Structural features promoting dioxygen production by Dechloromonas aromatica chlorite dismutase.
Chlorite dismutase (Cld) is a heme enzyme capable of rapidly and selectively decomposing chlorite (ClO(2) (-)) to Cl(-) and O(2). The ability of Cld to promote O(2) formation from ClO(2) (-) is unusual. Heme enzymes generally utilize ClO(2) (-) as an oxidant for reactions such as oxygen atom transfer to, or halogenation of, a second substrate. The X-ray crystal structure of Dechloromonas aromatica Cld co-crystallized with the substrate analogue nitrite (NO(2) (-)) was determined to investigate features responsible for this novel reactivity. The enzyme active site contains a single b-type heme coordinated by a proximal histidine residue. Structural analysis identified a glutamate residue hydrogen-bonded to the heme proximal histidine that may stabilize reactive heme species. A solvent-exposed arginine residue likely gates substrate entry to a tightly confined distal pocket. On the basis of the proposed mechanism of Cld, initial reaction of ClO(2) (-) within the distal pocket generates hypochlorite (ClO(-)) and a compound I intermediate. The sterically restrictive distal pocket probably facilitates the rapid rebound of ClO(-) with compound I forming the Cl(-) and O(2) products. Common to other heme enzymes, Cld is inactivated after a finite number of turnovers, potentially via the observed formation of an off-pathway tryptophanyl radical species through electron migration to compound I. Three tryptophan residues of Cld have been identified as candidates for this off-pathway radical. Finally, a juxtaposition of hydrophobic residues between the distal pocket and the enzyme surface suggests O(2) may have a preferential direction for exiting the active site.
Goblirsch
Brandon R
BR
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Streit
Bennett R
BR
Dubois
Jennifer L
JL
Wilmot
Carrie M
CM
D055162:Biocatalysis; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D043362:Rhodocyclaceae / Q000201:enzymology*
D002712:Chlorides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009573:Nitrites; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C402794:chlorite dismutase; D010100:Oxygen; C001599:chlorite
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