title: Substrate specificity of lignin peroxidase and a S168W variant of manganese peroxidase.
abstract: Lignin peroxidase (LiP) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) are structurally similar heme-containing enzymes secreted by white-rot fungi. Unlike MnP, which is only specific for Mn(2+), LiP has broad substrate specificity, but it is not known if this versatility is due to multiple substrate-binding sites. We report here that a S168W variant of MnP from Phanerochaete chrysosporium not only retained full Mn(2+) oxidase activity, but also, unlike native or recombinant MnP, oxidized a multitude of LiP substrates, including small molecule and polymeric substrates. The kinetics of oxidation of most nonpolymeric substrates by the MnP variant and LiP were similar. The stoichiometries for veratryl alcohol oxidation by these two enzymes were identical. Some readily oxidizable substrates, such as guaiacol and ferrocyanide, were oxidized by MnP S168W and LiP both specifically and nonspecifically while recombinant MnP oxidized these substrates only nonspecifically. The functional similarities between this MnP variant and LiP provide evidence for the broad substrate specificity of a single oxidation site near the surface tryptophan.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322-4705, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Timofeevski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Reading
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Aust
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020075:Phanerochaete / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014364:Tryptophan; D010544:Peroxidases; C042858:lignin peroxidase; C051129:manganese peroxidase