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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44592-7
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2016R1D1A1B03930716]
- GIST Research Institute (GRI) - GIST
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Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) is widely distributed in nature and installs a methyl group onto one of the vicinal hydroxyl groups of a catechol derivative. Enzymes belonging to this family require two cofactors for methyl transfer: S-adenosyl-l-methionine as a methyl donor and a divalent metal cation for regiospecific binding and activation of a substrate. We have determined two high-resolution crystal structures of Rv0187, one of three COMT paralogs from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in the presence and absence of cofactors. The cofactor-bound structure clearly locates strontium ions and S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine in the active site, and together with the complementary structure of the ligand-free form, it suggests conformational dynamics induced by the binding of cofactors. Examination of in vitro activities revealed promiscuous substrate specificity and relaxed regioselectivity against various catechol-like compounds. Unexpectedly, mutation of the proposed catalytic lysine residue did not abolish activity but altered the overall landscape of regiospecific methylation.
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