Tyr275 and Lys279 stabilize NADPH within the catalytic site of NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase and are involved in the formation of the enzyme photoactive state.

Abstract:

:Fluorescence spectroscopic and kinetic analysis of photochemical activity, cofactor and substrate binding, and enzyme denaturation studies were performed with highly purified, recombinant pea NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The results obtained with an individual stereoisomer of the substrate [C8-ethyl-C13(2)-(R)-protochlorophyllide] demonstrate that the enzyme photoactive state possesses a characteristic fluorescence maximum at 646 nm that is due to the presence of specific charged amino acids in the enzyme catalytic site. The photoactive state is converted directly into an intermediate having fluorescence at 685 nm in a reaction involving direct hydrogen transfer from the cofactor (NADPH). Site-directed mutagenesis of the highly conserved Tyr275 (Y275F) and Lys279 (K279I and K279R) residues in the enzyme catalytic pocket demonstrated that the presence of these two amino acids in the wild-type POR considerably increases the probability of photoactive state formation following cofactor and substrate binding by the enzyme. At the same time, the presence of these two amino acids destabilizes POR and increases the rate of enzyme denaturation. Neither Tyr275 nor Lys279 plays a crucial role in the binding of the substrate or cofactor by the enzyme. In addition, the presence of Tyr275 is absolutely necessary for the second step of the protochlorophyllide reduction reaction, "dark" conversion of the 685 nm fluorescence intermediate and the formation of the final product, chlorophyllide. We propose that Tyr275 and Lys279 participate in the proper coordination of NADPH and PChlide in the enzyme catalytic site and thereby control the efficiency of the formation of the POR photoactive state.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Lebedev N,Karginova O,McIvor W,Timko MP

doi

10.1021/bi0105025

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-10-23 00:00:00

pages

12562-74

issue

42

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

pii

bi0105025

journal_volume

40

pub_type

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