Biochemical and Structural Characterization of l-2-Keto-3-deoxyarabinonate Dehydratase: A Unique Catalytic Mechanism in the Class I Aldolase Protein Superfamily.

Biochemistry
Seiya WatanabeAkari Ono

Abstract

l-2-Keto-3-deoxyarabinonate (l-KDA) dehydratase (AraD) catalyzes the hydration of l-KDA to α-ketoglutaric semialdehyde in the nonphosphorylative l-arabinose pathway from bacteria and belongs to the dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS)/N-acetylneuraminate lyase (NAL) protein superfamily. All members of this superfamily, including several aldolases for l-KDA, share a common catalytic mechanism of retro-aldol fission, in which a lysine residue forms a Schiff base with the carbonyl C2 atom of the substrate, followed by proton abstraction of the substrate by a tyrosine residue as the base catalyst. Only AraD possesses a glutamine residue instead of this active site tyrosine, suggesting its involvement in catalysis. We herein determined the crystal structures of AraD from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azospirillum brasilense and AraD in complex with β-hydroxypyruvate and 2-oxobutyrate, two substrate analogues, at resolutions of 1.9, 1.6, and 2.2 Å, respectively. In both of the complexed structures, the ε-nitrogen of the conserved Lys171 was covalently linked to the carbonyl C2 atom of the ligand, which was consistent with the Schiff base intermediate form, similar to other DHDPS/NAL members. A site-directed mutagenic study revealed t...Continue Reading

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