Structural and kinetic properties of lumazine synthase isoenzymes in the order Rhizobiales.
6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine synthase (lumazine synthase; LS) catalyzes the penultimate step in the biosynthesis of riboflavin in plants and microorganisms. This protein is known to exhibit different quaternary assemblies between species, existing as free pentamers, decamers (dimers of pentamers) and icosahedrally arranged dodecamers of pentamers. A phylogenetic analysis on eubacterial, fungal and plant LSs allowed us to classify them into two categories: Type I LSs (pentameric or icosahedral) and Type II LSs (decameric). The Rhizobiales represent an order of alpha-proteobacteria that includes, among others, the genera Mesorhizobium, Agrobacterium and Brucella. Here, we present structural and kinetic studies on several LSs from Rhizobiales. Interestingly, Mesorhizobium and Brucella encode both a Type-I LS and a Type-II LS called RibH1 and RibH2, respectively. We show that Type II LSs appear to be almost inactive, whereas Type I LSs present a highly variable catalytic activity according to the genus. Additionally, we have solved four RibH1/RibH2 crystallographic structures from the genera Mesorhizobium and Brucella. The relationship between the active-site architecture and catalytic properties in these isoenzymes is discussed, and a model that describes the enzymatic behavior is proposed. Furthermore, sequence alignment studies allowed us to extend our results to the genus Agrobacterium. Our results suggest that the selective pressure controlling the riboflavin pathway favored the evolution of catalysts with low reaction rates, since the excess of flavins in the intracellular pool in Rhizobiales could act as a negative factor when these bacteria are exposed to oxidative or nitrosative stress.
Klinke
Sebastián
S
Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, C1405BWE, Buenos Aires, Argentina. sklinke@leloir.org.ar
Zylberman
Vanesa
V
Bonomi
Hernán R
HR
Haase
Ilka
I
Guimarães
Beatriz G
BG
Braden
Bradford C
BC
Bacher
Adelbert
A
Fischer
Markus
M
Goldbaum
Fernando A
FA
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002002:Brucella / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D011621:Pteridines / Q000378:metabolism; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011621:Pteridines; C001061:6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine; C044822:6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine synthase