Identification of critical residues of the mycobacterial dephosphocoenzyme a kinase by site-directed mutagenesis.
Dephosphocoenzyme A kinase performs the transfer of the γ-phosphate of ATP to dephosphocoenzyme A, catalyzing the last step of coenzyme A biosynthesis. This enzyme belongs to the P-loop-containing NTP hydrolase superfamily, all members of which posses a three domain topology consisting of a CoA domain that binds the acceptor substrate, the nucleotide binding domain and the lid domain. Differences in the enzymatic organization and regulation between the human and mycobacterial counterparts, have pointed out the tubercular CoaE as a high confidence drug target (HAMAP database). Unfortunately the absence of a three-dimensional crystal structure of the enzyme, either alone or complexed with either of its substrates/regulators, leaves both the reaction mechanism unidentified and the chief players involved in substrate binding, stabilization and catalysis unknown. Based on homology modeling and sequence analysis, we chose residues in the three functional domains of the enzyme to assess their contributions to ligand binding and catalysis using site-directed mutagenesis. Systematically mutating the residues from the P-loop and the nucleotide-binding site identified Lys14 and Arg140 in ATP binding and the stabilization of the phosphoryl intermediate during the phosphotransfer reaction. Mutagenesis of Asp32 and Arg140 showed catalytic efficiencies less than 5-10% of the wild type, indicating the pivotal roles played by these residues in catalysis. Non-conservative substitution of the Leu114 residue identifies this leucine as the critical residue from the hydrophobic cleft involved in leading substrate, DCoA binding. We show that the mycobacterial enzyme requires the Mg(2+) for its catalytic activity. The binding energetics of the interactions of the mutant enzymes with the substrates were characterized in terms of their enthalpic and entropic contributions by ITC, providing a complete picture of the effects of the mutations on activity. The properties of mutants defective in substrate recognition were consistent with the ordered sequential mechanism of substrate addition for CoaE.
Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Guneet
G
Walia
Komatireddy
K
Gajendar
Avadhesha
A
Surolia
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002384:Catalysis; D006801:Humans; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009159:Mycobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D013816:Thermodynamics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C020021:dephospho-CoA kinase
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