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Structure of the processive rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp.

ABSTRACT: Rubber oxygenase A (RoxA) is one of only two known enzymes able to catalyze the oxidative cleavage of latex for biodegradation. RoxA acts as a processive dioxygenase to yield the predominant product 12-oxo-4,8-dimethyl-trideca-4,8-diene-1-al (ODTD), a tri-isoprene unit. Here we present a structural analysis of RoxA from Xanthomonas sp. strain 35Y at a resolution of 1.8 Å. The enzyme is a 75-kDa diheme c-type cytochrome with an unusually low degree of secondary structure. Analysis of the heme group arrangement and peptide chain topology of RoxA confirmed a distant kinship with diheme peroxidases of the CcpA family, but the proteins are functionally distinct, and the extracellular RoxA has evolved to have twice the molecular mass by successively accumulating extensions of peripheral loops. RoxA incorporates both oxygen atoms of its cosubstrate dioxygen into the rubber cleavage product ODTD, and we show that RoxA is isolated with O2 stably bound to the active site heme iron. Activation and cleavage of O2 require binding of polyisoprene, and thus the substrate needs to use hydrophobic access channels to reach the deeply buried active site of RoxA. The location and nature of these channels support a processive mechanism of latex cleavage.

SUBMITTER: Seidel J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3752256 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structure of the processive rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp.

Seidel Julian J Schmitt Georg G Hoffmann Maren M Jendrossek Dieter D Einsle Oliver O

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130806 34

Rubber oxygenase A (RoxA) is one of only two known enzymes able to catalyze the oxidative cleavage of latex for biodegradation. RoxA acts as a processive dioxygenase to yield the predominant product 12-oxo-4,8-dimethyl-trideca-4,8-diene-1-al (ODTD), a tri-isoprene unit. Here we present a structural analysis of RoxA from Xanthomonas sp. strain 35Y at a resolution of 1.8 Å. The enzyme is a 75-kDa diheme c-type cytochrome with an unusually low degree of secondary structure. Analysis of the heme gro ...[more]

PMID: 23922395

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Project description:Only two types of rubber oxygenases, rubber oxygenase (RoxA) and latex clearing protein (Lcp), have been described so far. RoxA proteins (RoxAs) are c-type cytochromes of ?70 kDa produced by Gram-negative rubber-degrading bacteria, and they cleave polyisoprene into 12-oxo-4,8-dimethyltrideca-4,8-diene-1-al (ODTD), a C15 oligo-isoprenoid, as the major end product. Lcps are common among Gram-positive rubber degraders and do not share amino acid sequence similarities with RoxAs. Furthermore, Lcps have much smaller molecular masses (?40 kDa), are b-type cytochromes, and cleave polyisoprene to a mixture of C20, C25, C30, and higher oligo-isoprenoids as end products. In this article, we purified a new type of rubber oxygenase, RoxB Xsp (RoxB of Xanthomonas sp. strain 35Y). RoxB Xsp is distantly related to RoxAs and resembles RoxAs with respect to molecular mass (70.3 kDa for mature protein) and cofactor content (2 c-type hemes). However, RoxB Xsp differs from all currently known RoxAs in having a distinctive product spectrum of C20, C25, C30, and higher oligo-isoprenoids that has been observed only for Lcps so far. Purified RoxB Xsp revealed the highest specific activity of 4.5 U/mg (at 23°C) of all currently known rubber oxygenases and exerts a synergistic effect on the efficiency of polyisoprene cleavage by RoxA Xsp RoxB homologs were identified in several other Gram-negative rubber-degrading species, pointing to a prominent function of RoxB for the biodegradation of rubber in Gram-negative bacteria.IMPORTANCE The enzymatic cleavage of rubber (polyisoprene) is of high environmental importance given that enormous amounts of rubber waste materials are permanently released (e.g., by abrasion of tires). Research from the last decade has discovered rubber oxygenase A, RoxA, and latex clearing protein (Lcp) as being responsible for the primary enzymatic attack on the hydrophobic and water-insoluble biopolymer poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) in Gram-negative and Gram-positive rubber-degrading bacteria, respectively. Here, we provide evidence that a third type of rubber oxygenase is present in Gram-negative rubber-degrading species. Due to its characteristics, we suggest the designation RoxB for the new type of rubber oxygenase. Bioinformatic analysis of genome sequences indicates the presence of roxB homologs in other Gram-negative rubber degraders.

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Structure of the processive rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp.

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Structure of the processive rubber oxygenase RoxA from Xanthomonas sp.

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