2021
Enzyme catalysis prior to aromatic residues: Reverse engineering of a dephospho-CoA kinase
MAKAROV, M., J. MENG, V. TRETYACHENKO, P. SRB, A. BREZINOVA et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Enzyme catalysis prior to aromatic residues: Reverse engineering of a dephospho-CoA kinase
Autoři
MAKAROV, M., J. MENG, V. TRETYACHENKO, P. SRB, A. BREZINOVA, V.G. GIACOBELLI, L. BEDNAROVA, J. VONDRASEK, A.K. DUNKER a K. HLOUCHOVA
Vydání
PROTEIN SCIENCE, 2021, 0961-8368
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Stát vydavatele
Spojené státy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 6.993
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14740/21:00124510
Organizační jednotka
Středoevropský technologický institut
UT WoS
000632928300001
Klíčová slova anglicky
aromatic amino acidscatalysis evolutiongenetic code evolutionprotein disorderprotein structure evolution
Příznaky
Recenzováno
Změněno: 18. 5. 2022 15:03, Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
The wide variety of protein structures and functions results from the diverse properties of the 20 canonical amino acids. The generally accepted hypothesis is that early protein evolution was associated with enrichment of a primordial alphabet, thereby enabling increased protein catalytic efficiencies and functional diversification. Aromatic amino acids were likely among the last additions to genetic code. The main objective of this study was to test whether enzyme catalysis can occur without the aromatic residues (aromatics) by studying the structure and function of dephospho-CoA kinase (DPCK) following aromatic residue depletion. We designed two variants of a putative DPCK from Aquifex aeolicus by substituting (a) Tyr, Phe and Trp or (b) all aromatics (including His). Their structural characterization indicates that substituting the aromatics does not markedly alter their secondary structures but does significantly loosen their side chain packing and increase their sizes. Both variants still possess ATPase activity, although with 150-300 times lower efficiency in comparison with the wild-type phosphotransferase activity. The transfer of the phosphate group to the dephospho-CoA substrate becomes heavily uncoupled and only the His-containing variant is still able to perform the phosphotransferase reaction. These data support the hypothesis that proteins in the early stages of life could support catalytic activities, albeit with low efficiencies. An observed significant contraction upon ligand binding is likely important for appropriate organization of the active site. Formation of firm hydrophobic cores, which enable the assembly of stably structured active sites, is suggested to provide a selective advantage for adding the aromatic residues.
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