title: Neocarzinostatin-based hybrid biocatalysts with a RNase like activity.
abstract: A new zinc(II)-cofactor coupled to a testosterone anchor, zinc(II)-N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,3-diamino-propa-2-ol-N'(17'-succinimidyltestosterone) (Zn-Testo-BisPyPol) 1-Zn has been synthesized and fully characterized. It has been further associated with a neocarzinostatin variant, NCS-3.24, to generate a new artificial metalloenzyme following the so-called 'Trojan horse' strategy. This new 1-Zn-NCS-3.24 biocatalyst showed an interesting catalytic activity as it was found able to catalyze the hydrolysis of the RNA model HPNP with a good catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM=13.6M(-1)s(-1) at pH 7) that places it among the best artificial catalysts for this reaction. Molecular modeling studies showed that a synergy between the binding of the steroid moiety and that of the BisPyPol into the protein binding site can explain the experimental results, indicating a better affinity of 1-Zn for the NCS-3.24 variant than testosterone and testosterone-hemisuccinate themselves. They also show that the artificial cofactor entirely fills the cavity, the testosterone part of 1-Zn being bound to one the two subdomains of the protein providing with good complementarities whereas its metal ion remains widely exposed to the solvent which made it a valuable tool for the catalysis of hydrolysis reactions, such as that of HPNP. Some possible improvements in the 'Trojan horse' strategy for obtaining better catalysts of selective reactions will be further studied.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 8619 CNRS, Laboratoire de Modélisation et d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Bât. 430, Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Agathe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urvoas
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Wadih
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ghattas
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C.n., Cerdonyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jean-Didier
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Maréchal
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Avenier
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellande
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. Electronic address: remy.ricoux@u-psud.fr.
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ricoux
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Bât. 420, Université Paris-sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. Electronic address: jean-pierre.mahy@u-psud.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mahy
mesh_terms: D055162:Biocatalysis; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009353:Zinostatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D009353:Zinostatin; D012260:Ribonucleases; D015032:Zinc
keywords: Artificial metalloenzyme; Molecular modeling; Phosphodiester hydrolysis; Trojan horse; Zinc complex