title: Site-directed mutagenesis and functional analysis of the active-site residues of the E2 component of bovine branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex.
abstract: The catalytic domain of dihydrolipoamide transacylase (E2c) of bovine branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex (BCKAD) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The E2c catalyzes a reversible acyl transfer reaction between acyl-CoA and dihydrolipoamide, which also occurs spontaneously with a much slower rate. The benzene extracts of both the enzyme-catalyzed and the spontaneous reactions mixture have identical ultraviolet absorbance spectra with a maximum at 233-234 nm, which is characteristic of S-acyldihydrolipoamide. The spontaneous reaction rate of various acyl-CoA is in the order of acetoacetyl-CoA > acetyl-CoA > isobutyryl-CoA > isovaleryl-CoA. In other words, the spontaneous acyl transfer is faster when the substituent (R) of acyl-CoA (R-CO-S-CoA) is a more electron-withdrawing group. This result indicates that a negative charge occurs in the substrate during the acyl transfer process. The function of the active-site histidine (His391) and serine (Ser338) of bovine E2c was analyzed by site-directed mutagenesis. Substitution of His391 or Ser338 with alanine caused drastic decreases in catalytic efficiencies by 3-4 orders of magnitude. The residual activity of H391A increased as the pH of the reaction buffer was elevated. These data support the base-catalyzed mechanism inferred from that of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT). In this reaction, the active-site histidine acts as a general base, and the active-site serine provides a hydrogen bond to the putative negatively charged tetrahedral transition state. Moreover, when Ala348 was changed to valine, the catalytic efficiency for isovaleryl-CoA decreased about 10-fold, and that for acetyl-CoA increased about 3-fold.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9038.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D000409:Alanine; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006639:Histidine; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012694:Serine; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012694:Serine; D006639:Histidine; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases; D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D000409:Alanine