title: Catalytic and inhibitor-binding properties of some active-site mutants of human carbonic anhydrase I.
abstract: Three isozyme-specific residues in the active site of human carbonic anhydrase I, Val62, His67, and His200, have been changed by site-directed mutagenesis to their counterparts in human carbonic anhydrase II, Asn62, Asn67, and Thr200. A double mutant, containing Asn62 and Asn67, and a triple mutant, containing all three alterations, were also produced. The rates of CO2 hydration and ester hydrolysis catalyzed by these mutants, the inhibition of these enzymes by the anions, SCN-, and I-, and the binding of the sulfonamide inhibitors, dansylamide and MK-417 (a thienothiopyran-2-sulfonamide) have been measured. The results suggest that the effect of His200 in isozyme I is to prolong the lifetime of the enzyme-bicarbonate complex and to increase the pKa of the catalytic group, a zinc-coordinated water molecule. For isozyme I, Val62 and His67 might interfere with the function of a proton 'shuttle' group in the active site, thus maintaining the buffer specificity of a compulsory proton-transfer step. The single mutations have small effects on anion binding. Only the triple mutant has anion-binding properties resembling those of isozyme II. All mutants show altered sulfonamide-binding properties. In particular, the binding specificity is affected. While wild-type isozyme I binds dansylamide 50 times more strongly than MK-417, the triple mutant shows a reversed selectivity and binds MK-417 nearly 50 times more strongly than dansylamide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Umeå University, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Engstrand
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindskog
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002384:Catalysis; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases