Hemin binds to human cytoplasmic arginyl-tRNA synthetase and inhibits its catalytic activity |
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Authors: | Yang Fang Xia Xian Lei Hui-Yan Wang En-Duo |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. |
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Abstract: | The free form of human cytoplasmic arginyl-tRNA synthetase (hcArgRS) is hypothesized to participate in ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation by offering arginyl-tRNA(Arg) to arginyl-tRNA transferase (ATE1). We investigated the effect of hemin on hcArgRS based on the fact that hemin regulates several critical proteins in the "N-end rule" protein degradation pathway. Extensive biochemical evidence has established that hemin could bind to both forms of hcArgRS in vitro. Based on the spectral changes of the Soret band on site-directed protein mutants, we identified Cys-115 as a specific axial ligand of hemin binding that is located in the Add1 domain. Hemin inhibited the catalytic activity of full-length and N-terminal 72-amino acid-truncated hcArgRSs by blocking amino acid activation. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that the K(m) values for tRNA(Arg), arginine, and ATP in the presence of hemin were not altered, but k(cat) values dramatically decreased compared with those in the absence of hemin. By comparison, the activity of prokaryotic ArgRS was not affected obviously by hemin. Gel filtration chromatography suggested that hemin induced oligomerization of both the isolated Add1 domain and the wild type enzyme, which could account for the inhibition of catalytic activity. However, the catalytic activity of an hcArgRS mutant with Cys-115 replaced by alanine (hcArgRS-C115A) was also inhibited by hemin, suggesting that hemin binding to Cys-115 is not responsible for the inhibition of enzymatic activity and that the specific binding may participate in other biological functions. |
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Keywords: | Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Enzyme Inhibitors Enzymes Heme Transfer RNA (tRNA) Arginyl-tRNA Synthetase Hemin Soret Band |
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