GTP Cyclohydrolase I: Purification, Characterization, and Effects of Inhibition on Nitric Oxide Synthase in Nocardia Species
AUTOR(ES)
He, Aimin
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) catalyzes the first step in pteridine biosynthesis in Nocardia sp. strain NRRL 5646. This enzyme is important in the biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a reducing cofactor required for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and other enzyme systems in this organism. GTPCH was purified more than 5,000-fold to apparent homogeneity by a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, GTP-agarose, DEAE Sepharose, and Ultragel AcA 34 chromatography. The purified enzyme gave a single band for a protein estimated to be 32 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular mass of the native enzyme was estimated to be 253 kDa by gel filtration, indicating that the active enzyme is a homo-octamer. The enzyme follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with a Km for GTP of 6.5 μM. Nocardia GTPCH possessed a unique N-terminal amino acid sequence. The pH and temperature optima for the enzyme were 7.8 and 56°C, respectively. The enzyme was heat stable and slightly activated by potassium ion but was inhibited by calcium, copper, zinc, and mercury, but not magnesium. BH4 inhibited enzyme activity by 25% at a concentration of 100 μM. 2,4-Diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine (DAHP) appeared to competitively inhibit the enzyme, with a Ki of 0.23 mM. With Nocardia cultures, DAHP decreased medium levels of NO2− plus NO3−. Results suggest that in Nocardia cells, NOS synthesis of nitric oxide is indirectly decreased by reducing the biosynthesis of an essential reducing cofactor, BH4.
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