Electrostatic stabilization in a pre-organized polar active site:: the catalytic role of Lys-80 in Candida tenuis xylose reductase (AKR2B5) probed by site-directed mutagenesis and functional complementation studies
Electrostatic stabilization in a pre-organized polar active site:: the catalytic role of Lys-80 in Candida tenuis xylose reductase (AKR2B5) probed by site-directed mutagenesis and functional complementation studies
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DOI:
10.1042/bj20050167
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发表时间:
2005-07-15
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Nidetzky, B
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Kratzer, R;Nidetzky, B
Lys-80 of Candida tenuis xylose reductase (AKR2B5) is conserved throughout the aldo-keto reductase protein superfamily and may prime the nearby Tyr-51 for general acid catalysis to NAD(P)H-dependent carbonyl group reduction. We have examined the catalytic significance of side-chain substitutions in two AKR2B5 mutants, Lys-80 -> Ala (K80A) and Asp-46 -> Asti Lys-80 -> Ala (D46N K80A), using steady-state kinetic analysis and restoration of activity with external amines. Binding of NAD(+) (K-d = 24 mu M) and NADP(+) (K-d = 0.03 mu M) was 10- and 40-fold tighter in K80A than the wild-type enzyme, whereas binding of NADH (K-d = 51 AM) and NADPH (K-d = 19 AM) was weakened 2- and 16-fold in this mutant respectively. D46N K80A bound NAD(P)H and NAD(P)(+) uniformly approx. 5-fold less tightly than the wild-type enzyme. The second-order rate constant for non-covalent restoration of NADH-dependent reductase activity (k(max)/K-amine) by protonated ethylamine was 0.11 M-1 (.) s(-1) for K80A, whereas no detectable rescue occurred for D46N K80A. After correction for effects of side-chain hydrophobicity, we obtained a linear free energy relationship of log (k(max)/K-amine) and amine group pK(a) (slope = + 0.29; r(2) = 0.93) at pH 7.0. pH profiles of log (k(cat)/K-m) for carbonyl group reduction by wild-type and D46N K80A revealed identical and kinetically unperturbed pKa values of 8.50 (+/- 0.20). Therefore the protonated side chain of Lys-80 is not an essential activator of general acid catalysis by AKR2B5. Stabilized structurally through the salt-link interaction with the negatively charged Asp-46, it is proposed to pull the side chain of Tyr-51 into the catalytic position, leading to a preorganized polar environment of overall neutral charge, in which approximation of uncharged reactive groups is favoured and thus hydride transfer from NAD(P)H is strongly preferred. Lys-80 affects further the directional preference of AKR2B5 for NAD(P)H-dependent reduction by increasing NAD(P)H compared with NAD(P)(+)-binding selectivity.