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Amyloid ? chaperone - lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase acts as a peroxidase in the presence of heme.


ABSTRACT: The extracellular transporter, lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS) binds to heme and heme metabolites with high affinity. It has been reported that L-PGDS protects neuronal cells against apoptosis induced by exposure to hydrogen peroxide. Our study demonstrates that when human WT L-PGDS is in complex with heme, it exhibits a strong peroxidase activity thus behaving as a pseudo-peroxidase. Electron paramagnetic resonance studies confirm that heme in the L-PGDS-heme complex is hexacoordinated with high-spin Fe(III). NMR titration of heme in L-PGDS points to hydrophobic interaction between heme and several residues within the ?-barrel cavity of L-PGDS. In addition to the transporter function, L-PGDS is a key amyloid ? chaperone in human cerebrospinal fluid. The presence of high levels of bilirubin and its derivatives, implicated in Alzheimer's disease, by binding to L-PGDS may reduce its chaperone activity. Nevertheless, our ThT binding assay establishes that heme and heme metabolites do not significantly alter the neuroprotective chaperone function of L-PGDS. Guided by NMR data we reconstructed the heme L-PGDS complex using extensive molecular dynamics simulations providing a platform for mechanistic interpretation of the catalytic and transporting functions and their modulation by secondary ligands like A? peptides and heme metabolites.

SUBMITTER: Phillips M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7148433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Amyloid β chaperone - lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase acts as a peroxidase in the presence of heme.

Phillips Margaret M   Kannaian Bhuvaneswari B   Yang Justin Ng Tze JNT   Kather Ralf R   Yuguang Mu M   Harmer Jeffrey R JR   Pervushin Konstantin K  

The Biochemical journal 20200401 7


The extracellular transporter, lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS) binds to heme and heme metabolites with high affinity. It has been reported that L-PGDS protects neuronal cells against apoptosis induced by exposure to hydrogen peroxide. Our study demonstrates that when human WT L-PGDS is in complex with heme, it exhibits a strong peroxidase activity thus behaving as a pseudo-peroxidase. Electron paramagnetic resonance studies confirm that heme in the L-PGDS-heme complex is hexacoo  ...[more]

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