Structure and Functional Differences of Cysteine and 3‐Mercaptopropionate Dioxygenases: A Computational Study

Autor: Guy N. L. Jameson, Sam P. de Visser, C.-C. George Yeh, Christos Pierides
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: University of Manchester-PURE
ISSN: 1521-3765
0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101878
Popis: Thiol dioxygenases are important enzymes for human health; they are involved in the detoxification and catabolism of toxic thiol-containing natural products such as cysteine. As such, these enzymes have relevance to the development of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases in the brain. Recent crystal structure coordinates of cysteine and 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase (CDO and MDO) showed major differences in the second-coordination spheres of the two enzymes. To understand the difference in activity between these two analogous enzymes, we created large, active-site cluster models. We show that CDO and MDO have different iron(III)-superoxo-bound structures due to differences in ligand coordination. Furthermore, our studies show that the differences in the second-coordination sphere and particularly the position of a positively charged Arg residue results in changes in substrate positioning, mobility and enzymatic turnover. Furthermore, the substrate scope of MDO is explored with cysteinate and 2-mercaptosuccinic acid and their reactivity is predicted.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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