title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis KatG(S315T) catalase-peroxidase retains all active site properties for proper catalytic function.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) KatG is a catalase-peroxidase that is thought to activate the antituberculosis drug isoniazid (INH). The local environment of Mtb KatG and its most prevalent INH-resistant mutant, KatG(S315T), is investigated with the exogenous ligands CO and NO in the absence and presence of INH by using resonance Raman, FTIR, and transient absorption spectroscopy. The Fe-His stretching vibration is detected at 244 cm(-)(1) in the ferrous forms of both the wild-type enzyme and KatG(S315T). The ferrous-CO complex of both enzymes exhibits nu(CO), nu(Fe-CO), and delta(Fe-C-O) vibrations at 1925, 525, and 586 cm(-)(1), respectively, indicating a positive electrostatic environment for the CO complex, which is probably weakly hydrogen-bonded to a distal residue. The CO geometry is nonlinear as indicated by the unusually high intensity of the Fe-C-O bending vibration. The nu(Fe(III)-NO) and delta(Fe(III)-N-O) vibrations are detected at 596 and 571 cm(-)(1), respectively, in the ferric forms of wild-type and mutant enzyme and are indicative of a nonlinear binding geometry in support of the CO data. Although the presence of INH does not affect the vibrational frequencies of the CO- and NO-bound forms of either enzyme, it seems to perturb slightly their Raman intensities. Our results suggest a minimal, if any, perturbation of the distal heme pocket in the S315T mutant. Instead, the S315T mutation seems to induce small changes in the KatG conformation/dynamics of the ligand access channel as indicated by CO rebinding kinetics in flash photolysis experiments. The implications of these findings for the catalytic mechanism and mechanism of INH resistance in KatG(S315T) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, New York University, Room 1001, 31 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Sofia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kapetanaki
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chouchane
authors.forename: Shengwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiangbo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Magliozzo
authors.forename: Johannes P M
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schelvis
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002374:Catalase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D004926:Escherichia coli; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000737:chemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010544:Peroxidases; D002374:Catalase; C480353:katG protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis