Alternative Pathways for Radical Dissipation in an Active Site Mutant of B12-dependent Methylmalonyl-coa Mutase.
From: Redox Biology Center and Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, USA.
Biochemistry
- Publish Date: Mar 2006
- ISSN: 0006-2960
- Volume: 45
- Issue: 9
- Pages: 2951-9
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Padovani Dominique, Banerjee Ruma, et al. Alternative Pathways for Radical Dissipation in an Active Site Mutant of B12-dependent Methylmalonyl-coa Mutase.. Biochemistry Mar 2006;45:2951-9
Abstract
Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase catalyzes the adenosylcobalamin-dependent rearrangement of (2R)-methylmalonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA. The crystal structure of the enzyme reveals that Y243 is in van der Waals contact with the methyl group of the substrate and suggests a possible role for it in the stereochemical control of the reaction. This hypothesis was tested by designing a molecular hole by replacing the phenolic side chain of Y243 with the methyl group of alanine. The Y243A mutation lowered the catalytic efficiency >(4 x 10(4))-fold compared to wild-type enzyme, the K(M)app for the cofactor approximately 4-fold, and the cob(II)alamin concentration under steady-state turnover conditions approximately 2-fold. However, the mutation did not appear to lead to loss of the stereochemical preference for the substrate. The Y243A mutation is expected to create a cavity and should, in principle, allow accommodation of bulkier substrates. To test this, we used ethylmalonyl-CoA and allylmalonyl-CoA as alternate substrates. Surprisingly, both analogues resulted in suicidal inactivation, albeit in an O(2)-dependent and O(2)-independent fashion, respectively. The inactivation by allylmalonyl-CoA was further investigated, and revealed formation of cob(II)alamin at an approximately 1.5-fold higher rate than with wild-type mutase under single-turnover conditions. Product analysis revealed a stoichiometric mixture of 5’-deoxyadenosine, aquocobalamin, and allylmalonyl-CoA. Taken together, these results are consistent with an internal electron transfer from cob(II)alamin to the substrate analogue radical. These studies serve to emphasize the fine control exerted by Y243 in the vicinity of the substrate to minimize radical extinction in side reactions.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Acyl Coenzyme A, Binding Sites, Cobamides, Kinetics, Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Substrate Specificity, Vitamin B 12
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