Snapshots of the catalytic cycle of an O <sub>2</sub> , pyridoxal phosphate‐dependent hydroxylase
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The organic cofactor pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is used by enzymes to catalyze numerous modifications of amino acid substrates. Recently, the diversity of PLP‐dependent enzymes has been expanded with the discovery of several enzymes that use O 2 as a co‐substrate to perform chemically challenging oxidative reactions. The interesting chemistry catalyzed by such O 2 ‐, PLP‐dependent oxidases prompted us to undertake a bioinformatic search for new O 2 ‐, PLP‐dependent enzymes. We identified one widely distributed enzyme, which we named RohP. Through in vitro biochemical studies we characterized the activity of RohP and found that it uses PLP and O 2 to catalyze the hydroxylation of an sp 3 ‐hybridized carbon in l ‐arginine, giving 4‐hydroxy‐2‐ketoarginine, along with stoichiometric conversion of O 2 to H 2 O 2 . Surprisingly, we found that the hydroxyl group in the 4‐hydroxy‐2‐ketoarginine product is derived from water, raising questions about the mechanism of RohP. To provide insight into the mechanism behind this hydroxylation, we used X‐ray crystallography to obtain four ~1.5 Å resolution snapshots interpreted to represent RohP at different stages of its catalytic cycle: the holo enzyme, two different PLP‐bound intermediates, and the enzyme in complex with ( S )‐4‐hydroxy‐2‐ketoarginine. These structures reveal that the dynamic N‐terminus of RohP, which is required for catalysis, becomes ordered upon substrate binding, sealing off the active site from the bulk solvent. Concurrently, several conformational changes of residues in the active site help to properly orient the substrate for catalysis. Through our structural work we also identify a conserved histidine, which we demonstrate is essential for the later steps in catalysis, and we suggest that this residue may be key to catalyzing a stereospecific alkene hydration. Collectively, our biochemical and X‐ray crystallographic investigation provides insights into how O 2 ‐, PLP‐dependent oxidases can catalyze the challenging hydroxylation of an unactivated sp 3 ‐hybridized carbon in l ‐arginine and sets the stage for further mechanistic studies on this exciting group of enzymes. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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