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K Tanizawa

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PubMed1999

Application of Schiff base copper(II) and iron(III) chelates to site-specific cleavage of a trypsin.

Amidine-containing Schiff base iron(III) and copper(II) chelates were prepared from alpha-amino acid, metal ion, and salicylaldehyde. These chelates behaved as specific inhibitors of trypsin, with Ki values in the range 10(-5)-10(-6) M. Selective cleavage of the trypsin backbone resulting from specific binding of the chelate to the trypsin active site was investigated. Cleavage was observed when trypsin was incubated with amidine-containing copper(II) or iron(III) chelate, H2O2, and ascorbate. Examination of the three-dimensional structure of trypsin suggests that cleavage occurred at a peptide bond within the Gly195-Ala204 sequence.

Amidines↗
PubMed1998

Exploring a channel to the active site of copper/topaquinone-containing phenylethylamine oxidase by chemical modification and site-specific mutagenesis.

Copper amine oxidase contains an organic redox cofactor, 2,4, 5-trihydroxyphenylalaninequinone (topaquinone, TPQ), derived by the post-translational modification of a specific tyrosyl residue. To identify amino acid residues participating in the biogenesis of TPQ in the recombinant phenylethylamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis, we have modified the copper/TPQ-less apoenzyme and the copper/TPQ-containing holoenzyme with 4-fluoro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1, 3-diazole (NBD-F). In the apoenzyme modification, the Cu2+-dependent, self-processing formation of the TPQ cofactor was retarded in accordance with the amount of NBD incorporated. The holoenzyme was also rapidly inactivated by incubation with NBD-F. The inactivation was prevented almost completely in the presence of an oxidation product from phenylethylamine, phenylacetaldehyde. Furthermore, the reaction of an inhibitor, phenylhydrazine, with TPQ was much slower in the NBD-labeled holoenzyme than in the native holoenzyme. Sequence analysis of the NBD-labeled holoenzyme has identified Lys184 and Lys354 as the labeled sites. The two Lys residues are located close to the entrance to a channel, which has been found by recent X-ray crystallographic studies to be suitable for the movement of substrates and products to and from the Cu2+/TPQ-active site buried in the protein interior (Wilce, M. C. J., et al. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 16116-16133). However, site-specific mutant enzymes for Lys184, Lys354, and the neighboring invariant His355 had normal capacities for the TPQ formation in apoenzyme. These residues were also found to be dispensable for catalytic activity of holoenzyme. Thus, modification of Lys184 and Lys354 with NBD-F presumably causes structural perturbations of the substrate channel or steric hindrance for the access of small molecules to the active site through the channel.

4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan↗
PubMed1998

Transcriptional activity of RBCK1 protein (RBCC protein interacting with PKC 1): requirement of RING-finger and B-Box motifs and regulation by protein kinases.

The RBCK1 protein was recently identified as a protein kinase C-interacting protein with a new type of RBCC (RING-B-Box-Coiled-coil) region, possessing both DNA-binding and transcriptional activities unlike other proteins in the RBCC protein family (Tokunaga et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 244, 353-359, 1998). To identify protein motifs in the RBCC region of RBCK1 essential for the transcriptional activity, RBCK1 mutant proteins have been constructed and analyzed by using the GAL4 chimeric transcription regulator system. We have found that both of the RING-finger and the B-Box motifs are indispensable for the transcriptional activity of RBCK1. This is the first observation that these protein motifs of the RBCC protein family play a crucial role in transcriptional activation. In addition, we have examined the effect of co-expression of several protein kinases on the transcriptional activity of RBCK1. Protein kinase A (PKA) was found to enhance the activity by about eightfold, whereas both ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) activator kinase 1 (MEK1) and MEK kinase 1 (MEKK1) significantly repressed the activity. Because RBCC proteins are presumed to act as a proto-oncoprotein, these results suggest that the RBCK1 protein is involved in the intracellular signaling cascades along with PKA, MEK1, and MEKK1 and mediates cell growth and differentiation.

Cell Line↗
PubMed1998

Exchange of nucleoside monophosphate-binding domains in adenylate kinase and UMP/CMP kinase.

Two types of active chimeric enzymes have been constructed by genetic engineering of chicken cytosolic adenylate kinase (AK) and porcine brain UMP/CMP kinase (UCK): one, designated as UAU, carries an AMP-binding domain of AK in the remaining body of UCK; and the other, designated as AUA, carries a UMP/CMP-binding domain of UCK in the remaining body of AK. Steady-state kinetic analysis of these chimeric enzymes revealed that UAU is 4-fold more active for AMP, 40-fold less active for UMP, and 4-fold less active for CMP than the parental UCK, although AUA has considerably lowered reactivity for both AMP and UMP. Circular dichroism spectra of the two chimeric enzymes suggest that UAU and AUA have similar folding structures to UCK and AK, respectively. Furthermore, proton NMR measurements of the UCK and UAU proteins indicate that significant differences in proton signals are limited to the aromatic region, where an imidazole C2H signal assigned to His31 shows a downfield shift upon conversion of UCK to UAU, and the signals assigned to Tyr49 and Tyr56 in the UMP/CMP-binding domain disappear in UAU. In contrast, AUA has a Tm value about 11 degreesC lower than AK, whereas UAU and UCK have similar Tm values. These results together show that the substrate specificity of nucleoside monophosphate (NMP) kinases can be engineered by the domain exchange, even though the base moiety of NMP appears to be recognized cooperatively by both the NMP-binding domain and the MgATP-binding core domain.

Adenylate Kinase↗
PubMed1998

Enzymatic peptide synthesis with p-guanidinophenyl and p-(guanidinomethyl)phenyl esters as acyl donors.

Two series of "inverse substrates", N-Boc-amino acid p-guanidinophenyl and p-(guanidinomethyl)phenyl esters, were prepared as acyl donor components for enzymatic peptide synthesis. The kinetic behavior of these esters toward bovine and Streptomyces griseus (SG) trypsin was analyzed. The spatial requirement of the active site of these enzymes for catalytic efficiency is discussed based on the steric characteristics of the substrates. These substrates were found to couple readily with amino acid p-nitroanilides to produce peptides. SG trypsin was the most efficient catalyst among the enzymes tested (bovine, porcine, and SG trypsin).

Acylation↗
PubMed1997

Crystal structures of the copper-containing amine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis in the holo and apo forms: implications for the biogenesis of topaquinone.

The crystal structures of the copper enzyme phenylethylamine oxidase from the Gram-positive bacterium Arthrobacter globiformis (AGAO) have been determined and refined for three forms of the enzyme: the holoenzyme in its active form (at 2.2 A resolution), the holoenzyme in an inactive form (at 2.8 A resolution), and the apoenzyme (at 2.2 A resolution). The holoenzyme has a topaquinone (TPQ) cofactor formed from the apoenzyme by the post-translational modification of a tyrosine residue in the presence of Cu2+. Significant differences between the three forms of AGAO are limited to the active site. The polypeptide fold is closely similar to those of the amine oxidases from Escherichia coli [Parsons, M. R., et al. (1995) Structure 3, 1171-1184] and pea seedlings [Kumar, V., et al. (1996) Structure 4, 943-955]. In the active form of holo-AGAO, the active-site Cu atom is coordinated by three His residues and two water molecules in an approximately square-pyramidal arrangement. In the inactive form, the Cu atom is coordinated by the same three His residues and by the phenolic oxygen of the TPQ, the geometry being quasi-trigonal-pyramidal. There is evidence of disorder in the crystals of both forms of holo-AGAO. As a result, only the position of the aromatic group of the TPQ cofactor, but not its orientation about the Cbeta-Cgamma bond, is determined unequivocally. In apo-AGAO, electron density consistent with an unmodified Tyr occurs at a position close to that of the TPQ in the inactive holo-AGAO. This observation has implications for the biogenesis of TPQ. Two features which have not been described previously in amine oxidase structures are a channel from the molecular surface to the active site and a solvent-filled cavity at the major interface between the two subunits of the dimer.

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗
PubMed1997

Topaquinone-dependent amine oxidases: identification of reaction intermediates by Raman spectroscopy.

Resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy has proven to be an excellent technique for providing structural information about the 2,4, 5-trihydroxyphenylalaninequinone (TPQ) cofactor and for identifying the source of oxygen atoms during the posttranslational synthesis of the cofactor. Through specific labeling of the C2, C4, and C5 oxygens of TPQ in phenylethylamine oxidase (PEAO) from Arthrobacter globiformis, we have identified the C=O stretch of the C5 carbonyl at 1683 cm-1 (-27 in 18O) and the C=O stretch of the C2 carbonyl at 1575 cm-1 (-21 in 18O). These vibrational frequencies show that the C-O moiety at C5 has far greater double-bond character than at C2 or C4, thereby explaining the exclusive nucleophilic attack at the C5 position by substrates and substrate analogs. Bovine serum amine oxidase (BSAO) exhibits a similar nu(C=O) mode at 1678 cm-1 (-22 cm-1 in 18O). Aniline reacts with the TPQ cofactor of PEAO to form a new derivative (lambdamax at 450 nm) with properties similar to the proposed substrate-imine intermediate in the catalytic cycle. It retains the C2=O spectral features of the native enzyme and exhibits a new C5=N stretch at 1603 cm-1 (-29 in 15N). In contrast, methylamine reacts with both PEAO and BSAO under anaerobic conditions to form a different stable adduct (lambdamax at 385 nm) with properties closer to the proposed product-imine intermediate in the catalytic cycle. This species has a distinctive RR spectrum with a C=N stretch at 1617 cm-1 that corresponds to the atoms of the added methylamine (-58 cm-1 with CD3NH2, -19 cm-1 with CH315NH2). The lack of D2O dependence of nu(C=N) shows that this is a deprotonated imine, which would be more stable toward hydrolysis than the postulated protonated imine in the enzymatic reaction. However, the BSAO product imine (from methylamine) does undergo hydrolysis and conversion to semiquinone upon addition of cyanide. It is possible that the inactive form of the product imine is stabilized by deprotonation and flipping of the TPQ ring [Cai, D., Dove, J., Nakamura, N., Sanders-Loehr, J., and Klinman, J. P. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 11472-11478].

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗
PubMed1997

Mechanistic studies of topa quinone biogenesis in phenylethylamine oxidase.

An alternative purification for apophenylethylamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis has been developed, which avoids the use of possible contaminants that may interfere with the topa quinone (TPQ) self-processing reaction. The binding of Cu(II) and the kinetics of TPQ formation in these enzyme preparations have been reinvestigated. Our results show that Cu(II) is not significantly reduced when added to the apoprotein under anaerobic conditions. The Cu(II) EPR and circular dichroism spectra of the initially formed complex are different from the spectra of the mature Cu(II)/TPQ-containing protein, indicating that the active site structure must be altered during TPQ formation. The kinetics we observe are cleanly first-order in protein [measured subsequent to Cu(II) binding] when dioxygen is present in pseudo-first-order excess (k(obs) = 1.5 min(-1)). We found no rate dependence on copper, so long as one copper per subunit was present. This indicates that tyrosine oxidation to give TPQ depends only on the copper that is bound in the active site. These results differ from those originally reported; an alternative mechanism, which involves attack of an activated copper-oxygen species on a tyrosine radical intermediate, is proposed for TPQ formation.

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗
PubMed1996

Role of conserved Asn-Tyr-Asp-Tyr sequence in bacterial copper/2,4, 5-trihydroxyphenylalanyl quinone-containing histamine oxidase.

Copper amine oxidase contains a covalently bound quinonoid cofactor, 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanyl quinone (TPQ), which is synthesized by post-translational modification of a specific tyrosyl residue occurring in the highly conserved sequence, Asn-Tyr-(Asp/Glu)-Tyr. To elucidate the role(s) of the conserved sequence in the biogenesis of TPQ, each of the corresponding residues at positions 401-404 in the recombinant histamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis has been replaced with other amino acids by site-directed mutagenesis. When Asn-401 was changed to Asp or Gln, the rate of TPQ formation by copper-dependent self-processing was 10(3)- to 10(4)-fold slower than in the wild-type enzyme. When Tyr-402 was replaced by Phe, TPQ was not formed at all, showing that Tyr-402 is essential as the precursor to TPQ. In contrast, Asp-403 could be replaced by Glu without changes in the rate of TPQ formation, whereas its replacement by Asn led to a marked decrease. Furthermore, when Tyr-404 was changed to Phe, TPQ was formed swiftly on incubation with copper ions, but the TPQ enzyme exhibited very low activity with altered substrate specificity. These results collectively indicate that a very rigorous structural motif is required for efficient formation of TPQ and for the catalytic activity in the active site of copper amine oxidases.

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗
PubMed1996

Biosynthesis of topa quinone cofactor in bacterial amine oxidases. Solvent origin of C-2 oxygen determined by Raman spectroscopy.

Resonance Raman spectroscopy is an excellent technique for providing structural information on the 2,4, 5-trihydroxyphenylalanine quinone (TPQ) cofactor in copper-containing amine oxidases. This technique has been used to investigate the copper- and O2-dependent biosynthesis of the TPQ cofactor in phenylethylamine oxidase (PEAO) and histamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis. Incubation of the holoenzyme in H218O causes frequency shifts at 1684(-26) cm-1 in PEAO and at 1679(-28) cm-1 in histamine oxidase, allowing this feature to be assigned to the C=O stretch of a single carbonyl group at the C-5 position. When apoprotein is reacted with Cu(II) and O2 in the presence of H218O, the resultant holoproteins show increased shifts of -3 to -6 cm-1 in a number of other vibrational modes, particularly at 411 and 1397 cm-1. Because these small shifts persist when the H218O-regenerated protein is back-exchanged into H216O, they can be assigned to oxygen isotope substitution at the C-2 postion. No isotope shifts are observed when apoprotein is regenerated with Cu(II) in the presence of 18O2. Thus, it is concluded that the C-2 oxygen atom of TPQ originates from H2O rather than O2. The isotope dependence of the 1397-cm-1 mode allows it to be assigned to the C O moiety at the C-2 position, with its low frequency being indicative of only partial double bond character. Similar frequency shifts due to 18O at C-2 are observed in the resonance Raman spectra of H218O-regenerated PEAO after derivatization of the C-5 carbonyl with either p-nitrophenylhydrazine (-5 cm-1 at 480 cm-1) or methylamine (-5 cm-1 at 1301 cm-1). Taken together, these results indicate that the TPQ cofactor in the native enzyme has substantial electron delocalization between the C-2 and C-4 oxygens and that only the C-5 oxygen has predominantly C=O character.

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗
PubMed1996

Synthesis and tryptic hydrolysis of p-guanidinophenyl esters derived from amino acids and peptides.

A facile synthetic method for p-guanidinophenyl esters derived from a variety of amino acids and peptides, including D-amino acids, is presented. The kinetic behavior of trypsin towards these synthetic esters, inverse substrates, was analyzed. The spatial requirement of the enzyme active site for catalytic efficiency is discussed based on the steric characteristics of the substrates.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1996

Trypsin-catalyzed peptide synthesis and various p-guanidinophenyl esters as acyl donors.

Trypsin-catalyzed peptide synthesis has been studied by using p-guanidinophenyl esters of N alpha-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl)amino acid and peptide as acyl donor components. The reaction conditions were optimized for organic solvents, pH, and concentration of acceptor. The method was especially useful for the preparation of various peptides containing D-amino acids. The enzymatic hydrolysis of the resulting products was negligible.

Acylation↗
PubMed1995

Spectroscopic studies on the mechanism of the topa quinone generation in bacterial monoamine oxidase.

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), circular dichroism (CD), and optical absorption spectroscopies have been used to investigate the copper-dependent autoxidation process generating the 6-hydroxydopa (topa) quinone cofactor in the recombinant phenethylamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis. The cupric ion bound to the copper/topa quinone-less, inactive enzyme is first reduced to Cu(I), as inferred from the spectroscopic features observed under strictly anaerobic conditions. Cu(I) is also detectable chemically with a Cu(I)-specific chelating agent, bathocuproinedisulfonate. Introduction of a limited amount of oxygen then leads to the formation of a paramagnetic species (g = 2.004) that is stable for over several to 10 min but vanishes swiftly upon addition of sufficient oxygen. Strikingly, the hyperfine EPR structure of the organic radical is almost identical with that of the topa semiquinolamine observed in the copper/topa quinone-containing, active enzyme anaerobically reduced with substrate. Concomitant with the generation of topa quinone exhibiting characteristic optical absorption and CD bands under fully aerobic conditions, the bound copper finally shows EPR signals typical of nonblue type II Cu(II) and optical absorption around 700 nm with negative CD above 700 nm. None of these spectral changes are evoked in the binding of Cu(II) to the Tyr382-->Phe mutant enzyme, indicating that the precursor Tyr382 to topa quinone participates in the initial reduction of bound copper and serves as the origin of the transiently formed semiquinone radical. The prosthetic cupric ion plays an essential role, by changing its redox state, in the oxidative modification of the tyrosyl phenol ring, leading to topa quinone.

Arthrobacter↗
PubMed1995

Copper/topa quinone-containing histamine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis. Molecular cloning and sequencing, overproduction of precursor enzyme, and generation of topa quinone cofactor.

The gene coding for histamine oxidase has been cloned and sequenced from a Coryneform bacterium Arthrobacter globiformis. The deduced amino acid sequence consists of 684 residues with a calculated molecular mass of 75,109 daltons and shows a high overall identity (58%) with that of phenethylamine oxidase derived from the same bacterial strain. Although the sequence similarities are rather low when compared with copper amine oxidases from other organisms, the consensus Asn-Tyr-Asp/Glu sequence, in which the middle Tyr is the precursor to the quinone cofactor (the quinone of 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine, topa) covalently bound to this class of enzymes, is also conserved in the histamine oxidase sequence. To identify the quinone cofactor, an overexpression plasmid has been constructed for the recombinant histamine oxidase. The inactive enzyme purified from the transformed Escherichia coli cells grown in a copper-depleted medium gained maximal activity upon stoichiometric binding of cupric ions. Concomitantly with the enzyme activation by copper, a brownish pink compound was generated in the enzyme, which was identified as the quinone of topa by absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies of the p-nitrophenylhydrazine-derivatized enzyme and found at the position corresponding to the precursor Tyr (Tyr-402). Therefore, the copper-dependent autoxidation of a specific tyrosyl residue operates on the formation of the topa quinone cofactor in this enzyme, as recently demonstrated with the precursor form of phenethylamine oxidase (Matsuzaki, R., Fukui, T., Sato, H., Ozaki, Y., and Tanizawa, K. (1994) FEBS Lett. 351, 360-364).

Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)↗