Inhibition of d(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase by malonate analoges

(1) d(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity from guinea pig, rat, and bovine heart and from guinea pig liver is inhibited by malonate and tartronate, and more potently by the analogs methylmalonate, bromomalonate, chloromalonate, and mesoxalate. Little or no inhibitory effect was found for aminomalonate, ethylmalonate, dimethylmalonate, succinate, glutarate, oxaloacetate, malate, propionate, pyruvate, d- and l-lactate, n-butyrate, isobutyrate, and cyclopropanecarboxylate. (2) In initial velocity kinetics at pH 8.1 with a soluble enzyme preparation from bovine heart, the inhibition by the active malonate derivatives is competitive with respect to 3-hydroxybutyrate and uncompetitive with respect to acetoacetate, NAD⁺ or NADH. With d-3-hydroxybutyrate as the variable reactant (K_{m app} = 0.26 mM) the inhibition constant of methylmalonate (K_is) was 0.09 mm. (3) The rate of utilization of d-3-hydroxybutyrate (78 μm) by coupled rat heart mitochondria in the presence of ADP was inhibited 50% by 150 μm methylmalonate. (4) With coupled guinea pig liver mitochondria oxidizing n-octanoate in the absence of added ADP, methylmalonate (1–3 mm) depressed 3-hydroxybutyrate formation substantially more than total ketone production. However, the intramitochondrial NADH (or NADPH) levels were unchanged by the addition of methylmalonate, indicating that the changes in ratios of accumulated 3-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate were caused by direct inhibition of 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase. Methylmalonate had the same effect on 3-hydroxybutyrate/acetoacetate ratios and ketone body formation with pyruvate or acetate as the source of acetyl groups. Similar results were obtained with malonate (10 mm) although the inhibition of total ketone formation from octanoate was more severe.     

d-(-)-Mandelic acid dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus curvatus

Summary Production, purification and characterization of the NAD(H)-dependent d-mandelate dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus curvatus was studied. An enzyme level of about 150 U/1 could be obtained by anaerobic cultivation in liquid broth. The specific enzyme activity in the crude extract was 1—3 U/mg. Purification by liquidliquid extraction and ion exchange chromatography led to a preparation of 2100 U/mg. The molecular weight of the enzyme was determined to be 60000 (gel filtration on Superose S12) containing two subunits of 30000. A variety of aliphatic and aromatic -keto acids are accepted as substrates by the mandelate dehydrogenase, for the substrate benzoylformate a Michaelis constant of 2·10^-4M was measured. Cu²⁺-ions and mercury compounds such as HgCl₂ or p-chloromercuribenzoate are strong inhibitors at concentrations of 0.1 mM. An unoptimized continuous conversion in an enzyme-membrane-reactor demonstrated that the enzyme could be applied for the stereospecific synthesis of d-mandelic acid.Abbreviations FDH formate dehydrogenase - PEG polyethylenglycol - SDS sodiumdodecylsulfate - MRS growth medium according to deMan, Rogosa and Sharpe (deMan et al. 1960)     

A novel N(alpha)-acetyl alanine aminopeptidase from Allomyces arbuscula

An N(alpha)-acetyl alanine aminopeptidase has been purified from the aquatic fungus Allomyces arbuscula. The apparent molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 280 kDa by gel filtration through calibrated Sephacryl S300 column. In SDS-PAGE, the purified enzyme appeared as a single band of M(r) 80 kDa. Catalytic activity of the enzyme was inhibited by specific serine protease inhibitors, 3,4-DCI and APMSF, as well as SH reacting compounds, HgCl(2) and iodoacetate, indicating that the enzyme is a serine protease with some functional SH group(s) involved in the catalytic reaction. 3H-DFP was used to label the reactive serine of the enzyme. When the labeled protein was analyzed in SDS-PAGE, most of the label appeared in the M(r) 80 kDa band, however, a few additional faster migrating minor bands were also seen, probably representing a minor degradation product of the enzyme. The enzyme cleaved mainly N(alpha)-acetlylated alanine, although a small but negligible activity was also obtained with acetylated leucine and phenylalanine. The role of the enzyme in N-end rule proteolysis is discussed.     

Formation of d(-)-1,2-propanediol and d(-)-lactate from glucose by Clostridium sphenoides under phosphate limitation

Clostridium sphenoides was grown on glucose in a phosphate-limited medium. Below 80 M phosphate two new products were formed in addition to ethanol, acetate, H₂ and CO₂: d(-)-1,2-propanediol and d(-)-lactate. These compounds were apparently synthesized via the methylglyoxal by-pass. The activity of the enzymes involvedmethylglyoxal synthase, methylglyoxal reductase, 1,2-propanediol dehydrogenase and glyoxalase-could be demonstrated in cell extracts of C. sphenoides. The formation of 1,2-propanediol from methylglyoxal proceeded via lactaldehyde. The enzyme methylgloxal synthase was inhibited by phosphate. Clostridium glycolicum, C. nexile, C. cellobioparum, C. oroticum and C. indolis did not produce propanediol under the condition of phosphate limitation. The latter two species, however, formed d(-)-lactate.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Drews on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

In situ behaviour of D(-)-lactate dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli

Some kinetic properties of the D(-)-lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.28) of Escherichia coli have been investigated. There were marked differences between the kinetic properties of the enzyme studied in situ compared with the in vitro D(-)-lactate dehydrogenase. D(-)-Lactate dehydrogenase in situ showed high substrate inhibition with pyruvate over the pH range 6.0–7.0, whereas the enzyme in vitro did not. The pH optimum for pyruvate reduction by the in situ D(-)-lactate dehydrogenase ranged between pH 7.5 and 7.8, whereas the in vitro enzyme showed its pH optimum between pH 6.8 and 7.0. The pK values of the prototropic groups that controlled the enzymatic activity shift to the acidic region for the in vitro enzyme with respect to the in situ enzyme. In vitro D(-)-lactate dehydrogenase exhibits homotropic interactions with its substrate, pyruvate and its coenzyme, NADH, at pH values ranging between pH 6.0 and 8.5, but the in situ enzyme showed homotropic interactions neither with pyruvate nor with NADH at all pH values studied.     

Glutamate dehydrogenase from apodachlya (oomycetes)

A glutamate dehydrogenase specific for nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide has been purified 50-fold from Apodachlya brachynema (Leptomitales). Certain physical, chemical, and kinetic properties of this enzyme have been studied, particularly specificity for coenzymes and substrates. With glucose as the sole carbon source, the synthesis of glutamate dehydrogenase was repressed, whereas glutamate, proline, alanine, or ornithine plus aspartate as sole carbon sources induced synthesis of the enzyme. These data indicate that the function of this enzyme is primarily degradative, although there is no evidence for a nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide-phosphate-specific biosynthetic glutamate dehydrogenase in Apodachlya.     

Lactic dehydrogenase activity and cellular localization of several dehydrogenases in Neurospora and Allomyces

Summary Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) activity has been cytochemically localized and its activity measured in wild-type and mutant strains of Neurospora crassa and male and female hybrids of Allomyces.In all strains, less intracellular staining is found, by oxidative assay of lactic dehydrogenase, ethanol dehydrogenase and a few other dehydrogenases, in the hyphal tips than in the older regions of the hyphae.The extractible activity of LDH, assayed reductively in the soluble fraction, is much greater in Allomyces than Neurospora. In Allomyces the least activity is found in the female differentiated strain. The male differentiated strain and especially the vegetative cultures of both strains have much more activity. In Neurospora, conidiating cultures have unexpectedly more activity than vegetative cultures. The crisp mutant which forms increased numbers of conidia has more activity than the wild-type which, in turn, has more activity than the aconidial fluffy mutant.     

Purification of apo-3-D-(-) hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase from rat liver mitochondria

Summary 3-D-(-) hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.30) from rat-liver mitochondria was purified in the form of the soluble, phospholipid-free apoenzyme by a procedure involving: (1) solubilization of the membrane bound enzyme by controlled digestion of membrane phospholipids with porcine pancreas phospholipase A₂; (2) stabilization and separation of the released apoenzyme as a complex with egg-lecithin by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100; and (3) specific displacement of the apoenzyme from the enzyme-lecithin complex by treatment withBothrops atrox venom phospholipase A₂ (in the absence of Ca²⁺ ions) and subsequent separation of the displaced apoenzyme by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The method described is adequate for samples containing about 40 mg of mitochondrial protein. The yield in activity is 42% of that present in mitochondria and the degree of purification of the apodehydrogenase is about 170 fold. The purified apodehydrogenase shows one single sharp band when submitted to SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, with a mobility corresponding to a molecular weight of 38000 daltons. Gel filtration of the apoenzyme on Sephadex G-100 shows two active peaks with molecular weights of 76000 and 38500 daltons, indicating two different states of aggregation, namely, monomer and dimer. The corresponding diffusion coefficients are 7.73 (monomer) and 5.70 (dimer) × 10^–7. The apodehydrogenase preparation is devoid of phospholipids and is catalytically inactive. It can be reactivated by addition of egg lecithin or phospholipid mixtures containing lecithin in a suitable physical state. Reactivation occurs after formation of an active apodehydrogenase phospholipid complex.Abbreviations HBD 3-D-(-) hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase - apoHBD 3-D-(-) hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase apoenzyme - SMP submitochondrial particles - DFP diisopropylfluorophosphate - BSA bovine serum albumin - MPL mitochondrial phospholipids - L-diC₁₄ 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine - lysoC₁₄ 1-myristoyl-sn, glycero-3-phosphorylcholine - D-diC₁₀ 2.3-didecanoyl-sn-glycero-1-phosphorylcholine - tlc thin layer chromatography - SDS sodium dodecylsulfate Dedicated to ProfessorLuis F. Leloir on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

乙醇脱氢酶与葡萄糖脱氢酶偶联催化制备(S)-1-(2,6-二氯-3-氟苯基)乙醇

(S)-1-(2,6-二氯-3-氟苯基)乙醇是抗癌药物克唑替尼的手性合成前体,可由2,6-二氯-3-氟苯乙酮经乙醇脱氢酶催化还原制备,还原中所需的还原型辅酶Ⅱ再生是该反应的技术瓶颈.本研究构建重组大肠杆菌E.coli BL21-ADH和E.coli BL21-GDH,实现了葡萄糖脱氢酶和乙醇脱氢酶的共表达,并进行偶联转化.结果表明,当在反应温度为30℃,pH为7的条件下,(S)-l-(2,6-二氯-3-氟苯基)乙醇的产量达到最高,在投料量为6％时,该体系转化率为93.75％.     

Functional replacement of the Escherichia coli D-(-)-lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldhA) with the L-(+)-lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldhL) from Pediococcus acidilactici

The microbial production of L-(+)-lactic acid is rapidly expanding to allow increased production of polylactic acid (PLA), a renewable, biodegradable plastic. The physical properties of PLA can be tailored for specific applications by controlling the ratio of L-(+) and D-(-) isomers. For most uses of PLA, the L-(+) isomer is more abundant. As an approach to reduce costs associated with biocatalysis (complex nutrients, antibiotics, aeration, product purification, and waste disposal), a recombinant derivative of Escherichia coli W3110 was developed that contains five chromosomal deletions (focA-pflB frdBC adhE ackA ldhA). This strain was constructed from a D-(-)-lactic acid-producing strain, SZ63 (focA-pflB frdBC adhE ackA), by replacing part of the chromosomal ldhA coding region with Pediococcus acidilactici ldhL encoding an L-lactate dehydrogenase. Although the initial strain (SZ79) grew and fermented poorly, a mutant (SZ85) was readily isolated by selecting for improved growth. SZ85 exhibited a 30-fold increase in L-lactate dehydrogenase activity in comparison to SZ79, functionally replacing the native D-lactate dehydrogenase activity. Sequencing revealed mutations in the upstream, coding, and terminator regions of ldhL in SZ85, which are presumed to be responsible for increased L-lactate dehydrogenase activity. SZ85 produced L-lactic acid in M9 mineral salts medium containing glucose or xylose with a yield of 93 to 95%, a purity of 98% (based on total fermentation products), and an optical purity greater than 99%. Unlike other recombinant biocatalysts for L-lactic acid, SZ85 remained prototrophic and is devoid of plasmids and antibiotic resistance genes.     

Purification and characterization of a (R)-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A NAD-dependent (R)-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.4), selectively catalyzing the oxidation at the (R)-center of 2,3-butanediol irrespective of the absolute configuration of the other carbinol center, was isolated from cell extracts of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification was achieved by means of streptomycin sulfate treatment, Sephadex G-25 filtration, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B chromatography, affinity chromatography on Matrex Gel Blue A and Superose 6 prep grade chromatography leading to a 70-fold enrichment of the specific activity with 44% yield. Analysis of chiral products was carried out by gas chromatographic methods via pre-chromatographic derivatization and resolution of corresponding diasteromeric derivatives. The enzyme was capable to reduce irreversibly diacetyl (2,3-butanediol) to (R)-acetoin (3-hydroxy-2-butanone) and in a subsequent reaction reversibly to (R,R)-2,3-butanediol using NADH as coenzyme. 1-Hydroxy-2-ketones and C₅-acyloins were also accepted as substrates, whereas the enzyme was inactive towards the reduction of acetone and dihydroxyacetone. The relative molecular mass (M _r) of the enzyme was estimated as 140 000 by means of gel filtration. On SDS-polyacrylamide gel the protein decomposed into 4 (identical) subunits of M _r 35 000. Optimum pH was 6.7 for the reduction of acetoin to 2,3-butanediol and 7.2 for the reverse reaction.Abbreviations GC-MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry - i.d. internal diameter - M _r relative molecular mass - MTPA-Cl -methoxy--trifluoromethylphenyl acetic acid chloride - PEIC 1-phenylethylisocyanate     

Two-step purification of d(-)-specific carbamoylase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens AM 10

A simple, economical and rapid affinity chromatography procedure with red dye as a ligand has been described for the two-step purification of a relatively thermostable d(-)-carbamoylase from the cell-free extract of Agrobacterium tumefaciens AM 10. The enzyme was purified 232-fold to homogeneity with a recovery of 30% in the presence of 2 mM dithiothreitol. The specific activity of the enzyme was 7.88 U/mg protein. The enzyme is a dimer with a native molecular mass of 67 kDa and a subunit relative molecular mass of 38 kDa. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was found to be 5.83. The K(m) values for N-carbamoyl-dl-methionine and N-carbamoyl-d-phenylglycine were 3.84 and 5.0 mM, respectively.     

Myo-inositol dehydrogenase(s) from Acetomonas oxydans

Summary Experimental studies have been undertaken with a view to isolation of the enzyme(s) responsible for the stereospecific oxidation of myo-inositol. A partial fractionation has been achieved and the properties of this extract examined. Results show that the active enzyme may well have a cytochrome component and there is indication that the stereospecificity ofAcetomonas oxydans results from permease as opposed to dehydrogenase activity. Kinetic experiments suggest that only one type of active enzyme site is involved in the dehydrogenation of myo-inositol.Departments of Chemistry and Applied Biology     

Molecular cloning and characterization of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase from human heart.

The complete amino acid sequence of human heart (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.30) has been deduced from the nucleotide sequence of cDNA clones. This mitochondrial enzyme has an absolute and specific requirement of phosphatidylcholine for enzymic activity (allosteric activator) and is an important prototype of lipid-requiring enzymes. Despite extensive studies, the primary sequence has not been available and is now reported. The mature form of the enzyme consists of 297 amino acids (predicted M(r) of 33,117), does not appear to contain any transmembrane helices, and is homologous with the family of short-chain alcohol dehydrogenases (SC-ADH) (Persson, B., Krook, M., and J?rnvall, H. (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 200, 537-543) (30% residue identity with human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase). The first two-thirds of the enzyme includes both putative coenzyme binding and active site conserved residues and exhibits a predicted secondary structure motif (alternating alpha-helices and beta-sheet) characteristic of SC-ADH. Bovine heart peptide sequences (174 residues in nine sequences determined by microsequencing) have extensive homology (89% identical residues) with the deduced human heart sequence. The C-terminal third (Asn-194 to Arg-297) shows little sequence homology with the SC-ADH and likely contains elements that determine the substrate specificity for the enzyme including the phospholipid (phosphatidylcholine) binding site(s). Northern blot analysis identifies a 1.3-kilobase mRNA encoding the enzyme in heart tissue.     

Crystal structure of (R)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase PhaB from Ralstonia eutropha

(R)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase PhaB from Ralstonia eutropha H16 (RePhaB) is an enzyme that catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of acetoacetyl-CoA, an intermediate of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) synthetic pathways. Polymeric PHA is used to make bioplastics, implant biomaterials, and biofuels. Here, we report the crystal structures of RePhaB apoenzyme and in complex with either NADP⁺ or acetoacetyl-CoA, which provide the catalytic mechanism of the protein. RePhaB contains a Rossmann fold and a Clamp domain for binding of NADP⁺ and acetoacetyl-CoA, respectively. The NADP⁺-bound form of RePhaB structure reveals that the protein has a unique cofactor binding mode. Interestingly, in the RePhaB structure in complex with acetoacetyl-CoA, the conformation of the Clamp domain, especially the Clamp-lid, undergoes a large structural change about 4.6 Å leading to formation of the substrate pocket. These structural observations, along with the biochemical experiments, suggest that movement of the Clamp-lid enables the substrate binding and ensures the acetoacetyl moiety is located near to the nicotinamide ring of NADP⁺.