Identification of a Histidine Metal Ligand in the argE-Encoded N-Acetyl-L-Ornithine Deacetylase from Escherichia coli

Authors

Wade C. McGregor
Danuta M. Gillner
Sabina I. Swierczek
Dali Liu, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Richard C. Holz

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Publication Title

SpringerPlus

Volume

2

Issue

482

Pages

1-11

Publisher Name

Springer Nature

Abstract

The H355A, H355K, H80A, and H80K mutant enzymes of the argE-encoded N-acetyl-L-ornithine deacetylase (ArgE) from Escherichia coli were prepared, however, only the H355A enzyme was found to be soluble. Kinetic analysis of the Co(II)-loaded H355A exhibited activity levels that were 380-fold less than Co(II)-loaded WT ArgE. Electronic absorption spectra of Co(II)-loaded H355A-ArgE indicate that the bound Co(II) ion resides in a distorted, five-coordinate environment and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) data for Zn(II) binding to the H355A enzyme provided a dissociation constant (K_d) of 39 μM. A three-dimensional homology model of ArgE was generated using the X-ray crystal structure of the dapE-encoded N-succinyl-L,L-diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase (DapE) from Haemophilus influenzae confirming the assignment of H355 as well as H80 as active site ligands.

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Author Posting. © McGregor et al., 2013. This article is posted here by permission of the authors for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in SpringerPlus, Volume 2, Issue 482, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-482

Recommended Citation

McGregor, WC, DM Gillner, SI Swierczek, D Liu, and RC Holz. "Identification of a Histidine Metal Ligand in the argE-Encoded N-Acetyl-L-Ornithine Deacetylase from Escherichia coli." SpringerPlus 2(482), 2013.

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