title: The catalytic site of manganese peroxidase. Regiospecific addition of sodium azide and alkylhydrazines to the heme group.
abstract: Manganese peroxidase (MnP), which normally oxidizes Mn2+ to Mn3+, is rapidly and completely inactivated in an H2O2-dependent reaction by 2 equivalents of sodium azide. The inactivation is paralleled by formation of the azidyl radical and high yield conversion of the prosthetic heme into a meso-azido adduct. The meso-azido enzyme is oxidized by H2O2 to a Compound II-like species with the Soret band red-shifted 2 nm relative to that of native Compound II. The time-dependent decrease in this Compound II-like spectrum (t1/2 = 2.3 h) indicates that the delta-meso azido heme is more rapidly degraded by H2O2 than the prosthetic heme of control enzyme (t1/2 = 4.8 h). MnP is also inactivated by phenyl-, methyl-, and ethylhydrazine. The phenylhydrazine reaction is too rapid for kinetic analysis, but KI = 402 microM and kinact = 0.22/min for the slower inactivation by methylhydrazine. Reaction with phenylhydrazine at pH 4.5 does not yield iron-phenyl, N-phenyl, or meso-phenyl heme adducts. Ethylhydrazine inactivates the enzyme both at pH 4.5 and 7.0, but only detectably produces delta-meso-ethyl-heme at pH 7.0. Reconstitution of apo-MnP with hemin or delta-meso-ethylheme yields enzyme with, respectively, 50 and 5% of the native activity. The delta-meso-alkyl group thus suppresses most of the catalytic activity of the enzyme even though a Compound II-like species is still formed with H2O2. Finally, Co2+ inhibits the enzyme competitively with respect to Mn2+ but does not inhibit its inactivation by azide or the alkylhydrazines. The results argue that substrates interact with the heme edge in the vicinity of the delta-meso-carbon. They also suggest that Mn2+ and Co2+ bind to a common site close to the delta-meso-carbon without blocking the approach of small molecules to the heme edge. An active site model is proposed that accommodates these results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446.
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wariishi
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ortiz de Montellano
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000201:enzymology; D001665:Binding Sites; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D019810:Sodium Azide
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003035:Cobalt; D006418:Heme; D008345:Manganese; D019810:Sodium Azide; D010544:Peroxidases; C051129:manganese peroxidase