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Pierce BS, Schmittou AN, York NJ, Madigan RP, Nino PF, Foss FW, Lockart MM. Improved resolution of 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase active site provided by ENDOR spectroscopy offers insight into catalytic mechanism. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105777. [PMID: 38395308 PMCID: PMC10966181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
3-mercaptopropionate (3MPA) dioxygenase (MDO) is a mononuclear nonheme iron enzyme that catalyzes the O2-dependent oxidation of thiol-bearing substrates to yield the corresponding sulfinic acid. MDO is a member of the cysteine dioxygenase family of small molecule thiol dioxygenases and thus shares a conserved sequence of active site residues (Serine-155, Histidine-157, and Tyrosine-159), collectively referred to as the SHY-motif. It has been demonstrated that these amino acids directly interact with the mononuclear Fe-site, influencing steady-state catalysis, catalytic efficiency, O2-binding, and substrate coordination. However, the underlying mechanism by which this is accomplished is poorly understood. Here, pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy [1H Mims electron nuclear double resonance spectroscopy] is applied to validate density functional theory computational models for the MDO Fe-site simultaneously coordinated by substrate and nitric oxide (NO), (3MPA/NO)-MDO. The enhanced resolution provided by electron nuclear double resonance spectroscopy allows for direct observation of Fe-bound substrate conformations and H-bond donation from Tyr159 to the Fe-bound NO ligand. Further inclusion of SHY-motif residues within the validated model reveals a distinct channel restricting movement of the Fe-bound NO-ligand. It has been argued that the iron-nitrosyl emulates the structure of potential Fe(III)-superoxide intermediates within the MDO catalytic cycle. While the merit of this assumption remains unconfirmed, the model reported here offers a framework to evaluate oxygen binding at the substrate-bound Fe-site and possible reaction mechanisms. It also underscores the significance of hydrogen bonding interactions within the enzymatic active site.
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- Brad S Pierce
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Samford University, Homewood, Alabama, USA.
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York NJ, Lockart MM, Schmittou AN, Pierce BS. Cyanide replaces substrate in obligate-ordered addition of nitric oxide to the non-heme mononuclear iron AvMDO active site. J Biol Inorg Chem 2023; 28:285-299. [PMID: 36809458 PMCID: PMC10075186 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-023-01990-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
Abstract
Thiol dioxygenases are a subset of non-heme mononuclear iron oxygenases that catalyze the O2-dependent oxidation of thiol-bearing substrates to yield sulfinic acid products. Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) and 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3MPA) dioxygenase (MDO) are the most extensively characterized members of this enzyme family. As with many non-heme mononuclear iron oxidase/oxygenases, CDO and MDO exhibit an obligate-ordered addition of organic substrate before dioxygen. As this substrate-gated O2-reactivity extends to the oxygen-surrogate, nitric oxide (NO), EPR spectroscopy has long been used to interrogate the [substrate:NO:enzyme] ternary complex. In principle, these studies can be extrapolated to provide information about transient iron-oxo intermediates produced during catalytic turnover with dioxygen. In this work, we demonstrate that cyanide mimics the native thiol-substrate in ordered-addition experiments with MDO cloned from Azotobacter vinelandii (AvMDO). Following treatment of the catalytically active Fe(II)-AvMDO with excess cyanide, addition of NO yields a low-spin (S = 1/2) (CN/NO)-Fe-complex. Continuous wave and pulsed X-band EPR characterization of this complex produced in wild-type and H157N variant AvMDO reveal multiple nuclear hyperfine features diagnostic of interactions within the first- and outer-coordination sphere of the enzymatic Fe-site. Spectroscopically validated computational models indicate simultaneous coordination of two cyanide ligands replaces the bidentate (thiol and carboxylate) coordination of 3MPA allowing for NO-binding at the catalytically relevant O2-binding site. This promiscuous substrate-gated reactivity of AvMDO with NO provides an instructive counterpoint to the high substrate-specificity exhibited by mammalian CDO for L-cysteine.
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- Nicholas J York
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Homewood, AL, 35229, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA.
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York NJ, Lockart MM, Pierce BS. Low-Spin Cyanide Complexes of 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Dioxygenase (MDO) Reveal the Impact of Outer-Sphere SHY-Motif Residues. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:18639-18651. [PMID: 34883020 PMCID: PMC10078988 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
3-Mercaptopropionic acid (3MPA) dioxygenase (MDO) is a non-heme Fe(II)/O2-dependent oxygenase that catalyzes the oxidation of thiol-substrates to yield the corresponding sulfinic acid. Hydrogen-bonding interactions between the Fe-site and a conserved set of three outer-sphere residues (Ser-His-Tyr) play an important catalytic role in the mechanism of this enzyme. Collectively referred to as the SHY-motif, the functional role of these residues remains poorly understood. Here, catalytically inactive Fe(III)-MDO precomplexed with 3MPA was titrated with cyanide to yield a low-spin (S = 1/2) (3MPA/CN)-bound ternary complex (referred to as 1C). UV-visible and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy were used to monitor the binding of 3MPA and cyanide. Comparisons of results obtained from SHY-motif variants (H157N and Y159F) were performed to investigate specific H-bonding interactions. For the wild-type enzyme, the binding of 3MPA- and cyanide to the enzymatic Fe-site is selective and results in a homogeneous ternary complex. However, this selectivity is lost for the Y159F variant, suggesting that H-bonding interactions contributed from Tyr159 gate ligand coordination at the Fe-site. Significantly, the g-values for the low-spin ferric site are diagnostic of the directionality of Tyr159 H-bond donation. Computational models coupled with CASSCF/NEVPT2-calculated g-values were used to verify that a major shift in the central g-value (g2) displayed between wild-type and SHY variants could be attributed to the loss of Tyr159 H-bond donation to the Fe-bound cyanide. Applied to native cosubstrate, this H-bond donation provides a means to stabilize Fe-bound dioxygen and potentially explains the attenuated (∼15-fold) rate of catalytic turnover previously reported for MDO SHY-motif variants.
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- Nicholas J York
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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Yeh CCG, Pierides C, Jameson GNL, de Visser SP. Structure and Functional Differences of Cysteine and 3-Mercaptopropionate Dioxygenases: A Computational Study. Chemistry 2021; 27:13793-13806. [PMID: 34310770 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Thiol dioxygenases are important enzymes for human health; they are involved in the detoxification and catabolism of toxic thiol-containing natural products such as cysteine. As such, these enzymes have relevance to the development of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases in the brain. Recent crystal structure coordinates of cysteine and 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase (CDO and MDO) showed major differences in the second-coordination spheres of the two enzymes. To understand the difference in activity between these two analogous enzymes, we created large, active-site cluster models. We show that CDO and MDO have different iron(III)-superoxo-bound structures due to differences in ligand coordination. Furthermore, our studies show that the differences in the second-coordination sphere and particularly the position of a positively charged Arg residue results in changes in substrate positioning, mobility and enzymatic turnover. Furthermore, the substrate scope of MDO is explored with cysteinate and 2-mercaptosuccinic acid and their reactivity is predicted.
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- C-C George Yeh
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Vic, 3010, Australia
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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York NJ, Lockart MM, Sardar S, Khadka N, Shi W, Stenkamp RE, Zhang J, Kiser PD, Pierce BS. Structure of 3-mercaptopropionic acid dioxygenase with a substrate analog reveals bidentate substrate binding at the iron center. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100492. [PMID: 33662397 PMCID: PMC8050391 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Thiol dioxygenases are a subset of nonheme iron oxygenases that catalyze the formation of sulfinic acids from sulfhydryl-containing substrates and dioxygen. Among this class, cysteine dioxygenases (CDOs) and 3-mercaptopropionic acid dioxygenases (3MDOs) are the best characterized, and the mode of substrate binding for CDOs is well understood. However, the manner in which 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3MPA) coordinates to the nonheme iron site in 3MDO remains a matter of debate. A model for bidentate 3MPA coordination at the 3MDO Fe-site has been proposed on the basis of computational docking, whereas steady-state kinetics and EPR spectroscopic measurements suggest a thiolate-only coordination of the substrate. To address this gap in knowledge, we determined the structure of Azobacter vinelandii 3MDO (Av3MDO) in complex with the substrate analog and competitive inhibitor, 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HPA). The structure together with DFT computational modeling demonstrates that 3HPA and 3MPA associate with iron as chelate complexes with the substrate-carboxylate group forming an additional interaction with Arg168 and the thiol bound at the same position as in CDO. A chloride ligand was bound to iron in the coordination site assigned as the O2-binding site. Supporting HYSCORE spectroscopic experiments were performed on the (3MPA/NO)-bound Av3MDO iron nitrosyl (S = 3/2) site. In combination with spectroscopic simulations and optimized DFT models, this work provides an experimentally verified model of the Av3MDO enzyme-substrate complex, effectively resolving a debate in the literature regarding the preferred substrate-binding denticity. These results elegantly explain the observed 3MDO substrate specificity, but leave unanswered questions regarding the mechanism of substrate-gated reactivity with dioxygen.
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- Nicholas J York
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Departments of Biological Structure and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; Research Service, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, California, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
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Sardar S, Weitz A, Hendrich MP, Pierce BS. Outer-Sphere Tyrosine 159 within the 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Dioxygenase S-H-Y Motif Gates Substrate-Coordination Denticity at the Non-Heme Iron Active Site. Biochemistry 2019; 58:5135-5150. [PMID: 31750652 PMCID: PMC10071547 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Thiol dioxygenases are non-heme mononuclear iron enzymes that catalyze the O2-dependent oxidation of free thiols (-SH) to produce the corresponding sulfinic acid (-SO2-). Regardless of the phylogenic domain, the active site for this enzyme class is typically comprised of two major features: (1) a mononuclear ferrous iron coordinated by three protein-derived histidines and (2) a conserved sequence of outer Fe-coordination-sphere amino acids (Ser-His-Tyr) spatially adjacent to the iron site (∼3 Å). Here, we utilize a promiscuous 3-mercaptopropionic acid dioxygenase cloned from Azotobacter vinelandii (Av MDO) to explore the function of the conserved S-H-Y motif. This enzyme exhibits activity with 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3mpa), l-cysteine (cys), as well as several other thiol-bearing substrates, thus making it an ideal system to study the influence of residues within the highly conserved S-H-Y motif (H157 and Y159) on substrate specificity and reactivity. The pKa values for these residues were determined by pH-dependent steady-state kinetics, and their assignments verified by comparison to H157N and Y159F variants. Complementary electron paramagnetic resonance and Mössbauer studies demonstrate a network of hydrogen bonds connecting H157-Y159 and Fe-bound ligands within the enzymatic Fe site. Crucially, these experiments suggest that the hydroxyl group of Y159 hydrogen bonds to Fe-bound NO and, by extension, Fe-bound oxygen during native catalysis. This interaction alters both the NO binding affinity and rhombicity of the 3mpa-bound iron-nitrosyl site. In addition, Fe coordination of cys is switched from thiolate only to bidentate (thiolate/amine) for the Y159F variant, indicating that perturbations within the S-H-Y proton relay network also influence cys Fe binding denticity.
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- Sinjinee Sardar
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , The University of Texas at Arlington , 700 Planetarium Place , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Carnegie Mellon University , 4400 Fifth Avenue , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Alabama , 250 Hackberry Lane , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487 , United States
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Fischer AA, Miller JR, Jodts RJ, Ekanayake DM, Lindeman SV, Brunold TC, Fiedler AT. Spectroscopic and Computational Comparisons of Thiolate-Ligated Ferric Nonheme Complexes to Cysteine Dioxygenase: Second-Sphere Effects on Substrate (Analogue) Positioning. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:16487-16499. [PMID: 31789510 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Parallel spectroscopic and computational studies of iron(III) cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) and synthetic models are presented. The synthetic complexes utilize the ligand tris(4,5-diphenyl-1-methylimidazol-2-yl)phosphine (Ph2TIP), which mimics the facial three-histidine triad of CDO and other thiol dioxygenases. In addition to the previously reported [FeII(CysOEt)(Ph2TIP)]BPh4 (1; CysOEt is the ethyl ester of anionic l-cysteine), the formation and crystallographic characterization of [FeII(2-MTS)(Ph2TIP)]BPh4 (2) is reported, where the methyl 2-thiosalicylate anion (2-MTS) resembles the substrate of 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase (MDO). One-electron chemical oxidation of 1 and 2 yields ferric species that bind cyanide and azide anions, which have been used as spectroscopic probes of O2 binding in prior studies of FeIII-CDO. The six-coordinate FeIII-CN and FeIII-N3 adducts are examined with UV-vis absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and resonance Raman (rRaman) spectroscopies. In addition, UV-vis and rRaman studies of cysteine- and cyanide-bound FeIII-CDO are reported for both the wild-type (WT) enzyme and C93G variant, which lacks the Cys-Tyr cross-link that is present in the second coordination sphere of the WT active site. Density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio calculations are employed to provide geometric and electronic structure descriptions of the synthetic and enzymatic FeIII adducts. In particular, it is shown that the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method, in tandem with n-electron valence state second-order perturbation theory (NEVPT2), is capable of elucidating the structural basis of subtle shifts in EPR g values for low-spin FeIII species.
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- Anne A Fischer
- Department of Chemistry , Marquette University , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53201 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Marquette University , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53201 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Marquette University , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53201 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Marquette University , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53201 , United States
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Gama SR, Lo BSY, Séguin J, Pallitsch K, Hammerschmidt F, Zechel DL. C-H Bond Cleavage Is Rate-Limiting for Oxidative C-P Bond Cleavage by the Mixed Valence Diiron-Dependent Oxygenase PhnZ. Biochemistry 2019; 58:5271-5280. [PMID: 31046250 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PhnZ utilizes a mixed valence diiron(II/III) cofactor and O2 to oxidatively cleave the carbon-phosphorus bond of (R)-2-amino-1-hydroxyethylphosphonic acid to form glycine and orthophosphate. The active site residues Y24 and E27 are proposed to mediate induced-fit recognition of the substrate and access of O2 to one of the active site Fe ions. H62 is proposed to deprotonate the C1-hydroxyl of the substrate during catalysis. Kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), pH-rate dependence, and site-directed mutagenesis were used to probe the rate-determining transition state and the roles of these three active site residues. Primary deuterium KIE values of 5.5 ± 0.3 for D(V) and 2.2 ± 0.4 for D(V/K) were measured with (R)-2-amino[1-2H1]-1-hydroxyethylphosphonic acid, indicating that cleavage of the C1-H bond of the substrate is rate-limiting. This step is also rate-limiting for PhnZ Y24F, as shown by a significant deuterium KIE value of 2.3 ± 0.1 for D(V). In contrast, a different reaction step appears to be rate-limiting for the PhnZ E27A and H62A variants, which exhibited D(V) values near unity. A solvent KIE of 2.2 ± 0.3 for D2O(V) is observed for PhnZ. Significant solvent KIE values are also observed for the PhnZ Y24F and E27A variants. In contrast, the PhnZ H62A variant does not show a significant solvent KIE, suggesting that H62 is mediating proton transfer in the transition state. A proton inventory study with PhnZ indicates that 1.5 ± 0.6 protons are in flight in the rate-determining step. Overall, the rate-determining transition state for oxidative C-P bond cleavage by PhnZ is proposed to involve C-H bond cleavage that is coupled to deprotonation of the substrate C1-hydroxyl by H62.
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- Simanga R Gama
- 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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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , Kingston , Ontario , Canada K7L 3N6
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry , University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , Kingston , Ontario , Canada K7L 3N6
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Tombrello K, Ellis HR, DeSantis A, Zeczycki TN. Examining the Metabolic Role of the
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
MDO Operon. FASEB J 2019. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.779.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyBrody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityGreenvilleNC
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- Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyBrody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityGreenvilleNC
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Morrow WP, Sardar S, Thapa P, Hossain MS, Foss FW, Pierce BS. Thiol dioxygenase turnover yields benzothiazole products from 2-mercaptoaniline and O 2-dependent oxidation of primary alcohols. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 631:66-74. [PMID: 28826737 PMCID: PMC5616182 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Thiol dioxygenases are non-heme mononuclear iron enzymes that catalyze the O2-dependent oxidation of free thiols (-SH) to produce the corresponding sulfinic acid (-SO2-). Previous chemical rescue studies identified a putative FeIII-O2- intermediate that precedes substrate oxidation in Mus musculus cysteine dioxygenase (Mm CDO). Given that a similar reactive intermediate has been identified in the extradiol dioxygenase 2, 3-HCPD, it is conceivable that these enzymes share other mechanistic features with regard to substrate oxidation. To explore this possibility, enzymatic reactions with Mm CDO (as well as the bacterial 3-mercaptopropionic acid dioxygenase, Av MDO) were performed using a substrate analogue (2-mercaptoaniline, 2ma). This aromatic thiol closely approximates the catecholic substrate of homoprotocatechuate of 2, 3-HPCD while maintaining the 2-carbon thiol-amine separation preferred by Mm CDO. Remarkably, both enzymes exhibit 2ma-gated O2-consumption; however, none of the expected products for thiol dioxygenase or intra/extradiol dioxygenase reactions were observed. Instead, benzothiazoles are produced by the condensation of 2ma with aldehydes formed by an off-pathway oxidation of primary alcohols added to aqueous reactions to solubilize the substrate. The observed oxidation of 1º-alcohols in 2ma-reactions is consistent with the formation of a high-valent intermediate similar to what has been reported for cytochrome P450 and mononuclear iron model complexes.
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- William P Morrow
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States.
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Driggers CM, Kean KM, Hirschberger LL, Cooley RB, Stipanuk MH, Karplus PA. Structure-Based Insights into the Role of the Cys-Tyr Crosslink and Inhibitor Recognition by Mammalian Cysteine Dioxygenase. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:3999-4012. [PMID: 27477048 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In mammals, the non-heme iron enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) helps regulate Cys levels through converting Cys to Cys sulfinic acid. Its activity is in part modulated by the formation of a Cys93-Tyr157 crosslink that increases its catalytic efficiency over 10-fold. Here, 21 high-resolution mammalian CDO structures are used to gain insight into how the Cys-Tyr crosslink promotes activity and how select competitive inhibitors bind. Crystal structures of crosslink-deficient C93A and Y157F variants reveal similar ~1.0-Å shifts in the side chain of residue 157, and both variant structures have a new chloride ion coordinating the active site iron. Cys binding is also different from wild-type CDO, and no Cys-persulfenate forms in the C93A or Y157F active sites at pH6.2 or 8.0. We conclude that the crosslink enhances activity by positioning the Tyr157 hydroxyl to enable proper Cys binding, proper oxygen binding, and optimal chemistry. In addition, structures are presented for homocysteine (Hcy), D-Cys, thiosulfate, and azide bound as competitive inhibitors. The observed binding modes of Hcy and D-Cys clarify why they are not substrates, and the binding of azide shows that in contrast to what has been proposed, it does not bind in these crystals as a superoxide mimic.
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- Camden M Driggers
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2011 Ag & Life Sciences Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2011 Ag & Life Sciences Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, 227 Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2011 Ag & Life Sciences Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, 227 Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2011 Ag & Life Sciences Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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