title: The role of the sulfonium linkage in the stabilization of the ferrous form of myeloperoxidase: a comparison with lactoperoxidase.
abstract: In all mammalian peroxidases, the heme is covalently attached to the protein via two ester linkages between conserved aspartate (Asp94) and glutamate residues (Glu242) and modified methyl groups on pyrrole rings A and C. Only myeloperoxidase has an additional sulfonium ion linkage between the sulfur atom of the conserved methionine 243 and the beta-carbon of the vinyl group on pyrrole ring A. Upon reduction from Fe(III) to Fe(II), lactoperoxidase (LPO) but not myeloperoxidase (MPO) is shown to adopt three distinct active site conformations which depend on pH and time. Comparative spectroscopic analysis (UV-Vis absorption and resonance Raman) of the ferrous forms of LPO, wild-type MPO and the variants Asp94Val, Glu242Gln, Met243Thr and Met243Val clearly demonstrate that a single, stable ferrous form of MPO is present only in those proteins which retain an intact sulfonium linkage. By contrast, both ferrous Met243Thr and Met243Val can assume two conformations. They resemble ferrous LPO, being five-coordinated high-spin species that are distinguished by the strength of the proximal Fe-histidine bond. This bond weakens with time or decreasing pH, as indicated by the Fe-histidine stretching bands.
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Brogioni
authors: Johanna
authors: J
authors: Stampler
authors: Paul G
authors: PG
authors: Furtmüller
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Feis
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Obinger
authors: Giulietta
authors: G
authors: Smulevich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D002417:Cattle; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D007784:Lactoperoxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050505:Mutant Proteins; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds; D007501:Iron; D007784:Lactoperoxidase; D009195:Peroxidase