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Utility of clinical exome sequencing in the evaluation of neonates with suspected genetic condition - An observational study from tertiary neonatal care unit in South India. Eur J Med Genet 2021; 64:104247. [PMID: 34000440 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To study the utility of clinical exome sequencing (CES) using next generation sequencing (NGS) in evaluating neonates with suspected genetic conditions. METHODS This is an observational study conducted in a tertiary care neonatal unit. We included neonates with suspected genetic conditions, for whom CES were done either by direct sampling or from stored DNA. Data was collected from the Sri Ramachandra centre of excellence in perinatal health (SCOPE) case records of 2016-2019. Yield of CES, percentage of pathogenic, non-pathogenic and variant of uncertain significance (VUS) and associated disorders were studied. RESULTS CES was done in 36 neonates. Variants were detected in 78% (28/36). However, significant variants with clinical correlation were present in 20 (56%) babies. Test was carried out from the stored sample in 10 (28%) babies. Mean turn-around time was 39 ± 7 days. Specialist was involved in 1 and treatment changes were done in 5 neonates. Five out of 8 VUS were clinically correlating. Inborn errors of metabolism were the commonest (60%). Two VUS were ascertained as likely pathogenic after parental segregation analysis. CONCLUSION CES has a definite role in evaluation of suspected genetic conditions for diagnosis and prognostication. It also helps scientific society to build in additional evidence so that the "VUS" could be asserted as "likely pathogenic" . Our experience reiterates the importance of storing and archiving DNA of the affected child.
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More Than One HMG-CoA Lyase: The Classical Mitochondrial Enzyme Plus the Peroxisomal and the Cytosolic Ones. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20246124. [PMID: 31817290 PMCID: PMC6941031 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20246124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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There are three human enzymes with HMG-CoA lyase activity that are able to synthesize ketone bodies in different subcellular compartments. The mitochondrial HMG-CoA lyase was the first to be described, and catalyzes the cleavage of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA to acetoacetate and acetyl-CoA, the common final step in ketogenesis and leucine catabolism. This protein is mainly expressed in the liver and its function is metabolic, since it produces ketone bodies as energetic fuels when glucose levels are low. Another isoform is encoded by the same gene for the mitochondrial HMG-CoA lyase (HMGCL), but it is located in peroxisomes. The last HMG-CoA lyase to be described is encoded by a different gene, HMGCLL1, and is located in the cytosolic side of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Some activity assays and tissue distribution of this enzyme have shown the brain and lung as key tissues for studying its function. Although the roles of the peroxisomal and cytosolic HMG-CoA lyases remain unknown, recent studies highlight the role of ketone bodies in metabolic remodeling, homeostasis, and signaling, providing new insights into the molecular and cellular function of these enzymes.
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Hemmerlin A, Huchelmann A, Tritsch D, Schaller H, Bach TJ. The specific molecular architecture of plant 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:16186-16197. [PMID: 31515272 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) lyase (HMGL) is involved in branched-chain amino acid catabolism leading to acetyl-CoA production. Here, using bioinformatics analyses and protein sequence alignments, we found that in Arabidopsis thaliana a single gene encodes two HMGL isoforms differing in size (51 kDa, HMGL51 and 46 kDa, HMGL46). Similar to animal HMGLs, both isoforms comprised a C-terminal type 1 peroxisomal retention motif, and HMGL51 contained a mitochondrial leader peptide. We observed that only a shortened HMGL (35 kDa, HMGL35) is conserved across all kingdoms of life. Most notably, all plant HMGLs also contained a specific N-terminal extension (P100) that is located between the N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequence TP35 and HMGL35 and is absent in bacteria and other eukaryotes. Interestingly, using HMGL enzyme assays, we found that rather than HMGL46, homodimeric recombinant HMGL35 is the active enzyme catalyzing acetyl-CoA and acetoacetate synthesis when incubated with (S)-HMG-CoA. This suggested that the plant-specific P100 peptide may inactivate HMGL according to specific physiological requirements. Therefore, we investigated whether the P100 peptide in HMGL46 alters its activity, possibly by modifying the HMGL46 structure. We found that induced expression of a cytosolic HMGL35 version in A. thaliana delays germination and leads to rapid wilting and chlorosis in mature plants. Our results suggest that in plants, P100-mediated HMGL inactivation outside of peroxisomes or mitochondria is crucial, protecting against potentially cytotoxic effects of HMGL activity while it transits to these organelles.
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- Andréa Hemmerlin
- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67081 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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Postmortem genetic analysis of sudden unexpected death in infancy: neonatal genetic screening may enable the prevention of sudden infant death. J Hum Genet 2017; 62:989-995. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2017.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Puisac B, Teresa-Rodrigo ME, Arnedo M, Gil-Rodríguez MC, Pérez-Cerdá C, Ribes A, Pié A, Bueno G, Gómez-Puertas P, Pié J. Analysis of aberrant splicing and nonsense-mediated decay of the stop codon mutations c.109G>T and c.504_505delCT in 7 patients with HMG-CoA lyase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2013; 108:232-40. [PMID: 23465862 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2013.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells can be protected against mutations that generate stop codons by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) and/or nonsense-associated altered splicing (NAS). However, the processes are only partially understood and do not always occur. In this work, we study these phenomena in the stop codon mutations c.109G>T (p.Glu37*) and c.504_505delCT; the second and third most frequent mutations in HMG-CoA lyase deficiency (MIM #246450). The deficiency affects the synthesis of ketone bodies and produces severe disorders during early childhood. We used a minigene approach, real-time quantitative PCR and the inhibition of NMD by puromycin treatment, to study the effect of stop codons on splicing (NAS) and NMD in seven patients. Surprisingly, none of the stop codons studied appears to be the direct cause of aberrant splicing. In the mutation c.109G>T, the splicing is due to the base change G>T at position 109, which is critical and cannot be explained by disruption of exonic splicing enhancer (ESE) elements, by the appearance of exonic splicing silencer (ESS) elements which were predicted by bioinformatic tools or by the stop codons. Moreover, the mutation c.504_505delCT produces two mRNA transcripts both with stop codons that generate simultaneous NMD phenomena. The effects of the mutations studied on splicing seemed to be similar in all the patients. Furthermore, we report a Spanish patient with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria and a novel missense mutation: c.825C>G (p.Asn275Lys).
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- Beatriz Puisac
- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology-Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Arnedo M, Menao S, Puisac B, Teresa-Rodrigo ME, Gil-Rodríguez MC, López-Viñas E, Gómez-Puertas P, Casals N, Casale CH, Hegardt FG, Pié J. Characterization of a novel HMG-CoA lyase enzyme with a dual location in endoplasmic reticulum and cytosol. J Lipid Res 2012; 53:2046-2056. [PMID: 22847177 PMCID: PMC3435538 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m025700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A novel lyase activity enzyme is characterized for the first time: HMG-CoA lyase-like1 (er-cHL), which is a close homolog of mitochondrial HMG-CoA lyase (mHL). Initial data show that there are nine mature transcripts for the novel gene HMGCLL1, although none of them has all its exons. The most abundant transcript is called “variant b,” and it lacks exons 2 and 3. Moreover, a three-dimensional model of the novel enzyme is proposed. Colocalization studies show a dual location of the er-cHL in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and cytosol, but not in mitochondria or peroxisomes. Furthermore, the dissociation experiment suggests that it is a nonendoplasmic reticulum integral membrane protein. The kinetic parameters of er-cHL indicate that it has a lower Vmax and a higher substrate affinity than mHL. Protein expression and lyase activity were found in several tissues, and were particularly strong in lung and kidney. The occurrence of er-cHL in brain is surprising, as mHL has not been found there. Although mHL activity is clearly associated with energy metabolism, the results suggest that er-cHL is more closely related to another metabolic function, mostly at the pulmonary and brain level.
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- María Arnedo
- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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- Molecular Modeling Group, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain; Biomol-Informatics SL, Parque Científico de Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Modeling Group, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, National University of Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Argentina; and
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
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Fu Z, Runquist JA, Montgomery C, Miziorko HM, Kim JJP. Functional insights into human HMG-CoA lyase from structures of Acyl-CoA-containing ternary complexes. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:26341-9. [PMID: 20558737 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.139931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HMG-CoA lyase (HMGCL) is crucial to ketogenesis, and inherited human mutations are potentially lethal. Detailed understanding of the HMGCL reaction mechanism and the molecular basis for correlating human mutations with enzyme deficiency have been limited by the lack of structural information for enzyme liganded to an acyl-CoA substrate or inhibitor. Crystal structures of ternary complexes of WT HMGCL with the competitive inhibitor 3-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA and of the catalytically deficient HMGCL R41M mutant with substrate HMG-CoA have been determined to 2.4 and 2.2 A, respectively. Comparison of these beta/alpha-barrel structures with those of unliganded HMGCL and R41M reveals substantial differences for Mg(2+) coordination and positioning of the flexible loop containing the conserved HMGCL "signature" sequence. In the R41M-Mg(2+)-substrate ternary complex, loop residue Cys(266) (implicated in active-site function by mechanistic and mutagenesis observations) is more closely juxtaposed to the catalytic site than in the case of unliganded enzyme or the WT enzyme-Mg(2+)-3-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA inhibitor complex. In both ternary complexes, the S-stereoisomer of substrate or inhibitor is specifically bound, in accord with the observed Mg(2+) liganding of both C3 hydroxyl and C5 carboxyl oxygens. In addition to His(233) and His(235) imidazoles, other Mg(2+) ligands are the Asp(42) carboxyl oxygen and an ordered water molecule. This water, positioned between Asp(42) and the C3 hydroxyl of bound substrate/inhibitor, may function as a proton shuttle. The observed interaction of Arg(41) with the acyl-CoA C1 carbonyl oxygen explains the effects of Arg(41) mutation on reaction product enolization and explains why human Arg(41) mutations cause drastic enzyme deficiency.
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- Zhuji Fu
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Carrasco P, Menao S, López-Viñas E, Santpere G, Clotet J, Sierra AY, Gratacós E, Puisac B, Gómez-Puertas P, Hegardt FG, Pie J, Casals N. C-terminal end and aminoacid Lys48 in HMG-CoA lyase are involved in substrate binding and enzyme activity. Mol Genet Metab 2007; 91:120-7. [PMID: 17459752 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Revised: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 03/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) lyase adopts a (betaalpha)(8) TIM barrel structure with an additional beta9, alpha11 and alpha12 helices. Location of HMG part of the substrate has been suggested but the binding mode for the CoA moiety remains to be resolved. As mutation F305 fs(-2), which involves the last 21 residues of the protein, and mutation K48N caused 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria in two patients, we examined the role of the C-terminal end and Lys(48) in enzyme activity. Expression studies of various C-terminal-end-deleted and K48N-mutated proteins revealed that residues 311-313 (localized in the loop between alpha11 and alpha12 helices) and Lys(48) are essential for enzyme activity. An in silico docking model locating HMG-CoA on the surface of the enzyme implicates Asn(311) and Lys(313) in substrate binding by establishing multiple polar contacts with phosphate and ribose groups of adenosine, and Lys(48) by contacting the carboxyl group of the panthotenic acid moiety.
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- Patricia Carrasco
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, E-08195 Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
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Mir C, Lopez-Viñas E, Aledo R, Puisac B, Rizzo C, Dionisi-Vici C, Deodato F, Pié J, Gomez-Puertas P, Hegardt FG, Casals N. A single-residue mutation, G203E, causes 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria by occluding the substrate channel in the 3D structural model of HMG-CoA lyase. J Inherit Metab Dis 2006; 29:64-70. [PMID: 16601870 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-006-0138-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects ketogenesis and leucine metabolism. The disease is caused by mutations in the gene coding for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase (HL). To date 26 different mutations have been described. A (betaalpha)(8) TIM barrel structure has been proposed for the protein, and almost all missense mutations identified so far localize in the beta sheets that define the inside cavity. We report an Italian patient who bears homozygously a novel HL mutation, c.608G > A (p. G203E) in beta sheet six. A structural model of the mutated protein suggests that glutamic acid 203 impedes catalysis by blocking the entrance to the inner cavity of the enzyme. Loss of functionality has been confirmed in expression studies in E. coli, which demonstrate that the G203E mutation completely abolishes enzyme activity. Beta sheet six and beta sheet two are the two protein regions that accumulate most missense mutations, indicating their importance in enzyme functionality. A model for the mechanism of enzyme function is proposed.
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- C Mir
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, International University of Catalonia, C/ Josep Trueta s/n, E-08190 Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
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Fu Z, Runquist JA, Forouhar F, Hussain M, Hunt JF, Miziorko HM, Kim JJP. Crystal structure of human 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA Lyase: insights into catalysis and the molecular basis for hydroxymethylglutaric aciduria. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:7526-32. [PMID: 16330550 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506880200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) lyase is a key enzyme in the ketogenic pathway that supplies metabolic fuel to extrahepatic tissues. Enzyme deficiency may be due to a variety of human mutations and can be fatal. Diminished activity has been explained based on analyses of recombinant human mutant proteins or, more recently, in the context of structural models for the enzyme. We report the experimental determination of a crystal structure at 2.1 A resolution of the recombinant human mitochondrial HMG-CoA lyase containing a bound activator cation and the dicarboxylic acid 3-hydroxyglutarate. The enzyme adopts a (betaalpha)(8) barrel fold, and the N-terminal barrel end is occluded. The structure of a physiologically relevant dimer suggests that substrate access to the active site involves binding across the cavity located at the C-terminal end of the barrel. An alternative hypothesis that involves substrate insertion through a pore proposed to extend through the barrel is not compatible with the observed structure. The activator cation ligands included Asn(275), Asp(42),His(233), and His(235); the latter three residues had been implicated previously as contributing to metal binding or enzyme activity. Arg(41), previously shown to have a major effect on catalytic efficiency, is also located at the active site. In the observed structure, this residue interacts with a carboxyl group of 3-hydroxyglutarate, the hydrolysis product of the competitive inhibitor 3-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA required for crystallization of human enzyme. The structure provides a rationale for the decrease in enzyme activity due to clinical mutations, including H233R, R41Q, D42H, and D204N, that compromise active site function or enzyme stability.
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- Zhuji Fu
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Forouhar F, Hussain M, Farid R, Benach J, Abashidze M, Edstrom WC, Vorobiev SM, Xiao R, Acton TB, Fu Z, Kim JJP, Miziorko HM, Montelione GT, Hunt JF. Crystal structures of two bacterial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyases suggest a common catalytic mechanism among a family of TIM barrel metalloenzymes cleaving carbon-carbon bonds. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:7533-45. [PMID: 16330546 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507996200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) lyase catalyzes the terminal steps in ketone body generation and leucine degradation. Mutations in this enzyme cause a human autosomal recessive disorder called primary metabolic aciduria, which typically kills victims because of an inability to tolerate hypoglycemia. Here we present crystal structures of the HMG-CoA lyases from Bacillus subtilis and Brucella melitensis at 2.7 and 2.3 A resolution, respectively. These enzymes share greater than 45% sequence identity with the human orthologue. Although the enzyme has the anticipated triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel fold, the catalytic center contains a divalent cation-binding site formed by a cluster of invariant residues that cap the core of the barrel, contrary to the predictions of homology models. Surprisingly, the residues forming this cation-binding site and most of their interaction partners are shared with three other TIM barrel enzymes that catalyze diverse carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions believed to proceed through enolate intermediates (4-hydroxy-2-ketovalerate aldolase, 2-isopropylmalate synthase, and transcarboxylase 5S). We propose the name "DRE-TIM metallolyases" for this newly identified enzyme family likely to employ a common catalytic reaction mechanism involving an invariant Asp-Arg-Glu (DRE) triplet. The Asp ligates the divalent cation, while the Arg probably stabilizes charge accumulation in the enolate intermediate, and the Glu maintains the precise structural alignment of the Asp and Arg. We propose a detailed model for the catalytic reaction mechanism of HMG-CoA lyase based on the examination of previously reported product complexes of other DRE-TIM metallolyases and induced fit substrate docking studies conducted using the crystal structure of human HMG-CoA lyase (reported in the accompanying paper by Fu, et al. (2006) J. Biol. Chem. 281, 7526-7532). Our model is consistent with extensive mutagenesis results and can guide subsequent studies directed at definitive experimental elucidation of this enzyme's reaction mechanism.
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- Farhad Forouhar
- Department of Biological Sciences and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Puisac B, López-Viñas E, Moreno S, Mir C, Pérez-Cerdá C, Menao S, Lluch D, Pié A, Gómez-Puertas P, Casals N, Ugarte M, Hegardt F, Pié J. Skipping of exon 2 and exons 2 plus 3 of HMG-CoA lyase (HL) gene produces the loss of beta sheets 1 and 2 in the recently proposed (beta-alpha)8 TIM barrel model of HL. Biophys Chem 2005; 115:241-5. [PMID: 15752612 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2004] [Revised: 11/25/2004] [Accepted: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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HMG-CoA lyase (HL) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects ketogenesis and leucine catabolism. We report a new Spanish patient who bears the frequent nonsense mutation G109T (Mediterranean mutation). This mutation can produce aberrant splicing with three mRNA variants: one of the expected size, the second with deletion of exon 2, and the third with deletion of exons 2 and 3. Recently our group proposed a 3D model for human HL containing a (beta-alpha)(8) (TIM) barrel structure. We have studied the effect of the deletions of exon 2 and exons 2 plus 3 on the proposed HL model. Exon 2 skipping led to the loss of beta-sheet 1, and the skipping of exons 2 and 3 caused the disappearance of alpha helix 1 and beta-sheets 1 and 2.-
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- Beatriz Puisac
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Tuinstra RL, Wang CZ, Mitchell GA, Miziorko HM. Evaluation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase arginine-41 as a catalytic residue: use of acetyldithio-coenzyme A to monitor product enolization. Biochemistry 2004; 43:5287-95. [PMID: 15122894 DOI: 10.1021/bi0499765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) lyase catalyzes the divalent cation-dependent cleavage of HMG-CoA to produce acetyl-CoA and acetoacetate. Arginine-41 is an invariant residue in HMG-CoA lyases. Mutation of this residue (R41Q) correlates with human HMG-CoA lyase deficiency. To evaluate the functional importance of arginine-41, R41Q and R41M recombinant mutant human HMG-CoA lyase proteins have been constructed, expressed, and purified. These mutant proteins retain structural integrity based on Mn(2+) binding and affinity labeling stoichiometry. R41Q exhibits a 10(5)-fold decrease in V(max); R41M activity is >or=10-fold lower than the activity of R41Q. Acetyldithio-CoA, an analogue of the reaction product, acetyl-CoA, has been employed to test the function of arginine-41, as well as other residues (e.g., aspartate-42 and histidine-233) implicated in catalysis. Acetyldithio-CoA supports enzyme-catalyzed exchange of the methyl protons of the acetyl group with solvent; exchange is dependent on the presence of Mg(2+) and acetoacetate. In comparison with wild-type human enzyme, D42A and H233A mutant enzymes exhibit 4-fold and 10-fold decreases, respectively, in the proton exchange rate. In contrast, R41Q and R41M mutants do not catalyze any substantial enzyme-dependent proton exchange. These results suggest a role for arginine-41 in deprotonation or enolization of acetyldithio-CoA and implicate this residue in the HMG-CoA cleavage reaction chemistry that leads to acetyl-CoA product formation. Assignment of arginine-41 as an active site residue is also supported by a homology model for HMG-CoA lyase based on the structure of 4-hydroxy-2-ketovalerate aldolase. This model suggests the proximity of arginine-41 to other amino acids (aspartate-42, glutamate-72, histidine-235) implicated as active site residues based on their function as ligands to the activator cation.
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- Robbyn L Tuinstra
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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