title: Site-directed mutagenesis identifies amino acid residues associated with the dehydrogenase and isomerase activities of human type I (placental) 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase.
abstract: 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/steroid delta5-->4-isomerase (3beta-HSD/isomerase) was expressed by baculovirus in Spodoptera fungiperda (Sf9) insect cells from cDNA sequences encoding human wild-type I (placental) and the human type I mutants - H261R, Y253F and Y253,254F. Western blots of SDS-polyacrylamide gels showed that the baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells expressed the immunoreactive wild-type, H261R, Y253F or Y253,254F protein that co-migrated with purified placental 3beta-HSD/isomerase (monomeric Mr=42,000 Da). The wild-type, H261R and Y253F enzymes were each purified as a single, homogeneous protein from a suspension of the Sf9 cells (5.01). In kinetic studies with purified enzyme, the H261R mutant enzyme had no 3beta-HSD activity, whereas the Km and Vmax values of the isomerase substrate were similar to the values obtained with the wild-type and native enzymes. The Vmax (88 nmol/min/mg) for the conversion of 5-androstene-3,17-dione to androstenedione by the Y253F isomerase activity was 7.0-fold less than the mean Vmax (620 nmol/min/mg) measured for the isomerase activity of the wild-type and native placental enzymes. In microsomal preparations, isomerase activity was completely abolished in the Y253,254F mutant enzyme, but Y253,254F had 45% of the 3beta-HSD activity of the wild-type enzyme. In contrast, the purified Y253F, wild-type and native enzymes had similar Vmax values for substrate oxidation by the 3beta-HSD activity. The 3beta-HSD activities of the Y253F, Y253,254F and wild-type enzymes reduced NAD+ with similar kinetic values. Although NADH activated the isomerase activities of the H261R and wild-type enzymes with similar kinetics, the activation of the isomerase activity of H261R by NAD+ was dramatically decreased. Based on these kinetic measurements, His261 appears to be a critical amino acid residue for the 3beta-HSD activity, and Tyr253 or Tyr254 participates in the isomerase activity of human type I (placental) enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. thomasj@medicine.wustl.edu
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Isenberg
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Strickler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006639:Histidine / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D017354:Point Mutation; D011375:Progesterone Reductase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013251:Steroid Isomerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C021425:3 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase-delta(5) 3-ketosteroid isomerase; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009243:NAD; D014443:Tyrosine; D006639:Histidine; D011375:Progesterone Reductase; D013251:Steroid Isomerases