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Members of the histone deacetylase superfamily differ in substrate specificity towards small synthetic substrates.

Abstract：

:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important enzymes for the transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. Deacetylation of epsilon-acetyl-lysine residues within the N-terminal tail of core histones mediates changes in both histone-DNA and histone-non-histone protein interactions. However, surprisingly little is known about the substrate specificities of different HDACs. Here, we use the epsilon-acyl moieties of epsilon-modified l-lysine in peptidic substrates as a probe to examine the active site cavity of HDACs and HDAC-like enzymes. Measurements were based on a fluorogenic assay with small synthetic substrates. Four different enzyme preparations were used derived from rat, human, and bacterial sources. None of the enzymes was able to utilize substrates with epsilon-acyl moieties larger than acetyl, except rat liver HDAC, which was the only enzyme to convert a substrate containing epsilon-propionyl-l-lysine. All enzymes exhibited a distinct enantioselectivity toward l-lysine-containing substrates except FB188 HDAH which also deacetylated Boc-d-Lys(epsilon-acetyl)-MCA. Moreover, all enzymes also exhibited a distinct specificity for the length of the lysine side chain; acetylated ornithine, which comprises one CH(2) unit less in the side chain, was not a substrate. In line with these results, only acetylcadaverin the metabolic degradation product of lysine but neither acetylputrescine (degradation product of ornithine) nor acetylspermidine strongly inhibited enzyme activity. Boc-l-Lys(epsilon-trifluoroacetyl)-MCA was observed to be a superior substrate for FB188 HDAH, Pseudomonas aeruginosa HDAH (PA3774), and particularly HDAC 8 compared to rat liver HDAC, and is the first suitable (synthetic) substrate for (human-derived) HDAC 8 reported to date. Altogether, the results reveal clear differences in substrate specificity between different HDACs as analyzed in the fluorogenic HDAC assay. Finally, we present the first candidates for HDAC-type-selective substrates that may be useful as biochemical tools to establish the function of particular pathways and to elucidate the role of distinct HDAC subtypes in cellular differentiation and cancer.

journal_name

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

journal_title

Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors

Riester D,Wegener D,Hildmann C,Schwienhorst A

doi

10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.155

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-11-19 00:00:00

pages

1116-23

issue

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(04)02209-0

journal_volume

324

pub_type

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Members of the histone deacetylase superfamily differ in substrate specificity towards small synthetic substrates.