Novel allosteric effectors of the tryptophan synthase alpha(2)beta(2) complex identified by computer-assisted molecular modeling
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Novel allosteric effectors of the tryptophan synthase alpha(2)beta(2) complex identified by computer-assisted molecular modeling
Abstract
Tryptophan synthase is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent alpha(2)beta(2) complex catalyzing the formation of L-tryptophan. The functional properties of one subunit are allosterically regulated by ligands of the other subunit. Molecules tailored for binding to the alpha-active site were designed using as a starting model the three-dimensional structure of the complex between the enzyme from Salmonella typhimurium and the substrate analog indole-3-propanol phosphate. On the basis of molecular dynamics simulations, indole-3-acetyl-X, where X is glycine, alanine, valine and aspartate, and a few other structurally related compounds were found to be good candidates for ligands of the alpha-subunit. The binding of the designed compounds to the alpha-active site was evaluated by measuring the inhibition of the alpha-reaction of the enzyme from Salmonella typhimurium. The inhibition constants were found to vary between 0.3 and 1.7 mM. These alpha-subunit ligands do not bind to the beta-subunit, as indicated by the absence of effects on the rate of the beta-reaction in the isolated beta(2) dimer. A small inhibitory effect on the activity of the alpha(2)beta(2) complex was caused by indole-3-acetyl-glycine and indole-3-acetyl-aspartate whereas a small stimulatory effect was caused by indole-3-acetamide. Furthermore, indole-3-acetyl-glycine, indole-3-acetyl-aspartate and indole-3-acetamide perturb the equilibrium of the catalytic intermediates formed at the beta-active site, stabilizing the alpha-aminoacrylate Schiff base. These results indicate that (i) indole-3-acetyl-glycine, indole-3-acetyl-aspartate and indole-3-acetamide bind to the alpha-subunit and act as allosteric effectors whereas indole-3-acetyl-valine and indole-3-acetyl-alanine only bind to the alpha-subunit, and (ii) the terminal phosphate present in the already known allosteric effectors of tryptophan synthase is not strictly required for the transmission of regulatory signals.
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