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Light-driven Enzymatic Decarboxylation
Published on: May 22, 2016
酶架构:分解催化,激活丁5'-单酸脱酶用于催化
Archie C Reyes1, David C Plache1, Astrid P Koudelka1
1Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, SUNY , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 27, 2018
概括
这项研究研究了酵母5'-单酸脱碳酶 (ScOMPDC),揭示了四种氨基酸侧链如何稳定过渡状态. 突变显示S154显著影响其他残留物的稳定,突出显示了酶催化中的网络相互作用.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 酶动力学
- 蛋白质结构与功能关系
背景情况:
- 酵母甲基5 - 单酸脱碳酶 (ScOMPDC) 是胺生物合成中的关键酶.
- 了解ScOMPDC的催化机制需要剖析关键氨基酸残留在基质结合和过渡状态稳定中的作用.
- 一个涉及S154,Q215,Y217和R235的特定键网络已涉及该酶的功能.
研究的目的:
- 阐明四个相互作用的氨基酸侧链在ScOMPDC中的催化作用.
- 量化个体和组合突变对过渡状态稳定性的贡献.
- 研究S154残留物对Q215,Y217和R235介导的稳定相互作用的影响.
主要方法:
- 在 ScOMPDC 中逐步替换四个关键氨基酸侧链 (S154,Q215,Y217,R235).
- 16种单,双,三,四个突变组合的酶变体 (S154A,Q215A,Y217F,R235A) 的构造和动态分析 (kcat/Km).
- 应用突变周期分析来确定特定侧链相互作用对过渡状态稳定性的能量贡献.
主要成果:
- Q215A,Y217F和R235A突变对过渡状态稳定 (ΔG‡) 的综合作用为野生类型的11.6 kcal/ mol,但对于S154A突变而言降至7.6 kcal/ mol.
- S154A突变使过渡状态稳定性降低了4. 0kcal/ mol,大约2kcal/ mol归因于直接的S154- Q215相互作用和2kcal/ mol对Y217和R235相互作用的间接影响.
- 与野生类型相比,四重突变的逆转替代显示出显著较小的能量效应,这表明与保持活跃的闭合形状相关的代成本.
结论:
- S154残留物在优化SCOMPDC活性部位中的过渡状态稳定中发挥着关键作用,不仅通过直接相互作用,还通过影响其他稳定残留物.
- ScOMPDC的催化效率依赖于氨基酸侧链的合作网络,其中S154充当基捕获器内相互作用的关键调节器.
- 在四重突变中观察到的性成本意味着酶的活性构造受到构造上的约束,灵活的循环在催化中发挥作用.
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