对氧利平生物合成酶的进化路径的结构性见解
Dong-Sun Lee1, Pierre Nioche, Mats Hamberg
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nature
|August 22, 2008
概括
研究人员阐明了亚氧化合成酶 (AOS) 在生产植物挥发物中的机制. 结构洞察力揭示了如何修改AOS活性部位将其转化为绿叶挥发性 (GLV) 酶,这对氧利平的进化有影响.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 植物科学 植物科学
背景情况:
- 氧利平通路合成斯蒙酸盐和绿叶挥发性物质 (GLV),这对植物防御和香味至关重要.
- 艾伦氧化物合成酶 (AOS) 和氧化物酶是这种途径中的关键酶,但它们的基质重排机制仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定Arabidopsis thalianaAOS的晶体结构.
- 阐明AOS在生产斯蒙酸盐和GLVs中的催化机制.
- 为了研究氧利平生物合成基因的进化历史.
主要方法:
- 阿拉比多普西斯塔利亚纳AOS (自由和复合与类似物) 的X射线晶体学.
- 在AOS活性部位残留物的部位定向突变发生.
- 跨物种相关酶的生物信息学和生物化学分析.
主要成果:
- AOS晶体结构揭示了一个不寻常的活性部位,其中有一个芳香的pi系统控制激素/离子中间体.
- 关键活性部位残留物的突变将AOS转化为GLV生物合成酶.
- 进化分析在细菌,珊瑚和两鱼中发现了同类酶,这表明它们的起源很古老.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了对AOS及其在氧利平生物合成中的双重作用的机制性理解.
- 酶工程可以在斯酸盐和GLV生产之间切换AOS功能.
- 氧利平生物合成基因具有深刻的进化历史,存在于植物和动物的共同祖先中.
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