A glutamate residue in the catalytic center of the yeast chorismate mutase restricts enzyme activity to acidic conditions
AUTOR(ES)
Schnappauf, Georg
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
Chorismate mutase acts at the first branchpoint of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and catalyzes the conversion of chorismate to prephenate. Comparison of the x-ray structures of allosteric chorismate mutase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Escherichia coli chorismate mutase/prephenate dehydratase suggested conserved active sites between both enzymes. We have replaced all critical amino acid residues, Arg-16, Arg-157, Lys-168, Glu-198, Thr-242, and Glu-246, of yeast chorismate mutase by aliphatic amino acid residues. The resulting enzymes exhibit the necessity of these residues for catalytic function and provide evidence of their localization at the active site. Unlike some bacterial enzymes, yeast chorismate mutase has highest activity at acidic pH values. Replacement of Glu-246 in the yeast chorismate mutase by glutamine changes the pH optimum for activity of the enzyme from a narrow to a broad pH range. These data suggest that Glu-246 in the catalytic center must be protonated for maximum catalysis and restricts optimal activity of the enzyme to low pH.
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