Mechanisms of catalysis and inhibition operative in the arginine deiminase from the human pathogen Giardia lamblia
作者:Zhimin Li、Liudmila Kulakova、Ling Li、Andrey Galkin、Zhiming Zhao、Theodore E. Nash、Patrick S. Mariano、Osnat Herzberg、Debra Dunaway-Mariano
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2009.06.001
日期:2009.10
Giardia lamblia arginine deiminase (GlAD), the topic of this paper, belongs to the hydrolase branch of the guanidine-modifying enzyme superfamily, whose members employ Cys-mediated nucleophilic catalysis to promote deimination of L-arginine and its naturally occurring derivatives. G. lamblia is the causative agent in the human disease giardiasis. The results of RNAi/antisense RNA gene-silencing studies reported herein indicate that GlAD is essential for G. lamblia trophozoite survival and thus, a potential target for the development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of giardiasis. The homodimeric recombinant protein was prepared in Escherichia coli for in-depth biochemical characterization. The 2-domain GlAD monomer consists of a N-terminal domain that shares an active site structure (depicted by an in silico model) and kinetic properties (determined by steady-state and transient state kinetic analysis) with its bacterial AD counterparts, and a C-terminal domain of unknown fold and function. GlAD was found to be active over a wide pH range and to accept L-arginine, L-arginine ethyl ester, N-alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine, and N-omega-amino-L-arginine as substrates but not agmatine, L-homoarginine, N-alpha-benzoyl- L-arginine ethyl ester or a variety of arginine-containing peptides. The intermediacy of a Cys424-alkylthiouronium ion covalent enzyme adduct was demonstrated and the rate constants for formation (k(1) = 80 s(-1)) and hydrolysis (k(2) = 35 s(-1)) of the intermediate were determined. The comparatively lower value of the steady-state rate constant (k(cat) = 2.6 s(-1)), suggests that a step following citrulline formation is rate-limiting. Inhibition of GlAD using Cys directed agents was briefly explored. S-Nitroso-L-homocysteine was shown to be an active site directed, irreversible inhibitor whereas N omega-cyano-L-arginine did not inhibit GlAD but instead proved to be an active site directed, irreversible inhibitor of the Bacillus cereus AD. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.