Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesizes phosphorylcholine phosphatase (PchP) when grown on choline, betaine, dimethylglycine or carnitine. In the presence of Mg2+ or Zn2+, PchP catalyzes the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphate (p-NPP) or phosphorylcholine (Pcho). The regulation of pchP gene expression is under the control of GbdR and NtrC; dimethylglycine is likely the metabolite directly involved in the induction of PchP. Therefore, the regulation of choline metabolism and consequently PchP synthesis may reflect an adaptive response of P. aeruginosa to environmental conditions. Bioinformatic and biochemistry studies shown that PchP contains two sites for alkylammonium compounds (AACs): one in the catalytic site near the metal ion-phosphoester pocket, and another in an inhibitory site responsible for the binding of the alkylammonium moiety. Both sites could be close to each other and interact through the residues 42E, 43E and 82YYY84. Zn2+ is better activator than Mg2+ at pH 5.0 and it is more effective at alleviating the inhibition produced by the entry of Pcho or different AACs in the inhibitory site. We postulate that Zn2+ induces at pH 5.0 a conformational change in the active center that is communicated to the inhibitory site, producing a compact or closed structure. However, at pH 7.4, this effect is not observed because to the hydrolysis of the [Zn2+L2−1L20(H2O)2] complex, which causes a change from octahedral to tetrahedral in the metal coordination geometry. This enzyme is also present in P. fluorescens, P. putida, P. syringae, and other organisms. We have recently crystallized PchP and solved its structure.
当以
胆碱、
甜菜碱、二甲基甘
氨酸或肉碱为基质时,
铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa)会合成
磷酸胆碱酯酶(PchP)。在Mg2+或Zn2+存在下,PchP可催化
对硝基苯磷酸酯(p-NPP)或
磷酸胆碱(Pcho)的
水解。PchP
基因表达的调控受GbdR和NtrC的控制;二甲基甘
氨酸很可能是直接参与诱导PchP的代谢产物。因此,
胆碱代谢及PchP合成的调控可能反映了
铜绿假单胞菌对环境条件的适应性反应。
生物信息学和
生物化学研究表明,PchP含有两个烷基
铵化合物(
AACs)位点:一个位于
金属离子-
磷酸酯口袋附近的催化位点,另一个是抑制位点,负责结合烷基
铵基团。这两个位点可能彼此靠近并通过残基42E、43E和82YYY84相互作用。在pH 5.0下,Zn2+是比Mg2+更好的激活剂,并且在缓解Pcho或不同
AACs进入抑制位点产生的抑制作用方面更有效。我们假设Zn2+在pH 5.0下诱导了活性中心的构象变化,并传递到抑制位点,产生了一种紧凑或封闭的结构。然而,在pH 7.4下,由于[Zn2+
L2-1
L20(
H2O)2]配合物的
水解,从八面体到四面体的
金属配位几何结构的改变,这种效应没有观察到。这种酶也存在于
铜绿假单胞菌的其他菌株中,如荧光
铜绿假单胞菌(P. fluorescens)、
铜绿假单胞菌(P. putida)和疫病
铜绿假单胞菌(P. syringae)。我们最近结晶了PchP并解析了其结构。