Different sites of acivicin binding and inactivation of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidases.
AUTOR(ES)
Smith, T K
RESUMO
Acivicin is a potent inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (EC 2.3.2.2), an enzyme of importance in glutathione metabolism. Acivicin inhibition and binding are prevented by gamma-glutamyl substrates and analogs (e.g., serine plus borate), consistent with the previous postulate that acivicin and substrates bind to the same enzyme site. Inactivation of rat kidney transpeptidase by acivicin leads to its binding as an ester to Thr-523. The pig enzyme, which has Ala-523 in place of Thr-523, is inhibited by acivicin with esterification at Ser-405. The human enzyme has Thr-524 (corresponding to Thr-523 in rat); its inactivation leads to esterification of Ser-406 (corresponding to Ser-405 in rat and pig). Hydroxylamine treatment of the acivicin-inactivated enzymes restores activity and releases the acivicin-derived threo-beta-hydroxyglutamate moiety. The findings indicate that there are significant structural differences between the active site region of the rat enzyme and the active site regions of the human and pig. Human mutant enzymes in which Thr-524 and Ser-406 were replaced by Ala, separately and together, are enzymatically active, indicating that these amino acid residues are not required for catalysis. However, esterification of these residues (and of another near the active site) effectively blocks the active site or hinders its function. Acivicin can bind at enzyme sites that are close to that at which gamma-glutamylation occurs; it may bind at the latter site and then be transesterified to another enzyme site.
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