title: Site-directed mutagenesis of His343-->Ala in Citrobacter freundii tyrosine phenol-lyase. Effects on the kinetic mechanism and rate-determining step.
abstract: His343 in Citrobacter freundii tyrosine phenol-lyase is conserved in all known sequences of both tyrosine phenol-lyase and tryptophan indole-lyase; it is located near the active-site Lys257 in C. freundii tyrosine phenol-lyase [Antson, A. A., Demidkina, T. V., Gollnick, P., Danter, Z., Von Tersch, R.L., Long, J., Berezhnoy, S. N., Phillips, R. S., Harutyunyan, E. H. & Wilson, K. S. (1993) Biochemistry 32, 4195--4206]. In order to evaluate the role of His343 in the reaction mechanism of tyrosine phenol-lyase and tryptophan indole-lyase, we have mutated it to Ala; the former mutant is referred to as [H343A]tyrosine phenol lyase. All substrates for alpha, beta-elimination (except S-ethyl-L-cysteine) exhibited lower kcat (10-30%) and kcat/Km (1-10%) values with [H343A]tyrosine phenol-lyase than with the wild-type enzyme. The mutant also shows slower rates of deuterium isotope exchange for L-phenylalanine and L-methionine than does the wild type. The pH-dependent behavior in the reaction of 3-fluoro-L-tyrosine with wild-type tyrosine phenol-lyase is identical to that of L-tyrosine described previously [Kiick, D. M. & Phillips, R. S. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 7333-7338]. The pH profile of kcat/Km for this reaction exhibits two pKa values with an average of 7.7 +/- 0.2, indicating that the catalytic mechanism requires two essential basic groups. The pH profile of kcat/Km for 3-fluoro-L-tyrosine with [H343A]tyrosine phenol-lyase also exhibits two pKa values with an average of 7.8 +/- 0.3. However, kcat for 3-fluoro-L-tyrosine is pH-dependent for the mutant, exhibiting two pKa values with an average of about 7.8, whereas it is pH-independent for the wild type. Steady-state kinetic isotope effects on the reactions with wild-type and [H343A]tyrosine phenol-lyase were examined at various pH values. For the wild type, the values of the isotope effects on kcat and kcat/Km for 3-fluoro-L-[alpha-2H]-tyrosine are independent of pH and equal to 3.9 +/- 0.2 and 2.2 +/- 0.3, respectively, while the corresponding values for [H343A]tyrosine phenol-lyase are 5.4 +/- 0.2 and 3.8 +/- 0.3, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gollnick
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D016971:Citrobacter freundii / Q000201:enzymology*; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014368:Tryptophanase / Q000737:chemistry; D014447:Tyrosine Phenol-Lyase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D006639:Histidine; D014368:Tryptophanase; D014447:Tyrosine Phenol-Lyase; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate; D000409:Alanine