The catalytic mechanism of indole-3-glycerol phosphate syntase:: Crystal structures of complexes of the enzyme from Sulfolobus solfataricus with substrate analogue, substrate, and product

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作者
Hennig, M
Darimont, BD
Jansonius, JN
Kirschner, K
机构
[1] Univ Basel, Div Struct Biol, Biozentrum, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
[2] Univ Basel, Biozentrum, Div Biophys Chem, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
关键词
ligand complexes; X-ray structural analysis; (beta alpha)(8)-barrel; catalytic mechanism; tryptophan biosynthesis;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00378-9
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
Indoleglycerol phosphate synthase catalyzes the ring closure of an N-alkylated anthranilate to a 3-alkyl indole derivative, a reaction requiring Lewis acid catalysis in vitro. Here, we investigated the enzymatic reaction mechanism through X-ray crystallography of complexes of the hyperthermostable enzyme from Sulfolobus solfataricus with the substrate 1-(o-carboxyphenylamino) 1-deoxyribulose 5-phosphate, a substrate analogue and the product indole-3-glycerol phosphate. The substrate and the substrate analogue are bound to the active site in a similar, extended conformation between the previously identified phosphate binding site and a hydrophobic pocket for the anthranilate moiety. This binding mode is unproductive, because the carbon atoms that are to be joined are too far apart. The indole ring of the bound product resides in a second hydrophobic pocket adjacent to that of the anthranilate moiety of the substrate. Although the hydrophobic moiety of the substrate moves during catalysis from one hydrophobic pocket to the other, the triosephosphate moiety remains rigidly bound to the same set of hydrogen-bonding residues. Simultaneously, the catalytically important residues Lys53, Lys110 and Glu159 maintain favourable distances to the atoms of the ligand undergoing covalent changes. On the basis of these data, the structures of two putative catalytic intermediates were modelled into the active site. This new structural information and the modelling studies provide further insight into the mechanism of enzyme-catalyzed indole synthesis. The charged e-amino group of Lys110 is the general acid, and the carboxylate group of Glu159 is the general base. Lys53 guides the substrate undergoing conformational transitions during catalysis, by forming a salt-bridge to the carboxylate group of its anthranilate moiety. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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