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ArticlePloS one2018

Structural and biochemical characterization of the biuret hydrolase (BiuH) from the cyanuric acid catabolism pathway of Rhizobium leguminasorum bv. viciae 3841.

Lygie Esquirol, Thomas S Peat, Matthew Wilding, Del Lucent, Nigel G French, Carol J Hartley, Janet Newman, Colin Scott

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Lygie EsquirolCSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Thomas S PeatCSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Matthew WildingResearch School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Del LucentDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Nigel G FrenchCSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Carol J HartleyCSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Janet NewmanCSIRO Biomedical Manufacturing, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Colin ScottCSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6110-6982

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biuret deamination is an essential step in cyanuric acid mineralization. In the well-studied atrazine degrading bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP, the amidase AtzE catalyzes this step. However, Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841 uses an unrelated cysteine hydrolase, BiuH, instead. Herein, structures of BiuH, BiuH with bound inhibitor and variants of BiuH are reported. The substrate is bound in the active site by a hydrogen bonding network that imparts high substrate specificity. The structure of the inactive Cys175Ser BiuH variant with substrate bound in the active site revealed that an active site cysteine (Cys175), aspartic acid (Asp36) and lysine (Lys142) form a catalytic triad, which is consistent with biochemical studies of BiuH variants. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations highlighted the presence of three channels from the active site to the enzyme surface: a persistent tunnel gated by residues Val218 and Gln215 forming a potential substrate channel and two smaller channels formed by Val28 and a mobile loop (including residues Phe41, Tyr47 and Met51) that may serve as channels for co-product (ammonia) or co-substrate (water).

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AmidohydrolasesAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBiuretDeaminationMolecular Dynamics SimulationRhizobium leguminosarumSubstrate SpecificityTriazinesAmidohydrolasesBacterial ProteinsBiuretcyanuric acidTriazines

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PMID29425231
PMCPMC5806882

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