Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Ureidoglycine Aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae Uric Acid Catabolic Pathway
Abstract
Many plants, fungi, and bacteria catabolize allantoin as a mechanism for nitrogen assimilation. Recent reports have shown that in plants and some bacteria the product of hydrolysis of allantoin by allantoinase is the unstable intermediate ureidoglycine. While this molecule can spontaneously decay, genetic analysis of some bacterial genomes indicates that an aminotransferase may be present in the pathway. Here we present evidence that Klebsiella pneumoniae HpxJ is an aminotransferase that preferentially converts ureidoglycine and an {alpha}-keto acid into oxalurate and the corresponding amino acid. We determined the crystal structure of HpxJ, allowing us to present an explanation for substrate specificity.
- Authors:
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- Cornell
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1002658
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Biochemistry-US
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: (29) ; 07, 2010; Journal ID: ISSN 0006-2960
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALLANTOIN; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOTRANSFERASES; BACTERIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECAY; FUNGI; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA; NITROGEN; SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATES; URIC ACID
Citation Formats
French, Jarrod B, and Ealick, Steven E. Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Ureidoglycine Aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae Uric Acid Catabolic Pathway. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.1021/bi1006755.
French, Jarrod B, & Ealick, Steven E. Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Ureidoglycine Aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae Uric Acid Catabolic Pathway. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi1006755
French, Jarrod B, and Ealick, Steven E. 2010.
"Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Ureidoglycine Aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae Uric Acid Catabolic Pathway". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi1006755.
@article{osti_1002658,
title = {Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Ureidoglycine Aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae Uric Acid Catabolic Pathway},
author = {French, Jarrod B and Ealick, Steven E},
abstractNote = {Many plants, fungi, and bacteria catabolize allantoin as a mechanism for nitrogen assimilation. Recent reports have shown that in plants and some bacteria the product of hydrolysis of allantoin by allantoinase is the unstable intermediate ureidoglycine. While this molecule can spontaneously decay, genetic analysis of some bacterial genomes indicates that an aminotransferase may be present in the pathway. Here we present evidence that Klebsiella pneumoniae HpxJ is an aminotransferase that preferentially converts ureidoglycine and an {alpha}-keto acid into oxalurate and the corresponding amino acid. We determined the crystal structure of HpxJ, allowing us to present an explanation for substrate specificity.},
doi = {10.1021/bi1006755},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1002658},
journal = {Biochemistry-US},
issn = {0006-2960},
number = (29) ; 07, 2010,
volume = 49,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}
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