The crucial roles of Asp-314 and Thr-315 in the catalytic activation of molecular oxygen by neuronal nitric-oxide synthase. A site-directed mutagenesis study.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
I Sagami, T Shimizu

Abstract

Nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) is a flavohemoprotein that has a cytochrome P450 (P450)-type heme active site and catalyzes the monooxygenation of L-Arg to NG-hydroxy-L-Arg (NHA) according to the normal P450-type reaction in the first step of NO synthesis. However, there is some controversy as to how the second step of the reaction, from NHA to NO and L-citrulline, occurs within the P450 domain of NOS. By referring to the heme active site of P450, it is conjectured that polar amino acid(s) such as Asp/Glu and Thr must be responsible for the activation of molecular oxygen in NOS. In this study, we have created Asp-314-->Ala and Thr-315-->Ala mutants of neuronal NOS, both of which had absorption maxima at 450 nm in the spectra of the CO-reduced complexes and studied NO formation rates and other kinetic parameters as well as the substrate binding affinity. The Asp-314-->Ala mutant totally abolished NO formation activity and markedly increased the rate of H2O2 formation by 20-fold compared with the wild type when L-Arg was used as the substrate. The NADPH oxidation and O2 consumption rates for the Asp-314-->Ala mutant were 60-65% smaller than for the wild type. The Thr-315-->Ala mutant, on the other hand, retained NO formation activity...Continue Reading

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