title: A flavin-dependent monooxygenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in cholesterol catabolism.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 have similar cholesterol catabolic pathways. This pathway contributes to the pathogenicity of Mtb. The hsaAB cholesterol catabolic genes have been predicted to encode the oxygenase and reductase, respectively, of a flavin-dependent mono-oxygenase that hydroxylates 3-hydroxy-9,10-seconandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17-dione (3-HSA) to a catechol. An hsaA deletion mutant of RHA1 did not grow on cholesterol but transformed the latter to 3-HSA and related metabolites in which each of the two keto groups was reduced: 3,9-dihydroxy-9,10-seconandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-17-one (3,9-DHSA) and 3,17-dihydroxy-9,10-seconandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-9-one (3,17-DHSA). Purified 3-hydroxy-9,10-seconandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17-dione 4-hydroxylase (HsaAB) from Mtb had higher specificity for 3-HSA than for 3,17-DHSA (apparent k(cat)/K(m) = 1000 +/- 100 M(-1) s(-1) versus 700 +/- 100 M(-1) s(-1)). However, 3,9-DHSA was a poorer substrate than 3-hydroxybiphenyl (apparent k(cat)/K(m) = 80 +/- 40 M(-1) s(-1)). In the presence of 3-HSA the K(m)(app) for O(2) was 100 +/- 10 microM. The crystal structure of HsaA to 2.5-A resolution revealed that the enzyme has the same fold, flavin-binding site, and catalytic residues as p-hydroxyphenyl acetate hydroxylase. However, HsaA has a much larger phenol-binding site, consistent with the enzyme's substrate specificity. In addition, a second crystal form of HsaA revealed that a C-terminal flap (Val(367)-Val(394)) could adopt two conformations differing by a rigid body rotation of 25 degrees around Arg(366). This rotation appears to gate the likely flavin entrance to the active site. In docking studies with 3-HSA and flavin, the closed conformation provided a rationale for the enzyme's substrate specificity. Overall, the structural and functional data establish the physiological role of HsaAB and provide a basis to further investigate an important class of monooxygenases as well as the bacterial catabolism of steroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z3, Canada.
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dresen
authors.forename: Leo Y-C
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Elitza I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Tocheva
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Strynadka
authors.forename: Lindsay D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Eltis
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D055162:Biocatalysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005415:Flavins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007700:Kinetics; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D010641:Phenotype; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005415:Flavins; D002784:Cholesterol; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases
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