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Benjdia A, Berteau O. Radical SAM Enzymes and Ribosomally-Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptides: A Growing Importance in the Microbiomes. Front Chem 2021; 9:678068. [PMID: 34350157 PMCID: PMC8326336 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.678068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To face the current antibiotic resistance crisis, novel strategies are urgently required. Indeed, in the last 30 years, despite considerable efforts involving notably high-throughput screening and combinatorial libraries, only few antibiotics have been launched to the market. Natural products have markedly contributed to the discovery of novel antibiotics, chemistry and drug leads, with more than half anti-infective and anticancer drugs approved by the FDA being of natural origin or inspired by natural products. Among them, thanks to their modular structure and simple biosynthetic logic, ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are promising scaffolds. In addition, recent studies have highlighted the pivotal role of RiPPs in the human microbiota which remains an untapped source of natural products. In this review, we report on recent developments in radical SAM enzymology and how these unique biocatalysts have been shown to install complex and sometimes unprecedented posttranslational modifications in RiPPs with a special focus on microbiome derived enzymes.
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- Alhosna Benjdia
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, ChemSyBio, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, ChemSyBio, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Nakai T, Tanizawa K, Okajima T. Eight genes are necessary and sufficient for biogenesis of Quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:2026-2029. [PMID: 34190979 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab117] [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: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase (QHNDH) containing a peptidyl quinone cofactor, cysteine tryptophylquinone, is produced in the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria through an intricate process of post-translational modification that requires at least eight genes including those encoding three nonidentical subunits and three modifying enzymes. Our heterologous expression study has revealed that the eight genes are necessary and sufficient for the QHNDH biogenesis.
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- Tadashi Nakai
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Japan.,Faculty of Life Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Japan.,Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Chen Y, Wang J, Li G, Yang Y, Ding W. Current Advancements in Sactipeptide Natural Products. Front Chem 2021; 9:595991. [PMID: 34095082 PMCID: PMC8172795 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.595991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a growing class of natural products that benefited from genome sequencing technology in the past two decades. RiPPs are widely distributed in nature and show diverse chemical structures and rich biological activities. Despite the various structural characteristic of RiPPs, they follow a common biosynthetic logic: a precursor peptide containing an N-terminal leader peptide and a C-terminal core peptide; in some cases,a follower peptide is after the core peptide. The precursor peptide undergoes a series of modification, transport, and cleavage steps to form a mature natural product with specific activities. Sactipeptides (Sulfur-to-alpha carbon thioether cross-linked peptides) belong to RiPPs that show various biological activities such as antibacterial, spermicidal and hemolytic properties. Their common hallmark is an intramolecular thioether bond that crosslinks the sulfur atom of a cysteine residue to the α-carbon of an acceptor amino acid, which is catalyzed by a rSAM enzyme. This review summarizes recent achievements concerning the discovery, distribution, structural elucidation, biosynthesis and application prospects of sactipeptides.
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- Yunliang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Oozeki T, Nakai T, Kozakai K, Okamoto K, Kuroda S, Kobayashi K, Tanizawa K, Okajima T. Functional and structural characterization of a flavoprotein monooxygenase essential for biogenesis of tryptophylquinone cofactor. Nat Commun 2021; 12:933. [PMID: 33568660 PMCID: PMC7876137 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21200-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Bioconversion of peptidyl amino acids into enzyme cofactors is an important post-translational modification. Here, we report a flavoprotein, essential for biosynthesis of a protein-derived quinone cofactor, cysteine tryptophylquinone, contained in a widely distributed bacterial enzyme, quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. The purified flavoprotein catalyzes the single-turnover dihydroxylation of the tryptophylquinone-precursor, tryptophan, in the protein substrate containing triple intra-peptidyl crosslinks that are pre-formed by a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme within the ternary complex of these proteins. Crystal structure of the peptidyl tryptophan dihydroxylase reveals a large pocket that may dock the protein substrate with the bound flavin adenine dinucleotide situated close to the precursor tryptophan. Based on the enzyme-protein substrate docking model, we propose a chemical reaction mechanism of peptidyl tryptophan dihydroxylation catalyzed by the flavoprotein monooxygenase. The diversity of the tryptophylquinone-generating systems suggests convergent evolution of the peptidyl tryptophan-derived cofactors in different proteins.
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- Toshinori Oozeki
- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan ,grid.417545.60000 0001 0665 883XFaculty of Life Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Fujieda N. His-Cys and Trp-Cys cross-links generated by post-translational chemical modification. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2019; 84:445-454. [PMID: 31771431 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1696178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Galactose oxidase and amine oxidase contain a cofactor which is generated by post-translational chemical modification to the corresponding amino acid side chains near the copper active center. Such cofactors provide proteins unusual catalytic ability that canonical amino acids cannot exert as well as their structural stability, and thereby are called as protein-derived cofactors. These cofactors and modifications are mostly derived from aromatic amino acid residues, especially Tyr, Trp, and His. Current information about unusual cofactors derived from two of those, heteroaromatic residues (Trp and His) is summarized, especially chemical properties and maturation process of the cross-links between cysteine and heteroaromatic amino acids (His-Cys and Trp-Cys cross-links).Abbreviations: FMN: flavin mononucleotide; FAD: flavin adenine nucleotide; RNA: ribonucleic acid; PDC: protein-derived cofactor; GFP: green fluorescent protein; MIO: 3,5-dihydro-5-methylidene-4-imidazol-4-one; LTQ: lysyl tyrosylquinone; CTQ: cysteine tryptophylquinone; TTQ: tryptophan tryptophylquinone; E.coli: Escherichia coli; WT: wild type.
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- Nobutaka Fujieda
- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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Two Different Quinohemoprotein Amine Dehydrogenases Initiate Anaerobic Degradation of Aromatic Amines in Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00281-19. [PMID: 31138631 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00281-19] [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: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aromatic amines like 2-phenylethylamine (2-PEA) and benzylamine (BAm) have been identified as novel growth substrates of the betaproteobacterium Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1, which degrades a wide variety of aromatic compounds in the absence of oxygen under denitrifying growth conditions. The catabolic pathway of these amines was identified, starting with their oxidative deamination to the corresponding aldehydes, which are then further degraded via the enzymes of the phenylalanine or benzyl alcohol metabolic pathways. Two different periplasmic quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenases involved in 2-PEA or BAm metabolism were identified and characterized. Both enzymes consist of three subunits, contain two heme c cofactors in their α-subunits, and exhibit extensive processing of their γ-subunits, generating four intramolecular thioether bonds and a cysteine tryptophylquinone (CTQ) cofactor. One of the enzymes was present in cells grown with 2-PEA or other substrates, showed an α2β2γ2 composition, and had a rather broad substrate spectrum, which included 2-PEA, BAm, tyramine, and 1-butylamine. In contrast, the other enzyme was specifically induced in BAm-grown cells, showing an αβγ composition and activity only with BAm and 2-PEA. Since the former enzyme showed the highest catalytic efficiency with 2-PEA and the latter with BAm, they were designated 2-PEADH and benzylamine dehydrogenase (BAmDH). The catalytic properties and inhibition patterns of 2-PEADH and BAmDH showed considerable differences and were compared to previously characterized quinohemoproteins of the same enzyme family.IMPORTANCE The known substrate spectrum of A. aromaticum EbN1 is expanded toward aromatic amines, which are metabolized as sole substrates coupled to denitrification. The characterization of the two quinohemoprotein isoenzymes involved in degrading either 2-PEA or BAm expands the knowledge of this enzyme family and establishes for the first time that the necessary maturation of their quinoid CTQ cofactors does not require the presence of molecular oxygen. Moreover, the study revealed a highly interesting regulatory phenomenon, suggesting that growth with BAm leads to a complete replacement of 2-PEADH by BAmDH, which has considerably different catalytic and inhibition properties.
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Yukl ET, Davidson VL. Diversity of structures, catalytic mechanisms and processes of cofactor biosynthesis of tryptophylquinone-bearing enzymes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 654:40-46. [PMID: 30026025 PMCID: PMC6098718 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tryptophyquinone-bearing enzymes contain protein-derived cofactors formed by posttranslational modifications of Trp residues. Tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ) is comprised of a di-oxygenated Trp residue, which is cross-linked to another Trp residue. Cysteine tryptophylquinone (CTQ) is comprised of a di-oxygenated Trp residue, which is cross-linked to a Cys residue. Despite the similarity of these cofactors, it has become evident in recent years that the overall structures of the enzymes that possess these cofactors vary, and that the gene clusters that encode the enzymes are quite diverse. While it had been long assumed that all tryptophylquinone enzymes were dehydrogenases, recently discovered classes of these enzymes are oxidases. A common feature of enzymes that have these cofactors is that the posttranslational modifications that form the mature cofactors are catalyzed by a modifying enzyme. However, it is now clear that modifying enzymes are different for different tryptophylquinone enzymes. For methylamine dehydrogenase a di-heme enzyme, MauG, is needed to catalyze TTQ biosynthesis. However, no gene similar to mauG is present in the gene clusters that encode the other enzymes, and the recently characterized family of CTQ-dependent oxidases, termed LodA-like proteins, require a flavoenzyme for cofactor biosynthesis.
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- Erik T Yukl
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA.
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Dunbar KL, Scharf DH, Litomska A, Hertweck C. Enzymatic Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation in Natural Product Biosynthesis. Chem Rev 2017; 117:5521-5577. [PMID: 28418240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sulfur plays a critical role for the development and maintenance of life on earth, which is reflected by the wealth of primary metabolites, macromolecules, and cofactors bearing this element. Whereas a large body of knowledge has existed for sulfur trafficking in primary metabolism, the secondary metabolism involving sulfur has long been neglected. Yet, diverse sulfur functionalities have a major impact on the biological activities of natural products. Recent research at the genetic, biochemical, and chemical levels has unearthed a broad range of enzymes, sulfur shuttles, and chemical mechanisms for generating carbon-sulfur bonds. This Review will give the first systematic overview on enzymes catalyzing the formation of organosulfur natural products.
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- Kyle L Dunbar
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) , Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan , 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2216, United States
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) , Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) , Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany.,Friedrich Schiller University , 07743 Jena, Germany
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Bruender NA, Bandarian V. The Creatininase Homolog MftE from Mycobacterium smegmatis Catalyzes a Peptide Cleavage Reaction in the Biosynthesis of a Novel Ribosomally Synthesized Post-translationally Modified Peptide (RiPP). J Biol Chem 2017; 292:4371-4381. [PMID: 28077628 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.762062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) natural products are processed by tailoring enzymes to create complex natural products that are still recognizably peptide-based. However, some tailoring enzymes dismantle the peptide en route to synthesis of small molecules. A small molecule natural product of as yet unknown structure, mycofactocin, is thought to be synthesized in this way via the mft gene cluster found in many strains of mycobacteria. This cluster harbors at least six genes, which appear to be conserved across species. We have previously shown that one enzyme from this cluster, MftC, catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of the C-terminal Tyr of the substrate peptide MftA in a reaction that requires the MftB protein. Herein we show that mftE encodes a creatininase homolog that catalyzes cleavage of the oxidatively decarboxylated MftA peptide to liberate its final two residues, including the C-terminal decarboxylated Tyr (VY*). Unlike MftC, which requires MftB for function, MftE catalyzes the cleavage reaction in the absence of MftB. The identification of this novel metabolite, VY*, supports the notion that the mft cluster is involved in generating a small molecule from the MftA peptide. The ability to produce VY* from MftA by in vitro reconstitution of the activities of MftB, MftC, and MftE sets the stage for identification of the novel metabolite that results from the proteins encoded by the mft cluster.
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- Nathan A Bruender
- From the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- From the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Bruender NA, Bandarian V. The Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme MftC Catalyzes an Oxidative Decarboxylation of the C-Terminus of the MftA Peptide. Biochemistry 2016; 55:2813-6. [PMID: 27158836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ribosomally synthesized post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are encoded in the genomes of a wide variety of microorganisms, in the proximity of open reading frames that encode enzymes that conduct extensive modifications, many of which are novel. Recently, members of the radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) superfamily have been identified in these biosynthetic clusters. Herein, we demonstrate the putative radical SAM enzyme, MftC, oxidatively decarboxylates the C-terminus of the MftA peptide in the presence of the accessory protein MftB. The reaction catalyzed by MftC expands the repertoire of peptide-based radical SAM chemistry beyond the intramolecular cross-links.
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- Nathan A Bruender
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Nakai T, Ito H, Kobayashi K, Takahashi Y, Hori H, Tsubaki M, Tanizawa K, Okajima T. The Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Enzyme QhpD Catalyzes Sequential Formation of Intra-protein Sulfur-to-Methylene Carbon Thioether Bonds. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:11144-66. [PMID: 25778402 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.638320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The bacterial enzyme designated QhpD belongs to the radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) superfamily of enzymes and participates in the post-translational processing of quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. QhpD is essential for the formation of intra-protein thioether bonds within the small subunit (maturated QhpC) of quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. We overproduced QhpD from Paracoccus denitrificans as a stable complex with its substrate QhpC, carrying the 28-residue leader peptide that is essential for the complex formation. Absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra together with the analyses of iron and sulfur contents suggested the presence of multiple (likely three) [4Fe-4S] clusters in the purified and reconstituted QhpD. In the presence of a reducing agent (sodium dithionite), QhpD catalyzed the multiple-turnover reaction of reductive cleavage of SAM into methionine and 5'-deoxyadenosine and also the single-turnover reaction of intra-protein sulfur-to-methylene carbon thioether bond formation in QhpC bound to QhpD, producing a multiknotted structure of the polypeptide chain. Homology modeling and mutagenic analysis revealed several conserved residues indispensable for both in vivo and in vitro activities of QhpD. Our findings uncover another challenging reaction catalyzed by a radical SAM enzyme acting on a ribosomally translated protein substrate.
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- Tadashi Nakai
- From the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- From the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- From the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- the Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan, and
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan, and
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- From the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan, the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- From the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan,
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Chacón-Verdú MD, Campillo-Brocal JC, Lucas-Elío P, Davidson VL, Sánchez-Amat A. Characterization of recombinant biosynthetic precursors of the cysteine tryptophylquinone cofactors of l-lysine-epsilon-oxidase and glycine oxidase from Marinomonas mediterranea. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2014; 1854:1123-31. [PMID: 25542375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The lysine-ε-oxidase, LodA, and glycine oxidase, GoxA, from Marinomonas mediteranea each possesses a cysteine tryptophylquinone (CTQ) cofactor. This cofactor is derived from posttranslational modifications which are covalent crosslinking of tryptophan and cysteine residues and incorporation of two oxygen atoms into the indole ring of Trp. In this manuscript, it is shown that the recombinant synthesis of LodA and GoxA containing a fully synthesized CTQ cofactor requires coexpression of a partner flavoprotein, LodB for LodA and GoxB for GoxA, which are not interchangeable. An inactive precursor of LodA or GoxA which contained a monohydroxylated Trp residue and no crosslink to the Cys was isolated from the soluble fraction when they were expressed alone. The structure of LodA revealed an Asp residue close to the cofactor which is conserved in quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase (QHNDH), containing CTQ, and methylamine dehydrogenase (MADH) containing tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ) as cofactor. To study the role of this residue in the synthesis of the LodA precursor, Asp-512 was mutated to Ala. When the mutant protein was coexpressed with LodB an inactive protein was isolated which was soluble and contained no modifications at all, suggesting a role for this Asp in the initial LodB-independent hydroxylation of Trp. A similar role had been proposed for this conserved Asp residue in MADH. It is noteworthy that the formation of TTQ in MADH from the precursor also requires an accessory enzyme for its biosynthesis but it is a diheme enzyme MauG and not a flavoprotein. The results presented reveal novel mechanisms of post-translational modification involved in the generation of protein-derived cofactors. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Cofactor-dependent proteins: evolution, chemical diversity and bio-applications.
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- María Dolores Chacón-Verdú
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain.
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain.
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The Silent Form of Quinohemoprotein Amine Dehydrogenase fromParacoccus denitrificans. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 73:524-9. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Klinman JP, Bonnot F. Intrigues and intricacies of the biosynthetic pathways for the enzymatic quinocofactors: PQQ, TTQ, CTQ, TPQ, and LTQ. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4343-65. [PMID: 24350630 PMCID: PMC3999297 DOI: 10.1021/cr400475g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Judith P. Klinman
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM025765) to J.P.K
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM025765) to J.P.K
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM025765) to J.P.K
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM025765) to J.P.K
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM025765) to J.P.K
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Nakai T, Deguchi T, Frébort I, Tanizawa K, Okajima T. Identification of genes essential for the biogenesis of quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 2014; 53:895-907. [PMID: 24437536 DOI: 10.1021/bi401625m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The structural genes encoding quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase (QHNDH) in Gram-negative bacteria constitute a polycistronic operon together with several nearby genes, which are collectively termed "qhp". We previously showed that the qhpD gene, which lies between qhpA and qhpC (encoding the α and γ subunits of QHNDH, respectively), and the qhpE gene, which follows qhpB (encoding the β subunit), both encode enzymes specifically involved in the posttranslational modification of the γ subunit and are hence essential for QHNDH biogenesis in Paracoccus denitrificans [Ono, K., et al. (2006) J. Biol. Chem. 281, 13672-13684; Nakai, T., et al. (2012) J. Biol. Chem. 287, 6530-6538]. Here we further demonstrate that the qhpF gene, which follows qhpE, and the qhpG and qhpR genes, peripherally located in the complementary strand, are also indispensable for QHNDH biogenesis. The qhpF gene encodes an efflux ABC transporter, which probably translocates the γ subunit into the periplasm in a process coupled with hydrolysis of ATP. The qhpG gene encodes a putative FAD-dependent monooxygenase, which is required for the generation of the quinone cofactor in the γ subunit. Finally, the qhpR gene encodes an AraC family transcriptional regulator, which activates expression of the qhp operon in response to the addition of n-butylamine to the culture medium. Database analysis of the qhp genes reveals that they are very widely distributed, not only in many Gram-negative species but also in a few Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Tadashi Nakai
- Department of Structural Molecular Biology, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University , Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Ravikiran B, Mahalakshmi R. Unusual post-translational protein modifications: the benefits of sophistication. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra04694c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This review summarizes the “seemingly bizarre”, yet naturally occurring, covalent non-disulphide cross-links in enzymatic and scaffolding proteins and their functions.
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- Boddepalli Ravikiran
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
- Bhopal, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
- Bhopal, India
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LodB is required for the recombinant synthesis of the quinoprotein L-lysine-ε-oxidase from Marinomonas mediterranea. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:2981-9. [PMID: 23955504 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5168-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Revised: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Marinomonas mediterranea is a marine gamma-proteobacterium that synthesizes LodA, a novel L-lysine-ε-oxidase (E.C. 1.4.3.20). This enzyme oxidizes L-lysine generating 2-aminoadipate 6-semialdehyde, ammonium, and hydrogen peroxide. Unlike other L-amino acid oxidases, LodA is not a flavoprotein but contains a quinone cofactor. LodA is encoded by an operon with two genes, lodA and lodB. In the native system, LodB is required for the synthesis of a functional LodA. In this study, we report the recombinant expression of LodA in Escherichia coli using vectors that allow its expression and accumulation in the cytoplasm. To reveal the L-lysine-ε-oxidase activity using the Amplex Red method for hydrogen peroxide detection, it is necessary to first remove the E. coli cytoplasmic catalases. The flavoprotein LodB is the only M. mediterranea protein required in the recombinant system for the generation of the cofactor of LodA. In the absence of LodB, LodA does not contain the quinone cofactor and remains in an inactive form. The results presented indicate that LodB participates in the posttranslational modification of LodA that generates the quinone cofactor.
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Nakai T, Ono K, Kuroda S, Tanizawa K, Okajima T. An unusual subtilisin-like serine protease is essential for biogenesis of quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:6530-8. [PMID: 22235135 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.324756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase (QHNDH), an αβγ heterotrimer present in the periplasm of several Gram-negative bacteria, catalyzes the oxidative deamination of various aliphatic amines such as n-butylamine for assimilation as carbon and energy sources. The γ subunit of mature QHNDH contains a protein-derived quinone cofactor, cysteine tryptophylquinone, and three intrapeptidyl thioether cross-links between Cys and Asp or Glu residues. In its cytoplasmic nascent form, the γ subunit has a 28-residue N-terminal leader peptide that is necessary for the production of active QHNDH but must be removed in the following maturation process. Here, we describe the role of a subtilisin-like serine protease encoded in the fifth ORF of the n-butylamine-utilizing operon of Paracoccus denitrificans (termed ORF5) in QHNDH biogenesis. ORF5 disruption caused bacterial cell growth inhibition in n-butylamine-containing medium and production of inactive QHNDH, in which the γ subunit retained the leader peptide. Supply of plasmid-encoded ORF5 restored the cell growth and production of active QHNDH, containing the correctly processed γ subunit. ORF5 expressed in Escherichia coli but not its catalytic triad mutant cleaved synthetic peptides surrogating for the γ subunit leader peptide, although extremely slowly. The cleaved leader peptide remained unstably bound to ORF5, most likely as an acyl enzyme intermediate attached to the active-site Ser residue. These results demonstrate that ORF5 is essential for QHNDH biogenesis, serving as a processing protease to cleave the γ subunit leader peptide nearly in a disposable manner.
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- Tadashi Nakai
- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Davidson VL. Generation of protein-derived redox cofactors by posttranslational modification. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 7:29-37. [PMID: 20936199 DOI: 10.1039/c005311b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Redox enzymes which catalyze the oxidation and reduction of substrates are ubiquitous in nature. These enzymes typically possess exogenous cofactors to allow them to perform catalytic functions which cannot be accomplished using only amino acid residues. It is now evident that nature also employs an alternative strategy of generating catalytic and redox-active sites in proteins by posttranslational modification of amino acid residues. This review describes the structures and functions of several of these protein-derived cofactors and the diverse mechanisms of posttranslational modification through which they are generated.
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- Victor L Davidson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, USA.
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Benjdia A, Subramanian S, Leprince J, Vaudry H, Johnson MK, Berteau O. Anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzyme--a mechanistic link with glycyl radical-activating enzymes? FEBS J 2010; 277:1906-20. [PMID: 20218986 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sulfatases form a major group of enzymes present in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This class of hydrolases is unique in requiring essential post-translational modification of a critical active-site cysteinyl or seryl residue to C(alpha)-formylglycine (FGly). Herein, we report mechanistic investigations of a unique class of radical-S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) enzymes, namely anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzymes (anSMEs), which catalyze the oxidation of Cys-type and Ser-type sulfatases and possess three [4Fe-4S](2+,+) clusters. We were able to develop a reliable quantitative enzymatic assay that allowed the direct measurement of FGly production and AdoMet cleavage. The results demonstrate stoichiometric coupling of AdoMet cleavage and FGly formation using peptide substrates with cysteinyl or seryl active-site residues. Analytical and EPR studies of the reconstituted wild-type enzyme and cysteinyl cluster mutants indicate the presence of three almost isopotential [4Fe-4S](2+,+) clusters, each of which is required for the generation of FGly in vitro. More surprisingly, our data indicate that the two additional [4Fe-4S](2+,+) clusters are required to obtain efficient reductive cleavage of AdoMet, suggesting their involvement in the reduction of the radical AdoMet [4Fe-4S](2+,+) center. These results, in addition to the recent demonstration of direct abstraction by anSMEs of the C(beta) H-atom from the sulfatase active-site cysteinyl or seryl residue using a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical, provide new insights into the mechanism of this new class of radical-AdoMet enzymes.
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- Alhosna Benjdia
- INRA, UMR1319 MICALIS, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Wecksler SR, Stoll S, Tran H, Magnusson OT, Wu SP, King D, Britt RD, Klinman JP. Pyrroloquinoline quinone biogenesis: demonstration that PqqE from Klebsiella pneumoniae is a radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine enzyme. Biochemistry 2009; 48:10151-61. [PMID: 19746930 DOI: 10.1021/bi900918b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biogenesis of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) in Klebsiella pneumoniae requires the expression of six genes (pqqA-F). One of these genes (pqqE) encodes a 43 kDa protein (PqqE) that plays a role in the initial steps in PQQ formation [Veletrop, J. S., et al. (1995) J. Bacteriol. 177, 5088-5098]. PqqE contains two highly conserved cysteine motifs at the N- and C-termini, with the N-terminal motif comprised of a CX(3)CX(2)C consensus sequence that is unique to a family of proteins known as radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) enzymes [Sofia, H. J., et al. (2001) Nucleic Acids Res. 29, 1097-1106]. PqqE from K. pneumoniae was cloned into Escherichia coli and expressed as the native protein and with an N-terminal His(6) tag. Anaerobic expression and purification of the His(6)-tagged PqqE results in an enzyme with a brownish-red hue indicative of Fe-S cluster formation. Spectroscopic and physical analyses indicate that PqqE contains a mixture of Fe-S clusters, with the predominant form of the enzyme containing two [4Fe-4S] clusters. PqqE isolated anaerobically yields an active enzyme capable of cleaving SAM to methionine and 5'-deoxyadenosine in an uncoupled reaction (k(obs) = 0.011 +/- 0.001 min(-1)). In this reaction, the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical either abstracts a hydrogen atom from a solvent accessible position in the enzyme or obtains a proton and electron from buffer. The putative PQQ substrate PqqA has not yet been shown to be modified by PqqE, implying that PqqA must be modified before becoming the substrate for PqqE and/or that another protein in the biosynthetic pathway is critical for the initial steps in PQQ biogenesis.
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- Stephen R Wecksler
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Wilmot CM, Davidson VL. Uncovering novel biochemistry in the mechanism of tryptophan tryptophylquinone cofactor biosynthesis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2009; 13:469-74. [PMID: 19648051 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Catalytic quinone cofactors derived from post-translational modification of amino acid residues within the enzyme polypeptide have roles in a variety of biological processes ranging from metabolism in bacteria to inflammation and connective tissue maturation in humans. In recent years, studies of the biosynthesis of one of these cofactors, tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ), have provided examples of novel chemistry that is required for the generation of these protein-derived cofactors. A novel c-type diheme enzyme, MauG, catalyzes a six-electron oxidation that completes TTQ biosynthesis in a 119-kDa protein substrate. The post-translational modification reactions proceed via an unprecedented Fe(V) equivalent catalytic intermediate comprising two hemes; one an Fe(IV)=O and the other a six-coordinate Fe(IV) with axial ligands provided by amino acid residues. This high-valent diheme species is an alternative to Compound I, an Fe(IV)=O heme with a porphyrin or amino acid cation radical, which is typically the reactive intermediate of heme-dependent oxygenases and peroxidases.
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- Carrie M Wilmot
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Benjdia A, Subramanian S, Leprince J, Vaudry H, Johnson MK, Berteau O. Anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzymes, first dual substrate radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:17815-26. [PMID: 18408004 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710074200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sulfatases are a major group of enzymes involved in many critical physiological processes as reflected by their broad distribution in all three domains of life. This class of hydrolases is unique in requiring an essential post-translational modification of a critical active-site cysteine or serine residue to C(alpha)-formylglycine. This modification is catalyzed by at least three nonhomologous enzymatic systems in bacteria. Each enzymatic system is currently considered to be dedicated to the modification of either cysteine or serine residues encoded in the sulfatase-active site and has been accordingly categorized as Cys-type and Ser-type sulfatase-maturating enzymes. We report here the first detailed characterization of two bacterial anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzymes (anSMEs) that are physiologically responsible for either Cys-type or Ser-type sulfatase maturation. The activity of both enzymes was investigated in vivo and in vitro using synthetic substrates and the successful purification of both enzymes facilitated the first biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of this class of enzyme. We demonstrate that reconstituted anSMEs are radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine enzymes containing a redox active [4Fe-4S](2+,+) cluster that initiates the radical reaction by binding and reductively cleaving S-adenosyl-l-methionine to yield 5 '-deoxyadenosine and methionine. Surprisingly, our results show that anSMEs are dual substrate enzymes able to oxidize both cysteine and serine residues to C(alpha)-formylglycine. Taken together, the results support a radical modification mechanism that is initiated by hydrogen abstraction from a serine or cysteine residue located in an appropriate target sequence.
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- Alhosna Benjdia
- INRA, UPR 910, Unité d'Ecologie et Physiologie du Système Digestif, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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The radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) superfamily currently comprises more than 2800 proteins with the amino acid sequence motif CxxxCxxC unaccompanied by a fourth conserved cysteine. The charcteristic three-cysteine motif nucleates a [4Fe-4S] cluster, which binds SAM as a ligand to the unique Fe not ligated to a cysteine residue. The members participate in more than 40 distinct biochemical transformations, and most members have not been biochemically characterized. A handful of the members of this superfamily have been purified and at least partially characterized. Significant mechanistic and structural information is available for lysine 2,3-aminomutase, pyruvate formate-lyase, coproporphyrinogen III oxidase, and MoaA required for molybdopterin biosynthesis. Biochemical information is available for spore photoproduct lyase, anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase activation subunit, lipoyl synthase, and MiaB involved in methylthiolation of isopentenyladenine-37 in tRNA. The radical SAM enzymes biochemically characterized to date have in common the cleavage of the [4Fe-4S](1 +) -SAM complex to [4Fe-4S](2 +)-Met and the 5' -deoxyadenosyl radical, which abstracts a hydrogen atom from the substrate to initiate a radical mechanism.
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- Perry A Frey
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Madison, Wisconin-Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA.
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Arias S, Olivera ER, Arcos M, Naharro G, Luengo JM. Genetic analyses and molecular characterization of the pathways involved in the conversion of 2-phenylethylamine and 2-phenylethanol into phenylacetic acid in Pseudomonas putida U. Environ Microbiol 2007; 10:413-32. [PMID: 18177365 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01464.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In Pseudomonas putida U two different pathways (Pea, Ped) are required for the conversion of 2-phenylethylamine and 2-phenylethanol into phenylacetic acid. The 2-phenylethylamine pathway (PeaABCDEFGHR) catalyses the transport of this amine, its deamination to phenylacetaldehyde by a quinohaemoprotein amine dehydrogenase and the oxidation of this compound through a reaction catalysed by a phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase. Another catabolic route (PedS(1)R(1)ABCS(2)R(2)DEFGHI) is needed for the uptake of 2-phenylethanol and for its oxidation to phenylacetic acid via phenylacetaldehyde. This implies the participation of two different two-component signal-transducing systems, two quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenases, a cytochrome c, a periplasmic binding protein, an aldehyde dehydrogenase, a pentapeptide repeat protein and an ABC efflux system. Additionally, two accessory sets of elements (PqqABCDEF and CcmABCDEFGHI) are necessary for the operation of the main pathways (Pea and Ped). PqqABCDEF is required for the biosynthesis of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), a prosthetic group of certain alcohol dehydrogenases that transfers electrons to an independent cytochrome c; whereas CcmABCDEFGHI is required for cytochrome c maturation. Our data show that the degradation of phenylethylamine and phenylethanol in P. putida U is quite different from that reported in Escherichia coli, and they demonstrate that PeaABCDEFGHR and PedS(1)R(1)ABCS(2)R(2)DEFGHI are two upper routes belonging to the phenylacetyl-CoA catabolon.
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- Sagrario Arias
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultades de Veterinaria y de Biología, Universidad de León, 24007 León, España
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Miller WG, Parker CT, Rubenfield M, Mendz GL, Wösten MMSM, Ussery DW, Stolz JF, Binnewies TT, Hallin PF, Wang G, Malek JA, Rogosin A, Stanker LH, Mandrell RE. The complete genome sequence and analysis of the epsilonproteobacterium Arcobacter butzleri. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1358. [PMID: 18159241 PMCID: PMC2147049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Arcobacter butzleri is a member of the epsilon subdivision of the Proteobacteria and a close taxonomic relative of established pathogens, such as Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori. Here we present the complete genome sequence of the human clinical isolate, A. butzleri strain RM4018. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Arcobacter butzleri is a member of the Campylobacteraceae, but the majority of its proteome is most similar to those of Sulfuromonas denitrificans and Wolinella succinogenes, both members of the Helicobacteraceae, and those of the deep-sea vent Epsilonproteobacteria Sulfurovum and Nitratiruptor. In addition, many of the genes and pathways described here, e.g. those involved in signal transduction and sulfur metabolism, have been identified previously within the epsilon subdivision only in S. denitrificans, W. succinogenes, Sulfurovum, and/or Nitratiruptor, or are unique to the subdivision. In addition, the analyses indicated also that a substantial proportion of the A. butzleri genome is devoted to growth and survival under diverse environmental conditions, with a large number of respiration-associated proteins, signal transduction and chemotaxis proteins and proteins involved in DNA repair and adaptation. To investigate the genomic diversity of A. butzleri strains, we constructed an A. butzleri DNA microarray comprising 2238 genes from strain RM4018. Comparative genomic indexing analysis of 12 additional A. butzleri strains identified both the core genes of A. butzleri and intraspecies hypervariable regions, where <70% of the genes were present in at least two strains. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE The presence of pathways and loci associated often with non-host-associated organisms, as well as genes associated with virulence, suggests that A. butzleri is a free-living, water-borne organism that might be classified rightfully as an emerging pathogen. The genome sequence and analyses presented in this study are an important first step in understanding the physiology and genetics of this organism, which constitutes a bridge between the environment and mammalian hosts.
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- William G Miller
- Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America.
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