Mesohaem substitution reveals how haem electronic properties can influence the kinetic and catalytic parameters of neuronal NO synthase

2010 ◽  
Vol 433 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Tejero ◽  
Ashis Biswas ◽  
Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque ◽  
Zhi-Qiang Wang ◽  
Craig Hemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
No Synthase ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Midpoint Potential ◽  
Transporter Protein ◽  
Catalytic Behaviour ◽  
Synthesis Activity

NOSs (NO synthases, EC 1.14.13.39) are haem-thiolate enzymes that catalyse a two-step oxidation of L-arginine to generate NO. The structural and electronic features that regulate their NO synthesis activity are incompletely understood. To investigate how haem electronics govern the catalytic properties of NOS, we utilized a bacterial haem transporter protein to overexpress a mesohaem-containing nNOS (neuronal NOS) and characterized the enzyme using a variety of techniques. Mesohaem-nNOS catalysed NO synthesis and retained a coupled NADPH consumption much like the wild-type enzyme. However, mesohaem-nNOS had a decreased rate of Fe(III) haem reduction and had increased rates for haem–dioxy transformation, Fe(III) haem–NO dissociation and Fe(II) haem–NO reaction with O2. These changes are largely related to the 48 mV decrease in haem midpoint potential that we measured for the bound mesohaem cofactor. Mesohaem nNOS displayed a significantly lower Vmax and KmO2 value for its NO synthesis activity compared with wild-type nNOS. Computer simulation showed that these altered catalytic behaviours of mesohaem-nNOS are consistent with the changes in the kinetic parameters. Taken together, the results of the present study reveal that several key kinetic parameters are sensitive to changes in haem electronics in nNOS, and show how these changes combine to alter its catalytic behaviour.

scholarly journals Multipoint TvDAAO Mutants for Cephalosporin C Bioconversion

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 4412
Author(s):  
Denis L. Atroshenko ◽  
Mikhail D. Shelomov ◽  
Sophia A. Zarubina ◽  
Nikita Y. Negru ◽  
Igor V. Golubev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Thermal Denaturation ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Acid Oxidase ◽  
Cephalosporin C ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Amino Acid Oxidase ◽  
Catalytic Constant ◽  
Biotechnological Processes

d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO, EC 1.4.3.3) is used in many biotechnological processes. The main industrial application of DAAO is biocatalytic production of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid from cephalosporin C with a two enzymes system. DAAO from the yeast Trigonopsis variabilis (TvDAAO) shows the best catalytic parameters with cephalosporin C among all known DAAOs. We prepared and characterized multipoint TvDAAO mutants to improve their activity towards cephalosporin C and increase stability. All TvDAAO mutants showed better properties in comparison with the wild-type enzyme. The best mutant was TvDAAO with amino acid changes E32R/F33D/F54S/C108F/M156L/C298N. Compared to wild-type TvDAAO, the mutant enzyme exhibits a 4 times higher catalytic constant for cephalosporin C oxidation and 8- and 20-fold better stability against hydrogen peroxide inactivation and thermal denaturation, respectively. This makes this mutant promising for use in biotechnology. The paper also presents the comparison of TvDAAO catalytic properties with cephalosporin C reported by others.

scholarly journals Mutational Replacement of Leu-293 in the Class C Enterobacter cloacae P99 β-Lactamase Confers Increased MIC of Cefepime

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1966-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei B. Vakulenko ◽  
Dasantila Golemi ◽  
Bruce Geryk ◽  
Maxim Suvorov ◽  
James R. Knox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Random Mutagenesis ◽  
Enterobacter Cloacae ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutant Enzyme ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Class C

ABSTRACT The class C β-lactamase from Enterobacter cloacae P99 confers resistance to a wide range of broad-spectrum β-lactams but not to the newer cephalosporin cefepime. Using PCR mutagenesis of the E. cloacae P99 ampC gene, we obtained a Leu-293-Pro mutant of the P99 β-lactamase conferring a higher MIC of cefepime (MIC, 8 μg/ml, compared with 0.5 μg/ml conferred by the wild-type enzyme). In addition, the mutant enzyme produced higher resistance to ceftazidime but not to the other β-lactams tested. Mutants with 15 other replacements of Leu-293 were prepared by site-directed random mutagenesis. None of these mutant enzymes conferred MICs of cefepime higher than that conferred by Leu-293-Pro. We determined the kinetic parameters of the purified E. cloacae P99 β-lactamase and the Leu-293-Pro mutant enzyme. The catalytic efficiencies (k cat/Km ) of the Leu-293-Pro mutant β-lactamase for cefepime and ceftazidime were increased relative to the respective catalytic efficiencies of the wild-type P99 β-lactamase. These differences likely contribute to the higher MICs of cefepime and ceftazidime conferred by this mutant β-lactamase.

scholarly journals Site-directed mutagenesis of the putative active site of human 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1

1994 ◽  
Vol 304 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
T J Puranen ◽  
M H Poutanen ◽  
H E Peltoketo ◽  
P T Vihko ◽  
R K Vihko
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Catalytic Efficiency ◽  
Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme

Several amino acid residues (Cys54, Tyr155, His210, His213 and His221) at a putative catalytic site of human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 were mutated to Ala. Replacement of His221 by Ala remarkably reduced the catalytic activity, which resulted from a change of both the Km and the Vmax. values of the enzyme. Compared with the wild-type enzyme, the catalytic efficiency of the His221-->Ala mutant was reduced 20-fold for the oxidative reaction and 11-fold for the reductive reaction. With similar mutations at His210 or His213, no notable effects on the catalytic properties of the enzyme were detected. However, a simultaneous mutation of these amino acid residues decreased the Vmax. values of both oxidation and reduction by about 50% from those measured for the wild-type enzyme. Although Cys54 has been localized in the cofactor-binding region of the enzyme, a Cys54-->Ala mutation did not lead to changes in the enzymic activity. The most dramatic effects on the catalytic properties of the enzyme were achieved by mutating Tyr155, which resulted in an almost completely inactivation of the enzyme. The decreased enzymic activities of the Tyr155-->Ala, His210-->Ala + His213-->Ala and His221-->Ala mutations were also reflected in a reduced immunoreactivity of the enzymes. The results thus suggest that the lower catalytic efficiency of the mutant enzymes is due to an exchange of catalytically important amino acid residues and/or remarkable alterations in the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme. The recently detected polymorphisms (Ala237<-->Val and Ser312<-->Gly) were not found to affect either the catalytic or the immunological properties of the type 1 enzyme.

scholarly journals Kinetic Study of Laboratory Mutants of NDM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase and the Importance of an Isoleucine at Position 35

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 2366-2372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Marcoccia ◽  
Carlo Bottoni ◽  
Alessia Sabatini ◽  
Martina Colapietro ◽  
Paola Sandra Mercuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Structure ◽  
Kinetic Study ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Marked Reduction ◽  
Cd Spectra ◽  
Structural Rearrangements ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Α Helix ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

ABSTRACTTwo laboratory mutants of NDM-1 were generated by replacing the isoleucine at position 35 with threonine and serine residues: the NDM-1I35Tand NDM-1I35Senzymes. These mutants were well characterized, and their kinetic parameters were compared with those of the NDM-1 wild type. Thekcat,Km, andkcat/Kmvalues calculated for the two mutants were slightly different from those of the wild-type enzyme. Interestingly, thekcat/Kmof NDM-1I35Sfor loracarbef was about 14-fold higher than that of NDM-1. Far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectra of NDM-1 and NDM-1I35Tand NDM-1I35Senzymes suggest local structural rearrangements in the secondary structure with a marked reduction of α-helix content in the mutants.

scholarly journals Effects of directed mutagenesis on conserved arginine residues in a human Class Alpha glutathione transferase

1991 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Stenberg ◽  
P G Board ◽  
I Carlberg ◽  
B Mannervik
Keyword(s):  
Glutathione Transferase ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Cumene Hydroperoxide ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Conformational States ◽  
Arginine Residues ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Glutathione transferase (GST) epsilon (also known as GST2 or GST B1B1), the major Class Alpha GST in human liver has been subjected to oligonucleotide-directed site-specific mutagenesis. Four arginine residues, R13, R20, R69 and R187, of which all but R69 are strictly conserved through GST Classes Alpha, Mu and Pi have been replaced by Ala. The mutant enzymes have been expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by affinity chromatography and characterised. Compared with the wild-type enzyme, all mutant GSTs had altered catalytic properties. All mutants had decreased specific activity with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB). Mutants R13A, R69A and R187A also showed decreased activities with other substrates such as cumene hydroperoxide (CuOOH) and androstenedione. In contrast, mutant R20A had an increased peroxidase activity and an isomerase activity essentially the same as that of the wild-type GST. With the substrates used, kcat./Km values were decreased for all mutant GSTs. Increases in the [S0.5] values were most significant for glutathione (GSH), while values for CDNB and CuOOH were less markedly affected. Thus, various kinetic data indicate that the GSH affinity has been reduced by the mutations and that this loss of affinity is linked to the decreased specific activities. Inhibition studies showed an increased sensitivity towards S-hexyl-GSH; this was particularly marked for mutant R69A. Mutant R20A had a lowered [I50] value but, in contrast, also the highest [I80] value as compared with the wild-type enzyme. Towards bromosulphophthalein, mutants R20A and R69A had a markedly increased sensitivity, about 35-fold in comparison with the wild-type. The inhibition properties of mutant R187A were similar to those of the wild-type enzyme and the properties of mutant R13A were in between. The increased sensitivity to S-hexyl-GSH, in contrast with the decreased affinity for GSH, was suggested to be due to an altered distribution between conformational states of the enzyme induced by the mutations. The arginine residues in positions 13, 20 and 69 all seem to be important for the catalytic properties of GST. Further, the inhibition studies indicate a role of arginine residues in the stabilisation of conformational states of the enzyme.

scholarly journals Duck liver ‘malic’ enzyme. Expression in Escherichia coli and characterization of the wild-type enzyme and site-directed mutants

1992 ◽  
Vol 284 (3) ◽  
pp. 869-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Y Hsu ◽  
M J Glynias ◽  
J Satterlee ◽  
R Feeney ◽  
A R Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Malic Enzyme ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Oxidative Decarboxylation ◽  
Lacz Gene ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Recombinant Enzymes ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme

A cDNA for duck liver ‘malic’ enzyme (EC 1.1.1.40) was subcloned into pUC-8, and the active enzyme was expressed in Escherichia coli TG-2 cells as a fusion protein including a 15-residue N-terminal leader from beta-galactosidase coded by the lacZ′ gene. C99S and R70Q mutants of the enzyme were generated by the M13 mismatch technique. The recombinant enzymes were purified to near homogeneity by a simple two-step procedure and characterized relative to the enzyme isolated from duck liver. The natural duck enzyme has a subunit molecular mass of approx. 65 kDa, and the following kinetic parameters for oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate at pH 7.0: Km NADP+ (4.6 microM); Km L-malate (73 microM); kcat (160 s-1); Ka (2.4 microM) and Ka′ (270 microM), dissociation constants of Mn2+ at ‘tight’ (activating) and ‘weak’ metal sites; and substrate inhibition (51% of kcat. at 8 mM-L-malate). Properties of the E. coli-derived recombinant wild-type enzyme are indistinguishable from those of the natural duck enzyme. Kinetic parameters of the R70Q mutant are relatively unaltered, indicating that Arg-70 is not required for the reaction. The C99S mutant has unchanged Km for NADP+ and parameters for the ‘weak’ sites (i.e. inhibition by L-malate, Ka′); however, kcat. decreased 3-fold and Km for L-malate and Ka each increased 4-fold, resulting in a catalytic efficiency [kcat./(Km NADP+ x Km L-malate x Ka)] equal to 3.7% of the natural duck enzyme. These results suggest that the positioning of Cys-99 in the sequence is important for proper binding of L-malate and bivalent metal ions.

scholarly journals Effect of the L499M mutation of the ascomycetousBotrytis acladalaccase on redox potential and catalytic properties

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2913-2923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Osipov ◽  
Konstantin Polyakov ◽  
Roman Kittl ◽  
Sergey Shleev ◽  
Pavel Dorovatovsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Catalytic Properties ◽  
Enzymatic Reaction ◽  
Copper Ion ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Wide Range

Laccases are members of a large family of multicopper oxidases that catalyze the oxidation of a wide range of organic and inorganic substrates accompanied by the reduction of dioxygen to water. These enzymes contain four Cu atoms per molecule organized into three sites: T1, T2 and T3. In all laccases, the T1 copper ion is coordinated by two histidines and one cysteine in the equatorial plane and is covered by the side chains of hydrophobic residues in the axial positions. The redox potential of the T1 copper ion influences the enzymatic reaction and is determined by the nature of the axial ligands and the structure of the second coordination sphere. In this work, the laccase from the ascomyceteBotrytis acladawas studied, which contains conserved Ile491 and nonconserved Leu499 residues in the axial positions. The three-dimensional structures of the wild-type enzyme and the L499M mutant were determined by X-ray crystallography at 1.7 Å resolution. Crystals suitable for X-ray analysis could only be grown after deglycosylation. Both structures did not contain the T2 copper ion. The catalytic properties of the enzyme were characterized and the redox potentials of both enzyme forms were determined:E0= 720 and 580 mV for the wild-type enzyme and the mutant, respectively. Since the structures of the wild-type and mutant forms are very similar, the change in the redox potential can be related to the L499M mutation in the T1 site of the enzyme.

scholarly journals Disulfide bond engineering of AppA phytase for increased thermostability requires co-expression of protein disulfide isomerase in Pichia pastoris

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Navone ◽  
Thomas Vogl ◽  
Pawarisa Luangthongkam ◽  
Jo-Anne Blinco ◽  
Carlos H. Luna-Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pichia Pastoris ◽  
Phytic Acid ◽  
Disulfide Bond ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Biochemical Characterisation ◽  
Disulfide Bond Isomerase ◽  
Microbial Systems ◽  
Protein Disulfide

Abstract Background Phytases are widely used commercially as dietary supplements for swine and poultry to increase the digestibility of phytic acid. Enzyme development has focused on increasing thermostability to withstand the high temperatures during industrial steam pelleting. Increasing thermostability often reduces activity at gut temperatures and there remains a demand for improved phyases for a growing market. Results In this work, we present a thermostable variant of the E. coli AppA phytase, ApV1, that contains an extra non-consecutive disulfide bond. Detailed biochemical characterisation of ApV1 showed similar activity to the wild type, with no statistical differences in kcat and KM for phytic acid or in the pH and temperature activity optima. Yet, it retained approximately 50% activity after incubations for 20 min at 65, 75 and 85 °C compared to almost full inactivation of the wild-type enzyme. Production of ApV1 in Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffi) was much lower than the wild-type enzyme due to the presence of the extra non-consecutive disulfide bond. Production bottlenecks were explored using bidirectional promoters for co-expression of folding chaperones. Co-expression of protein disulfide bond isomerase (Pdi) increased production of ApV1 by ~ 12-fold compared to expression without this folding catalyst and restored yields to similar levels seen with the wild-type enzyme. Conclusions Overall, the results show that protein engineering for enhanced enzymatic properties like thermostability may result in folding complexity and decreased production in microbial systems. Hence parallel development of improved production strains is imperative to achieve the desirable levels of recombinant protein for industrial processes.

scholarly journals Engineered Phage Endolysin Eliminates Gardnerella Biofilm without Damaging Beneficial Bacteria in Bacterial Vaginosis Ex Vivo

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Christine Landlinger ◽  
Lenka Tisakova ◽  
Vera Oberbauer ◽  
Timo Schwebs ◽  
Abbas Muhammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Vaginosis ◽  
Bactericidal Activity ◽  
High Selectivity ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Vaginal Microbiome ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
First Time

Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by an imbalance of the vaginal microbiome and a characteristic biofilm formed on the vaginal epithelium, which is initiated and dominated by Gardnerella bacteria, and is frequently refractory to antibiotic treatment. We investigated endolysins of the type 1,4-beta-N-acetylmuramidase encoded on Gardnerella prophages as an alternative treatment. When recombinantly expressed, these proteins demonstrated strong bactericidal activity against four different Gardnerella species. By domain shuffling, we generated several engineered endolysins with 10-fold higher bactericidal activity than any wild-type enzyme. When tested against a panel of 20 Gardnerella strains, the most active endolysin, called PM-477, showed minimum inhibitory concentrations of 0.13–8 µg/mL. PM-477 had no effect on beneficial lactobacilli or other species of vaginal bacteria. Furthermore, the efficacy of PM-477 was tested by fluorescence in situ hybridization on vaginal samples of fifteen patients with either first time or recurring bacterial vaginosis. In thirteen cases, PM-477 killed the Gardnerella bacteria and physically dissolved the biofilms without affecting the remaining vaginal microbiome. The high selectivity and effectiveness in eliminating Gardnerella, both in cultures of isolated strains as well as in clinically derived samples of natural polymicrobial biofilms, makes PM-477 a promising alternative to antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis, especially in patients with frequent recurrence.

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