Biosynthesis of Archaeal Membrane Lipids: Digeranylgeranylglycerophospholipid Reductase of the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum
作者:Yuji Nishimura、Tadashi Eguchi
DOI:10.1093/jb/mvj118
日期:2006.6.1
The basic core structure of archaeal membrane lipids is 2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glyceryl phosphate (archaetidic acid), which is formed by the reduction of 2,3-di-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate. The reductase activity for the key enzyme in membrane lipid biosynthesis, 2,3-digeranylgeranylglycerophospholipid reductase, was detected in a cell free extract of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. The reduction activity was found in the membrane fraction, and FAD and NADH were required for the activity. The reductase was purified from a cell free extract by ultracentrifugation and four chromatographic steps. The purified enzyme showed a single band at ca. 45 kDa on SDS-PAGE, and catalyzed the formation of archaetidic acid from 2,3-di-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate. Furthermore, the enzyme also catalyzed the reduction of 2,3-di-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate analogues such as 2,3-di-O-phytyl-sn-glyceryl phosphate, 3-O-(2,3-di-O-phytyl-sn-glycero-phospho)-sn-glycerol and 2,3-di-O-phytyl-sn-glycero-phosphoethanolamine. The N-terminal 20 amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme was determined and was found to be identical to the sequence encoded by the Ta0516m gene of the T. acidophilum genome. The present study clearly demonstrates that 2,3-digeranylgeranylglycerophospholipid reductase is a membrane associated protein and that the hydrogenation of each double bond of 2,3-digeranylgeranylglycerophospholipids is catalyzed by a single enzyme.
古细菌膜脂质的基本核心结构是2,3-二-O-植物烷基-sn-甘油磷酸(古细菌酸),它是通过2,3-二-O-香叶基甘油磷酸的还原形成的。在嗜热古细菌嗜热古细菌的细胞外提取物中检测到了膜脂生物合成中的关键酶2,3-二-O-香叶基甘油磷酸还原酶的还原酶活性。还原活性存在于膜部分,并且需要FAD和NADH才能发挥作用。通过超速离心和四个色谱步骤从细胞外提取物中纯化了还原酶。纯化的酶在SDS-PAGE上显示约45 kDa的单条带,并催化了2,3-二-O-香叶基甘油磷酸形成古细菌酸。此外,该酶还催化了2,3-二-O-香叶基甘油磷酸类似物的还原,如2,3-二-O-植物烷基-sn-甘油磷酸、3-O-(2,3-二-O-植物烷基-sn-甘油磷酸)-sn-甘油醇和2,3-二-O-植物烷基-sn-甘油磷酸乙醇胺。确定了纯化酶的N端20个氨基酸序列,发现它与嗜热古细菌基因组中的Ta0516m基因编码的序列相同。本研究清楚地