Download MendeleyStructure-Based Prediction of Modifications in Glutarylamidase to Allow Single-Step Enzymatic Production of 7-Aminocephalosporanic Acid from Cephalosporin C.
Fritz-Wolf, K., Koller, K.P., Lange, G., Liesum, A., Sauber, K., Schreuder, H., Aretz, W., Kabsch, W.(2002) Protein Sci 11: 92
- PubMed: 11742126
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.27502
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1GK0, 1GK1 - PubMed Abstract:
Glutarylamidase is an important enzyme employed in the commercial production of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, a starting compound in the synthesis of cephalosporin antibiotics. 7-aminocephalosporanic acid is obtained from cephalosporin C, a natural antibiotic, either chemically or by a two-step enzymatic process utilizing the enzymes D-amino acid oxidase and glutarylamidase. We have investigated possibilities for redesigning glutarylamidase for the production of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid from cephalosporin C in a single enzymatic step. These studies are based on the structures of glutarylamidase, which we have solved with bound phosphate and ethylene glycol to 2.5 A resolution and with bound glycerol to 2.4 A. The phosphate binds near the catalytic serine in a way that mimics the hemiacetal that develops during catalysis, while the glycerol occupies the side-chain binding pocket. Our structures show that the enzyme is not only structurally similar to penicillin G acylase but also employs essentially the same mechanism in which the alpha-amino group of the catalytic serine acts as a base. A subtle difference is the presence of two catalytic dyads, His B23/Glu B455 and His B23/Ser B1, that are not seen in penicillin G acylase. In contrast to classical serine proteases, the central histidine of these dyads interacts indirectly with the O(gamma) through a hydrogen bond relay network involving the alpha-amino group of the serine and a bound water molecule. A plausible model of the enzyme-substrate complex is proposed that leads to the prediction of mutants of glutarylamidase that should enable the enzyme to deacylate cephalosporin C into 7-aminocephalosporanic acid.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Biophysics, Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. fritz@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
