Pavon Jorge Alex, Fitzpatrick Paul F
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 8;131(13):4582-3. doi: 10.1021/ja900128m.
The nonheme iron enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and tryptophan hydroxylase catalyze the hydroxylation of their aromatic amino acid substrates using a tetrahydropterin as the source of electrons. The hydroxylating intermediate is proposed to be an Fe(IV)O species. We report here that all three enzymes will catalyze hydroxylation reactions using H(2)O(2) in place of tetrahydropterin and oxygen, forming tyrosine and 3-hydroxyphenylalanine from phenylalanine, 4-HOCH(2)-phenylalanine from 4-CH(3)-phenylalanine, and hydroxycyclohexylalanine from 3-cyclohexylalanine. No peroxide-dependent reaction is seen with active site mutants of TyrH and PheH in which the stability or reactivity of the iron center is compromised. These results provide further support for an Fe(IV)O hydroxylating intermediate.
非血红素铁酶苯丙氨酸羟化酶、酪氨酸羟化酶和色氨酸羟化酶利用四氢生物蝶呤作为电子来源,催化其芳香族氨基酸底物的羟化反应。据推测,羟化中间体是一种Fe(IV)O物种。我们在此报告,所有这三种酶都将使用过氧化氢代替四氢生物蝶呤和氧气催化羟化反应,由苯丙氨酸生成酪氨酸和3-羟基苯丙氨酸,由4-甲基苯丙氨酸生成4-羟甲基苯丙氨酸,由3-环己基丙氨酸生成羟基环己基丙氨酸。在酪氨酸羟化酶(TyrH)和苯丙氨酸羟化酶(PheH)的活性位点突变体中未观察到过氧化物依赖性反应,这些突变体中铁中心的稳定性或反应性受到损害。这些结果为Fe(IV)O羟化中间体提供了进一步的支持。