Structural aspects of l-asparaginases, their friends and relations

• Authors: Karolina Michalska , Mariusz Jaskolski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Enzymes capable of converting l-asparagine to l-aspartate can be classified as bacterial-type or plant-type l-asparaginases. Bacterial-type l-asparaginases are further divided into subtypes I and II, defined by their intra-/extra-cellular localization, substrate affinity, and oligomeric form. Plant-type l-asparaginases are evolutionarily and structurally distinct from the bacterial-type enzymes. They function as potassium-dependent or -independent Ntn-hydrolases, similar to the well characterized aspartylglucosaminidases with (αβ)2 oligomeric structure. The review discusses the structural aspects of both types of l-asparaginases and highlights some peculiarities of their catalytic mechanisms. The bacterial-type enzymes are believed to have a disordered active site which gets properly organized on substrate binding. The plant-type enzymes, which are more active as isoaspartyl aminopeptidases, pose a chemical challenge common to other Ntn-hydrolases, which is how an N-terminal nucleophile can activate itself or cleave its own α-amide bond before the activation is even possible. The K+-independent plant-type l-asparaginases show an unusual sodium coordination by main-chain carbonyl groups and have a key arginine residue which by sensing the arrangement at the oligomeric (αβ)-(αβ) interface is able to discriminate among substrates presented for hydrolysis.

Keywords

EN

Ntn-hydrolase; l-asparaginase; isoaspartyl peptidase

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 627-640

Dates

published

2006

received

2006-10-18

revised

2006-11-17

accepted

2006-11-24

(unknown)

2006-12-01

Contributors

author

Karolina Michalska

• Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

author

Mariusz Jaskolski

• Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

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