Staphylococcal nuclease active-site amino acids: pH dependence of tyrosines and arginines by 13C NMR and correlation with kinetic studies.
Staphylococcal nuclease active-site amino acids: pH dependence of tyrosines and arginines by 13C NMR and correlation with kinetic studies.
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葡萄球菌核酸酶活性位点氨基酸:13C NMR 测定酪氨酸和精氨酸的 pH 依赖性以及与动力学研究的相关性。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00431a023
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Markley,JL
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作者:
Grissom,CB;Markley,JL
Revised Manuscript Received October 21, 1988 abstract: The pH and temperature dependence of the kinetic parameters of staphylococcal nuclease (EC 3.1. 4.7) have been examined with three p-nitrophenyl phosphate containing DNA analogues that vary as to 3'-substituent. With wild-type (Foggi variant) nuclease (nuclease wt) and the substrates thymidine S'-phosphate 5'-(/> nitrophenyl phosphate)(PNPdTp), thymidine 3'-methylphosphonate 5'-(p-nitrophenyl phosphate)(PNPdTp* Me), and thymidine 5'-(/t-nitrophenyl phosphate)(PNPdT), kQil remains nearly constant at 13 min" 1. However, k^ JK^ with nuclease wt varies considerably: 413, 13, and 0.52 mM" 1 min'1 with PNPdTp, PNPdTp* Me, and PNPdT, respectively. When tyrosine-85 is changed to phenylalanine (nuclease Y85F) by site-directed mutagenesis, fccat is unchanged at about 13 min" 1, except with PNPdTp where it drops to 1 min'1. With nuclease Y85F, kcal/Km is 19.5 and 25 mM" 1 min" 1 with PNPdTp and PNPdTp* Me, respectively. With PNPdTp as the substrate, a bell-shaped kcat/Km vs pH profile is seen with pKa values at 8.94 and 9.67 in 0.3 Mkc1 and H20. The pXa at 9.67 disappears, and a new pKa appears at 10.1 whentyrosine-85 is changed to phenylalanine (nuclease Y85F) or when the substrate 3'-phospho-monoester is changed to a 3'-methylphosphonate (PNPdTp* Me). This suggests that the inflection in kQal/Km with pKa at 9.67 arises from ionization of tyrosine-85, which hydrogen bonds to the divalent 3'-phospho-monoester of substrates with this substituent. The enthalpy of ionization of both deprotonation steps in the kcat/Km versus pH profile is 5 kcal/mol. 13C NMR has been used to determine the pKa values of the arginine and tyrosine residues. The protein was enriched uniformly with 20% 13C at all carbons and specifically with 90% 13C at the guanidino carbon of the arginine residues. All five arginines in the protein havepKa values greater than 11.6 in H20 and 0.3 Mkc1. This eliminates arginine as a candidate for the basic catalyst that deprotonates H20 to facilitate nucleophilic attack on phosphorus. The results do not rule out arginine as a candidate for the acidic catalyst that protonates the 5'-ribose alkoxide prior to product release. The phenolic hydroxyl carbon of tyrosine-85 has been assigned by comparing the 13C NMR spectrum of nuclease wt and nuclease Y85F. Thestructure of nuclease Y85F is not perturbed significantly by this substitution. Tyrosine-85 has a spectroscopically observed pKa of 9.53±0.05 in H20 and 0.3 Mkc1, which is similar to the basic-side pKa of 9.67 seen in the kcaJKm pH profile. This correlation between pKa values along with the absence of other candidates indicates that the ionization of tyrosine-85 is the pKa seen in the kcal/Km vs pH profile for substrates with a divalent 3'-phosphomonoester. This conclusion is consistent with the proposed role of tyrosine-85 as a hydrogen-bond donor to the 3'-phosphomonoester of substrates poised for exonucleolytic hydrolysis.Staphylococcal nuclease [ribonucleate (2'-deoxyribo-nucleate) 3'-nucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1. 4.7] catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of ribo-and 2'-deoxyribonucleotides be-tween the S'-phosphate and the 5'-oxygen of the ribose ring. The enzyme has been studied thoroughly and is a prototype for elucidation of the relationship between protein structure and catalytic activity (Hazen & Cotton, 1978; Tucker et al., 1979a-c). A detailed understanding of the catalytic role of