1. Evolution of archaeal Rib7 and eubacterial RibG reductases in riboflavin biosynthesis: Substrate specificity and cofactor preference.
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Chen SC, Yen TM, Chang TH, and Liaw SH
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acid Substitution, Archaeal Proteins chemistry, Archaeal Proteins genetics, Bacillus subtilis enzymology, Bacillus subtilis genetics, Bacterial Proteins chemistry, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Catalytic Domain genetics, Crystallography, X-Ray, Enzyme Stability, Evolution, Molecular, Methanosarcina enzymology, Methanosarcina genetics, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, NAD metabolism, NADP metabolism, Nucleotide Deaminases chemistry, Nucleotide Deaminases genetics, Oxidoreductases chemistry, Oxidoreductases genetics, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Static Electricity, Substrate Specificity, Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases chemistry, Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases genetics, Archaeal Proteins metabolism, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Nucleotide Deaminases metabolism, Oxidoreductases metabolism, Riboflavin biosynthesis, Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases metabolism
- Abstract
Archaeal/fungal Rib7 and eubacterial RibG possess a reductase domain for ribosyl reduction in the second and third steps, respectively, of riboflavin biosynthesis. These enzymes are specific for an amino and a carbonyl group of the pyrimidine ring, respectively. Here, several crystal structures of Methanosarcina mazei Rib7 are reported at 2.27-1.95 Å resolution, which are the first archaeal dimeric Rib7 structures. Mutational analysis displayed that no detectable activity was observed for the Bacillus subtilis RibG K151A, K151D, and K151E mutants, and the M. mazei Rib7 D33N, D33K, and E156Q variants, while 0.1-0.6% of the activity was detected for the M. mazei Rib7 N9A, S29A, D33A, and D57N variants. Our results suggest that Lys151 in B. subtilis RibG, while Asp33 together with Arg36 in M. mazei Rib7, ensure the specific substrate recognition. Unexpectedly, an endogenous NADPH cofactor is observed in M. mazei Rib7, in which the 2'-phosphate group interacts with Ser88, and Arg91. Replacement of Ser88 with glutamate eliminates the endogenous NADPH binding and switches preference to NADH. The lower melting temperature of ∼10 °C for the S88E and R91A mutants suggests that nature had evolved a tightly bound NADPH to greatly enhance the structural stability of archaeal Rib7., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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