title: Arg169 is essential for catalytic activity of 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1.
abstract: 3-Hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 is an enzyme that utilizes 3-hydroxybenzoate (3-HBA) as substrate yielding gentisate. Site-directed mutagenesis was carried out to define which residues may be involved in catalytic reaction. Substitution of arginine to glutamate at position 169 of the enzyme resulted in the complete loss of catalytic activity. This indicated Arg169 may play an important role in 3-HBA 6-hydroxylase catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors.forename: D Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Leak
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005841:Gentisates / Q000378:metabolism; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates / Q000378:metabolism; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D005841:Gentisates; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates; D001120:Arginine; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C023315:3-hydroxybenzoate-6-hydroxylase