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Electron transfer from Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiose oxidase to equine cytochrome c and Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c-551.

ABSTRACT: The electron-transfer reactions of cellobiose oxidase (CBO) have been investigated by conventional and by rapid-scan stopped-flow spectroscopy at pH 6.0. Analysis of the absorbance/time/wavelength matrix by Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) confirms earlier studies showing that cellobiose rapidly reduces the flavin group (7.7 s-1; cellobiose, 100 microM) which in turn slowly (0.2 s-1) reduces the cytochrome b moiety. In the presence of CBO, cellobiose reduces cytochromes c in a reaction that does not depend on oxygen or superoxide. The rate limit for this process is independent of the source of the cytochromes c and is identical with the rate of cytochrome b reduction. Rapid-mixing experiments show that cytochrome b may donate electrons very rapidly to either mammalian cytochrome c or bacterial cytochrome c-551. The reactions were second-order (kc = 1.75 x 10(7) M-1 x s-1; kc-551 = 4.3 x 10(6) M-1 x s-1; pH 6.0, 21 degrees C and I0.064) and strongly ionic-strength (I)-dependent: kc decreasing with I and kc-551 increasing with I. These results suggest the electron-transfer site near cytochrome b bears a significant negative charge. Equilibrium gel chromatography confirms that CBO oxidase and positively charged mammalian cytochrome c make stable complexes. These results are discussed in terms of a model suggesting an electron-transfer role for cytochrome b in vivo, possibly connected with radical-mediated cellulose breakdown.

SUBMITTER: Rogers MS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1137943 | biostudies-other | 1994 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:BackgroundCellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium (PcCDH) is a key enzyme in lignocellulose depolymerization, biosensors and biofuel cells. For these applications, it should retain important molecular and catalytic properties when recombinantly expressed. While homologous expression is time-consuming and the prokaryote Escherichia coli is not suitable for expression of the two-domain flavocytochrome, the yeast Pichia pastoris is hyperglycosylating the enzyme. Fungal expression hosts like Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei were successfully used to express CDH from the ascomycete Corynascus thermophilus. This study describes the expression of basidiomycetes PcCDH in T. reesei (PcCDHTr) and the detailed comparison of its molecular, catalytic and electrochemical properties in comparison with PcCDH expressed by P. chrysosporium and P. pastoris (PcCDHPp).ResultsPcCDHTr was recombinantly produced with a yield of 600 U L-1 after 4 days, which is fast compared to the secretion of the enzyme by P. chrysosporium. PcCDHTr and PcCDH were purified to homogeneity by two chromatographic steps. Both enzymes were comparatively characterized in terms of molecular and catalytic properties. The pH optima for electron acceptors are identical for PcCDHTr and PcCDH. The determined FAD cofactor occupancy of 70% for PcCDHTr is higher than for other recombinantly produced CDHs and its catalytic constants are in good accordance with those of PcCDH. Mass spectrometry showed high mannose-type N-glycans on PcCDH, but only single N-acetyl-D-glucosamine additions at the six potential N-glycosylation sites of PcCDHTr, which indicates the presence of an endo-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase in the supernatant.ConclusionsHeterologous production of PcCDHTr is faster and the yield higher than secretion by P. chrysosporium. It also does not need a cellulose-based medium that impedes efficient production and purification of CDH by binding to the polysaccharide. The obtained high uniformity of PcCDHTr glycoforms will be very useful to investigate electron transfer characteristics in biosensors and biofuel cells, which are depending on the spatial restrictions inflicted by high-mannose N-glycan trees. The determined catalytic and electrochemical properties of PcCDHTr are very similar to those of PcCDH and the FAD cofactor occupancy is good, which advocates T. reesei as expression host for engineered PcCDH for biosensors and biofuel cells.

Project description:The kinetics of oxidation of azurin and cytochrome c-551 catalysed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome oxidase were re-investigated, and the steady-state parameters were evaluated by parametric and non-parametric methods. At low concentrations of substrates (e.g. less than or equal to 50 microM) the values obtained for Km and catalytic-centre activity are respectively 15 +/- 3 microM and 77 +/- 6 min-1 for azurin and 2.15 +/- 0.23 microM and 66 +/- 2 min-1 for cytochrome c-551, in general accord with previous reports assigning to cytochrome c-551 the higher affinity for the enzyme and to azurin a slightly higher catalytic rate. However, when the cytochrome c-551 concentration was extended well beyond the value of Km, the initial velocity increased, and eventually almost doubled at a substrate concentration greater than or equal to 100 microM. This result suggests a 'half-hearted' behaviour, since at relatively low cytochrome c-551 concentrations only one of the two identical binding sites of the dimeric enzyme seems to be catalytically active, possibly because of unfavourable interactions influencing the stability of the Michaelis-Menten complex at the second site. When reduced azurin and cytochrome c-551 are simultaneously exposed to Ps. aeruginosa cytochrome oxidase, the observed steady-state oxidation kinetics are complex, as expected in view of the rapid electron transfer between cytochrome c-551 and azurin in the free state. In spite of this complexity, it seems likely that a mechanism involving a simple competition between the two substrates for the same active site on the enzyme is operative. Addition of a chemically modified and redox inactive form of azurin (Hg-azurin) had no effect on the initial rate of oxidation of either azurin and cytochrome c-551, but clearly altered the time course of the overall process by removing, at least partially, the product inhibition. The results lead to the following conclusions: (i) reduced azurin and cytochrome c-551 bind at the same site on the enzyme, and thus compete; (ii) Hg-azurin binds at a regulatory site, competing with the product rather than the substrate; (iii) the two binding sites on the dimeric enzyme, though intrinsically equivalent, display unfavourable interactions. Since water is the product of the reduction of oxygen, point (iii) has important implications for the reaction mechanism.

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