Purification, characterization and catalytic properties of human sterol 8-isomerase.
Purification, characterization and catalytic properties of human sterol 8-isomerase.
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10.1042/bj20020551
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2002-11
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W. Nes;Wenxu Zhou;A. L. Dennis;Haoxia Li;Z. Jia;R. Keith;T. Piser;S. Furlong
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W. Nes;Wenxu Zhou;A. L. Dennis;Haoxia Li;Z. Jia;R. Keith;T. Piser;S. Furlong
CHO 2, encoding human sterol 8-isomerase (hSI), was introduced into plasmids pYX213 or pET23a. The resulting native protein was overexpressed in erg 2 yeast cells and purified to apparent homogeneity. The enzyme exhibited a K (m) of 50 microM and a turnover number of 0.423 s(-1) for zymosterol, an isoelectric point of 7.70, a native molecular mass of 107000 Da and was tetrameric. The structural features of zymosterol provided optimal substrate acceptability. Biomimetic studies of acid-catalysed isomerization of zymosterol resulted in formation of cholest-8(14)-enol, whereas the enzyme-generated product was a Delta(7)-sterol, suggesting absolute stereochemical control of the reaction by hSI. Using (2)H(2)O and either zymosterol or cholesta-7,24-dienol as substrates, the reversibility of the reaction was confirmed by GC-MS of the deuterated products. The positional specific incorporation of deuterium at C-9alpha was established by a combination of (1)H- and (13)C-NMR analyses of the enzyme-generated cholesta-7,24-dienol. Kinetic analyses indicated the reaction equilibrium ( K (eq)=14; DeltaG(o')=-6.5 kJ/mol) for double-bond isomerization favoured the forward direction, Delta(8) to Delta(7). Treatment of hSI with different high-energy intermediate analogues produced the following dissociation constants ( K (i)): emopamil (2 microM)=tamoxifen (1 microM)=tridemorph (1 microM)<25-azacholesterol (21 microM) <ketoconazole (156 microM)<cholesterol (620 microM). The results were consistent with stereoelectronic features of isomerization and support the general model for Delta(7)-sterol formation in cholesterol synthesis.
