Journal
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 169, Issue 2, Pages 226-242Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.10.009
Keywords
Plant peroxidase; Royal palm tree peroxidase; Crystal structure; Molecular mechanism of peroxidase activity; Statistical coupling analysis
Funding
- Universidad de Salamanca [SA-06-00-0 ITA-CYL]
- Junta de Castilla y Leon [SA 129A07, EDU/1490/2003]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain [BFU2007-61653]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP, SP, Brazil) [06/00182-8]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brazil)
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Royal palm tree peroxidase (RPTP) is a very stable enzyme in regards to acidity, temperature, H2O2, and organic solvents. Thus, RPTP is a promising candidate for developing H2O2-sensitive biosensors for diverse applications in industry and analytical chemistry. RPTP belongs to the family of class III secretory plant peroxidases, which include horseradish peroxidase isozyme C, soybean and peanut peroxidases. Here we report the X-ray structure of native RPTP isolated from royal palm tree (Roystonea regia) refined to a resolution of 1.85 angstrom. RPTP has the same overall folding pattern of the plant peroxidase superfamily, and it contains one heme group and two calcium-binding sites in similar locations. The three-dimensional structure of RPTP was solved for a hydroperoxide complex state, and it revealed a bound 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid molecule (MES) positioned at a putative substrate-binding secondary site. Nine N-glycosylation sites are clearly defined in the RPTP electron-density maps, revealing for the first time conformations of the glycan chains of this highly glycosylated enzyme. Furthermore, statistical coupling analysis (SCA) of the plant peroxidase superfamily was performed. This sequence-based method identified a set of evolutionarily conserved sites that mapped to regions surrounding the heme prosthetic group. The SCA matrix also predicted a set of energetically coupled residues that are involved in the maintenance of the structural folding of plant peroxidases. The combination of crystallographic data and SCA analysis provides information about the key structural elements that could contribute to explaining the unique stability of RPTP. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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