Mechanism of Flavin Reduction in the Class 1A Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase from Lactococcus lactis
- 7 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 46 (13), 4028-4036
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi602460n
Abstract
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenases (DHODs) oxidize dihydroorotate (DHO) to orotate (OA) using the FMN prosthetic group to abstract a hydride equivalent from C6 and a protein residue (cysteine for class 1A DHODs) to deprotonate C5. The fundamental question of whether the scission of the two DHO C-H bonds is concerted or stepwise was addressed for the class 1A enzyme from Lactococcus lactis by determining kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) on flavin reduction in anaerobic stopped-flow experiments. Isotope effects were determined at two pH values. At pH 7.0, KIEs were approximately 2-fold for DHO labeled singly at the 5-position or the 6-position and approximately 4-fold for DHO labeled at both the 5- and 6-positions. At pH 8.5, the KIEs observed for DHO labeled at the 5-position, the 6-position, and the 5- and 6-positions were approximately 2-, approximately 3-, and approximately 6-fold, respectively. These isotope effects are consistent with a concerted oxidation of DHO. The pH dependence of reduction was also determined, and a pKa of 8.3 was found. This pKa can be attributed to the ionization of the active site cysteine which deprotonates C5 of DHO during the reaction. To further investigate the importance of the active site base, two site-directed mutants were also studied: Cys130Ala (removal of the active site base) and Cys130Ser (replacement with the active site base used by class 2 DHODs). Both mutant enzymes exhibited binding affinities for DHO similar to that of the wild-type enzyme. Reduction of both mutants was extremely slow compared to that of the wild type; the rate of reduction increased with pH, showing no sign of a plateau. Interestingly, double-deuterium isotope effects on the Cys130Ser mutant also showed a concerted mechanism for flavin reduction.Keywords
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