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Directed mutagenesis of the gor gene from Escherichia coli encoding the flavoprotein glutathione reductase was used to convert the two cysteine residues that comprise its redox-active disulphide bridge to
alanine
(C42A) and serine (C47S) residues. A double mutant (C42AH439A) was also created in which His-439, the proton donor/acceptor in the glutathione-binding site, was additionally converted into an
alanine
residue. The C42A and C47S mutants were both unable to catalyse the reduction of glutathione by NADPH. The C42A mutant retained the transhydrogenase activity of the wild-type enzyme, whereas the C47S mutant was also inhibited in this reaction. These results support the view that in the catalytic mechanism of E. coli glutathione reductase, the thiolate form of Cys-42 acts as a nucleophile to initiate disulphide exchange with enzyme-bound glutathione and that the thiolate form of Cys-47 generates an essential charge-transfer complex with enzyme-bound
FAD
. Titration of the C42A and C42AH439A mutants indicated that the imidazole side-chain of His-439 lowered the pKa of the charge-transfer thiol (Cys-47) from 7.7 to 5.7, enhancing its ability to act as an anion at neutral pH. Several important differences between these mutants of E. coli glutathione reductase and similar mutants (or chemically modified forms) of other members of the flavoprotein disulphide oxidoreductase family were noted, but these could be explained in terms of the different redox chemistries of the enzymes concerned.
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PMID:Directed mutagenesis of the redox-active disulphide bridge in glutathione reductase from Escherichia coli. 197 42
Human NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (EC 1.6.2.2) contains 4 cyteine residues (Cys-203, -273, -283, and -297). Cys-283 was previously proposed to be involved in NADH binding by chemical modification (Hackett, C. S., Novoa, W. B., Ozols, J., and Strittmatter, P. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 9854-9857). In the present study the role of cysteines in the enzyme was probed by replacing these residues by Ser,
Ala
, or Gly employing site-directed mutagenesis and chemical modification. Four mutants, in which 1 of the 4 Cys residues was replaced by Ser, retained comparable kcat and Km values to those of the wild type. All of these mutants were as sensitive as the wild type to treatment with SH modifiers, while a double mutant, C273S/C283S was resistant. Since inhibition by SH modifiers was protected by NADH, Cys-273 and Cys-283 were implicated to be close to the NADH-binding site. C273A and C273A/C283A mutants showed approximately one-fifth of the enzyme-
FAD
reduction rate of the wild type as revealed by steady-state kinetics and by stopped-flow analysis. Anaerobic titration has shown that reduction and re-oxidation processes including formation of the red semiquinone of these mutants were not significantly altered from those of the wild type. From these results it was concluded that none of the Cys residues of the enzyme are essential in the catalytic reaction, but Cys-273 conserved among the enzymes homologous to NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase homologous to NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase plays role(s) in facilitating the reaction. A difference spectrum with a peak at 317 nm, which was formerly considered to be derived from the interaction between NAD+ and Cys-283 of the reduced enzyme, appeared upon binding of NAD+ not only to the reduced wild type enzyme but also to the C273A/C283A mutant in which both of the Cys residues close to the NADH-binding site were replaced.
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PMID:Role of cysteine residues in human NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase studied by site-directed mutagenesis. Cys-273 and Cys-283 are located close to the NADH-binding site but are not catalytically essential. 201 83
The requirements for
FAD
-attachment to His71 of 6-hydroxy-D-nicotine oxidase (6-HDNO) were investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. The following amino acid replacements were introduced into the sequence Arg67-Ser68-Gly69-Gly70-His71 of the 6-HDNO-polypeptide: 1) Arg67 was replaced with
Ala
(A1 mutant); 2) Ser68 was replaced with
Ala
(A2 mutant); and 3) Arg67 was replaced with Lys (K mutant). The substitution in mutant A2 had no effect on flavinylation, measured as [14C]
FAD
incorporation into apo-6-HDNO. Replacement of Arg67 with
Ala
prevented, but replacement with Lys permitted the flavinylation of His71. Mutant A1 showed no 6-HDNO activity, whereas the replacement of Ser with
Ala
in mutant A2 had only a slight effect on 6-HDNO activity. The substitution of Lys for Arg67, however, reduced the specific 6-HDNO activity in extracts of Escherichia coli cells expressing the mutant polypeptide from 50.3 to 17.5 milliunits/mg protein. It is concluded that a basic amino acid residue (Arg67 or Lys67) is required to mediate the attachment of
FAD
to His71, and while Lys can substitute for Arg67 in this function, it can only partially replace Arg67 in the enzyme reaction mechanism of 6-HDNO.
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PMID:Lysine can replace arginine 67 in the mediation of covalent attachment of FAD to histidine 71 of 6-hydroxy-D-nicotine oxidase. 211 79
Highly purified hog liver flavin-containing monooxygenase was sequentially denatured, reduced, carboxymethylated, and digested with endoproteinase Glu-C. The purified peptides were subjected to mass spectrometric analysis and the amino acid sequence of selected fragments was determined by tandem mass spectrometry. The amino acid sequence of the first 12 residues of the N-terminus was: Ac-
Ala
-Lys-Arg-Val-
Ala
-Ile-Val-Gly-
Ala
-Gly-Val-Ser-Gly. The amino acid sequence determined for another peptide was: Lys-Ser-Val-Leu-Val-Val-Gly-Met-Gly-Asn-Ser-Gly-Thr-Asp-Ile-
Ala
-Val-Glu. The results provide direct evidence for the structure of the N-terminal modification of the protein and for the existence of the
FAD
and NADP binding domains of Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly.
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PMID:N-terminus determination: FAD and NADP binding domain mapping of hog liver flavin-containing monooxygenase by tandem mass spectrometry. 238 73
This paper reports the purification and characterization of a thioredoxin system (thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, NADPH) from the facultative phototroph Rhodobacter sphaeroides Y. Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin was purified to homogeneity with an assay based on the reduction of 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) by NADPH and Escherichia coli thioredoxin reductase. Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin reductase was purified with the same assay using NADPH and E. coli thioredoxin. Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin contained 102 amino acid residues and had a single intrachain disulfide bond. The two half-cystine residues are part of the active site made up of the sequence -
Ala
-Glu-Trp-Cys-Gly-Pro-Cys-Arg- which is identical to that of E. coli thioredoxin except for the presence of an Arg instead of a Lys. Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin contains two tryptophan residues. The fluorescence intensity of the tryptophan residues is quenched in oxidized thioredoxin; on reduction, a much smaller increase is observed with Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin than with the E. coli protein. However, the presence of 5 M guanidine X HCl results in the complete exposure of the two tryptophan residues. Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin reductase has structural and functional similarities to E. coli thioredoxin reductase: it has a molecular mass of 68 kDa, and consists of two, probably identical, subunits. Each subunit has one bound
FAD
molecule. The enzyme is highly specific for NADPH; it is also highly specific for Rhodobacter sph. Y thioredoxin with a Km value of 3.3 +/- 0.6 microM. A kinetic study of the two thioredoxin systems shows that they have a high degree of cross-reactivity.
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PMID:Characterization of the thioredoxin system in the facultative phototroph Rhodobacter sphaeroides Y. 243 Aug 4
Several members of a Black family with a heterozygosity for an A gamma beta+-HPFH, shown in 1969 to have relatively low levels of Hb F and a low glycine to
alanine
ratio in the gamma chain of this Hb F, were reinvestigated. Thirteen of 30 available family members in two generations had the heterozygous form of this condition, which was characterized by a decreased level of Hb A2, an average Hb
FAD
value of 13.3%, an equal distribution of Hb F over the red cells, and normal hematological values. The gamma chain composition of isolated Hb F was determined by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography for all 13 heterozygotes and showed an average A gamma value of 84.5%. Hybridization with synthetic oligonucleotides, specific for normal and mutant sequences at positions 111-129 5' to the A gamma globin gene, identified a G----A base substitution at position 117, similar to that seen in subjects with the Greek A gamma-HPFH. Our data support conclusions by others that this replacement is causative of the increased A gamma chain synthesis in this condition. Haplotype analysis supported the suggestion that the G----A substitution occurred as an independent event in this Black family.
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PMID:The Greek A gamma beta+-HPFH observed in a large black family. 244 98
The flavoprotein D-amino-acid oxidase was purified to homogeneity from the yeast Rhodotorula gracilis by a highly reproducible procedure. The amino acid composition of the protein was determined; the protein monomer had a molecular mass of 39 kDa and contained one molecule of
FAD
. The ratio between A274/A455 was about 8.2. D-Amino-acid oxidase from yeast showed typical flavin spectral perturbations on binding of the competitive inhibitor benzoate and was reduced by D-
alanine
under anaerobiosis. The enzyme reacted readily with sulfite to form a covalent reversible adduct and stabilized the red anionic form of the flavin semiquinone on photoreduction in the presence of 5-deazariboflavin; the 3,4-dihydro-
FAD
form was not detectable after reduction with sodium borohydride. Thus D-amino-acid oxidase from yeast exhibited most of the general properties of the dehydrogenase/oxidase class of flavoproteins; at the same time, the enzyme showed some peculiar features with respect to the same protein from pig kidney.
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PMID:Properties of D-amino-acid oxidase from Rhodotorula gracilis. 256 32
6-Azidoflavins have been bound to the apoproteins of five representative flavoproteins and their properties, before and after light irradiation, compared with those of the same proteins containing the appropriate 6-aminoflavin. In the dark the 6-azidoflavoproteins are quite stable, except for L-lactate oxidase, where spontaneous conversion to the 6-amino-FMN enzyme occurs slowly at pH 7. 6-Azido-FMN Old Yellow Enzyme is converted to the 6-amino-FMN enzyme by aerobic turnover with NADPH, and 6-azido-
FAD
D-amino acid oxidase is converted to the 6-amino-
FAD
enzyme by treatment with D-
alanine
. Light irradiation of 6-azidoriboflavin bound to riboflavin-binding protein does not result in any covalent fixation of the flavin to the protein. Light irradiation of 6-azido-FMN flavodoxin gives only a small amount of covalent linkage. In contrast, 6-azido-FMN Old Yellow Enzyme undergoes a very facile light-induced change, in which approximately 50% of the flavin is attached in a stable covalent linkage to the protein. The resulting flavoprotein form has lost the ability to bind phenols, a distinctive characteristic of the native enzyme; it does, however, bind NADPH, but the latter cannot reduce the covalently bound flavin. 6-Azido-
FAD
D-amino acid oxidase also undergoes a facile light modification, in which almost quantitative fixation of the flavin to the protein takes place. The resulting flavoprotein cannot bind benzoate, an active-site ligand for the native enzyme, nor is it reduced anaerobically by D-
alanine
. The covalent linkage is fairly labile and is destroyed on denaturation of the protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:6-Azido- and 6-aminoflavins as active-site probes of flavin enzymes. 287 63
The 13C-NMR spectra of the reaction intermediates of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) were measured with DAO reconstituted with
FAD
in which the 2-, 4-, 4a-, and 10a-positions of the isoalloxazine moiety were selectively 13C-enriched. The reaction intermediates used include charge-transfer complexes of the oxidized DAO with substrate intermediates and those of the reduced enzyme with substrate intermediates. For the former type of complex, the reaction intermediates with beta-cyano-D-
alanine
(D-BCNA) and D-proline were used, while for the latter the purple intermediates with D-
alanine
and D-proline were chosen. The 13C-resonances of 2-13C in the reaction intermediates with D-BCNA and D-proline were downfield-shifted by about 1 ppm relative to the free oxidized DAO. The 4-13C signal for the DAO-D-BCNA intermediate was observed at 1.2 ppm upfield from that of the oxidized DAO, though that for DAO-D-proline intermediate showed no shift. These results suggest modulation of the hydrogen bondings at C(2) = 0 and/or C(4) = 0 in these reaction intermediates. Comparison of the 13C-resonances of reduced DAO with those of free reduced FMN in the neutral and anionic forms indicate that
FAD
in reduced DAO is in the anionic reduced form. The 4a-13C resonance of reduced DAO is upfield-shifted by about 3 ppm from that of free reduced anionic FMN. Comparison of the 13C-resonances for the purple intermediates with those of reduced FMN and reduced DAO indicate unequivocally that
FAD
in the purple intermediate is in the anionic reduced state. The 4a-13C resonances for the purple intermediates were substantially upfield-shifted (by 2.4 ppm with D-
alanine
and 1.9 ppm with D-proline) relative to reduced DAO. This indicates that the electron density, and hence the nucleophilicity, of the 4a-carbon is elevated in the purple intermediate relative to free reduced DAO. This leads to a model in which the oxidative half reaction proceeds via the reaction of molecular oxygen at the 4a-position of the reduced
FAD
in the purple intermediate. This provides a rational molecular basis for the oxidative half reaction by way of the purple intermediate prior to product release rather than by way of free reduced enzyme after product release.
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PMID:13C-NMR studies on the reaction intermediates of porcine kidney D-amino acid oxidase reconstituted with 13C-enriched flavin adenine dinucleotide. 289 89
D-alanine dehydrogenase, an inducible, membrane associated enzyme of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was solubilized from envelope preparations by treatment with Triton X-100 and purified 31-fold in the presence of 0.05% Triton X-100 to 60% homogeneity. Gel electrophoresis indicated the presence of a single subunit of approximately 49,000 molecular weight. The enzyme contained
FAD
, and absorption spectra were typical of an iron-sulfur flavoprotein. Solubilization produced significant changes in some properties of the enzyme: solubilized enzyme showed increased affinity for D-
alanine
; a broader substrate specificity; and increased temperature sensitivity, compared with the membrane associated form.
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PMID:Solubilization, purification and characterization of D-alanine dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and effects of solubilization on its properties. 310 51
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