title: The catalytic mechanism of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenases: assignment and 1H NMR spectroscopy pH titration of the catalytic histidine residue in the 109 kDa Leuconostoc mesenteroides enzyme.
abstract: The chemical shifts of the C(epsilon1) and C(delta2) protons of His-240 from the 109 kDa Leuconostoc mesenteroides glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) were assigned by comparing 1H and 13C spectra of the wild-type and mutant G6PDs containing the His-240 to asparagine mutation (H240N). Unambiguous assignment of the His-240 1H(epsilon1) resonance was obtained from comparing 13C-1H heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR spectra of wild-type and H240N G6PDs that were selectively labeled with 13C(epsilon1) histidine. The results from NOESY experiments with wild-type and H240N variants were consistent with these assignments and the three-dimensional structure of G6PD. pH titrations show that His-240 has a pK(a) of 6.4. This value is, within experimental error, identical to the value of 6.3 derived from the pH dependence of kcat [Viola, R. E. (1984) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 228, 415-424], suggesting that the pK(a) of His-240 is unperturbed in the apoenzyme despite being part of a His-Asp catalytic dyad. The results obtained for this 109 kDa enzyme indicate that 1H NMR spectroscopy in combination with heteronuclear methods can be a useful tool for functional analysis of large proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA. coz@cozzy.med.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.forename: Stewart N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Jeung-Hoi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: H Richard
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000502:physiology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006639:Histidine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000201:enzymology*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D017186:Titrimetry
chemical_list: D006639:Histidine; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase