Nnyepi Mbako R, Peng Yi, Broderick Joan B
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 2007 Mar 1;459(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.12.024. Epub 2007 Jan 12.
Escherichia coli AdhE has been reported to harbor three distinct enzymatic activities: alcohol dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde-CoA dehydrogenase, and pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) deactivase. Herein we report on the cloning, expression, and purification of E. coli AdhE, and the re-investigation of its purported enzymatic activities. While both the alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde-CoA dehydrogenase activities were readily detectable, we were unable to obtain any evidence for catalytic deactivation of PFL by AdhE, regardless of whether the reported cofactors for deactivation (Fe(II), NAD, and CoA) were present. Our results demonstrate that AdhE is not a PFL deactivating enzyme. We have also examined the potential for deactivation of active PFL by small-molecule thiols. Both beta-mercaptoethanol and dithiothreitol deactivate PFL efficiently, with the former providing quite rapid deactivation. PFL deactivated by these thiols can be reactivated, suggesting that this deactivation is non-destructive transfer of an H atom equivalent to quench the glycyl radical.
据报道,大肠杆菌AdhE具有三种不同的酶活性:乙醇脱氢酶、乙醛辅酶A脱氢酶和丙酮酸甲酸裂解酶(PFL)失活酶。在此,我们报告了大肠杆菌AdhE的克隆、表达和纯化,以及对其所谓酶活性的重新研究。虽然乙醇脱氢酶和乙醛辅酶A脱氢酶的活性很容易检测到,但无论是否存在报道的失活辅因子(Fe(II)、NAD和辅酶A),我们都无法获得任何证据证明AdhE对PFL有催化失活作用。我们的结果表明,AdhE不是一种PFL失活酶。我们还研究了小分子硫醇使活性PFL失活的可能性。β-巯基乙醇和二硫苏糖醇都能有效地使PFL失活,前者失活速度相当快。被这些硫醇失活的PFL可以重新激活,这表明这种失活是通过相当于淬灭甘氨酰自由基的氢原子的非破坏性转移实现的。