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Planas F, McLeish MJ, Himo F. Computational characterization of enzyme-bound thiamin diphosphate reveals a surprisingly stable tricyclic state: implications for catalysis. Beilstein J Org Chem 2019; 15:145-159. [PMID: 30745990 PMCID: PMC6350894 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes constitute a large class of enzymes that catalyze a diverse range of reactions. Many are involved in stereospecific carbon–carbon bond formation and, consequently, have found increasing interest and utility as chiral catalysts in various biocatalytic applications. All ThDP-catalyzed reactions require the reaction of the ThDP ylide (the activated state of the cofactor) with the substrate. Given that the cofactor can adopt up to seven states on an enzyme, identifying the factors affecting the stability of the pre-reactant states is important for the overall understanding of the kinetics and mechanism of the individual reactions. In this paper we use density functional theory calculations to systematically study the different cofactor states in terms of energies and geometries. Benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFDC), which is a well characterized chiral catalyst, serves as the prototypical ThDP-dependent enzyme. A model of the active site was constructed on the basis of available crystal structures, and the cofactor states were characterized in the presence of three different ligands (crystallographic water, benzoylformate as substrate, and (R)-mandelate as inhibitor). Overall, the calculations reveal that the relative stabilities of the cofactor states are greatly affected by the presence and identity of the bound ligands. A surprising finding is that benzoylformate binding, while favoring ylide formation, provided even greater stabilization to a catalytically inactive tricyclic state. Conversely, the inhibitor binding greatly destabilized the ylide formation. Together, these observations have significant implications for the reaction kinetics of the ThDP-dependent enzymes, and, potentially, for the use of unnatural substrates in such reactions.
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- Ferran Planas
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Mattioli EJ, Bottoni A, Calvaresi M. DNAzymes at Work: A DFT Computational Investigation on the Mechanism of 9DB1. J Chem Inf Model 2019; 59:1547-1553. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Edoardo Jun Mattioli
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, V. F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, V. F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, V. F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Sgrignani J, Chen J, Alimonti A, Cavalli A. How phosphorylation influences E1 subunit pyruvate dehydrogenase: A computational study. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14683. [PMID: 30279533 PMCID: PMC6168537 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33048-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pyruvate (PYR) dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is an enzymatic system that plays a crucial role in cellular metabolism as it controls the entry of carbon into the Krebs cycle. From a structural point of view, PDC is formed by three different subunits (E1, E2 and E3) capable of catalyzing the three reaction steps necessary for the full conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA. Recent investigations pointed out the crucial role of this enzyme in the replication and survival of specific cancer cell lines, renewing the interest of the scientific community. Here, we report the results of our molecular dynamics studies on the mechanism by which posttranslational modifications, in particular the phosphorylation of three serine residues (Ser-264-α, Ser-271-α, and Ser-203-α), influence the enzymatic function of the protein. Our results support the hypothesis that the phosphorylation of Ser-264-α and Ser-271-α leads to (1) a perturbation of the catalytic site structure and dynamics and, especially in the case of Ser-264-α, to (2) a reduction in the affinity of E1 for the substrate. Additionally, an analysis of the channels connecting the external environment with the catalytic site indicates that the inhibitory effect should not be due to the occlusion of the access/egress pathways to/from the active site.
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- Jacopo Sgrignani
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Vincenzo Vela 6, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Research in Oncology (IOR), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Vincenzo Vela 6, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Research in Oncology (IOR), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Vincenzo Vela 6, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Vincenzo Vela 6, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Planas F, Sheng X, McLeish MJ, Himo F. A Theoretical Study of the Benzoylformate Decarboxylase Reaction Mechanism. Front Chem 2018; 6:205. [PMID: 29998094 PMCID: PMC6028569 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Density functional theory calculations are used to investigate the detailed reaction mechanism of benzoylformate decarboxylase, a thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the nonoxidative decarboxylation of benzoylformate yielding benzaldehyde and carbon dioxide. A large model of the active site is constructed on the basis of the X-ray structure, and it is used to characterize the involved intermediates and transition states and evaluate their energies. There is generally good agreement between the calculations and available experimental data. The roles of the various active site residues are discussed and the results are compared to mutagenesis experiments. Importantly, the calculations identify off-cycle intermediate species of the ThDP cofactor that can have implications on the kinetics of the reaction.
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- Ferran Planas
- Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhang J, Liu Y. Theoretical study of the catalytic mechanism of glyoxylate carboligase and its mutant V51E. Theor Chem Acc 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-017-2079-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang QH, Zhao C, Zhang M, Li YZ, Shen YY, Guo JX. Transcriptome analysis around the onset of strawberry fruit ripening uncovers an important role of oxidative phosphorylation in ripening. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41477. [PMID: 28195221 PMCID: PMC5307319 DOI: 10.1038/srep41477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Although much progress has been made towards understanding the ripening of non-climacteric fruit using the strawberry as a model plant, the defined molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, RNA-sequencing was performed using four cDNA libraries around the onset of ripening, and a total of 31,793 unigenes and 335 pathways were annotated including the top five pathways, which were involved in ribosome, spliceosome, protein processing, plant-pathogen interaction and plant hormone signaling, and the important DEGs related to ripening were annotated to be mainly involved in protein translation and processing, sugar metabolism, energy metabolism, phytohormones, antioxidation, pigment and softening, especially finding a decreased trend of oxidative phosphorylation during red-coloring. VIGS-mediated downregulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase gene PDHE1α, a key gene for glycolysis-derived oxidative phosphorylation, could inhibit respiration and ATP biosynthesis, whilst promote the accumulation of sugar, ABA, ETH, and PA, ultimately accelerating the ripening. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that a set of metabolism transition occurred during green-to-white-to-red stages that are coupled with more-to-less DEGs, and the oxidative phosphorylation plays an important role in the regulation of ripening. On the basis of our results, we discuss an oxidative phosphorylation-based model underlying strawberry fruit ripening.
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- Qing-Hua Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Yuanquanyike Biological Technology Company, Beijing 100197, China
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- Water Resources and Dryland Farming Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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Zhang X, Wang S, Wu X, Liu S, Li D, Xu H, Gao P, Chen G, Wang L. Subsite-specific contributions of different aromatic residues in the active site architecture of glycoside hydrolase family 12. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18357. [PMID: 26670009 PMCID: PMC4680936 DOI: 10.1038/srep18357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The active site architecture of glycoside hydrolase (GH) is a contiguous subregion of the enzyme constituted by residues clustered in the three-dimensional space, recognizing the monomeric unit of ligand through hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. Mutations of the key residues in the active site architecture of the GH12 family exerted different impacts on catalytic efficiency. Binding affinities between the aromatic amino acids and carbohydrate rings were quantitatively determined by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and the quantum mechanical (QM) method, showing that the binding capacity order of Tyr>Trp>His (and Phe) was determined by their side-chain properties. The results also revealed that the binding constant of a certain residue remained unchanged when altering its location, while the catalytic efficiency changed dramatically. Increased binding affinity at a relatively distant subsite, such as the mutant of W7Y at the -4 subsite, resulted in a marked increase in the intermediate product of cellotetraose and enhanced the reactivity of endoglucanase by 144%; while tighter binding near the catalytic center, i.e. W22Y at the -2 subsite, enabled the enzyme to bind and hydrolyze smaller oligosaccharides. Clarification of the specific roles of the aromatics at different subsites may pave the way for a more rational design of GHs.
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- Xiaomei Zhang
- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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Marforio TD, Giacinto P, Bottoni A, Calvaresi M. Computational Evidence for the Catalytic Mechanism of Tyrosylprotein Sulfotransferases: A Density Functional Theory Investigation. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4404-10. [PMID: 26108987 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this paper we have examined the mechanism of tyrosine O-sulfonation catalyzed by human TPST-2. Our computations, in agreement with Teramoto's hypothesis, indicate a concerted SN2-like reaction (with an activation barrier of 18.2 kcal mol(-1)) where the tyrosine oxygen is deprotonated by Glu(99) (base catalyst) and simultaneously attacks as a nucleophile the sulfuryl group. For the first time, using a quantum mechanics protocol of alanine scanning, we identified unequivocally the role of the amino acids involved in the catalysis. Arg(78) acts as a shuttle that "assists" the sulfuryl group moving from the 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate molecule to threonine and stabilizes the transition state (TS) by electrostatic interactions. The residue Lys(158) keeps close the residues participating in the overall H-bond network, while Ser(285), Thr(81), and Thr(82) stabilize the TS via strong hydrogen interactions and contribute to lower the activation barrier.
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- Tainah Dorina Marforio
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Zhou Y, Wang Y, Deng L, Zheng C, Yuan F, Chen H, Bei W, Li J. Evaluation of the protective efficacy of four novel identified membrane associated proteins of Streptococcus suis serotype 2. Vaccine 2015; 33:2254-2260. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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