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Crystal structure of aldoxime dehydratase and its catalytic mechanism involved in carbon-nitrogen triple-bond synthesis.


ABSTRACT: Aldoxime dehydratase (OxdA), which is a unique heme protein, catalyzes the dehydration of an aldoxime to a nitrile even in the presence of water in the reaction mixture. Unlike the utilization of H(2)O(2) or O(2) as a mediator of catalysis by other heme-containing enzymes (e.g., P450), OxdA is notable for the direct binding of a substrate to the heme iron. Here, we determined the crystal structure of OxdA. We then constructed OxdA mutants in which each of the polar amino acids lying within ?6 Å of the iron atom of the heme was converted to alanine. Among the purified mutant OxdAs, S219A had completely lost and R178A exhibited a reduction in the activity. Together with this finding, the crystal structural analysis of OxdA and spectroscopic and electrostatic potential analyses of the wild-type and mutant OxdAs suggest that S219 plays a key role in the catalysis, forming a hydrogen bond with the substrate. Based on the spatial arrangement of the OxdA active site and the results of a series of mutagenesis experiments, we propose the detailed catalytic mechanism of general aldoxime dehydratases: (i) S219 stabilizes the hydroxy group of the substrate to increase its basicity; (ii) H320 acts as an acid-base catalyst; and (iii) R178 stabilizes the heme, and would donate a proton to and accept one from H320.

SUBMITTER: Nomura J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3581911 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystal structure of aldoxime dehydratase and its catalytic mechanism involved in carbon-nitrogen triple-bond synthesis.

Nomura Junpei J   Hashimoto Hiroshi H   Ohta Takehiro T   Hashimoto Yoshiteru Y   Wada Koichi K   Naruta Yoshinori Y   Oinuma Ken-Ichi K   Kobayashi Michihiko M  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130204 8


Aldoxime dehydratase (OxdA), which is a unique heme protein, catalyzes the dehydration of an aldoxime to a nitrile even in the presence of water in the reaction mixture. Unlike the utilization of H(2)O(2) or O(2) as a mediator of catalysis by other heme-containing enzymes (e.g., P450), OxdA is notable for the direct binding of a substrate to the heme iron. Here, we determined the crystal structure of OxdA. We then constructed OxdA mutants in which each of the polar amino acids lying within ∼6 Å  ...[more]

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