A water-mediated salt link in the catalytic site of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase may influence activity.
A water-mediated salt link in the catalytic site of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase may influence activity.
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大肠杆菌碱性磷酸酶催化位点中水介导的盐连接可能会影响活性。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00245a018
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Kantrowitz,ER
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作者:
Xu,X;Kantrowitz,ER
Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167 Received February 19, 1991; Revised Manuscript Received May 9, 1991 abstract: Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase catalyzes the hydrolysis of a wide variety of phosphomonoesters at similar rates, and the reaction proceeds through a phosphoenzyme intermediate. The active site region is highly conserved between the E. coli and mammalianalkaline phosphatases. The three-di-mensional structure of the E. coli enzyme indicates that Lys-328, which is replaced by histidine inall mammalian alkaline phosphatases, is bridged to the phosphate through a water molecule. This water molecule is also hydrogen bonded to Asp-327, a bidendate ligand of the one of the two zinc atoms. Here we report the use of site-specific mutagenesis to convert Lys-328 to both histidine and alanine. Steady-state kinetic studies above pH 7.0 indicate that both mutant enzymes have altered pH versus activity profilescompared to the profile for the wild-type enzyme. At pH 10.3, in the presence of Tris, the Lys-328-*Ala enzyme is approximately 14-fold more active than the wild-type enzyme. At the same pH inthe absence of Tris the Lys-328—Ala enzyme is still 6-fold more active than the wild-type enzyme. Both mutant enzymes have lower phosphate affinities than the wild-type enzyme at all pH values investigated. Pre-steady-state kinetics at pH 5.5 reveal that the Lys-328 Ala enzyme behaves very similar to the phosphate-free wild-type enzyme. However, at pH 8.0, as opposed to the wild-type enzyme that does not exhibit a transient phase, the mutant enzyme shows a small transient phase in thepre steady state, suggesting a possible change in the rate-limiting step for this mutant enzyme at thispH. The properties of the mutant enzymes can be rationalized on the basis of a reduction in phosphate affinity. These data also suggest a possible alteration of the pKa of the zinc-coordinated hydroxyl group.