Metal-free class Ie ribonucleotide reductase from pathogens initiates catalysis with a tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine radical.
Metal-free class Ie ribonucleotide reductase from pathogens initiates catalysis with a tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine radical.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1811993115
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发表时间:
2018-10-02
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Boal AK
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Blaesi EJ;Palowitch GM;Hu K;Kim AJ;Rose HR;Alapati R;Lougee MG;Kim HJ;Taguchi AT;Tan KO;Laremore TN;Griffin RG;Krebs C;Matthews ML;Silakov A;Bollinger JM Jr;Allen BD;Boal AK
Conversion of ribonucleotides to the 2′-deoxyribonucleotides required for DNA biosynthesis is catalyzed by ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) via a free-radical mechanism. Known types of RNRs all depend on redox-active transition metals—manganese, iron, or cobalt—for radical initiation. Pathogenic bacteria are challenged by transition metal sequestration and infliction of oxidative stress by their hosts, and the deployment of multiple RNRs with different metal requirements and radical-initiating oxidants is a known bacterial countermeasure. A class I RNR from two bacterial pathogens completely lacks transition metals in its active state and uses a tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine radical as its initiator, embodying a novel tactic to combat transition metal- and oxidant-mediated innate immunity and reinforcing bacterial RNRs as potential antibiotic targets. All cells obtain 2′-deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis through the activity of a ribonucleotide reductase (RNR). The class I RNRs found in humans and pathogenic bacteria differ in (i) use of Fe(II), Mn(II), or both for activation of the dinuclear-metallocofactor subunit, β; (ii) reaction of the reduced dimetal center with dioxygen or superoxide for this activation; (iii) requirement (or lack thereof) for a flavoprotein activase, NrdI, to provide the superoxide from O2; and (iv) use of either a stable tyrosyl radical or a high-valent dimetal cluster to initiate each turnover by oxidizing a cysteine residue in the α subunit to a radical (Cys•). The use of manganese by bacterial class I, subclass b-d RNRs, which contrasts with the exclusive use of iron by the eukaryotic Ia enzymes, appears to be a countermeasure of certain pathogens against iron deprivation imposed by their hosts. Here, we report a metal-free type of class I RNR (subclass e) from two human pathogens. The Cys• in its α subunit is generated by a stable, tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine radical (DOPA•) in β. The three-electron oxidation producing DOPA• occurs in Escherichia coli only if the β is coexpressed with the NrdI activase encoded adjacently in the pathogen genome. The independence of this new RNR from transition metals, or the requirement for a single metal ion only transiently for activation, may afford the pathogens an even more potent countermeasure against transition metal-directed innate immunity.
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