title: Completing the hypusine pathway in Plasmodium.
abstract: In searching for new targets for antimalarials we investigated the biosynthesis of hypusine present in eukaryotic initiation factor-5A (eIF-5A) in Plasmodium. Here, we describe the cloning and expression of deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH), which completes the modification of eIF-5A through hydroxylation of deoxyhypusine. The dohh cDNA sequence revealed an ORF of 1236 bp encoding a protein of 412 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 46.45 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.96. Interestingly, DOHH from Plasmodium has a FASTA SCORE of only 27 compared with its human ortholog and contains several matches similar to E-Z-type HEAT-like repeat proteins (IPR004155 (InterPro), PF03130 (Pfam), SM00567 (SMART) present in the phycocyanin lyase subunits of cyanobacteria. Purified DOHH protein displayed hydroxylase activity in a novel in vitro DOHH assay, but phycocyanin lyase activity was absent. dohh is present as a single-copy gene and is transcribed in the asexual blood stages of the parasite. A signal peptide at the N-terminus might direct the protein to a different cellular compartment. During evolution, Plasmodium falciparum acquired an apicoplast that lost its photosynthetic function. It is possible that plasmodial DOHH arose from an E/F-type phycobilin lyase that gained a new role in hydroxylation. Structured digital abstract: * MINT-7255047: DHS (uniprotkb:P49366) enzymaticly reacts (MI:0414) with eIF-5A (uniprotkb:Q710D1) by enzymatic studies (MI:0415) * MINT-7255326: DOHH (uniprotkb:Q8I701) enzymaticly reacts (MI:0414) with eIF-5A (uniprotkb:Q710D1) by enzymatic studies (MI:0415).
authors.affiliation: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach, Germany.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frommholz
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kusch
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blavid
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: Jun-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Kai-Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atemnkeng
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marciniak
authors.forename: Annette E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C100028:hypusine; C034924:deoxyhypusine; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C047991:deoxyhypusine hydroxylase; D008239:Lysine