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1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Protein Engineering of Aspartate Aminotransferase

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03670132
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field General medical chemistry
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

KURAMITSU Seiki  Osaka Univ., Biology, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (60153368)

Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1992
KeywordsEnzyme / Catalytic Mechanism / Substrate Recogition / Protein Engineering / Aminotransferase / Chimera / X-Ray Crystallography / Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Research Abstract

Aminotransferases catalyze transamination between amino acids and alphaketo acids. Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) has high specificity for acidic substrates, whereas E. coli aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (AroAT) has high specificity for both acidic and hydrophobic substrates. The two proteins have only 40% amino acid sequence homology, and 50% nucleotide sequence homology. X-ray crystallographic studies of E. coli AspAT have revealed the binding site for the acidic substrate, but that for the hydrophobic substrate is still unknown. Site-directed mutagenesis of AspAT or AroAT has failed to reveal the hydrophobic pocket. Therefore, in order to search for the hydrophobic pocket, we constructed AspAT-AroAT chimeric proteins.
The chimeric proteins were obtained, even though the homology of the nucleotides was as low as 50%. The yield of chimeric gene was related to the length of homologous region between the two aminotransferase.The recombination occurred in the region where eight nucleotides out of ten were identical. It is suggested that the amino acid residues distant from active site contribute also contribute to the substrate specificity of aminotransferase.

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  • [Publications] Sung,M.-H.: "Thermostable Aspartate Aminotransferase from a Thermophilic Bacillus Species Gepe Cloning,Sequence Determintion,and Preliminary X-Ray Characterization" J.Biol.Chem.266. 2567-2572 (1991)

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  • [Publications] INOUE,K.: "Tyr225 in Aspartate Aminotransferase:Contribution of the Hydrogen Bond between Tyr225 and Coenzyme to the Catalytic Reaction" J.Biochem.109. 570-576 (1991)

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  • [Publications] YANO,T.: "The Role of His143 in the Catalytic Mechanism of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase" J.Biol.Chem.266. 6079-6085 (1991)

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  • [Publications] HAYASHI,H.: "Replacement of an Interdomain Residue Val39 of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase Affects the Catalytic Competence without Altering the Subunit Specificity of the Enzyme" J.Biochem.109. 699-704 (1991)

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  • [Publications] INOUE,K.: "Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase:Role of Tyr70 in the Catalytic Processes" Biochemistry. 30. 7796-7801 (1991)

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  • [Publications] YANO,T.: "The Role of Asp222 in the Catalytic Mechanism of Escherichia Aspartate Aminotransferase:The Amino-Acid Resedue Which Enhances the Function of the Enzyme-Bound Coenzyme Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate" Biochemistry. 31. 5878-5887 (1992)

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  • [Publications] TANAKA,T.: "Further Studies on Aspartate Aminotransferase of Thermophilic Methanogens by Analysis of General Properties,Bound Cofactors, and Subunite Structures" J.Biochem. 112. 811-815 (1992)

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  • [Publications] KYRAMITSU,S.: "Asp222,His143,and Tyr70 in Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase" ″Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors″(Fukui,T.,Kagamiyama,H.,Soda,K.,& Wada,H., eds.) Rergamon Press,Oxford. 179-181 (1991)

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  • [Publications] HAYASHI,H.: "Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase: Effects of Site-Specific Mutationson Substrate Binding and Catalysis" ″Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors″(Fukui,T.,Kagamiyama,H.,Soda,K.,& Wada,H.,eds.) Pergamon Press,Oxford. 183-186 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Sung,M.-H.: "Molecular Cloning and Sequence Determination of Thermostable Aspartate Aminotransferase from Thermophilic Bacillus Species" ″Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors″(Fukui,T.,Kagamiyama,H.,Soda,K.,& Wada,H.,eds.) Pergamon Press,OXford. 107-109 (1991)

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  • [Publications] OKAMOTO,A.: "Three-Dimensional Structure of Aspartate Aminotransferase from Escherichia coli" ″Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors″(Fukui,T.,Kagamiyama,H.,Soda,K.,& Wada,H.,eds.). 107-109 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 倉光 成紀(共著): "タンパク質立体構造の新しい視点" 講談社, 22 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 倉光 成紀: "新生化学実験講座 第1巻 V.酵素・その体の機能タンパク質" 東京化学同人, 11 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 倉光 成紀: "蛋白質・核酸・酵素 37(NO.13)" 共立出版, 14 (1992)

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  • [Publications] 倉光 成紀: "新生化学実験講座 第1巻 VII.タンパク質工学" 東京化学同人, 33 (1993)

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  • [Publications] 倉光 成紀: "細胞工学 12(No.1)" 秀潤社, 6 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Hayashi,H., Kuramitsu,S., and Kagamiyama,H: "Replacement of an Interdomain Residue Va139 of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase Affects the Catalytic Competence without Altering the Subunit Specificity of the Enzyme" J.Biochem. 109(No.5). 699-704 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Inoue,K., Kuramitsu,S., Okamoto,A., Hirotsu,K., Higuchi,T., and Kagamiyama,H: "Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase: Role of Tyr70 in the Catalytic Processes" Biochemistry. 30(No.30). 7796-7801 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Kuramitsu,S., Yano,T., Inoue,K., Hiromi,K., Tanase,S., Morino, Y., and Kagamiyama,H: "Asp222, His143, and Tyr70 in Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase" "Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors"(Fukui,T., Kagamiyama,H., Soda,K., and Wada,H., eds.), Pergamon Press,Oxford. 179-181 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Hayashi,H., Inoue,Y., Kuramitsu,S., and Kagamiyama,H: "Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase: Effects of Site-specific Mutationson on Substrate Binding and Catalysis" "Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors"(Fukui,T., Kagamiyama,H., Soda,K., and Wada,H., eds.), Pergamon Press,Oxford. 183-186 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Sung,M.-H., Tanizawa,K., Tanaka,H., Kuramitsu,S., Kagamiyama,H., and Soda,K: "Molecular Cloning and Sequence Determination of Thermostable Aspartate Aminotransferase from Thermophilic Bacillus Species" "Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors"(Fukui,T.,Kagamiyama,H., Soda,K., and Wada,H., eds.), Pergamon Press, Oxford. 107-109 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Okamoto,A., Hirotsu,K., Higuchi,T., Kuramitsu,S., and Kagamiyama,H: "Three-Dimensional Structure of Aspartate Aminotransferase from Escherichia coli" "Enzymes Dependent on Pyridoxal Phosphate and Other Carbonyl Compounds as Cofactors"(Fukui,T., Kagamiyama,H., Soda,K., and Wada,H., eds.), Pergamon Press,Oxford. 55-58 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Yano,T., Kuramitsu,S., Tanase,S., Morino,Y., and Kagamiyama,H: "The Role of Asp222 in the Catalytic Mechanism of Escherichia coli Aspartate Aminotransferase: The Amino-Acid Residue Which Enhances the Function of the Enzyme-Bound Coenzyme Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate" Biochemistry. 31(No.25). 5878-5887 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka,T., Yamanoto,S., Taniguchi,M., Hayashi,H., Kuramitsu,S., Kagamiyama,H., and Oi,S: "Further Studies on Aspartate Aminotransferase of Thermophilic Methanogens by Analysis of General Properties, Bound Cofactors, and Subunite Structures" J.Biochem. 112(No.6). 811-815 (1992)

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