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Title: Dirigent isoflavene-forming PsPTS2: 3D structure, stereochemical, and kinetic characterization comparison with pterocarpan-forming PsPTS1 homolog in pea

Journal Article · · Journal of Biological Chemistry
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  1. Washington State University, Pullman, WA (United States)
  2. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
  5. Washington State University, Pullman, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
  6. University of Missouri, University, MO (United States)

Pea (legume plant defense) phytoalexin pterocarpans (–)-maackiain and (+)-pisatin have opposite C6a and C11a configurations, but how this occurs biosynthetically is unknown. Herein, pea dirigent-protein (DP) PsPTS2, which generates 7,2'-dihydroxy-4',5'-methylenedioxyisoflav-3-ene (DMDIF), was investigated as regards stereoselectivity towards four possible 7,2'-dihydroxy-4',5'-methylenedioxyisoflavan-4-ol (DMDI) stereoisomers. Each DMDI stereoisomer configuration was determined using NMR spectroscopy, electronic circular dichroism, and molecular orbital analyses. PsPTS2 efficiently converted cis-(3R,4R)-DMDI into DMDIF, this being 20-fold faster than with the trans-(3R,4S)-isomer. The 4R-configured substrate’s near ß-axial OH orientation significantly enhanced its leaving group abilities in creating intermediate A-ring mono-quinone methide (QM), whereas the 4S-isomer’s 4-OH group α-equatorial orientation was a poorer leaving group. Substrate docking simulations also indicated that the 4R-configured ß-axial OH was closest to the Asp catalytic center, whereas the 4S-isomer’s α-equatorial OH was further away. Neither cis-(3S,4S)- nor trans-(3S, 4R)-DMDIs were substrates, even with the former having the same C3/C4 stereochemistry as (+)-pisatin. PsPTS2, assayed with cis-(3R,4R)-7,2'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavan-4-ol [cis-(3R,4R)-DMI] and its C3/C4 stereoisomers, gave 2',7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflav-3-ene (DMIF), with the same substrate stereoselectivity. DP homologs may exist in licorice (Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora) and the tree legume Bolusanthus speciosus, as DMIF is found in both. PsPTS1 preferentially utilized cis-(3R,4R)-DMDI to give (–)-maackiain, this being 2200-fold more efficient than with cis-(3R,4R)-DMI. PsPTS1 also slowly converted trans-(3S,4R)-DMDI into (+)-maackiain, again reflecting the better 4R configured OH leaving group. Pea PsPTS2 and PsPTS1 provisionally provide a facile DP-engendered means to enable differing C6a and C11a configurations in (+)-pisatin and (–)-maackiain. Both DP transformations are considered to occur via DP-engendered generation of an identical mono-QM bound intermediate, which with PsPTS2 either re-aromatizes to give DMDIF or with PsPTS1 undergoes intramolecular cyclization to afford (–)-maackiain. Substrate docking simulations using PsPTS2 (2.5 Å resolution) and PsPTS1 (1.5 Å resolution) plausibly indicate that cis-(3R,4R)-DMDI binds in the anti-configuration in the PsPTS2 active site to afford DMDIF, and the syn-configuration in PsPTS1 to give maackiain.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; AC02-76SF00515; P41GM103393; MRI 1338056
OSTI ID:
2335877
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-188847
Journal Information:
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 300, Issue 3; ISSN 0021-9258
Publisher:
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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