期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 289, 期 34, 页码 23641-23652出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.555680
关键词
Enzyme Catalysis; Enzyme Kinetics; Enzyme Mechanism; Enzyme Structure; Enzyme Turnover
资金
- DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research
- National Institutes of Health, NIGMS [P41GM103393]
Background: The bacterial homolog, 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin synthase, of the eukaryotic 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase enzyme acts on the same substrate but produces different products. Results: Structural and biochemical studies trace the differential reactivity to four residues. Conclusion: Differential reactivity between the enzyme homologs is a result of small changes in the enzyme active site. Significance: This work furthers our understanding of how novel activities may arise from common protein-folds. 6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) homologs in both mammals and bacteria catalyze distinct reactions using the same 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate substrate. The mammalian enzyme converts 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate to 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin, whereas the bacterial enzyme catalyzes the formation of 6-carboxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin. To understand the basis for the differential activities we determined the crystal structure of a bacterial PTPS homolog in the presence and absence of various ligands. Comparison to mammalian structures revealed that although the active sites are nearly structurally identical, the bacterial enzyme houses a His/Asp dyad that is absent from the mammalian protein. Steady state and time-resolved kinetic analysis of the reaction catalyzed by the bacterial homolog revealed that these residues are responsible for the catalytic divergence. This study demonstrates how small variations in the active site can lead to the emergence of new functions in existing protein folds.
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