title: Comparison of peroxidase reaction mechanisms of prostaglandin H synthase-1 containing heme and mangano protoporphyrin IX.
abstract: Prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS) is a heme protein that catalyzes both the cyclooxygenase and peroxidase reactions needed to produce prostaglandins G2 and H2 from arachidonic acid. Replacement of the heme group by mangano protoporphyrin IX largely preserves the cyclooxygenase activity, but lowers the steady-state peroxidase activity by 25-fold. Thus, mangano protoporphyrin IX serves as a useful tool to evaluate the function of the heme in PGHS. A detailed kinetic analysis of the peroxidase reaction using 15-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HPETE), EtOOH, and other peroxides as substrates has been carried out to compare the characteristics of PGHS reconstituted with mangano protoporphyrin IX (Mn-PGHS) to those of the native heme enzyme (Fe-PGHS). The rate constant describing the reaction of Mn-PGHS with 15-HPETE to form the oxidized, Mn(IV) intermediate with absorption at 420 nm, exhibits saturable behavior as the 15-HPETE concentration is raised from 10 to 400 microM. This is most likely due to the presence of a second, earlier intermediate between the resting enzyme and the Mn(IV) species. Measurements at high substrate concentrations permitted resolution of the absorbance spectra of the two oxidized Mn-PGHS intermediates. The spectrum of the initial intermediate, assigned to a Mn(V) species, had a line shape similar to that of the later intermediate, assigned to a Mn(IV) species, suggesting that a porphyrin pi-cation radical is not generated in the peroxidase reaction of Mn-PGHS. The rate constant estimated for the formation of the earlier intermediate with 15-HPETE is 1.0 x 10(6) M-1 s-1 (20 degrees C, pH 7.3). A rate constant of 400 +/- 100 s-1 was estimated for the second step in the reaction. Thus, Mn-PGHS reacts considerably more slowly than Fe-PGHS with 15-HPETE to form the first high-valent intermediate, but the two enzymes appear to follow a similar overall reaction mechanism for generation of oxidized intermediates. The difference in rate constants explains the observed lower steady-state peroxidase activity of Mn-PGHS compared with Fe-PGHS.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. atsai@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: A l
authors.initials: Al
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kulmacz
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Van Wart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015289:Leukotrienes / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011462:Prostaglandins G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011463:Prostaglandins H / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D015289:Leukotrienes; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011462:Prostaglandins G; D011463:Prostaglandins H; D011524:Protoporphyrins; C038654:manganese protoporphyrin; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D006418:Heme; C038291:prostaglandin G2; C025086:15-hydroperoxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; C028025:protoporphyrin IX; D009195:Peroxidase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D001241:Aspirin; D007213:Indomethacin