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We previously reported that the kinetic profiles for the association and dissociation of functionally diverse C(8)-CoA-ligands, viz., octanoyl-CoA (substrate), octenoyl-CoA (product), and octynoyl-CoA (inactivator) with medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD), were essentially identical, suggesting that the protein conformational changes played an essential role during ligand binding and/or catalysis [Peterson, K. L., Sergienko, E. E., Wu, Y., Kumar, N. R., Strauss, A. W., Oleson, A. E., Muhonen, W. W., Shabb, J. B., and Srivastava, D. K. (1995) Biochemisry 34, 14942-14953]. To ascertain the structural basis of the above similarity, we investigated the kinetics of association and dissociation of alpha-CH-->NH-substituted C(8)-CoA, namely, 2-azaoctanoyl-CoA, with the recombinant form of human liver MCAD. The rapid-scanning and single wavelength stopped-flow data for the binding of 2-azaoctanoyl-CoA to MCAD revealed that the overall interaction proceeds via two steps. The first (fast) step involves the formation of an enzyme-ligand collision complex (with a dissociation constant of K(c)), followed by a slow isomerization step (with forward and reverse rate constants of k(f) and k(r), respectively) with concomitant changes in the electronic structure of the enzyme-bound FAD. Since the latter step involves a concurrent change in the enzyme's tryptophan fluorescence, it is suggested that the isomerization step is coupled to the changes in the protein conformation. Although the overall binding affinity (K(d)) of the enzyme-2-azaoctanoyl-CoA complex is similar to that of the enzyme-octenoyl-CoA complex, their microscopic equilibria within the collision and isomerized complexes show an opposite relationship. These results coupled with the isothermal titration microcalorimetric studies lead to the suggestion that the electrostatic interaction within the enzyme site phase modulates the microscopic steps, as well as their corresponding ground and transition states, during the course of the enzyme-ligand interaction.
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PMID:Influence of alpha-CH-->NH substitution in C8-CoA on the kinetics of association and dissociation of ligands with medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. 1102 46

NADP(H) binding is essential for fast electron transfer through the flavoprotein domain of the fusion protein P450BM3. Here we characterize the interaction of NADP(H) with the oxidized and partially reduced enzyme and the effect of this interaction on the redox properties of flavin cofactors and electron transfer. Measurements by three different approaches demonstrated a relatively low affinity of oxidized P450BM3 for NADP(+), with a K(d) of about 10 microM. NADPH binding is also relatively weak (K(d) approximately 10 microM), but the affinity increases manyfold upon hydride ion transfer so that the active 2-electron reduced enzyme binds NADP(+) with a K(d) in the submicromolar range. NADP(H) binding induces conformational changes of the protein as demonstrated by tryptophan fluorescence quenching. Fluorescence quenching indicated preferential binding of NADPH by oxidized P450BM3, while no catalytically competent binding with reduced P450BM3 could be detected. The hydride ion transfer step, as well as the interflavin electron transfer steps, is readily reversible, as demonstrated by a hydride ion exchange (transhydrogenase) reaction between NADPH and NADP(+) or their analogues. Experiments with FMN-free mutants demonstrated that FAD is the only flavin cofactor required for the transhydrogenase activity. The equilibrium constants of each electron transfer step of the flavoprotein domain during catalytic turnover have been calculated. The values obtained differ from those calculated from equilibrium redox potentials by as much as 2 orders of magnitude. The differences result from the enzyme's interaction with NADP(H).
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PMID:Functional interactions in cytochrome P450BM3. Evidence that NADP(H) binding controls redox potentials of the flavin cofactors. 1102 50

N-Methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX) is a flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidative demethylation of N-methyl-L-tryptophan and other N-methyl amino acids, including sarcosine, which is a poor substrate. The Escherichia coli gene encoding MTOX (solA) was isolated on the basis of its sequence homology with monomeric sarcosine oxidase, a sarcosine-inducible enzyme found in many bacteria. These studies show that MTOX is expressed as a constitutive enzyme in a wild-type E. coli K-12 strain, providing the first evidence that solA is a functional gene. MTOX expression is enhanced 3-fold by growth on minimal media but not induced by N-methyl-L-tryptophan, L-tryptophan, or 3-indoleacrylate. MTOX forms an anionic flavin semiquinone and a reversible, covalent flavin-sulfite complex (K(d) = 1.7 mM), properties characteristic of flavoprotein oxidases. Rates of formation (k(on) = 5.4 x 10(-3) M(-1) s(-1)) and dissociation (k(off) = 1.3 x 10(-5) s(-1)) of the MTOX-sulfite complex are orders of magnitude slower than observed with most other flavoprotein oxidases. The pK(a) for ionization of oxidized FAD at N(3)H in MTOX (8.36) is two pH units lower than that observed for free FAD. The MTOX active site was probed by characterization of various substrate analogues that act as competitive inhibitors with respect to N-methyl-L-tryptophan. Qualitatively similar perturbations of the MTOX visible absorption spectrum are observed for complexes formed with various aromatic carboxylates, including benzoate, 3-indole-(CH(2))(n)-CO(2)(-) and 2-indole-CO(2)(-). The most stable complex with 3-indole-(CH(2))(n)-CO(2)(-) is formed with 3-indolepropionate (K(d) = 0.79 mM), a derivative with the same side chain length as N-methyl-L-tryptophan. Benzoate binding is enhanced upon protonation of a group in the enzyme-benzoate complex (pK(EL) = 6.87) but blocked by ionization of a group in the free enzyme (pK(E) = 8.41), which is attributed to N(3)H of FAD. Difference spectra observed for the aromatic carboxylate complexes are virtually mirror images of those observed with sarcosine analogues (N,N'-dimethylglycine, N-benzylglycine). Charge-transfer complexes are formed with 3-indoleacrylate, pyrrole-2-carboxylate, and CH(3)XCH(2)CO(2)(-) (X = S, Se, Te).
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PMID:Characterization of the FAD-containing N-methyltryptophan oxidase from Escherichia coli. 1117 Apr 72

Here we report the cDNA-deduced amino-acid sequence of L-amino-acid oxidase (LAAO) from the Malayan pit viper Calloselasma rhodostoma, which shows 83% identity to LAAOs from the Eastern and Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus and Crotalus atrox, respectively). Phylogenetic comparison of the FAD-dependent ophidian LAAOs to FAD-dependent oxidases such as monoamine oxidases, D-amino-acid oxidases and tryptophan 2-monooxygenases reveals only distant relationships. Nevertheless, all LAAOs share a highly conserved dinucleotide-binding fold with monoamine oxidases, tryptophan 2-monooxygenases and various other proteins that also may have a requirement for FAD. In order to characterize Ca. rhodostoma LAAO biochemically, the enzyme was purified from snake venom to apparent homogeneity. It was found that the enzyme undergoes inactivation by either freezing or increasing the pH to above neutrality. Both inactivation processes are fully reversible and are associated with changes in the UV/visible range of the flavin absorbance spectrum. In addition, the spectral characteristics of the freeze-and pH-induced inactivated enzyme are the same, indicating that the flavin environments are similar in the two inactive conformational forms. Monovalent anions, such as Cl(-), prevent pH-induced inactivation. LAAO exhibits typical flavoprotein oxidase properties, such as thermodynamic stabilization of the red flavin semiquinone radical and formation of a sulfite adduct. The latter complex as well as the complex with the competitive substrate inhibitor, anthranilate, were only formed with the active form of the enzyme indicating diminished accessibility of the flavin binding site in the inactive form(s) of the enzyme.
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PMID:L-amino-acid oxidase from the Malayan pit viper Calloselasma rhodostoma. Comparative sequence analysis and characterization of active and inactive forms of the enzyme. 1124 87

The reduction by NADPH of the FAD and FMN redox centers in human cytochrome P450 reductase and its component domains has been studied by rapid-mixing, stopped-flow spectroscopy. Reduction of the isolated FAD-domain occurs in three kinetically resolvable steps. The first represents the rapid formation (>500 s(-)(1)) of a charge-transfer species between oxidized FAD and NADPH. This is followed by an isomerization ( approximately 200 s(-)(1)) to a second charge-transfer species, characterized by a more intense absorption in the long-wavelength region. The third step represents hydride transfer from NADPH to FAD and is accompanied by a change in the tryptophan fluorescence of the FAD-domain. Flavin reduction is reversible, and the observed rate of hydride transfer displays a complex dependence on NADPH concentration. Two-electron-reduced FAD-domain is active in electron transfer reactions with the isolated FMN domain through the formation of a weakly associating electron transfer complex. Reduction of the CPR by NADPH occurs without direct spectral evidence for the formation of charge-transfer species, although the presence of such species is inferred indirectly. Transfer of the first hydride ion leads to the accumulation of a blue di-semiquinoid species of the reductase, indicating rapid transfer of one electron to the FMN domain. The di-semiquinoid species decays on transfer of the second hydride ion. A third phase is seen following prolonged incubation with NADPH and is assigned to a series of equilibration reactions between different redox species of the enzyme as the system relaxes to its thermodynamically most stable state. As with the isolated FAD-domain, the first hydride transfer in the reductase shows a complex dependence on NADPH concentration. At high NADPH concentration, the observed rate of hydride transfer is slow (approximately 20 s(-1)), and this attenuated rate is attributed to the reversible formation of an less active complex resulting from the binding of a second molecule of NADPH. The kinetic data are discussed with reference to the potentiometric studies on the enzyme and its component domains presented in the preceding paper in this issue [Munro, A., Noble, M., Robledo, L., Daff, S., and Chapman, S. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 1956-1963].
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PMID:Stopped-flow kinetic studies of flavin reduction in human cytochrome P450 reductase and its component domains. 1132 63

We cloned a gene from Methylophaga sp. strain SK1. This gene was responsible for producing, the blue pigment, indigo. The complete open reading frame was 1371 bp long, which encodes a protein of 456 amino acids. The molecular mass of the encoded protein was 105 kDa, consisting of homodimer of 54 kDa with an isoelectric point of 5.14. The deduced amino acid sequence from the gene showed approximately 30% identities with flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) of human (FMO1-FMO5), Arabidopsis, and yeast. It contained three characteristic sequence motifs of FMOs: FAD binding domain, FMO-identifying sequence motif, and NADPH binding domain. In addition, the biochemical properties such as substrate specificities and absorption spectra were similar to the eukaryotic FMO families. Thus, we assigned the enzyme to be a bacterial FMO. The recombinant Escherichia coli expressing the bacterial FMO produced up to 160 mg of indigo per liter in the tryptophan medium after 12h cultivation. This suggests that the recombinant strain has a potential to be applied in microbial indigo production.
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PMID:A novel flavin-containing monooxygenase from Methylophaga sp strain SK1 and its indigo synthesis in Escherichia coli. 1282 Nov 31

In Escherichia coli photolyase, excitation of the FAD cofactor in its semireduced radical state (FADH*) induces an electron transfer over approximately 15 A from tryptophan W306 to the flavin. It has been suggested that two additional tryptophans are involved in an electron transfer chain FADH* <-- W382 <-- W359 <-- W306. To test this hypothesis, we have mutated W382 into redox inert phenylalanine. Ultrafast transient absorption studies showed that, in WT photolyase, excited FADH* decayed with a time constant tau approximately 26 ps to fully reduced flavin and a tryptophan cation radical. In W382F mutant photolyase, the excited flavin was much longer lived (tau approximately 80 ps), and no significant amount of product was detected. We conclude that, in WT photolyase, excited FADH* is quenched by electron transfer from W382. On a millisecond scale, a product state with extremely low yield ( approximately 0.5% of WT) was detected in W382F mutant photolyase. Its spectral and kinetic features were similar to the fully reduced flavin/neutral tryptophan radical state in WT photolyase. We suggest that, in W382F mutant photolyase, excited FADH* is reduced by W359 at a rate that competes only poorly with the intrinsic decay of excited FADH* (tau approximately 80 ps), explaining the low product yield. Subsequently, the W359 cation radical is reduced by W306. The rate constants of electron transfer from W382 to excited FADH* in WT and from W359 to excited FADH* in W382F mutant photolyase were estimated and related to the donor-acceptor distances.
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PMID:Dissection of the triple tryptophan electron transfer chain in Escherichia coli DNA photolyase: Trp382 is the primary donor in photoactivation. 1283 19

Bisphenol A, a monomer of polycarbonate plastics, disturbed the conversion pathway of the amino acid tryptophan to the vitamin nicotinamide. The conversion ratio of tryptophan to nicotinamide was reduced to 1/15 by feeding a diet containing 1% bisphenol A. A putative disturbing reaction is kynurenine-->3-hydroxykynurenine, which is catalyzed by kynurenine monohydroxylase. This is an FAD-enzyme and requires NADPH as a coenzyme. Styrene monomer (1% addition to a normal diet) did not affect the food intake or the body weight, but slightly reduced the conversion ratio of tryptophan-nicotinamide.
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PMID:[Metabolic disturbance of tryptophan-nicotinamide conversion pathway by putative endocrine disruptors, bisphenol A and styrene monomer]. 1516 54

In rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase, Phe1395 is positioned over the FAD isoalloxazine ring. This is replaced by Trp676 in human cytochrome P450 reductase, a tryptophan in related diflavin reductases (e.g. methionine synthase reductase and novel reductase 1), and tyrosine in plant ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase. Trp676 in human cytochrome P450 reductase is conformationally mobile, and plays a key role in enzyme reduction. Mutagenesis of Trp676 to alanine results in a functional NADH-dependent reductase. Herein, we describe studies of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase FAD domains, in which the aromatic shielding residue Phe1395 is replaced by tryptophan, alanine and serine. In steady-state assays the F1395A and F1395S domains have a greater preference for NADH compared with F1395W and wild-type. Stopped-flow studies indicate flavin reduction by NADH is significantly faster with F1395S and F1395A domains, suggesting that this contributes to altered preference in coenzyme specificity. Unlike cytochrome P450 reductase, the switch in coenzyme specificity is not attributed to differential binding of NADPH and NADH, but probably results from improved geometry for hydride transfer in the F1395S- and F1395A-NADH complexes. Potentiometry indicates that the substitutions do not significantly perturb thermodynamic properties of the FAD, although considerable changes in electronic absorption properties are observed in oxidized F1395A and F1395S, consistent with changes in hydrophobicity of the flavin environment. In wild-type and F1395W FAD domains, prolonged incubation with NADPH results in development of the neutral blue semiquinone FAD species. This reaction is suppressed in the mutant FAD domains lacking the shielding aromatic residue.
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PMID:Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of the isolated FAD domain of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase altered in the region of the FAD shielding residue Phe1395. 1518 70

Chlorination of natural products is often required for their biological activity; notable examples include vancomycin, the last-ditch antibiotic. It is now known that many chlorinated natural products are made not by haloperoxidases, but by FADH2-dependent halogenases. The mechanism of the flavin-containing enzymes is obscure and there are no structural data. Here, crystals of PrnA (tryptophan 7-halogenase), an enzyme that regioselectively chlorinates tryptophan, cocrystallized with tryptophan and FAD are reported. The crystals belong to the tetragonal space group P4(3)2(1)2 or P4(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 67.8, c = 276.9 A. A data set to 1.8 A with 93% completeness and an Rmerge of 7.1% has been collected from a single flash-cooled crystal. A method for incorporating selenomethionine in a Pseudomonas fluorescens expression system also is reported.
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PMID:Crystallization and X-ray diffraction of a halogenating enzyme, tryptophan 7-halogenase, from Pseudomonas fluorescens. 1527 70


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