title: A fully active catalytic domain of bovine aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase expressed in Escherichia coli: characterization and evidence for the identification of an active-site region in vertebrate alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases.
abstract: The alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.11.16) specifically hydroxylates one aspartic or asparagine residue in certain epidermal growth factor-like domains of a number of proteins. The expression in Escherichia coli, purification, characterization of a fully active catalytic domain, and evidence for the identification of an active-site region of this enzyme are described. Sequence alignment analyses among the vertebrate alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases and chemical modification studies were undertaken aimed at locating specific regions of 52-kDa recombinant aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase involved in substrate binding and/or catalysis. Based upon these studies, an alignment of the C-terminal regions of prolyl and lysyl hydroxylase and of aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase is proposed. When histidine-675, an invariant residue located in a region of homology within this alignment, was mutated to an alanine residue in aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (H675A), no enzymatic activity was detected. Chemical modification studies show that the wild-type protein is protected from iodo[14C]acetamide labeling by Fe2+/alpha-ketoglutarate whereas the H675A mutant protein is not, suggesting that this mutant does not bind Fe2+/alpha-ketoglutarate.
authors.affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGinnis
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: VanDusen
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sardana
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Elliston
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C058291:aspartic acid 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase