Effects of selenium on the structure and function of recombinant human S-adenosyl-L-methionine dependent arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase in E-coli
Effects of selenium on the structure and function of recombinant human S-adenosyl-L-methionine dependent arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase in E-coli
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硒对大肠杆菌重组人S-腺苷-L-蛋氨酸依赖性砷(3氧化态)甲基转移酶结构和功能的影响
DOI:
10.1007/s00775-008-0464-6
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Wang, Zhilin
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作者:
Geng, Zhirong;Song, Xiaoli;Wang, Zhilin
The effects of Se-IV on the structure and function of recombinant human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) purified from the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli were studied. The coding region of human AS3MT complementary DNA was amplified from total RNA extracted from HepG2 cell by reverse transcription PCR. Soluble and active human AS3MT was expressed in the E. coli with a Trx fusion tag under a lower induction temperature of 25 degrees C. Spectra (UV-vis, circular dichroism, and fluorescence) were first used to probe the interaction of Se-IV and recombinant human AS3MT and the structure-function relationship of the enzyme. The recombinant human AS3MT had a secondary structure of 29.0% alpha-helix, 23.9% beta-pleated sheet, 17.9% beta-turn, and 29.2% random coil. When Se-IV was added, the content of the alpha -helix did not change, but that of the beta-pleated sheet increased remarkably in the conformation of recombinant human AS3MT. Se-IV inhibited the enzymatic methylation of inorganic As-III in a concentration-dependent manner. The IC50 value for Se-IV was 2.38 mu M. Double-reciprocal (1/V vs. 1/[inorganic As-III]) plots showed Se-IV to be a noncompetitive inhibitor of the methylation of inorganic As-III by recombinant human AS3MT with a K-i value of 2.61 mu M. We hypothesized that Se-IV interacts with the sulfhydryl group of cysteine(s) in the structural residues rather than the cysteines of the active site (Cys156 and Cys206). When Se-IV was combined with cysteine(s) in the structural residues, the conformation of recombinant human AS3MT changed and the enzymatic activity decreased. Considering the quenching of tryptophan fluorescence, Cys72 and/or Cys226 are deduced to be primary targets for Se-IV.