Allosteric regulation of substrate channeling in tryptophan synthase:: Modulation of the L-Serine reaction in stage I of the ß-reaction by α-site ligands
Allosteric regulation of substrate channeling in tryptophan synthase:: Modulation of the L-Serine reaction in stage I of the ß-reaction by α-site ligands
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DOI:
10.1021/bi7003872
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发表时间:
2007-07-03
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2.9
通讯作者:
Dunn, Michael F.
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作者:
Ngo, Huu;Kimmich, Novelle;Dunn, Michael F.
In the tryptophan synthase bienzyme complex, indole produced by substrate cleavage at the alpha-site is channeled to the beta-site via a 25 angstrom long tunnel. Within the beta-site, indole and L-Ser react with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in a two-stage reaction to give L-Trp. In stage I, L-Ser forms an external aldimine, E(Aex(1)), which converts to the alpha-aminoacrylate aldimine, E(A-A). Formation of E(A-A) at the beta-site activates the alpha-site > 30-fold. In stage II, indole reacts with E(A-A) to give L-Trp. The binding of alpha-site ligands (ASLs) exerts strong allosteric effects on the reaction of substrates at the beta-site: the distribution of intermediates formed in stage I is shifted in favor of E(A-A), and the binding of ASLs triggers a conformational change in the beta-site to a state with an increased affinity for L-Ser. Here, we compare the behavior of new ASLs as allosteric effectors of stage I with the behavior of the natural product, D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. Rapid kinetics and kinetic isotope effects show these ASLs bind with affinities ranging from micro- to millimolar, and the rate-determining step for conversion of E(Aex(1)) to E(A-A) is increased by 8-10-fold. To derive a structure-based mechanism for stage I, X-ray structures of both the E(Aex(1)) and E(A-A) states complexed with the different ASLs were determined and compared with structures of the ASL complexes with the internal aldimine.