1. Crystal Structure of a Novel N-Substituted L-Amino Acid Dioxygenase from Burkholderia ambifaria AMMD
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Qin, Hui-Min, Miyakawa, Takuya, Jia, Min Ze, Nakamura, Akira, Ohtsuka, Jun, Xue, You-Lin, Kawashima, Takashi, Kasahara, Takuya, Hibi, Makoto, Ogawa, Jun, and Tanokura, Masaru
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CRYSTAL structure , *AMINO acids , *DIOXYGENASES , *BURKHOLDERIA , *BACTERIAL enzymes , *STEREOSELECTIVE reactions , *PROTEIN structure , *COMPUTATIONAL biology - Abstract
A novel dioxygenase from Burkholderia ambifaria AMMD (SadA) stereoselectively catalyzes the C3-hydroxylation of N-substituted branched-chain or aromatic L-amino acids, especially N-succinyl-L-leucine, coupled with the conversion of α-ketoglutarate to succinate and CO2. To elucidate the structural basis of the substrate specificity and stereoselective hydroxylation, we determined the crystal structures of the SadA.Zn(II) and SadA.Zn(II).α-KG complexes at 1.77 Å and 1.98 Å resolutions, respectively. SadA adopted a double-stranded β-helix fold at the core of the structure. In addition, an HXD/EXnH motif in the active site coordinated a Zn(II) as a substitute for Fe(II). The α-KG molecule also coordinated Zn(II) in a bidentate manner via its 1-carboxylate and 2-oxo groups. Based on the SadA.Zn(II).α-KG structure and mutation analyses, we constructed substrate-binding models with N-succinyl-L-leucine and N-succinyl-L-phenylalanine, which provided new insight into the substrate specificity. The results will be useful for the rational design of SadA variants aimed at the recognition of various N-succinyl L-amino acids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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