title: Functional analysis of aldehyde oxidase using expressed chimeric enzyme between monkey and rat.
abstract: Aldehyde oxidase (AO) is a homodimer with a subunit molecular mass of approximately 150 kDa. Each subunit consists of about 20 kDa 2Fe-2S cluster domain storing reducing equivalents, about 40 kDa flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD) domain and about 85 kDa molybdenum cofactor (MoCo) domain containing a substrate binding site. In order to clarify the properties of each domain, especially substrate binding domain, chimeric cDNAs were constructed by mutual exchange of 2Fe-2S/FAD and MoCo domains between monkey and rat. Chimeric monkey/rat AO was referred to one with monkey type 2Fe-2S/FAD domains and a rat type MoCo domain. Rat/monkey AO was vice versa. AO-catalyzed 2-oxidation activities of (S)-RS-8359 were measured using the expressed enzyme in Escherichia coli. Substrate inhibition was seen in rat AO and chimeric monkey/rat AO, but not in monkey AO and chimeric rat/monkey AO, suggesting that the phenomenon might be dependent on the natures of MoCo domain of rat. A biphasic Eadie-Hofstee profile was observed in monkey AO and chimeric rat/monkey AO, but not rat AO and chimeric monkey/rat AO, indicating that the biphasic profile might be related to the properties of MoCo domain of monkey. Two-fold greater V(max) values were observed in monkey AO than in chimeric rat/monkey AO, and in chimeric monkey/rat AO than in rat AO, suggesting that monkey has the more effective electron transfer system than rat. Thus, the use of chimeric enzymes revealed that 2Fe-2S/FAD and MoCo domains affect the velocity and the quantitative profiles of AO-catalyzed (S)-RS-8359 2-oxidation, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Tasuku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Mayuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukiya
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yorihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D001669:Biochemical Phenomena; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D000882:Haplorhini; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase