Transient-state kinetic analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae myristoylCoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase reveals that a step after chemical transformation is rate limiting.
MyristoylCoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase is a member of the superfamily of GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases and catalyzes the covalent attachment of myristate to the N-terminal Gly residue of proteins with diverse functions. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nmt1p is a monomeric protein with an ordered bi-bi reaction mechanism: myristoylCoA is bound prior to peptide substrate; after catalysis, CoA is released followed by myristoylpeptide. Analysis of the X-ray structure of Nmt1p with bound substrate analogues indicates that the active site contains an oxyanion hole and a catalytic base and that catalysis proceeds through the nucleophilic addition-elimination mechanism. To determine the rate-limiting step in the enzyme reaction, pre-steady-state kinetic analyses were performed using a new, sensitive nonradioactive assay that detects CoA. Multiple turnover quenched flow studies disclosed that a step after the chemical transformation limits the overall rate of the reaction. Multiple and single turnover analyses revealed that the rate for the chemical transformation step is 13.8+/-0.6 s(-1) while the slower steady-state phase is 0.10+/-0.01 s(-1). Stopped flow kinetic studies of substrate acquisition indicated that binding of myristoylCoA to the apo-enzyme occurs through at least a two-step process, with a fast phase rate of 3.2 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1) and a slow phase rate of 23+/-2 s(-1) (defined at 5 degrees C). Binding of an octapeptide substrate, representing the N-terminal sequence of a known yeast N-myristoylprotein (Cnb1p), to a binary complex composed of Nmt1p and a nonhydrolyzable myristoylCoA analogue (S-(2-oxo)pentadecylCoA) has a second-order rate constant of 2.1+/-0.3 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1) and a dissociation rate of 26+/-15 s(-1) (defined at 10 degrees C). These results are interpreted in light of the X-ray structures of this enzyme.
Farazi
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Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Manchester
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Gordon
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D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry*; D001051:Apoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007700:Kinetics; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D001051:Apoenzymes; D009842:Oligopeptides; C060589:S-(2-oxopentadecyl)-coenzyme A; C040349:S-tetradecanoyl-coenzyme A; D000217:Acyltransferases; C050480:glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase