title: Crystal structure of a four-copper laccase complexed with an arylamine: insights into substrate recognition and correlation with kinetics.
abstract: Laccases are multicopper oxidases that catalyze the oxidation of a wide range of phenols or arylamines, and their use in industrial oxidative processes is increasing. We purified from the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor a laccase that exists as five different isozymes, depending on glycosylation. The 2.4 A resolution structure of the most abundant isozyme of the glycosylated enzyme was solved. The four copper atoms are present, and it is the first crystal structure of a laccase in its active form. The crystallized enzyme binds 2,5-xylidine, which was used as a laccase inducer in the fungus culture. This arylamine is a very weak reducing substrate of the enzyme. The cavity enclosing 2,5-xylidine is rather wide, allowing the accommodation of substrates of various sizes. Several amino acid residues make hydrophobic interactions with the aromatic ring of the ligand. In addition, two charged or polar residues interact with its amino group. The first one is an histidine that also coordinates the copper that functions as the primary electron acceptor. The second is an aspartate conserved among fungal laccases. The purified enzyme can oxidize various hydroxylated compounds of the phenylurea family of herbicides that we synthesized. These phenolic substrates have better affinities at pH 5 than at pH 3, which could be related to the 2,5-xylidine binding by the aspartate. This is the first high-resolution structure of a multicopper oxidase complexed to a reducing substrate. It provides a model for engineering laccases that are either more efficient or with a wider substrate specificity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, UPR 9063 du CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jolivalt
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briozzo
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caminade
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Madzak
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mougin
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D001665:Binding Sites; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003470:Culture Media / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D007700:Kinetics; D042845:Laccase; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D020072:Polyporales / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D003470:Culture Media; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D013451:Sulfonic Acids; C002502:2,2'-azino-di-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid; D003300:Copper; C016835:2,5-xylidene; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D042845:Laccase