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Valls A, Altava B, Burguete MI, Escorihuela J, Martí-Centelles V, Luis SV. Supramolecularly assisted synthesis of chiral tripodal imidazolium compounds. Org Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00163h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Supramolecular interactions based on amide groups direct the preferential formation of tritopic instead of monotopic or ditopic imidazolium compounds.
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- Adriana Valls
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castellón
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castellón
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castellón
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castellón
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica
- Universitat Jaume I
- Castellón
- Spain
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Dimitriou PS, Denesyuk AI, Nakayama T, Johnson MS, Denessiouk K. Distinctive structural motifs co-ordinate the catalytic nucleophile and the residues of the oxyanion hole in the alpha/beta-hydrolase fold enzymes. Protein Sci 2018; 28:344-364. [PMID: 30311984 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The alpha/beta-hydrolases (ABH) are among the largest structural families of proteins that are found in nature. Although they vary in their sequence and function, the ABH enzymes use a similar acid-base-nucleophile catalytic mechanism to catalyze reactions on different substrates. Because ABH enzymes are biocatalysts with a wide range of potential applications, protein engineering has taken advantage of their catalytic versatility to develop enzymes with industrial applications. This study is a comprehensive analysis of 40 ABH enzyme families focusing on two identified substructures: the nucleophile zone and the oxyanion zone, which co-ordinate the catalytic nucleophile and the residues of the oxyanion hole, and independently reported as critical for the enzymatic activity. We also frequently observed an aromatic cluster near the nucleophile and oxyanion zones, and opposite the ligand-binding site. The nucleophile zone, the oxyanion zone and the residue cluster enriched in aromatic side chains comprise a three-dimensional structural organization that shapes the active site of ABH enzymes and plays an important role in the enzymatic function by structurally stabilizing the catalytic nucleophile and the residues of the oxyanion hole. The structural data support the notion that the aromatic cluster can participate in co-ordination of the catalytic histidine loop, and properly place the catalytic histidine next to the catalytic nucleophile.
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- Polytimi S Dimitriou
- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland.,Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- Tohoku University, Biomolecular Engineering, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland.,Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20520, Finland
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Kuatsjah E, Chan ACK, Hurst TE, Snieckus V, Murphy MEP, Eltis LD. Metal- and Serine-Dependent Meta-Cleavage Product Hydrolases Utilize Similar Nucleophile-Activation Strategies. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Fan S, Wang J, Yan Y, Wang J, Jia Y. Excellent Degradation Performance of a Versatile Phthalic Acid Esters-Degrading Bacterium and Catalytic Mechanism of Monoalkyl Phthalate Hydrolase. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19092803. [PMID: 30231475 PMCID: PMC6164851 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Despites lots of characterized microorganisms that are capable of degrading phthalic acid esters (PAEs), there are few isolated strains with high activity towards PAEs under a broad range of environmental conditions. In this study, Gordonia sp. YC-JH1 had advantages over its counterparts in terms of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) degradation performance. It possessed an excellent degradation ability in the range of 20–50 °C, pH 5.0–12.0, or 0–8% NaCl with the optimal degradation condition 40 °C and pH 10.0. Therefore, strain YC-JH1 appeared suitable for bioremediation application at various conditions. Metabolites analysis revealed that DEHP was sequentially hydrolyzed by strain YC-JH1 to mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) and phthalic acid (PA). The hydrolase MphG1 from strain YC-JH1 hydrolyzed monoethyl phthalate (MEP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP), mono-n-hexyl phthalate (MHP), and MEHP to PA. According to molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation between MphG1 and monoalkyl phthalates (MAPs), some key residues were detected, including the catalytic triad (S125-H291-D259) and the residues R126 and F54 potentially binding substrates. The mutation of these residues accounted for the reduced activity. Together, the mechanism of MphG1 catalyzing MAPs was elucidated, and would shed insights into catalytic mechanism of more hydrolases.
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- Shuanghu Fan
- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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Kuatsjah E, Chan ACK, Kobylarz MJ, Murphy MEP, Eltis LD. The bacterial meta-cleavage hydrolase LigY belongs to the amidohydrolase superfamily, not to the α/β-hydrolase superfamily. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:18290-18302. [PMID: 28935670 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.797696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Strain SYK-6 of the bacterium Sphingobium sp. catabolizes lignin-derived biphenyl via a meta-cleavage pathway. In this pathway, LigY is proposed to catalyze the hydrolysis of the meta-cleavage product (MCP) 4,11-dicarboxy-8-hydroxy-9-methoxy-2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenyl-hexa-2,4-dienoate. Here, we validated this reaction by identifying 5-carboxyvanillate and 4-carboxy-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate as the products and determined the kcat and kcat/Km values as 9.3 ± 0.6 s-1 and 2.5 ± 0.2 × 107 m-1 s-1, respectively. Sequence analyses and a 1.9 Å resolution crystal structure established that LigY belongs to the amidohydrolase superfamily, unlike previously characterized MCP hydrolases, which are serine-dependent enzymes of the α/β-hydrolase superfamily. The active-site architecture of LigY resembled that of α-amino-β-carboxymuconic-ϵ-semialdehyde decarboxylase, a class III amidohydrolase, with a single zinc ion coordinated by His-6, His-8, His-179, and Glu-282. Interestingly, we found that LigY lacks the acidic residue proposed to activate water for hydrolysis in other class III amidohydrolases. Moreover, substitution of His-223, a conserved residue proposed to activate water in other amidohydrolases, reduced the kcat to a much lesser extent than what has been reported for other amidohydrolases, suggesting that His-223 has a different role in LigY. Substitution of Arg-72, Tyr-190, Arg-234, or Glu-282 reduced LigY activity over 100-fold. On the basis of these results, we propose a catalytic mechanism involving substrate tautomerization, substrate-assisted activation of water for hydrolysis, and formation of a gem-diol intermediate. This last step diverges from what occurs in serine-dependent MCP hydrolases. This study provides insight into C-C-hydrolyzing enzymes and expands the known range of reactions catalyzed by the amidohydrolase superfamily.
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- From the Genome Science and Technology Program and .,the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Singh N, Dalal V, Mahto JK, Kumar P. Biodegradation of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) and in silico structural characterization of mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) hydrolase on the basis of close structural homolog. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 338:11-22. [PMID: 28531656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Three bacterial strains capable of degrading phthalates namely Pseudomonas sp. PKDM2, Pseudomonas sp. PKDE1 and Pseudomonas sp. PKDE2 were isolated and characterized for their degradative potential. These strains efficiently degraded 77.4%-84.4% of DMP, 75.0%-75.7% of DEP and 71.7%-74.7% of DEHP, initial amount of each phthalate is 500mgL-1 of each phthalate, after 44h of incubation. GC-MS results reveal the tentative DEHP degradation pathway, where hydrolases mediate the breakdown of DEHP to phthalic acid (PA) via an intermediate MEHP. MEHP hydrolase is a serine hydrolase which is involved in the reduction of the MEHP to PA. The predicted 3D model of MEHP hydrolase from Pseudomonas mosselii was docked with phthalate monoesters (PMEs) such as MEHP, mono-n-hexyl phthalate (MHP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MBP) and mono-n-ethyl phthalate (MEP), respectively. Docking results show the distance between the carbonyl carbon of respective phthalate monoester and the hydroxyl group of catalytic serine lies in the range of 2.9 to 3.3Å, which is similar to the ES complex of other serine hydrolases. This structural study highlights the interaction and the role of catalytic residues of MEHP hydrolase involved in the biodegradation of PMEs to phthalate.
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- Neha Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India.
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A water-assisted nucleophilic mechanism utilized by BphD, the meta-cleavage product hydrolase in biphenyl degradation. J Mol Graph Model 2017; 76:448-455. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dimitriou PS, Denesyuk A, Takahashi S, Yamashita S, Johnson MS, Nakayama T, Denessiouk K. Alpha/beta-hydrolases: A unique structural motif coordinates catalytic acid residue in 40 protein fold families. Proteins 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Polytimi S. Dimitriou
- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Åbo Akademi University; Turku 20520 Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Åbo Akademi University; Turku 20520 Finland
- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Pushchino 142290 Russia
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 980-8579 Japan
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- Division of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology; Kanazawa University; Kanazawa Ishikawa 920-1192 Japan
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Åbo Akademi University; Turku 20520 Finland
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 980-8579 Japan
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Åbo Akademi University; Turku 20520 Finland
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Rauwerdink A, Lunzer M, Devamani T, Jones B, Mooney J, Zhang ZJ, Xu JH, Kazlauskas RJ, Dean AM. Evolution of a Catalytic Mechanism. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 33:971-9. [PMID: 26681154 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The means by which superfamilies of specialized enzymes arise by gene duplication and functional divergence are poorly understood. The escape from adaptive conflict hypothesis, which posits multiple copies of a gene encoding a primitive inefficient and highly promiscuous generalist ancestor, receives support from experiments showing that resurrected ancestral enzymes are indeed more substrate-promiscuous than their modern descendants. Here, we provide evidence in support of an alternative model, the innovation-amplification-divergence hypothesis, which posits a single-copied ancestor as efficient and specific as any modern enzyme. We argue that the catalytic mechanisms of plant esterases and descendent acetone cyanohydrin lyases are incompatible with each other (e.g., the reactive substrate carbonyl must bind in opposite orientations in the active site). We then show that resurrected ancestral plant esterases are as catalytically specific as modern esterases, that the ancestor of modern acetone cyanohydrin lyases was itself only very weakly promiscuous, and that improvements in lyase activity came at the expense of esterase activity. These observations support the innovation-amplification-divergence hypothesis, in which an ancestor gains a weak promiscuous activity that is improved by selection at the expense of the ancestral activity, and not the escape from adaptive conflict in which an inefficient generalist ancestral enzyme steadily loses promiscuity throughout the transition to a highly active specialized modern enzyme.
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- Alissa Rauwerdink
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota Department of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota Department of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Rauwerdink A, Kazlauskas RJ. How the Same Core Catalytic Machinery Catalyzes 17 Different Reactions: the Serine-Histidine-Aspartate Catalytic Triad of α/β-Hydrolase Fold Enzymes. ACS Catal 2015; 5:6153-6176. [PMID: 28580193 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enzymes within a family often catalyze different reactions. In some cases, this variety stems from different catalytic machinery, but in other cases the machinery is identical; nevertheless, the enzymes catalyze different reactions. In this review, we examine the subset of α/β-hydrolase fold enzymes that contain the serine-histidine-aspartate catalytic triad. In spite of having the same protein fold and the same core catalytic machinery, these enzymes catalyze seventeen different reaction mechanisms. The most common reactions are hydrolysis of C-O, C-N and C-C bonds (Enzyme Classification (EC) group 3), but other enzymes are oxidoreductases (EC group 1), acyl transferases (EC group 2), lyases (EC group 4) or isomerases (EC group 5). Hydrolysis reactions often follow the canonical esterase mechanism, but eight variations occur where either the formation or cleavage of the acyl enzyme intermediate differs. The remaining eight mechanisms are lyase-type elimination reactions, which do not have an acyl enzyme intermediate and, in four cases, do not even require the catalytic serine. This diversity of mechanisms from the same catalytic triad stems from the ability of the enzymes to bind different substrates, from the requirements for different chemical steps imposed by these new substrates and, only in about half of the cases, from additional hydrogen bond partners or additional general acids/bases in the active site. This detailed analysis shows that binding differences and non-catalytic residues create new mechanisms and are essential for understanding and designing efficient enzymes.
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- Alissa Rauwerdink
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics and The Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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Li Y, Zhang R, Du L, Zhang Q, Wang W. Insight into the catalytic mechanism of meta-cleavage product hydrolase BphD: a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics study. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09939k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The catalytic mechanism of BphD (the fourth enzyme of the biphenyl catabolic pathway) toward its natural substrate 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPDA) was investigated in atomistic detail by QM/MM approach.
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- Yanwei Li
- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials
- Qingdao Institute of Bio-energy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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- Environment Research Institute
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- P. R. China
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Ryan A, Keany S, Eleftheriadou O, Ballet R, Cheng HY, Sim E. Mechanism-based inhibition of HsaD: a C-C bond hydrolase essential for survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophage. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 350:42-7. [PMID: 24164668 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death by a bacterial pathogen worldwide. Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms means prioritizing identification of targets for antituberculars. 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase (HsaD), part of the cholesterol metabolism operon, is vital for survival within macrophage. The C-C bond hydrolase, HsaD, has a serine protease-like catalytic triad. We tested a range of serine protease and esterase inhibitors for their effects on HsaD activity. As well as providing a potential starting point for drug development, the data provides evidence for the mechanism of C-C bond hydrolysis. This screen also provides a route to initiate development of fragment-based inhibitors.
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- Ali Ryan
- Faculty of Science Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston, UK; Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Single residues dictate the co-evolution of dual esterases: MCP hydrolases from the α/β hydrolase family. Biochem J 2013; 454:157-66. [PMID: 23750508 DOI: 10.1042/bj20130552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Several members of the C-C MCP (meta-cleavage product) hydrolase family demonstrate an unusual ability to hydrolyse esters as well as the MCPs (including those from mono- and bi-cyclic aromatics). Although the molecular mechanisms responsible for such substrate promiscuity are starting to emerge, the full understanding of these complex enzymes is far from complete. In the present paper, we describe six distinct α/β hydrolases identified through genomic approaches, four of which demonstrate the unprecedented characteristic of activity towards a broad spectrum of substrates, including p-nitrophenyl, halogenated, fatty acyl, aryl, glycerol, cinnamoyl and carbohydrate esters, lactones, 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate and 2-hydroxy-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoate. Using structural analysis and site-directed mutagenesis we have identified the three residues (Ser32, Val130 and Trp144) that determine the unusual substrate specificity of one of these proteins, CCSP0084. The results may open up new research avenues into comparative catalytic models, structural and mechanistic studies, and biotechnological applications of MCP hydrolases.
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Ruzzini AC, Bhowmik S, Ghosh S, Yam KC, Bolin JT, Eltis LD. A substrate-assisted mechanism of nucleophile activation in a Ser-His-Asp containing C-C bond hydrolase. Biochemistry 2013; 52:7428-38. [PMID: 24067021 DOI: 10.1021/bi401156a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The meta-cleavage product (MCP) hydrolases utilize a Ser-His-Asp triad to hydrolyze a carbon-carbon bond. Hydrolysis of the MCP substrate has been proposed to proceed via an enol-to-keto tautomerization followed by a nucleophilic mechanism of catalysis. Ketonization involves an intermediate, ES(red), which possesses a remarkable bathochromically shifted absorption spectrum. We investigated the catalytic mechanism of the MCP hydrolases using DxnB2 from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1. Pre-steady-state kinetic and LC ESI/MS evaluation of the DxnB2-mediated hydrolysis of 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid to 2-hydroxy-2,4-pentadienoic acid and benzoate support a nucleophilic mechanism catalysis. In DxnB2, the rate of ES(red) decay and product formation showed a solvent kinetic isotope effect of 2.5, indicating that a proton transfer reaction, assigned here to substrate ketonization, limits the rate of acylation. For a series of substituted MCPs, this rate was linearly dependent on MCP pKa2 (βnuc ∼ 1). Structural characterization of DxnB2 S105A:MCP complexes revealed that the catalytic histidine is displaced upon substrate-binding. The results provide evidence for enzyme-catalyzed ketonization in which the catalytic His-Asp pair does not play an essential role. The data further suggest that ES(red) represents a dianionic intermediate that acts as a general base to activate the serine nucleophile. This substrate-assisted mechanism of nucleophilic catalysis distinguishes MCP hydrolases from other serine hydrolases.
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- Antonio C Ruzzini
- Departments of †Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and ‡Microbiology & Immunology, The University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Ruzzini AC, Bhowmik S, Yam KC, Ghosh S, Bolin JT, Eltis LD. The lid domain of the MCP hydrolase DxnB2 contributes to the reactivity toward recalcitrant PCB metabolites. Biochemistry 2013; 52:5685-5695. [PMID: 23879719 PMCID: PMC3903462 DOI: 10.1021/bi400774m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DxnB2 and BphD are meta-cleavage product (MCP) hydrolases that catalyze C-C bond hydrolysis of the biphenyl metabolite 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPDA). BphD is a bottleneck in the bacterial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by the Bph catabolic pathway due in part to inhibition by 3-Cl HOPDAs. By contrast, DxnB2 from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 catalyzes the hydrolysis of 3-Cl HOPDAs more efficiently. X-ray crystallographic studies of the catalytically inactive S105A variant of DxnB2 complexed with 3-Cl HOPDA revealed a binding mode in which C1 through C6 of the dienoate are coplanar. The chlorine substituent is accommodated by a hydrophobic pocket that is larger than the homologous site in BphDLB400 from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. The planar binding mode observed in the crystalline complex was consistent with the hyper- and hypsochromically shifted absorption spectra of 3-Cl and 3,9,11-triCl HOPDA, respectively, bound to S105A in solution. Moreover, ES(red), an intermediate possessing a bathochromically shifted spectrum observed in the turnover of HOPDA, was not detected, suggesting that substrate destabilization was rate-limiting in the turnover of these PCB metabolites. Interestingly, electron density for the first α-helix of the lid domain was poorly defined in the dimeric DxnB2 structures, unlike in the tetrameric BphDLB400. Structural comparison of MCP hydrolases identified the NC-loop, connecting the lid to the α/β-hydrolase core domain, as a determinant in the oligomeric state and suggests its involvement in catalysis. Finally, an increased mobility of the DxnB2 lid may contribute to the enzyme's ability to hydrolyze PCB metabolites, highlighting how lid architecture contributes to substrate specificity in α/β-hydrolases.
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- Antonio C. Ruzzini
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
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- Purdue Cancer Research Center and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
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- Purdue Cancer Research Center and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Purdue Cancer Research Center and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
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Zhou H, Qu Y, Kong C, Shen E, Wang J, Zhang X, Ma Q, Zhou J. The key role of a non-active-site residue Met148 on the catalytic efficiency of meta-cleavage product hydrolase BphD. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:10399-411. [PMID: 23494625 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4814-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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meta-Cleavage product (MCP) hydrolases (EC 3.7.1.9) can catalyze a specific C-C bond fission during the microbial aerobic degradation of aromatics. The previous studies on structure-function relationship of MCP hydrolases mainly focus on the active site residues by site-directed mutagenesis. However, the information about the role of the non-active-site residues is still unclear. In this study, a non-active-site residue Met148 of MCP hydrolase BphD was selected as the mutagenesis site according to the sequence alignments, structure superimpose and the tunnel analysis, which underwent the saturation mutagenesis resulting 19 mutants. The catalytic efficiencies of the mutants on 6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPDA) were all decreased compared with the wild-type one except for the M148D mutant. Especially, the M148P mutant exhibited 290-fold lower k cat/K m than that of the wild-type BphD. Transient kinetic analyses of M148P showed the reciprocal relaxation time corresponded to C-C bond cleavage and product release steps (9.6 s(-1)) was 4.08-fold lower than BphD WT (39.2 s(-1)). Tunnel cluster analysis of BphD WT, M148P and M148W demonstrated that only the bulky Trp148 could block tunnel T2 in the BphD WT, but it exhibited slight effects on the catalytic efficiency (0.94-fold of BphD WT). Therefore, product release was not the main reason for the efficiency decrease of M148P. On the other hand, molecular dynamics simulations on the BphD WT and BphD M148P in complex with HOPDA indicated that the dramatic decrease of the catalytic efficiencies of BphD M148P should be due to the unproductive binding of HOPDA. The study demonstrated the catalytic efficiency of MCP hydrolase can be engineered by modification of non-active site residue.
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- Hao Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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Sylvestre M. Prospects for using combined engineered bacterial enzymes and plant systems to rhizoremediate polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:907-15. [PMID: 23106850 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The fate of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soil is driven by a combination of interacting biological processes. Several investigations have brought evidence that the rhizosphere provides a remarkable ecological niche to enhance the PCB degradation process by rhizobacteria. The bacterial oxidative enzymes involved in PCB degradation have been investigated extensively and novel engineered enzymes exhibiting enhanced catalytic activities toward more persistent PCBs have been described. Furthermore, recent studies suggest that approaches involving processes based on plant-microbe associations are very promising to remediate PCB-contaminated sites. In this review emphasis will be placed on the current state of knowledge regarding the strategies that are proposed to engineer the enzymes of the PCB-degrading bacterial oxidative pathway and to design PCB-degrading plant-microbe systems to remediate PCB-contaminated soil.
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- Michel Sylvestre
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Instittut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7V1B7.
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Tuning the substrate selectivity of meta-cleavage product hydrolase by domain swapping. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:5343-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4405-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ruzzini AC, Horsman GP, Eltis LD. The Catalytic Serine of meta-Cleavage Product Hydrolases Is Activated Differently for C–O Bond Cleavage Than for C–C Bond Cleavage. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5831-40. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300663r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Antonio C. Ruzzini
- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver,
British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver,
British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver,
British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Ruzzini AC, Ghosh S, Horsman GP, Foster LJ, Bolin JT, Eltis LD. Identification of an Acyl-Enzyme Intermediate in a meta-Cleavage Product Hydrolase Reveals the Versatility of the Catalytic Triad. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:4615-24. [DOI: 10.1021/ja208544g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Antonio C. Ruzzini
- Department
of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Purdue Cancer Research Center
and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological
Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Purdue Cancer Research Center
and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological
Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and
Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) are sequence selective DNA alkylating agents with remarkable antineoplastic activity. They are either naturally produced by actinomycetes or synthetically produced. The remarkable broad spectrum of activities of the naturally produced PBDs encouraged the synthesis of several PBDs, including dimeric and hybrid PBDs yielding to an improvement in the DNA-binding sequence specificity and in the potency of this class of compounds. However, limitation in the chemical synthesis prevented the testing of one of the most potent PBDs, sibiromycin, a naturally produced glycosylated PBDs. Only recently, the biosynthetic gene clusters for PBDs have been identified opening the doors to the production of glycosylated PBDs by mutasynthesis and biosynthetic engineering. This review describes the recent studies on the biosynthesis of naturally produced pyrrolobenzodiazepines. In addition, it provides an overview on the isolation and characterization of naturally produced PBDs, chemical synthesis of PBDs, mechanism of DNA alkylation, and DNA-binding affinity and cytotoxic properties of both naturally produced and synthetic pyrrolobenzodiazepines.
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- Barbara Gerratana
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
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Lack NA, Yam KC, Lowe ED, Horsman GP, Owen RL, Sim E, Eltis LD. Characterization of a carbon-carbon hydrolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in cholesterol metabolism. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:434-43. [PMID: 19875455 PMCID: PMC2804191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.058081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the recently identified cholesterol catabolic pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase (HsaD) is proposed to catalyze the hydrolysis of a carbon-carbon bond in 4,5-9,10-diseco-3-hydroxy-5,9,17-tri-oxoandrosta-1(10),2-diene-4-oic acid (DSHA), the cholesterol meta-cleavage product (MCP) and has been implicated in the intracellular survival of the pathogen. Herein, purified HsaD demonstrated 4-33 times higher specificity for DSHA (k(cat)/K(m) = 3.3 +/- 0.3 x 10(4) m(-1) s(-1)) than for the biphenyl MCP 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPDA) and the synthetic analogue 8-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methyl-6-oxoocta-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPODA), respectively. The S114A variant of HsaD, in which the active site serine was substituted with alanine, was catalytically impaired and bound DSHA with a K(d) of 51 +/- 2 mum. The S114A.DSHA species absorbed maximally at 456 nm, 60 nm red-shifted versus the DSHA enolate. Crystal structures of the variant in complex with HOPDA, HOPODA, or DSHA to 1.8-1.9 Aindicate that this shift is due to the enzyme-induced strain of the enolate. These data indicate that the catalytic serine catalyzes tautomerization. A second role for this residue is suggested by a solvent molecule whose position in all structures is consistent with its activation by the serine for the nucleophilic attack of the substrate. Finally, the alpha-helical lid covering the active site displayed a ligand-dependent conformational change involving differences in side chain carbon positions of up to 6.7 A, supporting a two-conformation enzymatic mechanism. Overall, these results provide novel insights into the determinants of specificity in a mycobacterial cholesterol-degrading enzyme as well as into the mechanism of MCP hydrolases.
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada, and
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- Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada, and
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- the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology and
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada, and
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Li A, Qu Y, Zhou J, Ma F, Zhou H, Shi S. Characterization of a novel meta-fission product hydrolase from Dyella ginsengisoli LA-4. Process Biochem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Structural basis for cofactor-independent dioxygenation of N-heteroaromatic compounds at the alpha/beta-hydrolase fold. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 107:657-62. [PMID: 20080731 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909033107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Enzymatic catalysis of oxygenation reactions in the absence of metal or organic cofactors is a considerable biochemical challenge. The CO-forming 1-H-3-hydroxy-4-oxoquinaldine 2,4-dioxygenase (HOD) from Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a and 1-H-3-hydroxy-4-oxoquinoline 2,4-dioxygenase (QDO) from Pseudomonas putida 33/1 are homologous cofactor-independent dioxygenases involved in the breakdown of N-heteroaromatic compounds. To date, they are the only dioxygenases suggested to belong to the alpha/beta-hydrolase fold superfamily. Members of this family typically catalyze hydrolytic processes rather than oxygenation reactions. We present here the crystal structures of both HOD and QDO in their native state as well as the structure of HOD in complex with its natural 1-H-3-hydroxy-4-oxoquinaldine substrate, its N-acetylanthranilate reaction product, and chloride as dioxygen mimic. HOD and QDO are structurally very similar. They possess a classical alpha/beta-hydrolase fold core domain additionally equipped with a cap domain. Organic substrates bind in a preorganized active site with an orientation ideally suited for selective deprotonation of their hydroxyl group by a His/Asp charge-relay system affording the generation of electron-donating species. The "oxyanion hole" of the alpha/beta-hydrolase fold, typically employed to stabilize the tetrahedral intermediate in ester hydrolysis reactions, is utilized here to host and control oxygen chemistry, which is proposed to involve a peroxide anion intermediate. Product release by proton back transfer from the catalytic histidine is driven by minimization of intramolecular charge repulsion. Structural and kinetic data suggest a nonnucleophilic general-base mechanism. Our analysis provides a framework to explain cofactor-independent dioxygenation within a protein architecture generally employed to catalyze hydrolytic reactions.
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Mudgil Y, Uhrig JF, Zhou J, Temple B, Jiang K, Jones AM. Arabidopsis N-MYC DOWNREGULATED-LIKE1, a positive regulator of auxin transport in a G protein-mediated pathway. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:3591-609. [PMID: 19948787 PMCID: PMC2798320 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.065557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Root architecture results from coordinated cell division and expansion in spatially distinct cells of the root and is established and maintained by gradients of auxin and nutrients such as sugars. Auxin is transported acropetally through the root within the central stele and then, upon reaching the root apex, auxin is transported basipetally through the outer cortical and epidermal cells. The two Gbetagamma dimers of the Arabidopsis thaliana heterotrimeric G protein complex are differentially localized to the central and cortical tissues of the Arabidopsis roots. A null mutation in either the single beta (AGB1) or the two gamma (AGG1 and AGG2) subunits confers phenotypes that disrupt the proper architecture of Arabidopsis roots and are consistent with altered auxin transport. Here, we describe an evolutionarily conserved interaction between AGB1/AGG dimers and a protein designated N-MYC DOWNREGULATED-LIKE1 (NDL1). The Arabidopsis genome encodes two homologs of NDL1 (NDL2 and NDL3), which also interact with AGB1/AGG1 and AGB1/AGG2 dimers. We show that NDL proteins act in a signaling pathway that modulates root auxin transport and auxin gradients in part by affecting the levels of at least two auxin transport facilitators. Reduction of NDL family gene expression and overexpression of NDL1 alter root architecture, auxin transport, and auxin maxima. AGB1, auxin, and sugars are required for NDL1 protein stability in regions of the root where auxin gradients are established; thus, the signaling mechanism contains feedback loops.
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- Yashwanti Mudgil
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Botanical Institute III, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- The R. L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Li W, Khullar A, Chou S, Sacramo A, Gerratana B. Biosynthesis of sibiromycin, a potent antitumor antibiotic. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2869-78. [PMID: 19270142 PMCID: PMC2681668 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02326-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 02/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyrrolobenzodiazepines, a class of natural products produced by actinomycetes, are sequence selective DNA alkylating compounds with significant antitumor properties. Among the pyrrolo[1,4]benzodiazepines (PBDs) sibiromycin, one of two identified glycosylated PBDs, displays the highest affinity for DNA and the most potent antitumor properties. Despite the promising antitumor properties clinical trials of sibiromycin were precluded by the cardiotoxicity effect in animals attributed to the presence of the C-9 hydroxyl group. As a first step toward the development of sibiromycin analogs, we have cloned and localized the sibiromycin gene cluster to a 32.7-kb contiguous DNA region. Cluster boundaries tentatively assigned by comparative genomics were verified by gene replacement experiments. The sibiromycin gene cluster consisting of 26 open reading frames reveals a "modular" strategy in which the synthesis of the anthranilic and dihydropyrrole moieties is completed before assembly by the nonribosomal peptide synthetase enzymes. In addition, the gene cluster identified includes open reading frames encoding enzymes involved in sibirosamine biosynthesis, as well as regulatory and resistance proteins. Gene replacement and chemical complementation studies are reported to support the proposed biosynthetic pathway.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bldg. 091, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Cloning and characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for tomaymycin, an SJG-136 monomeric analog. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2958-63. [PMID: 19270147 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02325-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tomaymycin produced by Streptomyces achromogenes is a naturally produced pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD). The biosynthetic gene cluster for tomaymycin was identified and sequenced. The gene cluster analysis reveals a novel biosynthetic pathway for the anthranilate moiety of PBDs. Gene replacement and chemical complementation studies were used to confirm the proposed biosynthetic pathway.
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A ternary complex of hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA hydratase-lyase (HCHL) with acetyl-CoA and vanillin gives insights into substrate specificity and mechanism. Biochem J 2008; 414:281-9. [PMID: 18479250 DOI: 10.1042/bj20080714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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HCHL (hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA hydratase-lyase) catalyses the biotransformation of feruloyl-CoA to acetyl-CoA and the important flavour-fragrance compound vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) and is exploited in whole-cell systems for the bioconversion of ferulic acid into natural equivalent vanillin. The reaction catalysed by HCHL has been thought to proceed by a two-step process involving first the hydration of the double bond of feruloyl-CoA and then the cleavage of the resultant beta-hydroxy thioester by retro-aldol reaction to yield the products. Kinetic analysis of active-site residues identified using the crystal structure of HCHL revealed that while Glu-143 was essential for activity, Ser-123 played no major role in catalysis. However, mutation of Tyr-239 to Phe greatly increased the K(M) for the substrate ferulic acid, fulfilling its anticipated role as a factor in substrate binding. Structures of WT (wild-type) HCHL and of the S123A mutant, each of which had been co-crystallized with feruloyl-CoA, reveal a subtle helix movement upon ligand binding, the consequence of which is to bring the phenolic hydroxyl of Tyr-239 into close proximity to Tyr-75 from a neighbouring subunit in order to bind the phenolic hydroxyl of the product vanillin, for which electron density was observed. The active-site residues of ligand-bound HCHL display a remarkable three-dimensional overlap with those of a structurally unrelated enzyme, vanillyl alcohol oxidase, that also recognizes p-hydroxylated aromatic substrates related to vanillin. The data both explain the observed substrate specificity of HCHL for p-hydroxylated cinnamate derivatives and illustrate a remarkable convergence of the molecular determinants of ligand recognition between the two otherwise unrelated enzymes.
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Khajamohiddin S, Repalle ER, Pinjari AB, Merrick M, Siddavattam D. Biodegradation of aromatic compounds: an overview of meta-fission product hydrolases. Crit Rev Microbiol 2008; 34:13-31. [PMID: 18259978 DOI: 10.1080/10408410701683656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Meta fission product (MFP) hydrolases catalyze hydrolysis of a low reactive carbon-carbon bond found in meta-fission products, generated during biodegradation of various aromatic compounds. These enzymes belong to the alpha/beta hydrolase super family and show structural conservation despite having poor sequence similarity. MFP-hydrolases are substrate specific and studies have indicated that this substrate specificity plays a key role in the determination of the organism's ability to degrade a particular substrate. In this concise review of MFP-hydrolases we discuss their classification, biochemical properties, the molecular basis of their substrate specificity, their catalytic mechanism, and evolutionary significance.
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- Syed Khajamohiddin
- Department of Animal Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Lack N, Lowe ED, Liu J, Eltis LD, Noble MEM, Sim E, Westwood IM. Structure of HsaD, a steroid-degrading hydrolase, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 64:2-7. [PMID: 18097091 PMCID: PMC2373992 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107065931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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The structure of HsaD, a carbon–carbon bond serine hydrolase involved in steroid catabolism that is critical for the survival of M. tuberculosis inside human macrophages, has been solved by X-ray crystallography. Data were collected at the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, England: this paper describes one of the first structures determined at the new synchrotron. Tuberculosis is a major cause of death worldwide. Understanding of the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been advanced by gene analysis and has led to the identification of genes that are important for intracellular survival in macrophages. One of these genes encodes HsaD, a meta-cleavage product (MCP) hydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of a carbon–carbon bond in cholesterol metabolism. This paper describes the production of HsaD as a recombinant protein and, following crystallization, the determination of its three-dimensional structure to 2.35 Å resolution by X-ray crystallography at the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, England. To the authors’ knowledge, this study constitutes the first report of a structure determined at the new synchrotron facility. The volume of the active-site cleft of the HsaD enzyme is more than double the corresponding active-site volumes of related MCP hydrolases involved in the catabolism of aromatic compounds, consistent with the specificity of HsaD for steroids such as cholesterol. Knowledge of the structure of the enzyme facilitates the design of inhibitors.
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- Nathan Lack
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, England
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Bhowmik S, Horsman GP, Bolin JT, Eltis LD. The molecular basis for inhibition of BphD, a C-C bond hydrolase involved in polychlorinated biphenyls degradation: large 3-substituents prevent tautomerization. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:36377-85. [PMID: 17932031 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707035200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by the biphenyl catabolic (Bph) pathway is limited in part by the pathway's fourth enzyme, BphD. BphD catalyzes an unusual carbon-carbon bond hydrolysis of 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HOPDA), in which the substrate is subject to histidine-mediated enol-keto tautomerization prior to hydrolysis. Chlorinated HOPDAs such as 3-Cl HOPDA inhibit BphD. Here we report that BphD preferentially hydrolyzed a series of 3-substituted HOPDAs in the order H>F>Cl>Me, suggesting that catalysis is affected by steric, not electronic, determinants. Transient state kinetic studies performed using wild-type BphD and the hydrolysis-defective S112A variant indicated that large 3-substituents inhibited His-265-catalyzed tautomerization by 5 orders of magnitude. Structural analyses of S112A.3-Cl HOPDA and S112A.3,10-diF HOPDA complexes revealed a non-productive binding mode in which the plane defined by the carbon atoms of the dienoate moiety of HOPDA is nearly orthogonal to that of the proposed keto tautomer observed in the S112A.HOPDA complex. Moreover, in the 3-Cl HOPDA complex, the 2-hydroxo group is moved by 3.6 A from its position near the catalytic His-265 to hydrogen bond with Arg-190 and access of His-265 is blocked by the 3-Cl substituent. Nonproductive binding may be stabilized by interactions involving the 3-substituent with non-polar side chains. Solvent molecules have poor access to C6 in the S112A.3-Cl HOPDA structure, more consistent with hydrolysis occurring via an acyl-enzyme than a gem-diol intermediate. These results provide insight into engineering BphD for PCB degradation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shiva Bhowmik
- Purdue Cancer Center and Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054, USA
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