detected three conformations of loop1 (open, detached, closed) whose populations differed between wild-type HisF and functionally affected loop1 variants. Transient stopped-flow kinetic experiments demonstrated that wt-HisF binds PrFAR by an induced-fit mechanism whereas catalytically impaired loop1 variants bind PrFAR by a simple two-state mechanism. Our findings suggest that PrFAR-induced formation of the closed conformation of loop1 brings active site residues in a productive orientation for chemical turnover, which we show to be the rate-limiting step of HisF catalysis. After the cyclase reaction, the closed loop conformation is destabilized, which favors the formation of detached and open conformations and hence facilitates the release of the products ImGP and AICAR. Our data demonstrate how different conformations of active site loops contribute to different catalytic steps, a finding that is presumably of broad relevance for the reaction mechanisms of (βα)8-barrel enzymes and beyond.
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- Enrico Hupfeld
- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Witek W, Imiolczyk B, Ruszkowski M. Structural, kinetic, and evolutionary peculiarities of HISN3, a plant 5'-ProFAR isomerase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 215:109065. [PMID: 39186852 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.109065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Revised: 08/19/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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Histidine biosynthesis is essential for the growth and development of plants, where it occurs within chloroplasts. The eleven reactions are catalyzed by eight enzymes, known as HISN1-8, each acting sequentially. Here, we present the crystal structures of a 5'-ProFAR isomerase (HISN3) from the model legume Medicago truncatula bound to its enzymatically synthesized substrate (ProFAR) and product (PrFAR). The active site of MtHISN3 contains a sodium cation that participates in ligand recognition, a feature not observed in bacterial and fungal structures of homologous enzymes. The steady-state kinetics of wild-type MtHISN3 revealed a slightly higher turnover rate compared to its bacterial homologs. Plant HISN3 sequences contain an unusually elongated Lys60-Ser91 fragment, while deletion of the 74-80 region resulted in a 30-fold loss in catalytic efficiency compared to the wild-type. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested that the fragment facilitates product release, thereby contributing to a higher kcat. Moreover, conservation analyses suggested a non-cyanobacterial origin for plant HISN3 enzymes, which is another instance of a non-cyanobacterial enzyme in the plant histidine biosynthetic pathway. Finally, a virtual screening campaign yielded five molecules, with the energy gains ranging between -13.6 and -13.1 kcal/mol, which provide new scaffolds for the future development of herbicides.
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- Wojciech Witek
- Department of Structural Biology of Eukaryotes, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Structural Biology of Eukaryotes, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Structural Biology of Eukaryotes, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznan, Poland.
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Corbella M, Bravo J, Demkiv AO, Calixto AR, Sompiyachoke K, Bergonzi C, Elias MH, Kamerlin SCL. Catalytic Redundancies and Conformational Plasticity Drives Selectivity and Promiscuity in Quorum Quenching Lactonases. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.01.592096. [PMID: 38746346 PMCID: PMC11092605 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.01.592096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Several enzymes from the metallo-β-lactamase-like family of lactonases (MLLs) degrade N- acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHLs). In doing so, they play a role in a microbial communication system, quorum sensing, which contributes to pathogenicity and biofilm formation. There is currently great interest in designing quorum quenching ( QQ ) enzymes that can interfere with this communication and be used in a range of industrial and biomedical applications. However, tailoring these enzymes for specific targets requires a thorough understanding of their mechanisms and the physicochemical properties that determine their substrate specificities. We present here a detailed biochemical, computational, and structural study of the MLL GcL, which is highly proficient, thermostable, and has broad substrate specificity. Strikingly, we show that GcL does not only accept a broad range of substrates but is also capable of utilizing different reaction mechanisms that are differentially used in function of the substrate structure or the remodeling of the active site via mutations. Comparison of GcL to other lactonases such as AiiA and AaL demonstrates similar mechanistic promiscuity, suggesting this is a shared feature across lactonases in this enzyme family. Mechanistic promiscuity has previously been observed in the lactonase/paraoxonase PON1, as well as with protein tyrosine phosphatases that operate via a dual general-acid mechanism. The apparent prevalence of this phenomenon is significant from both a biochemical and an engineering perspective: in addition to optimizing for specific substrates, it is possible to optimize for specific mechanisms, opening new doors not just for the design of novel quorum quenching enzymes, but also of other mechanistically promiscuous enzymes.
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Wang C, Liu C, Zhu X, Peng Q, Ma Q. Catalytic site flexibility facilitates the substrate and catalytic promiscuity of Vibrio dual lipase/transferase. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4795. [PMID: 37558668 PMCID: PMC10412561 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40455-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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Although enzyme catalysis is typified by high specificity, enzymes can catalyze various substrates (substrate promiscuity) and/or different reaction types (catalytic promiscuity) using a single active site. This interesting phenomenon is widely distributed in enzyme catalysis, with both fundamental and applied importance. To date, the mechanistic understanding of enzyme promiscuity is very limited. Herein, we report the structural mechanism underlying the substrate and catalytic promiscuity of Vibrio dual lipase/transferase (VDLT). Crystal structures of the VDLT from Vibrio alginolyticus (ValDLT) and its fatty acid complexes were solved, revealing prominent structural flexibility. In particular, the "Ser-His-Asp" catalytic triad machinery of ValDLT contains an intrinsically flexible oxyanion hole. Analysis of ligand-bound structures and mutagenesis showed that the flexible oxyanion hole and other binding residues can undergo distinct conformational changes to facilitate substrate and catalytic promiscuity. Our study reveals a previously unknown flexible form of the famous catalytic triad machinery and proposes a "catalytic site tuning" mechanism to expand the mechanistic paradigm of enzyme promiscuity.
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- Chongyang Wang
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
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Corbella M, Pinto GP, Kamerlin SCL. Loop dynamics and the evolution of enzyme activity. Nat Rev Chem 2023; 7:536-547. [PMID: 37225920 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00495-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In the early 2000s, Tawfik presented his 'New View' on enzyme evolution, highlighting the role of conformational plasticity in expanding the functional diversity of limited repertoires of sequences. This view is gaining increasing traction with increasing evidence of the importance of conformational dynamics in both natural and laboratory evolution of enzymes. The past years have seen several elegant examples of harnessing conformational (particularly loop) dynamics to successfully manipulate protein function. This Review revisits flexible loops as critical participants in regulating enzyme activity. We showcase several systems of particular interest: triosephosphate isomerase barrel proteins, protein tyrosine phosphatases and β-lactamases, while briefly discussing other systems in which loop dynamics are important for selectivity and turnover. We then discuss the implications for engineering, presenting examples of successful loop manipulation in either improving catalytic efficiency, or changing selectivity completely. Overall, it is becoming clearer that mimicking nature by manipulating the conformational dynamics of key protein loops is a powerful method of tailoring enzyme activity, without needing to target active-site residues.
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- Marina Corbella
- Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Cortex Discovery GmbH, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Brickel S, Demkiv AO, Crean RM, Pinto GP, Kamerlin SCL. Q-RepEx: A Python pipeline to increase the sampling of empirical valence bond simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 119:108402. [PMID: 36610324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The exploration of chemical systems occurs on complex energy landscapes. Comprehensively sampling rugged energy landscapes with many local minima is a common problem for molecular dynamics simulations. These multiple local minima trap the dynamic system, preventing efficient sampling. This is a particular challenge for large biochemical systems with many degrees of freedom. Replica exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) is an approach that accelerates the exploration of the conformational space of a system, and thus can be used to enhance the sampling of complex biomolecular processes. In parallel, the empirical valence bond (EVB) approach is a powerful approach for modeling chemical reactivity in biomolecular systems. Here, we present an open-source Python-based tool that interfaces with the Q simulation package, and increases the sampling efficiency of the EVB free energy perturbation/umbrella sampling approach by means of REMD. This approach, Q-RepEx, both decreases the computational cost of the associated REMD-EVB simulations, and opens the door to more efficient studies of biochemical reactivity in systems with significant conformational fluctuations along the chemical reaction coordinate.
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- Sebastian Brickel
- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden; School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA.
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Romero-Rivera A, Corbella M, Parracino A, Patrick WM, Kamerlin SCL. Complex Loop Dynamics Underpin Activity, Specificity, and Evolvability in the (βα) 8 Barrel Enzymes of Histidine and Tryptophan Biosynthesis. JACS AU 2022; 2:943-960. [PMID: 35557756 PMCID: PMC9088769 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Enzymes are conformationally dynamic, and their dynamical properties play an important role in regulating their specificity and evolvability. In this context, substantial attention has been paid to the role of ligand-gated conformational changes in enzyme catalysis; however, such studies have focused on tremendously proficient enzymes such as triosephosphate isomerase and orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase, where the rapid (μs timescale) motion of a single loop dominates the transition between catalytically inactive and active conformations. In contrast, the (βα)8-barrels of tryptophan and histidine biosynthesis, such as the specialist isomerase enzymes HisA and TrpF, and the bifunctional isomerase PriA, are decorated by multiple long loops that undergo conformational transitions on the ms (or slower) timescale. Studying the interdependent motions of multiple slow loops, and their role in catalysis, poses a significant computational challenge. This work combines conventional and enhanced molecular dynamics simulations with empirical valence bond simulations to provide rich details of the conformational behavior of the catalytic loops in HisA, PriA, and TrpF, and the role of their plasticity in facilitating bifunctionality in PriA and evolved HisA variants. In addition, we demonstrate that, similar to other enzymes activated by ligand-gated conformational changes, loops 3 and 4 of HisA and PriA act as gripper loops, facilitating the isomerization of the large bulky substrate ProFAR, albeit now on much slower timescales. This hints at convergent evolution on these different (βα)8-barrel scaffolds. Finally, our work reemphasizes the potential of engineering loop dynamics as a tool to artificially manipulate the catalytic repertoire of TIM-barrel proteins.
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- Adrian Romero-Rivera
- Department
of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, BMC Box 576, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre
for Biodiscovery, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 6012 Wellington, New Zealand
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Dubey KD, Singh W. Simulations reveal the key role of Arg15 in the promiscuous activity in the HisA enzyme. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:10652-10661. [PMID: 34854451 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02029c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The HisA enzyme catalyzes the first step of histidine biosynthesis via the Amadori rearrangement of the substrate ProFAR. Since it possesses the most conserved and ancient TIM-barrel fold, it provides an ideal framework for bioengineering of a new function from ancestral enzymes. In the present study, first, the catalytic mechanism of HisA biosynthesis was elucidated using hybrid Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical calculations, and thereafter, key residues contributing towards the promiscuity for TrpF activity were revealed using several MD simulations of a wild type enzyme and its variant with the native (ProFAR) and promiscuous (PRA) substrates. Our study reveals that the two loops (βα)1 and (βα)5 on the catalytic site of the HisA enzyme have incredible adaptability for the native and promiscuous substrates. The conformational interplay between these two loops is substrate driven and precise bioengineering targeting these loops is key to the emergence of new functions. Furthermore, the study reveals a key role of the Arg 15 residue which is close to the catalytic center of the enzyme in the bifunctionality of the HisA enzyme by increasing the loop flexibility. Therefore, our study provides crucial information for future bioengineering work to use the HisA enzyme as a scaffold for new enzymatic activity.
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- Kshatresh Dutta Dubey
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Informatics, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201314, India.
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.,Hub for Biotechnology in Build Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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The tryptophan biosynthetic pathway is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to cause disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:2029-2037. [PMID: 32915193 PMCID: PMC7609029 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is the most significant cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. Antibiotic-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis represent a threat to effective treatment, and the long duration, toxicity and complexity of current chemotherapy for antibiotic-resistant disease presents a need for new therapeutic approaches with novel modes of action. M. tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen that must survive phagocytosis by macrophages, dendritic cells or neutrophils to establish an infection. The tryptophan biosynthetic pathway is required for bacterial survival in the phagosome, presenting a target for new classes of antitubercular compound. The enzymes responsible for the six catalytic steps that produce tryptophan from chorismate have all been characterised in M. tuberculosis, and inhibitors have been described for some of the steps. The innate immune system depletes cellular tryptophan in response to infection in order to inhibit microbial growth, and this effect is likely to be important for the efficacy of tryptophan biosynthesis inhibitors as new antibiotics. Allosteric inhibitors of both the first and final enzymes in the pathway have proven effective, including by a metabolite produced by the gut biota, raising the intriguing possibility that the modulation of tryptophan biosynthesis may be a natural inter-bacterial competition strategy.
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Lundin E, Näsvall J, Andersson DI. Mutational Pathways and Trade-Offs Between HisA and TrpF Functions: Implications for Evolution via Gene Duplication and Divergence. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:588235. [PMID: 33154742 PMCID: PMC7591586 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.588235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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When a new activity evolves by changes in a pre-existing enzyme this is likely to reduce the original activity, generating a functional trade-off. The properties of this trade-off will affect the continued evolution of both functions. If the trade-off is strong, gene duplication and subsequent divergence would be favored whereas if the trade-off is weak a bi-functional enzyme could evolve that performs both functions. We previously showed that when a bi-functional HisA enzyme was evolved under selection for both HisA and TrpF functions, evolution mainly proceeded via duplication-divergence and specialization, implying that the trade-off is strong between these two functions. Here, we examined this hypothesis by identifying the mutational pathways (i.e., the mutational landscape) in the Salmonella enterica HisA enzyme that conferred a TrpF-like activity, and examining the trade-offs between the original and new activity. For the HisA enzyme there are many different paths toward the new TrpF function, each with its own unique trade-off. A total of 16 single mutations resulted in HisA enzyme variants that acquired TrpF activity and only three of them maintained HisA activity. Twelve mutants were evolved further toward increased TrpF activity and during evolution toward improved TrpF activity the original HisA activity was completely lost in all lineages. We propose that, aside from various relevant ecological factors, two main genetic factors influence whether evolution of a new function proceeds via duplication – divergence (specialization) or by evolution of a generalist: (i) the relative mutation supply of the two pathways and (ii) the shape of the trade-off curve between the native and new function.
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- Erik Lundin
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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de Wet TJ, Winkler KR, Mhlanga M, Mizrahi V, Warner DF. Arrayed CRISPRi and quantitative imaging describe the morphotypic landscape of essential mycobacterial genes. eLife 2020; 9:e60083. [PMID: 33155979 PMCID: PMC7647400 DOI: 10.7554/elife.60083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a large number of genes of unknown or predicted function, undermining fundamental understanding of pathogenicity and drug susceptibility. To address this challenge, we developed a high-throughput functional genomics approach combining inducible CRISPR-interference and image-based analyses of morphological features and sub-cellular chromosomal localizations in the related non-pathogen, M. smegmatis. Applying automated imaging and analysis to 263 essential gene knockdown mutants in an arrayed library, we derive robust, quantitative descriptions of bacillary morphologies consequent on gene silencing. Leveraging statistical-learning, we demonstrate that functionally related genes cluster by morphotypic similarity and that this information can be used to inform investigations of gene function. Exploiting this observation, we infer the existence of a mycobacterial restriction-modification system, and identify filamentation as a defining mycobacterial response to histidine starvation. Our results support the application of large-scale image-based analyses for mycobacterial functional genomics, simultaneously establishing the utility of this approach for drug mechanism-of-action studies.
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- Timothy J de Wet
- SAMRC/NHLS/UCT Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- SAMRC/NHLS/UCT Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- SAMRC/NHLS/UCT Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- SAMRC/NHLS/UCT Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, University of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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Glasner ME, Truong DP, Morse BC. How enzyme promiscuity and horizontal gene transfer contribute to metabolic innovation. FEBS J 2020; 287:1323-1342. [PMID: 31858709 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Promiscuity is the coincidental ability of an enzyme to catalyze its native reaction and additional reactions that are not biological functions in the same active site. Promiscuity plays a central role in enzyme evolution and is thus a useful property for protein and metabolic engineering. This review examines enzyme evolution holistically, beginning with evaluating biochemical support for four enzyme evolution models. As expected, there is strong biochemical support for the subfunctionalization and innovation-amplification-divergence models, in which promiscuity is a central feature. In many cases, however, enzyme evolution is more complex than the models indicate, suggesting much is yet to be learned about selective pressures on enzyme function. A complete understanding of enzyme evolution must also explain the ability of metabolic networks to integrate new enzyme activities. Hidden within metabolic networks are underground metabolic pathways constructed from promiscuous activities. We discuss efforts to determine the diversity and pervasiveness of underground metabolism. Remarkably, several studies have discovered that some metabolic defects can be repaired via multiple underground routes. In prokaryotes, metabolic innovation is driven by connecting enzymes acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) into the metabolic network. Thus, we end the review by discussing how the combination of promiscuity and HGT contribute to evolution of metabolism in prokaryotes. Future studies investigating the contribution of promiscuity to enzyme and metabolic evolution will need to integrate deeper probes into the influence of evolution on protein biophysics, enzymology, and metabolism with more complex and realistic evolutionary models. ENZYMES: lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27), malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37), OSBS (EC 4.2.1.113), HisA (EC 5.3.1.16), TrpF, PriA (EC 5.3.1.24), R-mandelonitrile lyase (EC 4.1.2.10), Maleylacetate reductase (EC 1.3.1.32).
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- Margaret E Glasner
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Consalvi S, Scarpecci C, Biava M, Poce G. Mycobacterial tryptophan biosynthesis: A promising target for tuberculosis drug development? Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 29:126731. [PMID: 31627992 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.126731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The biosynthetic pathways of amino acids are attractive targets for drug development against pathogens with an intracellular behavior like M. tuberculosis (Mtb). Indeed, while in the macrophages Mtb has restricted access to amino acids such as tryptophan (Trp). Auxotrophic Mtb strains, with mutations in the Trp biosynthetic pathway, showed reduced intracellular survival in cultured human and murine macrophages and failed to cause the disease in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice. Herein we present recent efforts in the discovery of Trp biosynthesis inhibitors.
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- Sara Consalvi
- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drug, Sapienza University of Rome, piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drug, Sapienza University of Rome, piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drug, Sapienza University of Rome, piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drug, Sapienza University of Rome, piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Takahashi S, Okura H, Sugimoto N. Bisubstrate Function of RNA Polymerases Triggered by Molecular Crowding Conditions. Biochemistry 2019; 58:1081-1093. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Shuntaro Takahashi
- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 minatojima-Minamimachi, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 minatojima-Minamimachi, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20 minatojima-Minamimachi, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University, 7-1-20 minatojima-Minamimachi, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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Kumar S, Sahu P, Jena L. An In silico approach to identify potential inhibitors against multiple drug targets of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Mycobacteriol 2019; 8:252-261. [DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_109_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Jha B, Kumar D, Sharma A, Dwivedy A, Singh R, Biswal BK. Identification and structural characterization of a histidinol phosphate phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:10102-10118. [PMID: 29752410 PMCID: PMC6028948 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The absence of a histidine biosynthesis pathway in humans, coupled with histidine essentiality for survival of the important human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), underscores the importance of the bacterial enzymes of this pathway as major antituberculosis drug targets. However, the identity of the mycobacterial enzyme that functions as the histidinol phosphate phosphatase (HolPase) of this pathway remains to be established. Here, we demonstrate that the enzyme encoded by the Rv3137 gene, belonging to the inositol monophosphatase (IMPase) family, functions as the Mtb HolPase and specifically dephosphorylates histidinol phosphate. The crystal structure of Rv3137 in apo form enabled us to dissect its distinct structural features. Furthermore, the holo-complex structure revealed that a unique cocatalytic multizinc-assisted mode of substrate binding and catalysis is the hallmark of Mtb HolPase. Interestingly, the enzyme-substrate complex structure unveiled that although monomers possess individual catalytic sites they share a common product-exit channel at the dimer interface. Furthermore, target-based screening against HolPase identified several small-molecule inhibitors of this enzyme. Taken together, our study unravels the missing enzyme link in the Mtb histidine biosynthesis pathway, augments our current mechanistic understanding of histidine production in Mtb, and has helped identify potential inhibitors of this bacterial pathway.
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- Bhavya Jha
- From the Structural and Functional Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India and
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- From the Structural and Functional Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India and
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana 121001, India
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- From the Structural and Functional Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India and
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana 121001, India
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- From the Structural and Functional Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India and , Recipient of funding from the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India. To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.:
91-11-26703705; Fax:
91-11-26742125; E-mail:
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Kneuttinger AC, Winter M, Simeth NA, Heyn K, Merkl R, König B, Sterner R. Artificial Light Regulation of an Allosteric Bienzyme Complex by a Photosensitive Ligand. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1750-1757. [PMID: 29808949 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The artificial regulation of proteins by light is an emerging subdiscipline of synthetic biology. Here, we used this concept to photocontrol both catalysis and allostery within the heterodimeric enzyme complex imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase (ImGP-S). ImGP-S consists of the cyclase subunit HisF and the glutaminase subunit HisH, which is allosterically stimulated by substrate binding to HisF. We show that a light-sensitive diarylethene (1,2-dithienylethene, DTE)-based competitive inhibitor in its ring-open state binds with low micromolar affinity to the cyclase subunit and displaces its substrate from the active site. As a consequence, catalysis by HisF and allosteric stimulation of HisH are impaired. Following UV-light irradiation, the DTE ligand adopts its ring-closed state and loses affinity for HisF, restoring activity and allostery. Our approach allows for the switching of ImGP-S activity and allostery during catalysis and appears to be generally applicable for the light regulation of other multienzyme complexes.
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- Andrea C Kneuttinger
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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Evolutionary convergence in the biosyntheses of the imidazole moieties of histidine and purines. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196349. [PMID: 29698445 PMCID: PMC5919458 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background The imidazole group is an ubiquitous chemical motif present in several key types of biomolecules. It is a structural moiety of purines, and plays a central role in biological catalysis as part of the side-chain of histidine, the amino acid most frequently found in the catalytic site of enzymes. Histidine biosynthesis starts with both ATP and the pentose phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP), which is also the precursor for the de novo synthesis of purines. These two anabolic pathways are also connected by the imidazole intermediate 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribotide (AICAR), which is synthesized in both routes but used only in purine biosynthesis. Rather surprisingly, the imidazole moieties of histidine and purines are synthesized by different, non-homologous enzymes. As discussed here, this phenomenon can be understood as a case of functional molecular convergence. Results In this work, we analyze these polyphyletic processes and argue that the independent origin of the corresponding enzymes is best explained by the differences in the function of each of the molecules to which the imidazole moiety is attached. Since the imidazole present in histidine is a catalytic moiety, its chemical arrangement allows it to act as an acid or a base. On the contrary, the de novo biosynthesis of purines starts with an activated ribose and all the successive intermediates are ribotides, with the key β-glycosidic bondage joining the ribose and the imidazole moiety. This prevents purine ribonucleotides to exhibit any imidazole-dependent catalytic activity, and may have been the critical trait for the evolution of two separate imidazole-synthesizing-enzymes. We also suggest that, in evolutionary terms, the biosynthesis of purines predated that of histidine. Conclusions As reviewed here, other biosynthetic routes for imidazole molecules are also found in extant metabolism, including the autocatalytic cyclization that occurs during the formation of creatinine from creatine phosphate, as well as the internal cyclization of the Ala-Ser-Gly motif of some members of the ammonia-lyase and aminomutase families, that lead to the MIO cofactor. The diversity of imidazole-synthesizing pathways highlights the biological significance of this key chemical group, whose biosyntheses evolved independently several times.
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Parthasarathy A, Cross PJ, Dobson RCJ, Adams LE, Savka MA, Hudson AO. A Three-Ring Circus: Metabolism of the Three Proteogenic Aromatic Amino Acids and Their Role in the Health of Plants and Animals. Front Mol Biosci 2018; 5:29. [PMID: 29682508 PMCID: PMC5897657 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan are the three aromatic amino acids (AAA) involved in protein synthesis. These amino acids and their metabolism are linked to the synthesis of a variety of secondary metabolites, a subset of which are involved in numerous anabolic pathways responsible for the synthesis of pigment compounds, plant hormones and biological polymers, to name a few. In addition, these metabolites derived from the AAA pathways mediate the transmission of nervous signals, quench reactive oxygen species in the brain, and are involved in the vast palette of animal coloration among others pathways. The AAA and metabolites derived from them also have integral roles in the health of both plants and animals. This review delineates the de novo biosynthesis of the AAA by microbes and plants, and the branching out of AAA metabolism into major secondary metabolic pathways in plants such as the phenylpropanoid pathway. Organisms that do not possess the enzymatic machinery for the de novo synthesis of AAA must obtain these primary metabolites from their diet. Therefore, the metabolism of AAA by the host animal and the resident microflora are important for the health of all animals. In addition, the AAA metabolite-mediated host-pathogen interactions in general, as well as potential beneficial and harmful AAA-derived compounds produced by gut bacteria are discussed. Apart from the AAA biosynthetic pathways in plants and microbes such as the shikimate pathway and the tryptophan pathway, this review also deals with AAA catabolism in plants, AAA degradation via the monoamine and kynurenine pathways in animals, and AAA catabolism via the 3-aryllactate and kynurenine pathways in animal-associated microbes. Emphasis will be placed on structural and functional aspects of several key AAA-related enzymes, such as shikimate synthase, chorismate mutase, anthranilate synthase, tryptophan synthase, tyrosine aminotransferase, dopachrome tautomerase, radical dehydratase, and type III CoA-transferase. The past development and current potential for interventions including the development of herbicides and antibiotics that target key enzymes in AAA-related pathways, as well as AAA-linked secondary metabolism leading to antimicrobials are also discussed.
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- Anutthaman Parthasarathy
- Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States
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Tirion MM, ben-Avraham D. PDB-NMA of a protein homodimer reproduces distinct experimental motility asymmetry. Phys Biol 2018; 15:026004. [DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/aaa277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ferla MP, Brewster JL, Hall KR, Evans GB, Patrick WM. Primordial‐like enzymes from bacteria with reduced genomes. Mol Microbiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Matteo P. Ferla
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of OtagoDunedin New Zealand
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of OtagoDunedin New Zealand
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of OtagoDunedin New Zealand
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- Ferrier Research InstituteVictoria UniversityLower Hutt New Zealand
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of OtagoDunedin New Zealand
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Structural and functional innovations in the real-time evolution of new (βα) 8 barrel enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:4727-4732. [PMID: 28416687 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618552114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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New genes can arise by duplication and divergence, but there is a fundamental gap in our understanding of the relationship between these genes, the evolving proteins they encode, and the fitness of the organism. Here we used crystallography, NMR dynamics, kinetics, and mass spectrometry to explain the molecular innovations that arose during a previous real-time evolution experiment. In that experiment, the (βα)8 barrel enzyme HisA was under selection for two functions (HisA and TrpF), resulting in duplication and divergence of the hisA gene to encode TrpF specialists, HisA specialists, and bifunctional generalists. We found that selection affects enzyme structure and dynamics, and thus substrate preference, simultaneously and sequentially. Bifunctionality is associated with two distinct sets of loop conformations, each essential for one function. We observed two mechanisms for functional specialization: structural stabilization of each loop conformation and substrate-specific adaptation of the active site. Intracellular enzyme performance, calculated as the product of catalytic efficiency and relative expression level, was not linearly related to fitness. Instead, we observed thresholds for each activity above which further improvements in catalytic efficiency had little if any effect on growth rate. Overall, we have shown how beneficial substitutions selected during real-time evolution can lead to manifold changes in enzyme function and bacterial fitness. This work emphasizes the speed at which adaptive evolution can yield enzymes with sufficiently high activities such that they no longer limit the growth of their host organism, and confirms the (βα)8 barrel as an inherently evolvable protein scaffold.
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Juárez-Vázquez AL, Edirisinghe JN, Verduzco-Castro EA, Michalska K, Wu C, Noda-García L, Babnigg G, Endres M, Medina-Ruíz S, Santoyo-Flores J, Carrillo-Tripp M, Ton-That H, Joachimiak A, Henry CS, Barona-Gómez F. Evolution of substrate specificity in a retained enzyme driven by gene loss. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28362260 PMCID: PMC5404923 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The connection between gene loss and the functional adaptation of retained proteins is still poorly understood. We apply phylogenomics and metabolic modeling to detect bacterial species that are evolving by gene loss, with the finding that Actinomycetaceae genomes from human cavities are undergoing sizable reductions, including loss of L-histidine and L-tryptophan biosynthesis. We observe that the dual-substrate phosphoribosyl isomerase A or priA gene, at which these pathways converge, appears to coevolve with the occurrence of trp and his genes. Characterization of a dozen PriA homologs shows that these enzymes adapt from bifunctionality in the largest genomes, to a monofunctional, yet not necessarily specialized, inefficient form in genomes undergoing reduction. These functional changes are accomplished via mutations, which result from relaxation of purifying selection, in residues structurally mapped after sequence and X-ray structural analyses. Our results show how gene loss can drive the evolution of substrate specificity from retained enzymes. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22679.001
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- Ana Lilia Juárez-Vázquez
- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States.,Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States.,Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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- Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States.,Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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Jacob RB, Michaels KC, Anderson CJ, Fay JM, Dokholyan NV. Harnessing Nature's Diversity: Discovering organophosphate bioscavenger characteristics among low molecular weight proteins. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37175. [PMID: 27845442 PMCID: PMC5109037 DOI: 10.1038/srep37175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Organophosphate poisoning can occur from exposure to agricultural pesticides or chemical weapons. This exposure inhibits acetylcholinesterase resulting in increased acetylcholine levels within the synaptic cleft causing loss of muscle control, seizures, and death. Mitigating the effects of organophosphates in our bodies is critical and yet an unsolved challenge. Here, we present a computational strategy that integrates structure mining and modeling approaches, using which we identify novel candidates capable of interacting with a serine hydrolase probe (with equilibrium binding constants ranging from 4 to 120 μM). One candidate Smu. 1393c catalyzes the hydrolysis of the organophosphate omethoate (kcat/Km of (2.0 ± 1.3) × 10-1 M-1s-1) and paraoxon (kcat/Km of (4.6 ± 0.8) × 103 M-1s-1), V- and G-agent analogs respectively. In addition, Smu. 1393c protects acetylcholinesterase activity from being inhibited by two organophosphate simulants. We demonstrate that the utilized approach is an efficient and highly-extendable framework for the development of prophylactic therapeutics against organophosphate poisoning and other important targets. Our findings further suggest currently unknown molecular evolutionary rules governing natural diversity of the protein universe, which make it capable of recognizing previously unseen ligands.
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- Reed B. Jacob
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Campus Box 7260, 3rd Floor, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 125 South Rd Kenan Rm 225, Campus Box 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 125 South Rd Kenan Rm 225, Campus Box 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Campus Box 7260, 3rd Floor, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Campus Box 7260, 3rd Floor, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Lerch MM, Hansen MJ, van Dam GM, Szymanski W, Feringa BL. Emerging Targets in Photopharmacology. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:10978-99. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 413] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Michael M. Lerch
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Intensive Care, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen The Netherlands
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Lerch MM, Hansen MJ, van Dam GM, Szymanski W, Feringa BL. Neue Ziele für die Photopharmakologie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Michael M. Lerch
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
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- Department of Surgery, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Intensive Care, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen Niederlande
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
- Department of Radiology, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen Niederlande
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials; University of Groningen; Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen Niederlande
- Department of Radiology, University of Groningen; University Medical Center Groningen; Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30001 9700 RB Groningen Niederlande
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Co-occurrence of analogous enzymes determines evolution of a novel (βα)8-isomerase sub-family after non-conserved mutations in flexible loop. Biochem J 2016; 473:1141-52. [PMID: 26929404 DOI: 10.1042/bj20151271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We investigate the evolution of co-occurring analogous enzymes involved in L-tryptophan and L-histidine biosynthesis in Actinobacteria Phylogenetic analysis of trpF homologues, a missing gene in certain clades of this lineage whose absence is complemented by a dual-substrate HisA homologue, termed PriA, found that they fall into three categories: (i) trpF-1, an L-tryptophan biosynthetic gene horizontally acquired by certain Corynebacterium species; (ii) trpF-2, a paralogue known to be involved in synthesizing a pyrrolopyrrole moiety and (iii) trpF-3, a variable non-conserved orthologue of trpF-1 We previously investigated the effect of trpF-1 upon the evolution of PriA substrate specificity, but nothing is known about the relationship between trpF-3 and priA After in vitro steady-state enzyme kinetics we found that trpF-3 encodes a phosphoribosyl anthranilate isomerase. However, mutation of this gene in Streptomyces sviceus did not lead to auxothrophy, as expected from the biosynthetic role of trpF-1 Biochemical characterization of a dozen co-occurring TrpF-2 or TrpF-3, with PriA homologues, explained the prototrophic phenotype, and unveiled an enzyme activity trade-off between TrpF and PriA. X-ray structural analysis suggests that the function of these PriA homologues is mediated by non-conserved mutations in the flexible L5 loop, which may be responsible for different substrate affinities. Thus, the PriA homologues that co-occur with TrpF-3 represent a novel enzyme family, termed PriB, which evolved in response to PRA isomerase activity. The characterization of co-occurring enzymes provides insights into the influence of functional redundancy on the evolution of enzyme function, which could be useful for enzyme functional annotation.
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Plach MG, Reisinger B, Sterner R, Merkl R. Long-Term Persistence of Bi-functionality Contributes to the Robustness of Microbial Life through Exaptation. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005836. [PMID: 26824644 PMCID: PMC4732765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Modern enzymes are highly optimized biocatalysts that process their substrates with extreme efficiency. Many enzymes catalyze more than one reaction; however, the persistence of such ambiguities, their consequences and evolutionary causes are largely unknown. As a paradigmatic case, we study the history of bi-functionality for a time span of approximately two billion years for the sugar isomerase HisA from histidine biosynthesis. To look back in time, we computationally reconstructed and experimentally characterized three HisA predecessors. We show that these ancient enzymes catalyze not only the HisA reaction but also the isomerization of a similar substrate, which is commonly processed by the isomerase TrpF in tryptophan biosynthesis. Moreover, we found that three modern-day HisA enzymes from Proteobacteria and Thermotogae also possess low TrpF activity. We conclude that this bi-functionality was conserved for at least two billion years, most likely without any evolutionary pressure. Although not actively selected for, this trait can become advantageous in the case of a gene loss. Such exaptation is exemplified by the Actinobacteria that have lost the trpF gene but possess the bi-functional HisA homolog PriA, which adopts the roles of both HisA and TrpF. Our findings demonstrate that bi-functionality can perpetuate in the absence of selection for very long time-spans. The term exaptation describes the process by which a trait that is initially just a by-product of another function may become important in a later evolutionary phase. For example, feathers served to insulate dinosaurs before helping birds fly. On the level of enzymes, bi-functionality can contribute to microbial evolution through exaptation. However, bi-functional enzymes may cause metabolic conflicts, if they are involved in different metabolic pathways. By characterizing properties of modern and computationally reconstructed ancestral variants of the sugar isomerase HisA, we demonstrate that it has been a bi-functional enzyme for the last two billion years. Most likely, bi-functionality persisted because the remaining TrpF activity is not harmful or its elimination would concurrently compromise HisA activity. Moreover, this substrate ambiguity is advantageous, as it allows compensating a gene loss as exemplified by the Actinobacteria. These microbes have lost the isomerase TrpF but possess the bi-functional HisA homolog PriA, which takes over the roles of both HisA and TrpF. Our results argue to view bi-functionality not as an evolutionary disadvantage but rather as a contribution to the evolvability of novel functions via exaptation.
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- Maximilian G. Plach
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (RS); (RM)
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (RS); (RM)
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Devamani T, Rauwerdink AM, Lun-zer M, Jones BJ, Mooney JL, Tan MAO, Zhang ZJ, Xu JH, Dean AM, Kazlauskas RJ. Catalytic Promiscuity of Ancestral Esterases and Hydroxynitrile Lyases. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1046-56. [PMID: 26736133 PMCID: PMC5466365 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Catalytic promiscuity is a useful, but accidental, enzyme property, so finding catalytically promiscuous enzymes in nature is inefficient. Some ancestral enzymes were branch points in the evolution of new enzymes and are hypothesized to have been promiscuous. To test the hypothesis that ancestral enzymes were more promiscuous than their modern descendants, we reconstructed ancestral enzymes at four branch points in the divergence hydroxynitrile lyases (HNL's) from esterases ∼ 100 million years ago. Both enzyme types are α/β-hydrolase-fold enzymes and have the same catalytic triad, but differ in reaction type and mechanism. Esterases catalyze hydrolysis via an acyl enzyme intermediate, while lyases catalyze an elimination without an intermediate. Screening ancestral enzymes and their modern descendants with six esterase substrates and six lyase substrates found higher catalytic promiscuity among the ancestral enzymes (P < 0.01). Ancestral esterases were more likely to catalyze a lyase reaction than modern esterases, and the ancestral HNL was more likely to catalyze ester hydrolysis than modern HNL's. One ancestral enzyme (HNL1) along the path from esterase to hydroxynitrile lyases was especially promiscuous and catalyzed both hydrolysis and lyase reactions with many substrates. A broader screen tested mechanistically related reactions that were not selected for by evolution: decarboxylation, Michael addition, γ-lactam hydrolysis and 1,5-diketone hydrolysis. The ancestral enzymes were more promiscuous than their modern descendants (P = 0.04). Thus, these reconstructed ancestral enzymes are catalytically promiscuous, but HNL1 is especially so.
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- Titu Devamani
- University of Minnesota, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- East China University of Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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- East China University of Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
- Sun Yat-sen University, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, No.135, Xinggang West Road, Guangzhou, 510275 P. R. China
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA
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Lunardi J, Borges Martinelli LK, Raupp AS, Sacconi Nunes JE, Rostirolla DC, Saraiva Macedo Timmers LF, Villela AD, Pissinate K, Limberger J, Norberto de Souza O, Basso LA, Santos DS, Machado P. Mycobacterium tuberculosis histidinol dehydrogenase: biochemical characterization and inhibition studies. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03020c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We describe a series of biochemical studies on recombinantMycobacterium tuberculosisHisD (MtHisD) and the synthesis of a series of compounds which are, to the best of our knowledge, the first inhibitors ofMtHisD activity reported in the literature.
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Bashiri G, Johnston JM, Evans GL, Bulloch EMM, Goldstone DC, Jirgis ENM, Kleinboelting S, Castell A, Ramsay RJ, Manos-Turvey A, Payne RJ, Lott JS, Baker EN. Structure and inhibition of subunit I of the anthranilate synthase complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and expression of the active complex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:2297-308. [DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715017216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The tryptophan-biosynthesis pathway is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to cause disease, but not all of the enzymes that catalyse this pathway in this organism have been identified. The structure and function of the enzyme complex that catalyses the first committed step in the pathway, the anthranilate synthase (AS) complex, have been analysed. It is shown that the open reading frames Rv1609 (trpE) and Rv0013 (trpG) encode the chorismate-utilizing (AS-I) and glutamine amidotransferase (AS-II) subunits of the AS complex, respectively. Biochemical assays show that when these subunits are co-expressed a bifunctional AS complex is obtained. Crystallization trials on Mtb-AS unexpectedly gave crystals containing only AS-I, presumably owing to its selective crystallization from solutions containing a mixture of the AS complex and free AS-I. The three-dimensional structure reveals that Mtb-AS-I dimerizes via an interface that has not previously been seen in AS complexes. As is the case in other bacteria, it is demonstrated that Mtb-AS shows cooperative allosteric inhibition by tryptophan, which can be rationalized based on interactions at this interface. Comparative inhibition studies on Mtb-AS-I and related enzymes highlight the potential for single inhibitory compounds to target multiple chorismate-utilizing enzymes for TB drug discovery.
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Söderholm A, Guo X, Newton MS, Evans GB, Näsvall J, Patrick WM, Selmer M. Two-step Ligand Binding in a (βα)8 Barrel Enzyme: SUBSTRATE-BOUND STRUCTURES SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE CATALYTIC CYCLE OF HisA. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:24657-68. [PMID: 26294764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.678086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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HisA is a (βα)8 barrel enzyme that catalyzes the Amadori rearrangement of N'-[(5'-phosphoribosyl)formimino]-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (ProFAR) to N'-((5'-phosphoribulosyl) formimino)-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide (PRFAR) in the histidine biosynthesis pathway, and it is a paradigm for the study of enzyme evolution. Still, its exact catalytic mechanism has remained unclear. Here, we present crystal structures of wild type Salmonella enterica HisA (SeHisA) in its apo-state and of mutants D7N and D7N/D176A in complex with two different conformations of the labile substrate ProFAR, which was structurally visualized for the first time. Site-directed mutagenesis and kinetics demonstrated that Asp-7 acts as the catalytic base, and Asp-176 acts as the catalytic acid. The SeHisA structures with ProFAR display two different states of the long loops on the catalytic face of the structure and demonstrate that initial binding of ProFAR to the active site is independent of loop interactions. When the long loops enclose the substrate, ProFAR adopts an extended conformation where its non-reacting half is in a product-like conformation. This change is associated with shifts in a hydrogen bond network including His-47, Asp-129, Thr-171, and Ser-202, all shown to be functionally important. The closed conformation structure is highly similar to the bifunctional HisA homologue PriA in complex with PRFAR, thus proving that structure and mechanism are conserved between HisA and PriA. This study clarifies the mechanistic cycle of HisA and provides a striking example of how an enzyme and its substrate can undergo coordinated conformational changes before catalysis.
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- Annika Söderholm
- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- the Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 33346, Petone, Lower Hutt 5046, New Zealand, and
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- the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 582, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand,
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- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden,
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Noda-García L, Juárez-Vázquez AL, Ávila-Arcos MC, Verduzco-Castro EA, Montero-Morán G, Gaytán P, Carrillo-Tripp M, Barona-Gómez F. Insights into the evolution of enzyme substrate promiscuity after the discovery of (βα)₈ isomerase evolutionary intermediates from a diverse metagenome. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:107. [PMID: 26058375 PMCID: PMC4462073 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0378-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current sequence-based approaches to identify enzyme functional shifts, such as enzyme promiscuity, have proven to be highly dependent on a priori functional knowledge, hampering our ability to reconstruct evolutionary history behind these mechanisms. Hidden Markov Model (HMM) profiles, broadly used to classify enzyme families, can be useful to distinguish between closely related enzyme families with different specificities. The (βα)8-isomerase HisA/PriA enzyme family, involved in L-histidine (HisA, mono-substrate) biosynthesis in most bacteria and plants, but also in L-tryptophan (HisA/TrpF or PriA, dual-substrate) biosynthesis in most Actinobacteria, has been used as model system to explore evolutionary hypotheses and therefore has a considerable amount of evolutionary, functional and structural knowledge available. We searched for functional evolutionary intermediates between the HisA and PriA enzyme families in order to understand the functional divergence between these families. RESULTS We constructed a HMM profile that correctly classifies sequences of unknown function into the HisA and PriA enzyme sub-families. Using this HMM profile, we mined a large metagenome to identify plausible evolutionary intermediate sequences between HisA and PriA. These sequences were used to perform phylogenetic reconstructions and to identify functionally conserved amino acids. Biochemical characterization of one selected enzyme (CAM1) with a mutation within the functionally essential N-terminus phosphate-binding site, namely, an alanine instead of a glycine in HisA or a serine in PriA, showed that this evolutionary intermediate has dual-substrate specificity. Moreover, site-directed mutagenesis of this alanine residue, either backwards into a glycine or forward into a serine, revealed the robustness of this enzyme. None of these mutations, presumably upon functionally essential amino acids, significantly abolished its enzyme activities. A truncated version of this enzyme (CAM2) predicted to adopt a (βα)6-fold, and thus entirely lacking a C-terminus phosphate-binding site, was identified and shown to have HisA activity. CONCLUSION As expected, reconstruction of the evolution of PriA from HisA with HMM profiles suggest that functional shifts involve mutations in evolutionarily intermediate enzymes of otherwise functionally essential residues or motifs. These results are in agreement with a link between promiscuous enzymes and intragenic epistasis. HMM provides a convenient approach for gaining insights into these evolutionary processes.
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- Lianet Noda-García
- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México. .,Current Addresses: Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México.
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México. .,Current Addresses: Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México.
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México. .,Current Addresses: División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, México.
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. Universidad 2001, CP 62250, Cuernavaca, México.
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- Biomolecular Diversity Laboratories, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México.
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato - León, CP 36821, Irapuato, México.
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Adams NE, Thiaville JJ, Proestos J, Juárez-Vázquez AL, McCoy AJ, Barona-Gómez F, Iwata-Reuyl D, de Crécy-Lagard V, Maurelli AT. Promiscuous and adaptable enzymes fill "holes" in the tetrahydrofolate pathway in Chlamydia species. mBio 2014; 5:e01378-14. [PMID: 25006229 PMCID: PMC4161248 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01378-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Folates are tripartite molecules comprising pterin, para-aminobenzoate (PABA), and glutamate moieties, which are essential cofactors involved in DNA and amino acid synthesis. The obligately intracellular Chlamydia species have lost several biosynthetic pathways for essential nutrients which they can obtain from their host but have retained the capacity to synthesize folate. In most bacteria, synthesis of the pterin moiety of folate requires the FolEQBK enzymes, while synthesis of the PABA moiety is carried out by the PabABC enzymes. Bioinformatic analyses reveal that while members of Chlamydia are missing the genes for FolE (GTP cyclohydrolase) and FolQ, which catalyze the initial steps in de novo synthesis of the pterin moiety, they have genes for the rest of the pterin pathway. We screened a chlamydial genomic library in deletion mutants of Escherichia coli to identify the "missing genes" and identified a novel enzyme, TrpFCtL2, which has broad substrate specificity. TrpFCtL2, in combination with GTP cyclohydrolase II (RibA), the first enzyme of riboflavin synthesis, provides a bypass of the first two canonical steps in folate synthesis catalyzed by FolE and FolQ. Notably, TrpFCtL2 retains the phosphoribosyl anthranilate isomerase activity of the original annotation. Additionally, we independently confirmed the recent discovery of a novel enzyme, CT610, which uses an unknown precursor to synthesize PABA and complements E. coli mutants with deletions of pabA, pabB, or pabC. Thus, Chlamydia species have evolved a variant folate synthesis pathway that employs a patchwork of promiscuous and adaptable enzymes recruited from other biosynthetic pathways. Importance: Collectively, the involvement of TrpFCtL2 and CT610 in the tetrahydrofolate pathway completes our understanding of folate biosynthesis in Chlamydia. Moreover, the novel roles for TrpFCtL2 and CT610 in the tetrahydrofolate pathway are sophisticated examples of how enzyme evolution plays a vital role in the adaptation of obligately intracellular organisms to host-specific niches. Enzymes like TrpFCtL2 which possess an enzyme fold common to many other enzymes are highly versatile and possess the capacity to evolve to catalyze related reactions in two different metabolic pathways. The continued identification of unique enzymes such as these in bacterial pathogens is important for development of antimicrobial compounds, as drugs that inhibit such enzymes would likely not have any targets in the host or the host's normal microbial flora.
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- Nancy E Adams
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Albrecht M, Isaak E, Moha V, Raabe G, Fröhlich R. Stereocontrol in dinuclear triple lithium-bridged titanium(IV) complexes: solving some stereochemical mysteries. Chemistry 2014; 20:6650-8. [PMID: 24782405 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Compounds 1 a-f-H2 form "monomeric" triscatecholate titanium(IV) complexes [Ti(1 a-f)3](2-), which in the presence of Li cations are in equilibrium with the triple lithium-bridged "dimers" [Li3(Ti(1 a-f)3)2](-). The equilibrium strongly depends on the donor ability of the solvent. Usually, in solvents with high donor ability, the stereochemically labile monomer is preferred, whereas in nondonor solvents, the dimer is the major species. In the latter, the stereochemistry at the complex units is "locked". The configuration at the titanium(IV) triscatecholates is influenced by addition of chiral ammonium countercations. In this case, the induced stereochemical information at the monomer is transferred to the dimer. Alternatively, the configuration at the metal complexes can be controlled by enantiomerically pure ester side chains. Due to the different orientation of the ester groups in the monomer or dimer, opposite configurations of the triscatecholates were observed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy for [Ti(1 c-e)3](2-) or [Li3(Ti(1 c-e)3)2](-). A surprising exception was found for the dimer [Li3(Ti(1 f)3)2](-). Herein, the dimer is the dominating species in weak donor (methanol), as well as strong donor (DMSO), solvents. This is due to the bulkiness of the ester substituent destabilizing the monomer. Due to the size of the substituent in [Li3(Ti(1 f)3)2](-) the esters have to adopt an unusual conformation in the dimer resulting in a stereocontrol of the small methyl group. Following this, opposite stereocontrol mechanisms were observed for the central metal-complex units of [Li3(Ti(1 c-e)3)2](-) or [Li3(Ti(1 f)3)2](-).
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- Markus Albrecht
- Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany).
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Nagao C, Nagano N, Mizuguchi K. Prediction of detailed enzyme functions and identification of specificity determining residues by random forests. PLoS One 2014; 9:e84623. [PMID: 24416252 PMCID: PMC3885575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Determining enzyme functions is essential for a thorough understanding of cellular processes. Although many prediction methods have been developed, it remains a significant challenge to predict enzyme functions at the fourth-digit level of the Enzyme Commission numbers. Functional specificity of enzymes often changes drastically by mutations of a small number of residues and therefore, information about these critical residues can potentially help discriminate detailed functions. However, because these residues must be identified by mutagenesis experiments, the available information is limited, and the lack of experimentally verified specificity determining residues (SDRs) has hindered the development of detailed function prediction methods and computational identification of SDRs. Here we present a novel method for predicting enzyme functions by random forests, EFPrf, along with a set of putative SDRs, the random forests derived SDRs (rf-SDRs). EFPrf consists of a set of binary predictors for enzymes in each CATH superfamily and the rf-SDRs are the residue positions corresponding to the most highly contributing attributes obtained from each predictor. EFPrf showed a precision of 0.98 and a recall of 0.89 in a cross-validated benchmark assessment. The rf-SDRs included many residues, whose importance for specificity had been validated experimentally. The analysis of the rf-SDRs revealed both a general tendency that functionally diverged superfamilies tend to include more active site residues in their rf-SDRs than in less diverged superfamilies, and superfamily-specific conservation patterns of each functional residue. EFPrf and the rf-SDRs will be an effective tool for annotating enzyme functions and for understanding how enzyme functions have diverged within each superfamily.
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- Chioko Nagao
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (CN); (KM)
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- Computational Biology Research Center, AIST, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (CN); (KM)
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Reisinger B, Kuzmanovic N, Löffler P, Merkl R, König B, Sterner R. Nutzung natürlicher Proteinsymmetrie zum Design lichtschaltbarer Enzyminhibitoren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201307207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Reisinger B, Kuzmanovic N, Löffler P, Merkl R, König B, Sterner R. Exploiting protein symmetry to design light-controllable enzyme inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 53:595-8. [PMID: 24520030 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The activity of the metabolic branch-point enzyme PriA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtPriA) can be controlled reversibly by light. Two-pronged inhibitors based on the dithienylethene scaffold were designed utilizing mtPriA's natural rotational symmetry. Switching from the flexible, ring-open to the rigid, ring-closed isomer reduces inhibition activity by one order of magnitude.
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- Bernd Reisinger
- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg (Germany)
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Noda-García L, Barona-Gómez F. Enzyme evolution beyond gene duplication: A model for incorporating horizontal gene transfer. Mob Genet Elements 2013; 3:e26439. [PMID: 24251070 DOI: 10.4161/mge.26439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Understanding the evolution of enzyme function after gene duplication has been a major goal of molecular biologists, biochemists and evolutionary biologists alike, for almost half a century. In contrast, the impact that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has had on the evolution of enzyme specialization and the assembly of metabolic networks has just started to being investigated. Traditionally, evolutionary studies of enzymes have been limited to either the function of enzymes in vitro, or to sequence variability at the population level, where in almost all cases the starting conceptual framework embraces gene duplication as the mechanism responsible for the appearance of genetic redundancy. Very recently, we merged comparative phylogenomics, detection of selection signals, enzyme kinetics, X-ray crystallography and computational molecular dynamics, to characterize the sub-functionalization process of an amino acid biosynthetic enzyme prompted by an episode of HGT in bacteria. Some of the evolutionary implications of these functional studies, including a proposed model of enzyme specialization independent of gene duplication, are developed in this commentary.
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- Lianet Noda-García
- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory; Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio); Cinvestav-IPN; Irapuato, México
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Noda-García L, Camacho-Zarco AR, Medina-Ruíz S, Gaytán P, Carrillo-Tripp M, Fülöp V, Barona-Gómez F. Evolution of substrate specificity in a recipient's enzyme following horizontal gene transfer. Mol Biol Evol 2013; 30:2024-34. [PMID: 23800623 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Despite the prominent role of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in shaping bacterial metabolism, little is known about the impact of HGT on the evolution of enzyme function. Specifically, what is the influence of a recently acquired gene on the function of an existing gene? For example, certain members of the genus Corynebacterium have horizontally acquired a whole l-tryptophan biosynthetic operon, whereas in certain closely related actinobacteria, for example, Mycobacterium, the trpF gene is missing. In Mycobacterium, the function of the trpF gene is performed by a dual-substrate (βα)8 phosphoribosyl isomerase (priA gene) also involved in l-histidine (hisA gene) biosynthesis. We investigated the effect of a HGT-acquired TrpF enzyme upon PriA's substrate specificity in Corynebacterium through comparative genomics and phylogenetic reconstructions. After comprehensive in vivo and enzyme kinetic analyses of selected PriA homologs, a novel (βα)8 isomerase subfamily with a specialized function in l-histidine biosynthesis, termed subHisA, was confirmed. X-ray crystallography was used to reveal active-site mutations in subHisA important for narrowing of substrate specificity, which when mutated to the naturally occurring amino acid in PriA led to gain of function. Moreover, in silico molecular dynamic analyses demonstrated that the narrowing of substrate specificity of subHisA is concomitant with loss of ancestral protein conformational states. Our results show the importance of HGT in shaping enzyme evolution and metabolism.
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- Lianet Noda-García
- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, México
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Xu G, Liu B, Wang F, Wei C, Zhang Y, Sheng J, Wang G, Li F. High-throughput screen of essential gene modules in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a bibliometric approach. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:227. [PMID: 23687949 PMCID: PMC3680244 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). The annotation of functional genome and signaling network in M. tuberculosis are still not systematic. Essential gene modules are a collection of functionally related essential genes in the same signaling or metabolic pathway. The determination of essential genes and essential gene modules at genomic level may be important for better understanding of the physiology and pathology of M. tuberculosis, and also helpful for the development of drugs against this pathogen. The establishment of genomic operon database (DOOR) and the annotation of gene pathways have felicitated the genomic analysis of the essential gene modules of M. tuberculosis. Method Bibliometric approach has been used to perform a High-throughput screen for essential genes of M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv. Ant colony algorithm were used to identify the essential genes in other M. tuberculosis reference strains. Essential gene modules were analyzed by operon database DOOR. The pathways of essential genes were assessed by Biocarta, KEGG, NCI-PID, HumanCyc and Reactome. The function prediction of essential genes was analyzed by Pfam. Results A total approximately 700 essential genes were identified in M. tuberculosis genome. 40% of operons are consisted of two or more essential genes. The essential genes were distributed in 92 pathways in M. tuberculosis. In function prediction, 61.79% of essential genes were categorized into virulence, intermediary metabolism/respiration,cell wall related and lipid metabolism, which are fundamental functions that exist in most bacteria species. Conclusion We have identified the essential genes of M. tuberculosis using bibliometric approach at genomic level. The essential gene modules were further identified and analyzed.
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- Guangyu Xu
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Kulis-Horn RK, Persicke M, Kalinowski J. Histidine biosynthesis, its regulation and biotechnological application in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Microb Biotechnol 2013; 7:5-25. [PMID: 23617600 PMCID: PMC3896937 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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l-Histidine biosynthesis is an ancient metabolic pathway present in bacteria, archaea, lower eukaryotes, and plants. For decades l-histidine biosynthesis has been studied mainly in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, revealing fundamental regulatory processes in bacteria. Furthermore, in the last 15 years this pathway has been also investigated intensively in the industrial amino acid-producing bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum, revealing similarities to E. coli and S. typhimurium, as well as differences. This review summarizes the current knowledge of l-histidine biosynthesis in C. glutamicum. The genes involved and corresponding enzymes are described, in particular focusing on the imidazoleglycerol-phosphate synthase (HisFH) and the histidinol-phosphate phosphatase (HisN). The transcriptional organization of his genes in C. glutamicum is also reported, including the four histidine operons and their promoters. Knowledge of transcriptional regulation during stringent response and by histidine itself is summarized and a translational regulation mechanism is discussed, as well as clues about a histidine transport system. Finally, we discuss the potential of using this knowledge to create or improve C. glutamicum strains for the industrial l-histidine production.
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- Robert K Kulis-Horn
- Centrum für Biotechnologie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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Chim N, Owens CP, Contreras H, Goulding CW. Withdrawn. Infect Disord Drug Targets 2012:CDTID-EPUB-20121116-2. [PMID: 23167715 PMCID: PMC3695056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- Nicholas Chim
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine CA 92697, USA
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Reisinger B, Bocola M, List F, Claren J, Rajendran C, Sterner R. A sugar isomerization reaction established on various (βα)₈-barrel scaffolds is based on substrate-assisted catalysis. Protein Eng Des Sel 2012; 25:751-60. [PMID: 23109729 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzs080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the course of tryptophan biosynthesis, the isomerization of phosphoribosylanthranilate (PRA) is catalyzed by the (βα)₈-barrel enzyme TrpF. The reaction occurs via a general acid-base mechanism with an aspartate and a cysteine residue acting as acid and base, respectively. PRA isomerase activity could be established on two (βα)₈-barrel enzymes involved in histidine biosynthesis, namely HisA and HisF, and on a HisAF chimera, by introducing two aspartate-to-valine substitutions. We have analyzed the reaction mechanism underlying this engineered activity by measuring its pH dependence, solving the crystal structure of a HisF variant with bound product analogue, and applying molecular dynamics simulations and mixed quantum and molecular mechanics calculations. The results suggest that PRA is anchored by the C-terminal phosphate-binding sites of HisA, HisF and HisAF. As a consequence, a conserved aspartate residue, which is equivalent to Cys7 from TrpF, is properly positioned to act as catalytic base. However, no obvious catalytic acid corresponding to Asp126 from TrpF could be identified in the three proteins. Instead, this role appears to be carried out by the carboxylate group of the anthranilate moiety of PRA. Thus, the engineered PRA isomerization activity is based on a reaction mechanism including substrate-assisted catalysis and thus differs substantially from the naturally evolved reaction mechanism used by TrpF.
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- Bernd Reisinger
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Kubelka T, Slavětínská L, Hocek M. Synthesis of Substituted Benzyl Homo-C-Ribonucleosides and -Nucleotides as Carba Analogues of Phosphoribosylanthranilate. European J Org Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201200819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nasir N, Vyas R, Chugh C, Ahangar MS, Biswal BK. Molecular cloning, overexpression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of histidinol phosphate aminotransferase (HisC2) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:32-6. [PMID: 22232166 PMCID: PMC3253829 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111045386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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HisC2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis was overexpressed in M. smegmatis and purified to homogeneity using nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid metal-affinity and gel-filtration chromatography. Diffraction-quality crystals were grown using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique from a condition consisting of 7 mg ml(-1) HisC2 (in 20 mM Tris pH 8.8, 50 mM NaCl and 5% glycerol), 1 M succinic acid pH 7.0, 0.1 M HEPES pH 7.0 and 1%(w/v) polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether 2000. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 255.98, b=77.09, c = 117.97 Å. X-ray diffraction data were recorded to 2.45 Å resolution from a single crystal using the in-house X-ray facility.
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- Nazia Nasir
- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Ahangar MS, Khandokar Y, Nasir N, Vyas R, Biswal BK. HisB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: cloning, overexpression in Mycobacterium smegmatis, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:1451-6. [PMID: 22102255 PMCID: PMC3212474 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111037201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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HisB, encoded by open reading frame Rv1601, possesses enzymatic activity as an imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase in the histidine-biosynthetic pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A recombinant form of HisB was crystallized in three crystal forms: crystals grown using 20% PEG 1500 as a precipitant belonged to either the cubic space group P432 or the tetragonal space group P4, while an orthorhombic crystal form belonging to space group P2(1)2(1)2 was obtained using 15% PEG 5000 and 10 mM MnCl(2) as precipitant. The structure of HisB in the orthorhombic crystal form was solved by the molecular-replacement method using the crystal structure of its Arabidopsis thaliana counterpart, which shares 47% sequence identity with Rv1601, as the search model.
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- Mohammad Syed Ahangar
- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Protein Crystallography Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Fushinobu S, Nishimasu H, Hattori D, Song HJ, Wakagi T. Structural basis for the bifunctionality of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase/phosphatase. Nature 2011; 478:538-41. [PMID: 21983966 DOI: 10.1038/nature10457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Enzymes catalyse specific reactions and are essential for maintaining life. Although some are referred to as being bifunctional, they consist of either two distinct catalytic domains or a single domain that displays promiscuous substrate specificity. Thus, one enzyme active site is generally responsible for one biochemical reaction. In contrast to this conventional concept, archaeal fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) aldolase/phosphatase (FBPA/P) consists of a single catalytic domain, but catalyses two chemically distinct reactions of gluconeogenesis: (1) the reversible aldol condensation of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GA3P) to FBP; (2) the dephosphorylation of FBP to fructose-6-phosphate (F6P). Thus, FBPA/P is fundamentally different from ordinary enzymes whose active sites are responsible for a specific reaction. However, the molecular mechanism by which FBPA/P achieves its unusual bifunctionality remains unknown. Here we report the crystal structure of FBPA/P at 1.5-Å resolution in the aldolase form, where a critical lysine residue forms a Schiff base with DHAP. A structural comparison of the aldolase form with a previously determined phosphatase form revealed a dramatic conformational change in the active site, demonstrating that FBPA/P metamorphoses its active-site architecture to exhibit dual activities. Thus, our findings expand the conventional concept that one enzyme catalyses one biochemical reaction.
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- Shinya Fushinobu
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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List F, Sterner R, Wilmanns M. Related (βα)8-barrel proteins in histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis: a paradigm to study enzyme evolution. Chembiochem 2011; 12:1487-94. [PMID: 21656890 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Felix List
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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