The crystal structure of a sulfurtransferase from Azotobacter vinelandii highlights the evolutionary relationship between the rhodanese and phosphatase enzyme families

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作者
Bordo, D
Deriu, D
Colnaghi, R
Carpen, A
Pagani, S
Bolognesi, M
机构
[1] IST, Adv Biotechnol Ctr, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
[2] Univ Genoa, Dept Phys, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
[3] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Sci Agroalimentari, I-20133 Milan, Italy
关键词
sulfurtransferase; rhodanese; phosphatase; Cdc25;
D O I
10.1006/jmbi.2000.3651
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Rhodanese is an ubiquitous enzyme that in vitro catalyses the transfer of a sulfur atom from suitable donors to nucleophilic accepters by way of a double displacement mechanism. During the catalytic process the enzyme cycles between a sulfur-free and a persulfide-containing form, via formation of a persulfide linkage to a catalytic Cys residue, in the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Azotobacter vinelandii the rhdA gene has been identified and the encoded protein functionally characterized as a rhodanese. The crystal structure of the A. vinelandii rhodanese has been determined and refined at 1.8 Angstrom resolution in the sulfur-free and persulfide-containing forms. Conservation of the overall three-dimensional fold of bovine rhodanese is observed, with substantial modifications of the protein structure in the proximity of the catalytic residue Cys230. Remarkably, the native enzyme is found as the Cys230-persulfide form; in the sulfur-free state the catalytic Cys residue adopts two alternate conformations, reflected by perturbation of the neighboring active-site residues, which is associated with a partly reversible loss of thiosulfate:cyanide sulfur transferase activity. The catalytic mechanism of A. vinelandii rhodanese relies primarily on the main-chain conformation of the 230 to 235 active-site loop and on a surrounding strong positive electrostatic field. Substrate recognition is based on residues which are entirely different in the prokaryotic and eukaryotic enzymes. The active-site loop of A. vinelandii rhodanese displays striking structural similarity to the active-site loop of the similarly folded catalytic domain of dual specific phosphatase Cdc25, suggesting a common evolutionary origin of the two enzyme families. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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