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Elegheert J, Brigé A, Van Beeumen J, Savvides SN. Structural dissection ofShewanella oneidensisold yellow enzyme 4 bound to a Meisenheimer complex and (nitro)phenolic ligands. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:3391-3401. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jonathan Elegheert
- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE); Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; Ghent University; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE); Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; Ghent University; Belgium
- Ablynx NV; Zwijnaarde Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE); Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; Ghent University; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE); Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; Ghent University; Belgium
- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research (IRC); Ghent University; Zwijnaarde Belgium
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Kubas G, Rees W, Caguiat J, Asch D, Fagan D, Cortes P. Identification of peptide sequences that selectively bind to pentaerythritol trinitrate hemisuccinate-a surrogate of PETN, via phage display technology. Biopolymers 2017; 108. [PMID: 27711976 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The present research investigates the identification of amino acid sequences that selectively bind to a pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) explosive surrogate. Through the use of a phage display technique and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), a peptide library was tested against pentaerythritol trinitrate hemisuccinate (PETNH), a surrogate of PETN, to screen for those with amino acids having affinity toward the explosive. The results suggest that the library contains peptides selective to PETNH. Following three rounds of panning, clones were picked and tested for specificity toward PETNH. ELISA results from these samples show that each phage clone has some level of selectivity for binding to PETNH. The peptides from these clones have been sequenced and shown to contain certain common amino acid segments among them. This work represents a technological platform for identifying amino-acid sequences selective toward any bio-chem analyte of interest.
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- George Kubas
- Material Science & Engineering Program, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Civil & Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Program, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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Nett N, Duewel S, Richter AA, Hoebenreich S. Revealing Additional Stereocomplementary Pairs of Old Yellow Enzymes by Rational Transfer of Engineered Residues. Chembiochem 2017; 18:685-691. [PMID: 28107586 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Every year numerous protein engineering and directed evolution studies are published, increasing the knowledge that could be used by protein engineers. Here we test a protein engineering strategy that allows quick access to improved biocatalysts with very little screening effort. Conceptually it is assumed that engineered residues previously identified by rational and random methods induce similar improvements when transferred to family members. In an application to ene-reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family, the newly created variants were tested with three compounds, revealing more stereocomplementary OYE pairs with potent turnover frequencies (up to 660 h-1 ) and excellent stereoselectivities (up to >99 %). Although systematic prediction of absolute enantioselectivity of OYE variants remains a challenge, "scaffold sampling" was confirmed as a promising addition to protein engineers' collection of strategies.
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- Nathalie Nett
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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Graphene oxide-based optical biosensor functionalized with peptides for explosive detection. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 68:494-499. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Applications of protein engineering to members of the old yellow enzyme family. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:624-31. [PMID: 25940546 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In the 20 years since Massey's initial report in 1995, interest in using alkene reductases to prepare chiral intermediates for synthesis has grown rapidly. While native alkene reductases often show very high stereoselectivities toward favorable substrates, these enzymes have somewhat size-restricted active sites that limit their substrate ranges to small alkenes. In addition, most alkene reductases have the same stereoselectivities, which makes it difficult to access the "other" product enantiomers. Protein engineering strategies have been used to address both of these issues and good progress has been made in several cases. This review summarizes published examples through late 2014 and focuses on studies of six enzymes: Saccharomyces pastorianus OYE 1, tomato OPR1, Zymomonas mobilis NCR, Enterobacter cloacae PB2 PETN reductase, Bacillus subtilis YqjM and Pichia stipitis OYE 2.6.
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Microbial Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene In Vitro and in Natural Environments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01083-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bell JA, Ho KL, Farid R. Significant reduction in errors associated with nonbonded contacts in protein crystal structures: automated all-atom refinement with PrimeX. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2012; 68:935-52. [PMID: 22868759 PMCID: PMC3413210 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444912017453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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All-atom models are essential for many applications in molecular modeling and computational chemistry. Nonbonded atomic contacts much closer than the sum of the van der Waals radii of the two atoms (clashes) are commonly observed in such models derived from protein crystal structures. A set of 94 recently deposited protein structures in the resolution range 1.5-2.8 Å were analyzed for clashes by the addition of all H atoms to the models followed by optimization and energy minimization of the positions of just these H atoms. The results were compared with the same set of structures after automated all-atom refinement with PrimeX and with nonbonded contacts in protein crystal structures at a resolution equal to or better than 0.9 Å. The additional PrimeX refinement produced structures with reasonable summary geometric statistics and similar R(free) values to the original structures. The frequency of clashes at less than 0.8 times the sum of van der Waals radii was reduced over fourfold compared with that found in the original structures, to a level approaching that found in the ultrahigh-resolution structures. Moreover, severe clashes at less than or equal to 0.7 times the sum of atomic radii were reduced 15-fold. All-atom refinement with PrimeX produced improved crystal structure models with respect to nonbonded contacts and yielded changes in structural details that dramatically impacted on the interpretation of some protein-ligand interactions.
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- Jeffrey A. Bell
- Schrödinger, 120 West 45th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
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- Schrödinger, 120 West 45th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
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- Schrödinger, 120 West 45th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
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Hulley ME, Toogood HS, Fryszkowska A, Mansell D, Stephens GM, Gardiner JM, Scrutton NS. Focused directed evolution of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase by using automated anaerobic kinetic screening of site-saturated libraries. Chembiochem 2011; 11:2433-47. [PMID: 21064170 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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This work describes the development of an automated robotic platform for the rapid screening of enzyme variants generated from directed evolution studies of pentraerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) reductase, a target for industrial biocatalysis. By using a 96-well format, near pure enzyme was recovered and was suitable for high throughput kinetic assays; this enabled rapid screening for improved and new activities from libraries of enzyme variants. Initial characterisation of several single site-saturation libraries targeted at active site residues of PETN reductase, are described. Two mutants (T26S and W102F) were shown to have switched in substrate enantiopreference against substrates (E)-2-aryl-1-nitropropene and α-methyl-trans-cinnamaldehyde, respectively, with an increase in ee (62 % (R) for W102F). In addition, the detection of mutants with weak activity against α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid substrates showed progress in the expansion of the substrate range of PETN reductase. These methods can readily be adapted for rapid evolution of enzyme variants with other oxidoreductase enzymes.
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- Martyn E Hulley
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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Fryszkowska A, Toogood H, Sakuma M, Stephens GM, Gardiner JM, Scrutton NS. Active site modifications in pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase can lead to improved product enantiopurity, decreased by-product formation and altered stereochemical outcome in reactions with α,β-unsaturated nitroolefins. Catal Sci Technol 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cy00092b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Toogood H, Gardiner J, Scrutton N. Biocatalytic Reductions and Chemical Versatility of the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoprotein Oxidoreductases. ChemCatChem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201000094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Sundaramoorthy M, Gold MH, Poulos TL. Ultrahigh (0.93A) resolution structure of manganese peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium: implications for the catalytic mechanism. J Inorg Biochem 2010; 104:683-90. [PMID: 20356630 PMCID: PMC2866031 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2010.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Manganese peroxidase (MnP) is an extracellular heme enzyme produced by the lignin-degrading white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. MnP catalyzes the peroxide-dependent oxidation of Mn(II) to Mn(III). The Mn(III) is released from the enzyme in complex with oxalate, enabling the oxalate-Mn(III) complex to serve as a diffusible redox mediator capable of oxidizing lignin, especially under the mediation of unsaturated fatty acids. One heme propionate and the side chains of Glu35, Glu39 and Asp179 have been identified as Mn(II) ligands in our previous crystal structures of native MnP. In our current work, new 0.93A and 1.05A crystal structures of MnP with and without bound Mn(II), respectively, have been solved. This represents only the sixth structure of a protein of this size at 0.93A resolution. In addition, this is the first structure of a heme peroxidase from a eukaryotic organism at sub-Angstrom resolution. These new structures reveal an ordering/disordering of the C-terminal loop, which is likely required for Mn binding and release. In addition, the catalytic Arg42 residue at the active site, normally thought to function only in the peroxide activation process, also undergoes ordering/disordering that is coupled to a transient H-bond with the Mn ligand, Glu39. Finally, these high-resolution structures also reveal the exact H atoms in several parts of the structure that are relevant to the catalytic mechanism.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, OGI School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97291-1000
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- Departments of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3900
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Spiegelhauer O, Mende S, Dickert F, Knauer SH, Ullmann GM, Dobbek H. Cysteine as a modulator residue in the active site of xenobiotic reductase A: a structural, thermodynamic and kinetic study. J Mol Biol 2010; 398:66-82. [PMID: 20206186 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Xenobiotic reductase A (XenA) from Pseudomonas putida 86 catalyzes the NADH/NADPH-dependent reduction of various substrates, including 2-cyclohexenone and 8-hydroxycoumarin. XenA is a member of the old yellow enzyme (OYE) family of flavoproteins and is structurally and functionally similar to other bacterial members of this enzyme class. A characteristic feature of XenA is the presence of a cysteine residue (Cys25) in the active site, where in most members of the OYE family a threonine residue is found that modulates the reduction potential of the FMN/FMNH(-) couple. We investigated the role of Cys25 by studying two variants in which the residue has been exchanged for a serine and an alanine residue. While the exchange against alanine has a remarkably small effect on the reduction potential, the reactivity and the structure of XenA, the exchange against serine increases the reduction potential by +82 mV, increases the rate constant of the reductive half-reaction and decreases the rate constant in the oxidative half-reaction. We determined six crystal structures at high to true atomic resolution (d(min) 1.03-1.80 A) of the three XenA variants with and without the substrate coumarin bound in the active site. The atomic resolution structure of XenA in complex with coumarin reveals a compressed active site geometry in which the isoalloxazine ring is sandwiched between coumarin and the protein backbone. The structures further reveal that the conformation of the active site and substrate interactions are preserved in the two variants, indicating that the observed changes are due to local effects only. We propose that Cys25 and the residues in its place determine which of the two half-reactions is rate limiting, depending on the substrate couple. This might help to explain why the genome of Pseudomonas putida encodes multiple xenobiotic reductases containing either cysteine, threonine or alanine in the active site.
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- Olivia Spiegelhauer
- Bioinorganic Chemistry, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Kuang Z, Kim SN, Crookes-Goodson WJ, Farmer BL, Naik RR. Biomimetic chemosensor: designing peptide recognition elements for surface functionalization of carbon nanotube field effect transistors. ACS NANO 2010; 4:452-458. [PMID: 20038158 DOI: 10.1021/nn901365g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Single-wall carbon nanotube field effect transistors (SWNT-FETs) are ideal candidates for fabricating sensors due to their unique electronic properties and have been widely investigated for chemical and biological sensing applications. The lack of selectivity of SWNT-FETs has prompted extensive research on developing ligands that exhibit specific binding as selective surface coating for SWNTs. Herein we describe the rational design of a peptide recognition element (PRE) that is capable of noncovalently attaching to SWNTs as well as binding to trinitrotoluene (TNT). The PRE contains two domains, a TNT binding domain derived from the binding pocket of the honeybee odor binding protein ASP1, and a SWNT binding domain previously identified from the phage peptide display library. The PRE structure in the presence of SWNT was investigated by performing classical all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Both computational and experimental analyses demonstrate that the peptide retains two functional domains for SWNT and TNT binding. The binding motif of the peptide to SWNT and to TNT was revealed from interaction energy calculations by molecular dynamics simulations. The potential application of the peptide for the detection of TNT is theoretically predicted and experimentally validated using a SWNT-FET sensor functionalized with a designer PRE. Results from this study demonstrate the creation of chemosensors using designed PRE as selective surface coatings for targeted analytes.
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- Zhifeng Kuang
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, USA
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Elegheert J, van den Hemel D, Dix I, Stout J, Van Beeumen J, Brigé A, Savvides SN. Towards structural studies of the old yellow enzyme homologue SYE4 from Shewanella oneidensis and its complexes at atomic resolution. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2009; 66:85-90. [PMID: 20057079 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309109050386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shewanella oneidensis is an environmentally versatile Gram-negative gamma-proteobacterium that is endowed with an unusually large proteome of redox proteins. Of the four old yellow enzyme (OYE) homologues found in S. oneidensis, SYE4 is the homologue most implicated in resistance to oxidative stress. SYE4 was recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and were moderately pseudo-merohedrally twinned, emulating a P422 metric symmetry. The native crystals of SYE4 were of exceptional diffraction quality and provided complete data to 1.10 A resolution using synchrotron radiation, while crystals of the reduced enzyme and of the enzyme in complex with a wide range of ligands typically led to high-quality complete data sets to 1.30-1.60 A resolution, thus providing a rare opportunity to dissect the structure-function relationships of a good-sized enzyme (40 kDa) at true atomic resolution. Here, the attainment of a number of experimental milestones in the crystallographic studies of SYE4 and its complexes are reported, including isolation of the elusive hydride-Meisenheimer complex.
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- Jonathan Elegheert
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Spiegelhauer O, Dickert F, Mende S, Niks D, Hille R, Ullmann M, Dobbek H. Kinetic characterization of xenobiotic reductase A from Pseudomonas putida 86. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11412-20. [PMID: 19839648 DOI: 10.1021/bi901370u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xenobiotic reductase A (XenA) from Pseudomonas putida is a member of the old-yellow-enzyme family of flavin-containing enzymes and catalyzes the NADH/NADPH-dependent reduction of various substrates, including 8-hydroxycoumarin and 2-cyclohexenone. Here we present a kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of XenA. In the reductive half-reaction, complexes of oxidized XenA with NADH or NADPH form charge-transfer (CT) intermediates with increased absorption around 520-560 nm, which occurs with a second-order rate constant of 9.4 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) with NADH and 6.4 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) with NADPH, while its disappearance is controlled by a rate constant of 210-250 s(-1) with both substrates. Transfer of hydride from NADPH proceeds 24 times more rapidly than from NADH. This modest kinetic preference of XenA for NADPH is unlike the typical discrimination between NADH and NADPH by binding affinity. Docking studies combined with electrostatic energy calculations indicate that the 2'-phosphate group attached to the adenine moiety of NADPH is responsible for this difference. The reductions of 2-cyclohexenone and coumarin in the oxidative half-reaction are both concentration-dependent under the assay conditions and reveal a more than 50-fold larger limiting rate constant for the reduction of 2-cyclohexenone compared to that of coumarin. Our work corroborates the link between XenA and other members of the old-yellow-enzyme family but demonstrates several differences in the reactivity of these enzymes.
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Fryszkowska A, Toogood H, Sakuma M, Gardiner J, Stephens G, Scrutton N. Asymmetric Reduction of Activated Alkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase: Specificity and Control of Stereochemical Outcome by Reaction Optimisation. Adv Synth Catal 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200900574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fryszkowska A, Toogood H, Sakuma M, Gardiner JM, Stephens GM, Scrutton NS. Asymmetric Reduction of Activated Alkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase: Specificity and Control of Stereochemical Outcome by Reaction Optimisation. Adv Synth Catal 2009; 351:2976-2990. [PMID: 20396613 PMCID: PMC2854813 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200900603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We show that pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETNR), a member of the 'ene' reductase old yellow enzyme family, catalyses the asymmetric reduction of a variety of industrially relevant activated alpha,beta-unsaturated alkenes including enones, enals, maleimides and nitroalkenes. We have rationalised the broad substrate specificity and stereochemical outcome of these reductions by reference to molecular models of enzyme-substrate complexes based on the crystal complex of the PETNR with 2-cyclohexenone 4a. The optical purity of products is variable (49-99% ee), depending on the substrate type and nature of substituents. Generally, high enantioselectivity was observed for reaction products with stereogenic centres at Cbeta (>99% ee). However, for the substrates existing in two isomeric forms (e.g., citral 11a or nitroalkenes 18-19a), an enantiodivergent course of the reduction of E/Z-forms may lead to lower enantiopurities of the products. We also demonstrate that the poor optical purity obtained for products with stereogenic centres at Calpha is due to non-enzymatic racemisation. In reactions with ketoisophorone 3a we show that product racemisation is prevented through reaction optimisation, specifically by shortening reaction time and through control of solution pH. We suggest this as a general strategy for improved recovery of optically pure products with other biocatalytic conversions where there is potential for product racemisation.
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- Anna Fryszkowska
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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Beynon ER, Symons ZC, Jackson RG, Lorenz A, Rylott EL, Bruce NC. The role of oxophytodienoate reductases in the detoxification of the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:253-61. [PMID: 19605548 PMCID: PMC2735992 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.141598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a significant environmental pollutant that is both toxic and recalcitrant to degradation. Phytoremediation is being increasingly proposed as a viable alternative to conventional remediation technologies to clean up explosives-contaminated sites. Despite the potential of this technology, relatively little is known about the innate enzymology of TNT detoxification in plants. To further elucidate this, we used microarray analysis to identify Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genes up-regulated by exposure to TNT and found that the expression of oxophytodienoate reductases (OPRs) increased in response to TNT. The OPRs share similarity with the Old Yellow Enzyme family, bacterial members of which have been shown to transform explosives. The three predominantly expressed forms, OPR1, OPR2, and OPR3, were recombinantly expressed and affinity purified. Subsequent biochemical characterization revealed that all three OPRs are able to transform TNT to yield nitro-reduced TNT derivatives, with OPR1 additionally producing the aromatic ring-reduced products hydride and dihydride Meisenheimer complexes. Arabidopsis plants overexpressing OPR1 removed TNT more quickly from liquid culture, produced increased levels of transformation products, and maintained higher fresh weight biomasses than wild-type plants. In contrast, OPR1,2 RNA interference lines removed less TNT, produced fewer transformation products, and had lower biomasses. When grown on solid medium, two of the three OPR1 lines and all of the OPR2-overexpressing lines exhibited significantly enhanced tolerance to TNT. These data suggest that, in concert with other detoxification mechanisms, OPRs play a physiological role in xenobiotic detoxification.
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- Emily R Beynon
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom
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Abhilash P, Jamil S, Singh N. Transgenic plants for enhanced biodegradation and phytoremediation of organic xenobiotics. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:474-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Plants disarm soil: engineering plants for the phytoremediation of explosives. Trends Biotechnol 2009; 27:73-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Toogood HS, Fryszkowska A, Hare V, Fisher K, Roujeinikova A, Leys D, Gardiner JM, Stephens GM, Scrutton NS. Structure-Based Insight into the Asymmetric Bioreduction of the C=C Double Bond of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Nitroalkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase. Adv Synth Catal 2008; 350:2789-2803. [PMID: 20396603 PMCID: PMC2854801 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Biocatalytic reduction of alpha- or beta-alkyl-beta-arylnitroalkenes provides a convenient and efficient method to prepare chiral substituted nitroalkanes. Pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETN reductase) from Enterobacter cloacae st. PB2 catalyses the reduction of nitroolefins such as 1-nitrocyclohexene (1) with steady state and rapid reaction kinetics comparable to other old yellow enzyme homologues. Furthermore, it reduces 2-aryl-1-nitropropenes (4a-d) to their equivalent (S)-nitropropanes 9a-d. The enzyme shows a preference for the (Z)-isomer of substrates 4a-d, providing almost pure enantiomeric products 9a-d (ees up to > 99%) in quantitative yield, whereas the respective (E)-isomers are reduced with lower enantioselectivity (63-89% ee) and lower product yields. 1-Aryl-2-nitropropenes (5a, b) are also reduced efficiently, but the products (R)-10 have lower optical purities. The structure of the enzyme complex with 1-nitrocyclohexene (1) was determined by X-ray crystallography, revealing two substrate-binding modes, with only one compatible with hydride transfer. Models of nitropropenes 4 and 5 in the active site of PETN reductase predicted that the enantioselectivity of the reaction was dependent on the orientation of binding of the (E)- and (Z)-substrates. This work provides a structural basis for understanding the mechanism of asymmetric bioreduction of nitroalkenes by PETN reductase.
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- Helen S Toogood
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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Nivinskas H, Sarlauskas J, Anusevicius Z, Toogood HS, Scrutton NS, Cenas N. Reduction of aliphatic nitroesters and N-nitramines by Enterobacter cloacae PB2 pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase: quantitative structure-activity relationships. FEBS J 2008; 275:6192-203. [PMID: 19016851 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Enterobacter cloacae PB2 NADPH:pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETNR) performs the biodegradation of explosive organic nitrate esters via their reductive denitration. In order to understand the enzyme substrate specificity, we have examined the reactions of PETNR with organic nitrates (n = 15) and their nitrogen analogues, N-nitramines (n = 4). The reactions of these compounds with PETNR were accompanied by the release of 1-2 mol of nitrite per mole of compound, but were not accompanied by their redox cycling and superoxide formation. The reduction rate constants (k(cat)/K(m)) of inositol hexanitrate, diglycerol tetranitrate, erythritol tetranitrate, mannitol hexanitrate and xylitol pentanitrate were similar to those of the established PETNR substrates, PETN and glycerol trinitrate, whereas the reactivities of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine were three orders of magnitude lower. The log k(cat)/K(m) value of the compounds increased with a decrease in the enthalpy of formation of the hydride adducts [DeltaH(f)(R-O-N(OH)O(-)) or DeltaH(f)(R(1),R(2) > N-N(OH)O(-))], and with an increase in their lipophilicity (octanol/water partition coefficient, log P(ow)), and did not depend on their van der Waals' volumes. Hydrophobic organic nitroesters and hydrophilic N-nitramines compete for the same binding site in the reduced enzyme form. The role of the hydrophobic interaction of PETNR with glycerol trinitrate was supported by the positive dependence of glycerol trinitrate reactivity on the solution ionic strength. The discrimination of nitroesters and N-nitramines according to their log P(ow) values seems to be a specific feature of the Old Yellow Enzyme family of flavoenzymes.
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Berkholz DS, Faber HR, Savvides SN, Karplus PA. Catalytic cycle of human glutathione reductase near 1 A resolution. J Mol Biol 2008; 382:371-84. [PMID: 18638483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Revised: 06/08/2008] [Accepted: 06/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Efficient enzyme catalysis depends on exquisite details of structure beyond those resolvable in typical medium- and high-resolution crystallographic analyses. Here we report synchrotron-based cryocrystallographic studies of natural substrate complexes of the flavoenzyme human glutathione reductase (GR) at nominal resolutions between 1.1 and 0.95 A that reveal new aspects of its mechanism. Compression in the active site causes overlapping van der Waals radii and distortion in the nicotinamide ring of the NADPH substrate, which enhances catalysis via stereoelectronic effects. The bound NADPH and redox-active disulfide are positioned optimally on opposite sides of the flavin for a 1,2-addition across a flavin double bond. The new structures extend earlier observations to reveal that the redox-active disulfide loop in GR is an extreme case of sequential peptide bonds systematically deviating from planarity--a net deviation of 53 degrees across five residues. But this apparent strain is not a factor in catalysis, as it is present in both oxidized and reduced structures. Intriguingly, the flavin bond lengths in oxidized GR are intermediate between those expected for oxidized and reduced flavin, but we present evidence that this may not be due to the protein environment but instead due to partial synchrotron reduction of the flavin by the synchrotron beam. Finally, of more general relevance, we present evidence that the structures of synchrotron-reduced disulfide bonds cannot generally be used as reliable models for naturally reduced disulfide bonds.
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- Donald S Berkholz
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 ALS, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305, USA
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Jaworski JW, Raorane D, Huh JH, Majumdar A, Lee SW. Evolutionary screening of biomimetic coatings for selective detection of explosives. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:4938-4943. [PMID: 18363413 DOI: 10.1021/la7035289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Susceptibility of chemical sensors to false positive signals remains a common drawback due to insufficient sensor coating selectivity. By mimicking biology, we have demonstrated the use of sequence-specific biopolymers to generate highly selective receptors for trinitrotoluene and 2,4-dinitrotoluene. Using mutational analysis, we show that the identified binding peptides recognize the target substrate through multivalent binding with key side chain amino acid elements. Additionally, our peptide-based receptors embedded in a hydrogel show selective binding to target molecules in the gas phase. These experiments demonstrate the technique of receptor screening in liquid to be translated to selective gas-phase target binding, potentially impacting the design of a new class of sensor coatings.
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- Justyn W Jaworski
- Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco, California 94720, USA
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Roldán MD, Pérez-Reinado E, Castillo F, Moreno-Vivián C. Reduction of polynitroaromatic compounds: the bacterial nitroreductases. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2008; 32:474-500. [PMID: 18355273 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Most nitroaromatic compounds are toxic and mutagenic for living organisms, but some microorganisms have developed oxidative or reductive pathways to degrade or transform these compounds. Reductive pathways are based either on the reduction of the aromatic ring by hydride additions or on the reduction of the nitro groups to hydroxylamino and/or amino derivatives. Bacterial nitroreductases are flavoenzymes that catalyze the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of the nitro groups on nitroaromatic and nitroheterocyclic compounds. Nitroreductases have raised a great interest due to their potential applications in bioremediation, biocatalysis, and biomedicine, especially in prodrug activation for chemotherapeutic cancer treatments. Different bacterial nitroreductases have been purified and their biochemical and kinetic parameters have been determined. The crystal structure of some nitroreductases have also been solved. However, the physiological role(s) of these enzymes remains unclear. Nitroreductase genes are widely spread within bacterial genomes, but are also found in archaea and some eukaryotic species. Although studies on regulation of nitroreductase gene expression are scarce, it seems that nitroreductase genes may be controlled by the MarRA and SoxRS regulatory systems that are involved in responses to several antibiotics and environmental chemical hazards and to specific oxidative stress conditions. This review covers the microbial distribution, types, biochemical properties, structure and regulation of the bacterial nitroreductases. The possible physiological functions and the biotechnological applications of these enzymes are also discussed.
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- María Dolores Roldán
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
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Claus H, Perret N, Bausinger T, Fels G, Preuss J, König H. TNT transformation products are affected by the growth conditions of Raoultella terrigena. Biotechnol Lett 2006; 29:411-9. [PMID: 17136570 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9244-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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High concentrations of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and related nitroaromatic compounds are commonly found in soil and groundwater at former explosive plants. The bacterium, Raoultella terrigena strain HB, isolated from a contaminated site, converts TNT into the corresponding amino products. Radio-HPLC analysis with [(14)C]TNT identified aminodinitrotoluene, diaminonitrotoluene and azoxy-dimers as the main metabolites. Transformation rate and the type of metabolites that predominated in the culture medium and within the cells were significantly influenced by the culture conditions. The NAD(P)H-dependent enzymatic reduction of nitro-substituted compounds by cell-free extracts of R. terrigena was evaluated in vitro.
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- Harald Claus
- Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Institute of Microbiology and Wine Research, Mainz, Germany.
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The last one hundred years have seen a massive expansion in the chemicals industry; however, with this progress came the concomitant pollution of the environment with a significant range of xenobiotics.Nitroaromatic compounds form one such category of novel environmental contaminants and are produced through a large number of industrial processes, most notably the pesticides, dyes and explosives industries. Whilst singly nitrated aromatic compounds are usually mineralised in the environment, multiply nitrated aromatics, such as the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), are recalcitrant and highly toxic. The predominant route of biological transformation of aromatic compounds is oxidation; however, the presence of three electron-withdrawing nitro-groups around the ring prevents oxidation, rendering such compounds resistant to biodegradation. The subsequent accumulation of these contaminants has stimulated much research leading to the isolation of bacteria that possess, to varying extents, the ability to remediate explosives and other nitroaromatic pollutants.The extreme environments created by these toxic substances accelerate the evolutionary process and examples of bacteria that have conscripted metabolic enzymes for novel remediatory pathways are included. This Highlight ends with a discussion of the future of nitroaromatic bioremediation including engineering plants to express bacterial enzymes for use in bioremediation programs.
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- Zoe C Symons
- CNAP, The Department of Biology, AREA 8, The University of York, PO Box 373, York, England YO10 5YW
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Khan H, Barna T, Bruce NC, Munro AW, Leys D, Scrutton NS. Proton transfer in the oxidative half-reaction of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase. Structure of the reduced enzyme-progesterone complex and the roles of residues Tyr186, His181 and His184. FEBS J 2005; 272:4660-71. [PMID: 16156787 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04875.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The roles of His181, His184 and Tyr186 in PETN reductase have been examined by mutagenesis, spectroscopic and stopped-flow kinetics, and by determination of crystallographic structures for the Y186F PETN reductase and reduced wild-type enzyme-progesterone complex. Residues His181 and His184 are important in the binding of coenzyme, steroids, nitroaromatic ligands and the substrate 2-cyclohexen-1-one. The H181A and H184A enzymes retain activity in reductive and oxidative half-reactions, and thus do not play an essential role in catalysis. Ligand binding and catalysis is not substantially impaired in Y186F PETN reductase, which contrasts with data for the equivalent mutation (Y196F) in Old Yellow Enzyme. The structure of Y186F PETN reductase is identical to wild-type enzyme, with the obvious exception of the mutation. We show in PETN reductase that Tyr186 is not a key proton donor in the reduction of alpha/beta unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The structure of two electron-reduced PETN reductase bound to the inhibitor progesterone mimics the catalytic enzyme-steroid substrate complex and is similar to the structure of the oxidized enzyme-inhibitor complex. The reactive C1-C2 unsaturated bond of the steroid is inappropriately orientated with the flavin N5 atom for hydride transfer. With steroid substrates, the productive conformation is achieved by orientating the steroid through flipping by 180 degrees , consistent with known geometries for hydride transfer in flavoenzymes. Our data highlight mechanistic differences between Old Yellow Enzyme and PETN reductase and indicate that catalysis requires a metastable enzyme-steroid complex and not the most stable complex observed in crystallographic studies.
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- Huma Khan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, UK
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Ramos JL, González-Pérez MM, Caballero A, van Dillewijn P. Bioremediation of polynitrated aromatic compounds: plants and microbes put up a fight. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2005; 16:275-81. [PMID: 15961028 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Revised: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Industrialization and the quest for a more comfortable lifestyle have led to increasing amounts of pollution in the environment. To address this problem, several biotechnological applications aimed at removing this pollution have been investigated. Among these pollutants are xenobiotic compounds such as polynitroaromatic compounds--recalcitrant chemicals that are degraded slowly. Whereas 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) can be mineralized and converted into carbon dioxide, nitrite and water, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is more recalcitrant--although several microbes can use it as a nitrogen source. The most effective in situ biotreatments for TNT are the use of bioslurry (which can be preceded by an abiotic step) and phytoremediation. Phytoremediation can be enhanced by using transgenic plants alone or together with microbes.
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- Juan L Ramos
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo Correos 419, E-18008 Granada, Spain.
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Messiha HL, Bruce NC, Sattelle BM, Sutcliffe MJ, Munro AW, Scrutton NS. Role of active site residues and solvent in proton transfer and the modulation of flavin reduction potential in bacterial morphinone reductase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:27103-10. [PMID: 15905167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502293200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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 reactions of several active site mutant forms of bacterial morphinone reductase (MR) with NADH and 2-cyclohexen-1-one as substrates have been studied by stopped-flow and steady-state kinetic methods and redox potentiometry. The enzymes were designed to (i) probe a role for potential proton donors (Tyr-72 and Tyr-356) in the oxidative half-reaction of MR; (ii) assess the function of a highly conserved tryptophan residue (Trp-106) in catalysis; (iii) investigate the role of Thr-32 in modulating the FMN reduction potential and catalysis. The Y72F and Y356F enzymes retained activity in both steady-state and stopped-flow kinetic studies, indicating they do not serve as key proton donors in the oxidative reaction of MR. Taken together with our recently published data (Messiha, H. L., Munro, A. W., Bruce, N. C., Barsukov, I., and Scrutton, N. S. (2005) J. Biol. Chem. 280, 4627-4631) that rule out roles for Cys-191 (corresponding with the proton donor, Tyr-196, in the structurally related OYE1 enzyme) and His-186 as proton donors, we infer solvent is the source of the proton in the oxidative half-reaction of MR. We demonstrate a key role for Thr-32 in modulating the reduction potential of the FMN, which is decreased approximately 50 mV in the T32A mutant MR. This effects a change in rate-limiting step in the catalytic cycle of the T32A enzyme with the oxidizing substrate 2-cyclohexenone. Despite the conservation of Trp-106 throughout the OYE family, we show this residue does not play a major role in catalysis, although affects on substrate and coenzyme binding are observed in a W106F enzyme. Our studies show some similarities, but also major differences, in the catalytic mechanism of MR and OYE1, and emphasize the need for caution in inferring mechanism by structural comparison of highly related enzymes in the absence of solution studies.
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- Hanan L Messiha
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH
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