scholarly journals Replacement of enzyme-bound calcium with strontium alters the kinetic properties of methanol dehydrogenase

1994 ◽  
Vol 300 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
T K Harris ◽  
V L Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Paracoccus Denitrificans ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Native Enzyme ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Host Bacterium ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Dependent Activity ◽  
Cyanide Inhibition ◽  
Endogenous Activity

Methanol dehydrogenase (MEDH) possesses tightly bound Ca2+ in addition to its pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) prosthetic group. Ca2+ was replaced with Sr2+ by growing the host bacterium, Paracoccus denitrificans, in media in which Ca2+ was replaced with Sr2+. MEDH, which was purified from these cells (Sr-MEDH), exhibited an increased absorption coefficient for the PQQ chromophore, and displayed certain kinetic properties which were different from those of native MEDH. Native MEDH exhibits an endogenous activity which is not stimulated by substrate and which is inhibited by cyanide. Sr-MEDH exhibited lower endogenous activity which was stimulated by substrate, and was much less sensitive to inhibition by cyanide. The Vmax. for the methanol-dependent activity of Sr-MEDH was 3-fold greater than that of the native enzyme, and the Ks for methanol was altered. Cyanide also acts as an obligatory activator and competitive inhibitor of methanol-dependent activity in native MEDH from P. denitrificans [Harris and Davidson (1993) Biochemistry 32, 4362-4368]. Sr-MEDH exhibited a similar K1 for cyanide inhibition of methanol-dependent activity, but the KA for cyanide activation of this activity was 17-fold greater than that for the native enzyme. The activation energy of Sr-MEDH was 13.4 kJ (3.2 kcal)/mol lower than that of the native enzyme. These data confirm and significantly extend the conclusions from genetic [Richardson and Anthony (1992) Biochem. J. 287, 709-715] and crystallographic [White, Boyd, Mathews, Xia, Dai, Zhang and Davidson (1993) Biochemistry 32, 12955-12958] studies that suggest an apparently unique role for Ca2+ in MEDH compared with other Ca(2+)-dependent proteins and enzymes.

scholarly journals Thermal stability of methanol dehydrogenase is altered by the replacement of enzyme-bound Ca2+ with Sr2+

1994 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
T K Harris ◽  
V L Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Paracoccus Denitrificans ◽  
Double Resonance ◽  
Pyrroloquinoline Quinone ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Activation Entropy ◽  
Host Bacterium ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Electron Nuclear Double Resonance ◽  
Delta G

Methanol dehydrogenase (MEDH) possesses tightly bound Ca2+ in addition to its pyrroloquinoline quinone prosthetic group. Ca2+ was replaced with Sr2+ by growing the host bacterium, Paracoccus denitrificans, in media in which Ca2+ was replaced with Sr2+. At temperatures in the transition region for stability, the rate constants for inactivation of MEDH purified from these cells (Sr-MEDH) were 2-fold lower than those for MEDH. However, Arrhenius plots yielded an activation energy (Ea) of 699 kJ (167 kcal)/mol for MEDH compared with 640 kJ (153 kcal)/mol for Sr-MEDH. Further analysis by transition-state theory yielded values for the activation enthalpy (delta H*) and activation entropy (delta S*) of 696 kJ (166 kcal)/mol and 1.73 kJ (414 cal)/mol per K for MEDH and 637 kJ (152 kcal)/mol and 1.55 kJ (371 cal)/mol per K for Sr-MEDH. The higher rate of inactivation of MEDH than Sr-MEDH at higher temperatures is a consequence of a more favourable net gain in entropy. This positive entropy contribution increases at high temperatures, and reduces the more favourable stability obtained from the enthalpy contribution for the free energy (delta G*) of inactivation. The differences in these thermodynamic data are discussed in relation to the recently determined crystal structure of MEDH as well as 1H electron-nuclear double resonance studies of the influence of Sr2+ substitution on the structure of the pyrroloquinoline quinone-derived radical in MEDH.

scholarly journals Characterization of mutant forms of the quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenase lacking an essential calcium ion

1992 ◽  
Vol 287 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
I W Richardson ◽  
C Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Paracoccus Denitrificans ◽  
Molecular Size ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Methylobacterium Extorquens ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
L Proteins ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Mutant Forms

Methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) from Methylobacterium extorquens, Methylophilus methylotrophus, Paracoccus denitrificans and Hyphomicrobium X all contained a single atom of Ca2+ per alpha 2 beta 2 tetramer. The role of Ca2+ was investigated using the MDH from Methylobacterium extorquens. This was shown to be similar to the MDH from Hyphomicrobium X in having 2 mol of prosthetic group (pyrroloquinoline quinine; PQQ) per mol of tetramer, the PQQ being predominantly in the semiquinone form. MDH isolated from the methanol oxidation mutants MoxA-, K- and L- contained no Ca2+. They were identical with the enzyme isolated from wild-type bacteria with respect to molecular size, subunit configuration, pI, N-terminal amino acid sequence and stability under denaturing conditions (low pH, high urea and high guanidinium chloride) and in the nature and content of the prosthetic group (2 mol of PQQ per mol of MDH). They differed in their lack of Ca2+, the oxidation state of the extracted PQQ (fully oxidized), absence of the semiquinone form of PQQ in the enzyme, reactivity with the suicide inhibitor cyclopropanol and absorption spectrum, which indicated that PQQ is bound differently from that in normal MDH. Incubation of MDH from the mutants in calcium salts led to irreversible time-dependent reconstitution of full activity concomitant with restoration of a spectrum corresponding to that of fully reduced normal MDH. It is concluded that Ca2+ in MDH is directly or indirectly involved in binding PQQ in the active site. The MoxA, K and L proteins may be involved in maintaining a high Ca2+ concentration in the periplasm. It is more likely, however, that they fill a ‘chaperone’ function, stabilizing a configuration of MDH which permits incorporation of low concentrations of Ca2+ into the protein.

Spectral and kinetic properties of a cationic peroxidase secreted by cultured peanut cells

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 1086-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Lambeir ◽  
H. Brian Dunford ◽  
Robert B. van Huystee ◽  
Jerzy Lobarzewski
Keyword(s):  
Dissociation Constant ◽  
Native Enzyme ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Compound I ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Equilibrium Studies ◽  
Alkaline Transition ◽  
Cyanide Binding ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Compound Ii

It is demonstrated that the cationic peroxidase isolated from the growth medium of cultured peanut cells reacts via the same mechanism as other peroxidases, namely conversion of the native enzyme into compound I by reaction with hydrogen peroxide, followed by two reductions by one-electron donors to compound II and then back to the native enzyme. From the pyridine hemochromogen spectrum it is concluded that the prosthetic group of the native enzyme is ferriprotoporphyrin IX. Optical spectra are recorded for (i) the native (ferric) enzyme and its cyanide, azide, fluoride and alkaline forms, (ii) ferrous peroxidase and its cyanide and carbon monoxide complexes, and (iii) compounds I, II, and III. Equilibrium studies show that the ferric cyanide complex has a dissociation constant of 3.0 ± 0.5 μM over the pH range 3–8. The fluoride complex has a dissociation constant which varies from 1.6 μM at pH 4.0 to 28 μM at pH 4.8. Azide has a much lower affinity than fluoride. The alkaline transition occurs with an apparent pKa value of 9.2. Rate constants were recorded for cyanide binding, the alkaline transition, compound I formation, and for the reactions of compound II with a series of substrates. Similarities and differences to horseradish peroxidase are discussed.

scholarly journals Functional investigation of methanol dehydrogenase-like protein XoxF in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Microbiology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 156 (8) ◽  
pp. 2575-2586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Schmidt ◽  
Philipp Christen ◽  
Patrick Kiefer ◽  
Julia A. Vorholt
Keyword(s):  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Plant Colonization ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Methylobacterium Extorquens ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
One Carbon Metabolism ◽  
Functional Investigation

Methanol dehydrogenase-like protein XoxF of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 exhibits a sequence identity of 50 % to the catalytic subunit MxaF of periplasmic methanol dehydrogenase in the same organism. The latter has been characterized in detail, identified as a pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent protein, and shown to be essential for growth in the presence of methanol in this methylotrophic model bacterium. In contrast, the function of XoxF in M. extorquens AM1 has not yet been elucidated, and a phenotype remained to be described for a xoxF mutant. Here, we found that a xoxF mutant is less competitive than the wild-type during colonization of the phyllosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana, indicating a function for XoxF during plant colonization. A comparison of the growth parameters of the M. extorquens AM1 xoxF mutant with those of the wild-type during exponential growth revealed a reduced methanol uptake rate and a reduced growth rate for the xoxF mutant of about 30 %. Experiments with cells starved for carbon revealed that methanol oxidation in the xoxF mutant occurs less rapidly compared with the wild-type, especially in the first minutes after methanol addition. A distinct phenotype for the xoxF mutant was also observed when formate and CO2 production were measured after the addition of methanol or formaldehyde to starved cells. The wild-type, but not the xoxF mutant, accumulated formate upon substrate addition and had a 1 h lag in CO2 production under the experimental conditions. Determination of the kinetic properties of the purified enzyme showed a conversion capacity for both formaldehyde and methanol. The results suggest that XoxF is involved in one-carbon metabolism in M. extorquens AM1.

scholarly journals Microbial oxidation of amines. Spectral and kinetic properties of the primary amine dehydrogenase of Pseudomonas AM 1

1971 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 757-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Eady ◽  
P. J. Large
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Emission ◽  
Electrophoretic Analysis ◽  
Enzyme Mechanism ◽  
Heat Denaturation ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Microbial Oxidation ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Iron And Zinc ◽  
Amine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Phenazine Methosulphate

1. An improved procedure is reported for purification of the amine dehydrogenase from methylamine-grown Pseudomonas AM1 which yielded a product homogeneous by sedimentation and disc-electrophoretic analysis, with molecular weight of 133000. 2. The purified enzyme had absorption maxima at 280 and 430nm. On aging, a third peak appeared at 325nm, and the 430nm peak decreased in intensity. This spectrum was independent of pH. 3. Addition of 2.5mm-semicarbazide, phenylhydrazine, hydrazine or hydroxylamine produced modified spectra with maxima respectively at 400, 440, 395 and 425nm. 4. Aerobic addition of methylamine resulted in a bleaching of the 430nm peak and the appearance of a new one at 325nm. This spectral change was retained after removal of the methylamine by dialysis. The original spectrum could be restored on addition of phenazine methosulphate. 5. Addition of borohydride partially inactivated the enzyme and produced spectral changes similar to those observed with methylamine. Pre-treatment with methylamine prevented the inactivation by borohydride. The degree of inactivation could be increased by alternate phenazine methosulphate and borohydride treatments. 6. The addition of methylamine or borohydride each caused shifts in the fluorescence emission maximum from 348 to 380nm. 7. Lineweaver–Burk plots of reciprocal activity against reciprocal concentration of either of the substrates n-butylamine or phenazine methosulphate were consistent with a mechanism that involves interconversion of two free forms of the enzyme by the two substrates. 8. The enzyme, although spectrally modified, was not inactivated by dialysis against diethyldithiocarbamate, and contained about 0.27 g-atom of copper/mol, with small traces of cobalt, iron and zinc. 9. Conventional methods of resolution did not release the prosthetic group. Heat denaturation after treatment of the enzyme with methylamine liberated a yellow chromophore which did not reactivate resolved aspartate aminotransferase, and whose spectral, electrophoretic and fluorescence properties did not agree with any recognizable pyridoxal derivatives. 10. Despite the inconclusive results with the isolated chromophore, the observations on the enzyme suggest that it may contain a pyridoxal derivative bound as a Schiff's base which is converted into the pyridoxamine form on aerobic treatment with methylamine and reconverted into the pyridoxal form with phenazine methosulphate. 11. The copper detected is probably not involved in the enzyme mechanism, since most copper-chelating agents are not inhibitory, and since the enzyme does not react with oxygen.

scholarly journals Genetic characterization of trimethoprim resistance in Haemophilus influenzae.

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 2131-2136 ◽  
Author(s):  
R de Groot ◽  
M Sluijter ◽  
A de Bruyn ◽  
J Campos ◽  
W H Goessens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Promoter Region ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Host Bacterium ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Terminal Part ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Binding Domains ◽  
Subsequent Loss ◽  
Relationship Of

We previously demonstrated that trimethoprim (Tmp) resistance in Haemophilus influenzae is mediated by chromosomally encoded dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) with a modified primary structure and distinct kinetic properties. To gain insight into the relationship of the DHFR structure and the level of Tmp resistance that it confers on the host bacterium, we cloned and characterized the folH genes of one Tmp-susceptible and two Tmp-resistant H. influenzae strains. Differences were observed between Tmp-susceptible and Tmp-resistant isolates both in the promoter region and in the coding sequences. The effect of differences between H. influenzae folH genes on Tmp susceptibility was investigated in Escherichia coli. Various folH gene hybrids were constructed, and their influence on Tmp susceptibility was determined. Resistance in E. coli mediated by folH from H. influenzae strain R1047 was associated with alterations in the promoter and the central part of folH. In contrast, the E. coli Tmp resistance phenotype associated with the folH gene of H. influenzae R1042 was characterized by alterations in one or more of three amino acid residues at the C-terminal part of the protein. These data indicate that Tmp resistance is not only related to alterations in the promoter region of the folH gene and the Tmp binding domains at the N-terminal and central part of DHFR. Alterations in the C-terminal part may also cause Tmp resistance, probably as a result of a change in secondary structure and the subsequent loss of Tmp binding affinity.

scholarly journals The prosthetic group of methanol dehydrogenase. Purification and some of its properties

1980 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Duine ◽  
J Frank
Keyword(s):  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Soluble Nitrogen ◽  
Prosthetic Group ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
Group A

Methanol dehydrogenases isolated from bacteria belonging to different classes of methylotrophs contain the same prosthetic group. A procedure for its purification from whole cells is given. The reduced and oxidized form of the enzyme from Hyphomicrobium X and those of the isolated group are compared and it is concluded that the latter indeed functions in the enzyme. Further evidence is presented that the prosthetic group is not a pterine or lumazine derivative, but a water-soluble nitrogen-containing quinone.

scholarly journals Azide inhibition of urate oxidase

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 896-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laure Gabison ◽  
Nathalie Colloc'h ◽  
Thierry Prangé
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Substrate Binding ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Urate Oxidase ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Substrate Binding Site ◽  
Cyanide Inhibition ◽  
Orthorhombic Crystals

The inhibition of urate oxidase (UOX) by azide was investigated by X-ray diffraction techniques and compared with cyanide inhibition. Two well characterized sites for reagents are present in the enzyme: the dioxygen site and the substrate-binding site. To examine the selectivity of these sites towards azide inhibition, several crystallization conditions were developed. UOX was co-crystallized with azide (N3) in the presence or absence of either uric acid (UA, the natural substrate) or 8-azaxanthine (8AZA, a competitive inhibitor). In a second set of experiments, previously grown orthorhombic crystals of the UOX–UA or UOX–8AZA complexes were soaked in sodium azide solutions. In a third set of experiments, orthorhombic crystals of UOX with the exchangeable ligand 8-nitroxanthine (8NXN) were soaked in a solution containing uric acid and azide simultaneously (competitive soaking). In all assays, the soaking periods were either short (a few hours) or long (one or two months). These different experimental conditions showed that one or other of the sites, or the two sites together, could be inhibited. This also demonstrated that azide not only competes with dioxygen as cyanide does but also competes with the substrate for its enzymatic site. A model in agreement with experimental data would be an azide in equilibrium between two sites, kinetically in favour of the dioxygen site and thermodynamically in favour of the substrate-binding site.

Regulation of Methanol Dehydrogenase Synthesis in Paracoccus Denitrificans

1989 ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
N. Harms ◽  
R. J. M. van Spanning ◽  
L. F. Oltmann ◽  
A. H. Stouthamer
Keyword(s):  
Paracoccus Denitrificans ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase
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