title: Active-site structure of the soluble quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase complexed with methylhydrazine: a covalent cofactor-inhibitor complex.
abstract: Soluble glucose dehydrogenase (s-GDH) from the bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus is a classical quinoprotein. It requires the cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) to catalyze the oxidation of glucose to gluconolactone. The precise catalytic role of PQQ in s-GDH and several other PQQ-dependent enzymes has remained controversial because of the absence of comprehensive structural data. We have determined the crystal structure of a ternary complex of s-GDH with PQQ and methylhydrazine, a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme. This complex, refined at 1.5-A resolution to an R factor of 16.7%, affords a detailed view of a cofactor-binding site of s-GDH. Moreover, it presents the first direct observation of covalent PQQ adduct in the active-site of a PQQ-dependent enzyme, thereby confirming previous evidence that the C5 carbonyl group of the cofactor is the most reactive moiety of PQQ.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oubrie
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rozeboom
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009002:Monomethylhydrazine / Q000737:chemistry*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015363:Quinolones / Q000378:metabolism; D011809:Quinones / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015363:Quinolones; D011809:Quinones; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases; C033955:glucose dehydrogenase (pyrroloquinoline-quinone); D009002:Monomethylhydrazine