TY - JOUR
T1 - A structural basis for half-of-the-sites metal binding revealed in Drosophila melanogaster porphobilinogen synthase
AU - Kundrat, Lenka
AU - Martins, Jacob
AU - Stith, Linda
AU - Dunbrack, Roland L.
AU - Jaffe, Eileen K.
PY - 2003/8/15
Y1 - 2003/8/15
N2 - Porphobilinogen synthase (PBGS) proteins fall into several distinct groups with different metal ion requirements. Drosophila melanogaster porphobilinogen synthase (DmPBGS) is the first non-mammalian metazoan PBGS to be characterized. The sequence shows the determinants for two zinc binding sites known to be present in both mammalian and yeast PBGS, proteins that differ in the exhibition of half-of-the-sites metal binding. The pH-dependent activity of DmPBGS is uniquely affected by zinc. A tight binding catalytic zinc binds at 0.5/subunit with a Kd well below μM. A second inhibitory zinc exhibits a Kd of ∼5 μM and appears to bind at a stoichiometry of 1/subunit. A molecular model of DmPBGS suggests that the inhibitory zinc is located at a subunit interface using Cys-219 and His-10 as ligands. Zinc binding to this previously unknown inhibitory site is proposed to inhibit opening of the active site lid. As predicted, the DmPBGS mutant H10F is active but is not inhibited by zinc. H10F binds a catalytic zinc at 0.5/subunit and binds a second nonessential and noninhibitory zinc at 0.5/subunit. This result reveals a structural basis for half-of-the-sites metal binding that is consistent with a reciprocating motion model for function of oligomeric PBGS.
AB - Porphobilinogen synthase (PBGS) proteins fall into several distinct groups with different metal ion requirements. Drosophila melanogaster porphobilinogen synthase (DmPBGS) is the first non-mammalian metazoan PBGS to be characterized. The sequence shows the determinants for two zinc binding sites known to be present in both mammalian and yeast PBGS, proteins that differ in the exhibition of half-of-the-sites metal binding. The pH-dependent activity of DmPBGS is uniquely affected by zinc. A tight binding catalytic zinc binds at 0.5/subunit with a Kd well below μM. A second inhibitory zinc exhibits a Kd of ∼5 μM and appears to bind at a stoichiometry of 1/subunit. A molecular model of DmPBGS suggests that the inhibitory zinc is located at a subunit interface using Cys-219 and His-10 as ligands. Zinc binding to this previously unknown inhibitory site is proposed to inhibit opening of the active site lid. As predicted, the DmPBGS mutant H10F is active but is not inhibited by zinc. H10F binds a catalytic zinc at 0.5/subunit and binds a second nonessential and noninhibitory zinc at 0.5/subunit. This result reveals a structural basis for half-of-the-sites metal binding that is consistent with a reciprocating motion model for function of oligomeric PBGS.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M304124200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M304124200
M3 - Article
C2 - 12794073
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 278
SP - 31325
EP - 31330
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 33
ER -