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ArticleBiochemistry2015

Function discovery and structural characterization of a methylphosphonate esterase.

Dao Feng Xiang, Yury Patskovsky, Venkatesh V Nemmara, Rafael Toro, Steven C Almo, Frank M Raushel

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Article in Biochemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Dao Feng Xiang
Yury Patskovsky‡Department of Biochemistry, Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States.
Venkatesh V Nemmara
Rafael Toro‡Department of Biochemistry, Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States.
Steven C Almo‡Department of Biochemistry, Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States.
Frank M Raushel

Funding

Theoretical and Computational ApproachesP01GM071790 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI RAUSHEL, FRANK M. · 2004 to 2013
$15.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 71790NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM071790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pmi1525, an enzyme of unknown function from Proteus mirabilis HI4320 and the amidohydrolase superfamily, was cloned, purified to homogeneity, and functionally characterized. The three-dimensional structure of Pmi1525 was determined with zinc and cacodylate bound in the active site (PDB id: 3RHG ). The structure was also determined with manganese and butyrate in the active site (PDB id: 4QSF ). Pmi1525 folds as a distorted (β/α)8-barrel that is typical for members of the amidohydrolase superfamily and cog1735. The substrate profile for Pmi1525 was determined via a strategy that marshaled the utilization of bioinformatics, structural characterization, and focused library screening. The protein was found to efficiently catalyze the hydrolysis of organophosphonate and carboxylate esters. The best substrates identified for Pmi1525 are ethyl 4-nitrophenylmethyl phosphonate (kcat and kcat/Km values of 580 s(-1) and 1.2 × 10(5) M(-1) s(-1), respectively) and 4-nitrophenyl butyrate (kcat and kcat/Km values of 140 s(-1) and 1.4 × 10(5) M(-1) s(-1), respectively). Pmi1525 is stereoselective for the hydrolysis of chiral methylphosphonate esters. The enzyme hydrolyzes the (SP)-enantiomer of isobutyl 4-nitrophenyl methylphosphonate 14 times faster than the corresponding (RP)-enantiomer. The catalytic properties of this enzyme make it an attractive template for the evolution of novel enzymes for the detection, destruction, and detoxification of organophosphonate nerve agents.

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Catalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayKineticsMolecular Docking SimulationMutationOrganophosphonatesPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein ConformationProteus mirabilisStereoisomerismSubstrate SpecificityOrganophosphonatesPhosphoric Monoester Hydrolases

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PMID25873441
PMCPMC4477287

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