Clostridium butyricum 유래 Thiolase의 입체구조규명 연구

Abstract

Thiolase는 두 분자의 acetyl-CoA를 중합하여 acetoacetyl-CoA를 생산하는 효소이다. 우리는 Clostridium butyricum 유래 thiolase (CbTHL)를 대장균에서 발현하고, 대량으로 정제하여 결정화에 성공하였다. 성장된 결정을 이용하여 엑스선회절 데이터를 획득하였으며, 3차원 입체구조를 2.0 Å으로 규명하였다. 전체적인 구조는 C. acetobutylicum 유래 thiolase (CaTHL)와 같은 type II biosynthetic thiolase와 매우 유사하다는 것을 확인하였다. CbTHL 구조를 CaTHL/CoA 복합체구조와 겹치기를 함으로써 활성화 잔기와 기질결합에 관여하는 잔기를 밝혀낼 수 있었다. CbTHL의 활성화부위는 3개의 잘 보존된 잔기인 Cys88, His349, Cys379로 구성되어 있으며, 이들 잔기는 각각, 공유결합친핵체, 일반염기, 2번째 친핵체의 역할을 하는 것으로 보인다. CbTHL에서 기질결합은, β-mercaptoethyamine과 pantothenic acid 부위는 타 thiolase와 매우 유사한 방법으로 안정화 되지만, ADP 부분은 타 thiolase와는 달리 매우 특이적인 잔기들을 사용한다. CbTHL 구조에서 가장 특징적인 것은 본 단백질이 가역적 이황화결합을 매개로 산화환원스위치를 통하여 그 활성을 조절한다는 것이다. Thiolase is an enzyme that catalyzes condensation reactions between two acetyl-CoA molecules to produce acetoacetyl-CoA. As thiolase catalyzes is the first reaction in the production of n-butanol, knowledge of the molecular and regulatory mechanism of the enzyme is crucial for synthesizing high-value biofuel. Thiolase from Clostridium butyricum (CbTHL) was expressed, purified, and crystallized. X-ray diffraction data were collected from the crystals, and the 3-dimentional structure of the enzyme was determined at 2.0 Å. The overall structure of thiolase was similar to that of type II biosynthetic thiolases, such as thiolase from C. acetobutylicum (CaTHL). The superposition of this structure with that of CaTHL complexed with CoA revealed the residues that comprise the catalytic and substrate binding sites of CbTHL. The catalytic site of CbTHL contains three conserved residues, Cys88, His349, and Cys379, which may function as a covalent nucleophile, general base, and second nucleophile, respectively. For substrate binding, the way in which CbTHL stabilized the ADP moiety of CoA was unlike that of other thiolases, whereas the stabilization of β-mercaptoethyamine and pantothenic acid moieties of CoA was quite similar to that of other enzymes. The most interesting observation in the CbTHL structure was that the enzyme was regulated through redox-switch modulation, using a reversible disulfide bond.