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Title: | Arg40 is critical for stability and activity of Adenylosuccinate lyase; a purine salvage enzyme from Leishmania donovani |
Authors: | Mochi, Jigneshkumar A. Jani, Jaykumar Tak, Kiran Lodhi, Krishna Kumar PANANGHAT, GAYATHRI Pappachan, Anju Dept. of Biology |
Keywords: | Adenylosuccinate lyase Purine salvage pathway Leishmania Fluorescence spectroscopy Molecular dynamics simulations Drug target 2024 2024-AUG-WEEK1 TOC-AUG-2024 |
Issue Date: | Jul-2024 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Citation: | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 757, 110040. |
Abstract: | Purine salvage enzymes have been of significant interest in anti-Leishmanial drug development due to the parasite's critical dependence on this pathway for the supply of nucleotides in the absence of a de novo purine synthesis pathway. Adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) one of the key enzymes in this pathway is a homo-tetramer, where the active site is formed by residues from three distinct subunits. Analysis of the subunit interfaces of LdADSL, revealed a conserved Arg40 forming critical inter-subunit interactions and also involved in substrate binding. We hypothesized that mutating this residue can affect both the structural stability and activity of the enzyme. In our study, we used biochemical, biophysical, and computational simulation approaches to understand the structural and functional role of Arg40 in LdADSL. We have replaced Arg40 with an Ala and Glu using site directed mutagenesis. The mutant enzymes were similar to wild-type enzyme in secondary structure and subunit association. Thermal shift assays indicated that the mutations affected the protein stability. Both mutants showed decreased specific activities in both forward and reverse directions with significantly weakened affinities towards succinyl-adenosine monophosphate (SAMP). The mutations resulted in changes in C3 loop conformation and D3 domain rotation. Consequently, the orientation of the active site amino acid residues changed resulting in compromised activity and stability. Studies so far have majorly focused on the ADSL active site for designing drugs against it. Our work indicates that an alternative inhibitory mechanism for the enzyme can be designed by targeting the inter-subunit interface. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2024.110040 http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9045 |
ISSN: | 0003-9861 1096-0384 |
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