Although flavoenzymes have been studied in detail, the molecular basis of their dioxygen reactivity is only partially understood. The members of the flavin adenosine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and acyl-CoA oxidase families catalyze similar reactions and share common structural features. However, both enzyme families feature opposing reaction specificities in respect to dioxygen. Dehydrogenases react with electron transfer flavoproteins as terminal electron acceptors and do not show a considerable reactivity with dioxygen, whereas dioxygen serves as a bona fide substrate for oxidases. We recently engineered (2S)-methylsuccinyl-CoA dehydrogenase towards oxidase activity by rational mutagenesis. Here we characterized the (2S)-methylsuccinyl-CoA dehydrogenase wild-type, as well as the engineered (2S)-methylsuccinyl-CoA oxidase, in detail. Using stopped-flow UV-spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based assays, we explain the molecular base for dioxygen reactivity in the engineered oxidase and show that the increased oxidase function of the engineered enzyme comes at a decreased dehydrogenase activity. Our findings add to the common notion that an increased activity for a specific substrate is achieved at the expense of reaction promiscuity and provide guidelines for rational engineering efforts of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases and oxidases.
尽管对黄酶类进行了详细研究,但对其二氧反应性的分子基础仅有部分了解。依赖黄素
腺苷二核苷酸(FAD)的酰基-CoA 脱氢酶和酰基-CoA 氧化酶家族的成员催化类似的反应,并具有共同的结构特征。不过,这两个酶家族对二氧的反应特异性截然相反。脱氢酶与作为终端电子受体的电子传递黄蛋白反应,并不与二氧显示出相当大的反应性,而二氧则是氧化酶的真正底物。最近,我们通过合理诱变,设计出了具有氧化酶活性的 (2S)-methylsuccinyl-CoA dehydrogenase。在这里,我们对(2S)-甲基琥珀酰-CoA 脱氢酶野生型和改造的(2S)-甲基琥珀酰-CoA 氧化酶进行了详细表征。我们利用基于停流紫外光谱和
液相色谱-质谱(LC-MS)的测定方法,解释了工程氧化酶中二氧反应性的分子基础,并表明工程酶氧化酶功能的增强是以脱氢酶活性的降低为代价的。我们的发现补充了一个普遍的观点,即特定底物活性的提高是以牺牲反应的杂合性为代价的,并为酰基-CoA 脱氢酶和氧化酶的合理工程化工作提供了指导。