Plasmodium falciparum hydroxymethylbilane synthase does not house any cosynthase activity within the haem biosynthetic pathway
| Autor: | Martin J. Warren, Alan Scott, Evelyne Deery, Andy Lawrence |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
hydroxymethylbilane
biology ATP synthase Chemistry Porphobilinogen synthase Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase Porphobilinogen deaminase Uroporphyrinogen III synthase Microbial Physiology Biochemistry and Metabolism Plasmodium falciparum uroporphyrinogen III Microbiology Hydroxymethylbilane chemistry.chemical_compound Biochemistry haem synthesis Uroporphyrinogen III Porphobilinogen biology.protein porphobilinogen deaminase |
| Zdroj: | Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 1465-2080 1350-0872 |
| Popis: | Uroporphyrinogen III, the universal progenitor of macrocyclic, modified tetrapyrroles, is produced from aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) by a conserved pathway involving three enzymes: porphobilinogen synthase (PBGS), hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HmbS) and uroporphyrinogen III synthase (UroS). The gene encoding uroporphyrinogen III synthase has not yet been identified in Plasmodium falciparum, but it has been suggested that this activity is housed inside a bifunctional hybroxymethylbilane synthase (HmbS). Additionally, an unknown protein encoded by PF3D7_1247600 has also been predicted to possess UroS activity. In this study it is demonstrated that neither of these proteins possess UroS activity and the real UroS remains to be identified. This was demonstrated by the failure of codon-optimized genes to complement a defined Escherichia coli hemD − mutant (SASZ31) deficient in UroS activity. Furthermore, HPLC analysis of the oxidized reaction product from recombinant, purified P. falciparum HmbS showed that only uroporphyrin I could be detected (corresponding to hydroxymethylbilane production). No uroporphyrin III was detected, showing that P. falciparum HmbS does not have UroS activity and can only catalyze the formation of hydroxymethylbilane from porphobilinogen. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|