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Affinity labeling of the rabbit 12/15-lipoxygenase using azido derivatives of arachidonic acid.

Lipoxygenases are lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of important diseases. They consist of a single polypeptide chain, which is folded into a two-domain structure. The large catalytic domain contains the putative substrate-binding pocket and the catalytic non-heme iron. To identify structural elements of the rabbit 12/15-lipoxygenase that are involved in enzyme/substrate and/or enzyme/product interaction, we synthesized a set of radioactively labeled lipoxygenase substrates carrying a photoreactive azido group (17-azido-ETE, 18-azido-ETE, 19-azido-ETE) and used these compounds as affinity probes. After photoaffinity labeling, the enzyme was digested proteolytically and modified tryptic cleavage peptides were identified by a combination of radio-HPLC and mass spectral analysis. Following this strategy, we observed covalent linkage of a cleavage peptide that contained Ile593, which has previously been identified as the sequence determinant for the positional specificity. These data are consistent with the previous suggestion that this peptide lines the substrate-binding pocket. Surprisingly, we also observed strong labeling of cleavage peptides originating from the N-terminal beta-barrel domain, and our mass spectral data suggested covalent linkage of oxidized affinity probes. Taken together, these results confirm the previous conclusion that Ile593 and surrounding amino acids are constituents of the active site, but they also implicate the N-terminal beta-barrel in enzyme/substrate and/or enzyme/product interaction.

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Analysis of a nucleotide-binding site of 5-lipoxygenase by affinity labelling: binding characteristics and amino acid sequences.

5-Lipoxygenase (5LO) catalyses the first two steps in the biosynthesis of leukotrienes, which are inflammatory mediators derived from arachidonic acid. 5LO activity is stimulated by ATP; however, a consensus ATP-binding site or nucleotide-binding site has not been found in its protein sequence. In the present study, affinity and photoaffinity labelling of 5LO with 5'-p-fluorosulphonylbenzoyladenosine (FSBA) and 2-azido-ATP showed that 5LO bound to the ATP analogues quantitatively and specifically and that the incorporation of either analogue inhibited ATP stimulation of 5LO activity. The stoichiometry of the labelling was 1.4 mol of FSBA/mol of 5LO (of which ATP competed with 1 mol/mol) or 0.94 mol of 2-azido-ATP/mol of 5LO (of which ATP competed with 0.77 mol/mol). Labelling with FSBA prevented further labelling with 2-azido-ATP, indicating that the same binding site was occupied by both analogues. Other nucleotides (ADP, AMP, GTP, CTP and UTP) also competed with 2-azido-ATP labelling, suggesting that the site was a general nucleotide-binding site rather than a strict ATP-binding site. Ca(2+), which also stimulates 5LO activity, had no effect on the labelling of the nucleotide-binding site. Digestion with trypsin and peptide sequencing showed that two fragments of 5LO were labelled by 2-azido-ATP. These fragments correspond to residues 73-83 (KYWLNDDWYLK, in single-letter amino acid code) and 193-209 (FMHMFQSSWNDFADFEK) in the 5LO sequence. Trp-75 and Trp-201 in these peptides were modified by the labelling, suggesting that they were immediately adjacent to the C-2 position of the adenine ring of ATP. Given the stoichiometry of the labelling, the two peptide sequences of 5LO were probably near each other in the enzyme's tertiary structure, composing or surrounding the ATP-binding site of 5LO.

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Affinity labelling of the tetrodotoxin-binding component of the Na+ channel.

Tetrodotoxin-binding sites were covalently labelled with a highly tritiated derivative of tetrodotoxin. Cross-linking experiments, using dissucinimidyl suberate, on partially purified tetrodotoxin-binding component from electroplax of Electrophorus electricus, revealed covalent labelling of a single polypeptide chain of MW 270,000.

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Affinity labeling of the active site and the reactive sulfhydryl associated with activation of rat liver phenylalanine hydroxylase.

A pterin analogue, 5-[(3-azido-6-nitrobenzylidene)amino]-2,6-diamino-4-pyrimidinone (ANBADP), was synthesized as a probe of the pterin binding site of phenylalanine hydroxylase. The photoaffinity label has been found to be a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme with respect to 6,7-dimethyltetrahydropterin, having a Ki of 8.8 +/- 1.1 microM. The irreversible labeling of phenylalanine hydroxylase by the photoaffinity label upon irradiation is both concentration and time dependent. Phenylalanine hydroxylase is covalently labeled with a stoichiometry of 0.87 +/- 0.08 mol of label/enzyme subunit. 5-Deaza-6-methyltetrahydropterin protects against inactivation and both 5-deaza-6-methyltetrahydropterin and 6-methyltetrahydropterin protect against covalent labeling, indicating that labeling occurs at the pterin binding site. Three tryptic peptides were isolated from [3H]ANBADP-photolabeled enzyme and sequenced. All peptides indicated the sequence Thr-Leu-Lys-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Lys (residues 192-198). The residues labeled with [3H]ANBADP were Lys198 and Lys194, with the majority of the radioactivity being associated with Lys198. The reactive sulfhydryl of phenylalanine hydroxylase associated with activation of the enzyme was also identified by labeling with the chromophoric label 5-(iodoacetamido)fluorescein [Parniak, M. A., & Kaufman, S. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 6876]. Labeling of the enzyme resulted in 1 mol of fluorescein bound per phenylalanine hydroxylase subunit and a concomitant activation of phenylalanine hydroxylase to 82% of the activity found with phenylalanine-activated enzyme. Tryptic and chymotryptic peptides were isolated from fluorescein-labeled enzyme and sequenced. The modified residue was identified as Cys236.

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