Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2Ox) participates in fungal lignin degradation by producing the H 2 O 2 needed for lignin-degrading peroxidases. The enzyme oxidizes cellulose-and hemicellulose-derived aldopyranoses at C2 preferentially, but also on C3, to the corresponding ketoaldoses. To investigate the structural determinants of catalysis, covalent flavinylation, substrate binding, and regioselectivity, wild-type and mutant P2Ox enzymes were produced and characterized biochemically and structurally. Removal of the histidyl-FAD linkage resulted in a catalytically competent enzyme containing tightly, but noncovalently bound FAD. This mutant (H167A) is characterized by a 5-fold lower k cat , and a 35-mV lower redox potential, although no significant structural changes were seen in its crystal structure. In previous structures of P2Ox, the substrate loop (residues 452-457) covering the active site has been either disordered or in a conformation incompatible with carbohydrate binding. We present here the crystal structure of H167A in complex with a slow substrate, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose. Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2Ox, 3 pyranose:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase; glucose 2-oxidase; EC 1.1.3.10) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent oxidase present in the hyphal periplasmic space (1) of wood-degrading basidiomycetes (2, 3). These fungi are the only known microorganisms that are capable of fully mineralizing lignin, and P2Ox has a proposed role in the oxidative events (4) of lignin degradation by providing the essential co-substrate, H 2 O 2 , for lignin and manganese peroxidases (5, 6). An alternative hypothesis assigns a role for P2Ox in both H 2 O 2 production and in the reduction of quinones in the periplasm or in the extracellular environment (7). P2Ox from the white-rot fungi Trametes multicolor (Trametes ochracea) and Peniophora gigantea are hitherto the most studied biochemically (7-10) and structurally (11, 12).P2Ox oxidizes a broad range of carbohydrate substrates that are natural constituents of hemicelluloses, allowing most lignocellulose-derived sugars to be utilized. Substrates can be oxidized regioselectively at the C2 position, although some oxidation at C3 can occur as a side reaction (10). For C2 oxidation, D-glucose, D-xylose, and L-sorbose are good or reasonably good substrates, and D-galactose and L-arabinose perform poorly as substrates (7). Based on the catalytic efficiency, k cat /K m , D-glucose (D-Glc) is the best substrate for T. multicolor P2Ox (7). Substrates that are oxidized at C3 were analyzed for P. gigantea P2Ox and include 2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-keto-D-glucose, and methyl ␤-D-glucosides (13, 10). That oxidation can take place either at C2 or at C3 presupposes two distinct, productive binding modes (referred to here as C2 ox and C3 ox ) for a monosaccharide in the P2Ox active site.P2Ox from T. multicolor is homotetrameric with a molecular mass of 270 kDa (7) where each of the four subunits carries one FAD molecule bound covalently to N ⑀2 (i.e. N3) of His 167 via its 8␣-methyl group (14, 11). The...

This work describes for the first time the identification of a reaction intermediate, C4a-hydroperoxyflavin, during the oxidative half-reaction of a flavoprotein oxidase, pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O) from Trametes multicolor, by using rapid kinetics. The reduced P2O reacted with oxygen with a forward rate constant of 5.8 x 10 (4) M (-1) s (-1) and a reverse rate constant of 2 s (-1), resulting in the formation of a C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate which decayed with a rate constant of 18 s (-1). The absorption spectrum of the intermediate resembled the spectra of flavin-dependent monooxygenases. A hydrophobic cavity formed at the re side of the flavin ring in the closed state structure of P2O may help in stabilizing the intermediate.

p-Hydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Acinetobacter baumannii is a two-component system consisting of a NADHdependent FMN reductase and a monooxygenase (C 2) that uses reduced FMN as substrate. The crystal structures of C2 in the ligand-free and substrate-bound forms reveal a preorganized pocket that binds reduced FMN without large conformational changes. The Phe-266 side chain swings out to provide the space for binding p-hydroxyphenylacetate that is oriented orthogonal to the flavin ring. The geometry of the substrate-binding site of C 2 is significantly different from that of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, a single-component flavoenzyme that catalyzes a similar reaction. The C 2 overall structure resembles the folding of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. An outstanding feature in the C 2 structure is a cavity located in front of reduced FMN; it has a spherical shape with a 1.9-Å radius and a 29-Å 3 volume and is interposed between the flavin C4a atom and the substrate atom to be hydroxylated. F lavoprotein monooxygenases use dioxygen to insert an oxygen atom into a substrate and have been found to be involved in a wide variety of biological reactions (1-3). The fundamental property of these enzymes is their ability to promote formation and stabilization of the C4a-hydroperoxyflavin (Fig. 1a) resulting from the reaction of the protein-bound reduced flavin with dioxygen. This key intermediate donates an oxygen atom to the substrate, generating the unstable C4a-hydroxyflavin that eliminates one molecule of water to yield oxidized flavin (5). Understanding the structural bases governing functional properties of monooxygenases is crucial to address one of the most fascinating issues in flavoenzymology: the ability of flavoenzymes to differentially react with molecular oxygen.In recent years, a new group of flavoprotein monooxygenases has been identified. These enzymes consist of two components: a reductase generating reduced flavin and a hydroxylase using reduced flavin to catalyze substrate monooxygenation (6). phydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Acinetobacter baumannii catalyzes hydroxylation of p-hydroxyphenylacetate (HPA) to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate (Fig. 1a). HPA hydroxylase has unusual features in both sequence and catalysis. The smaller reductase component of HPA hydroxylase (C 1 ) performs HPA-stimulated NADH-dependent reduction of free FMN, which is subsequently transferred to the larger monooxygenase component (C 2 ) and used for reaction with dioxygen and HPA monooxygenation (Fig. 1b). Specificity for FMN is conferred by C 1 , whereas C 2 works equally well with both reduced FMN (FMNH Ϫ ; Fig. 1a) and reduced FAD (7-10). C 2 can effectively stabilize the C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate for minutes, and, at high concentration of HPA, a stable dead-end complex between C4a-hydroxyflavin and HPA is observed.Here, we present crystal structures of C 2 in the apoenzyme form and of its complexes with FMNH Ϫ (C 2 :FMNH Ϫ ) and HPA (C 2 :FMNH Ϫ :HPA). Structural analysis reported here provides a fram...

Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O) from Trametes multicolor is a flavoprotein oxidase that catalyzes the oxidation of aldopyranoses by molecular oxygen to yield the corresponding 2-keto-aldoses and hydrogen peroxide. P2O is the first enzyme in the class of flavoprotein oxidases, for which a C4a-hydroperoxy-flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) intermediate has been detected during the oxidative half-reaction. In this study, the reduction kinetics of P2O by D-glucose and 2-d-D-glucose at pH 7.0 was investigated using stopped-flow techniques. The results indicate that D-glucose binds to the enzyme with a two-step binding process; the first step is the initial complex formation, while the second step is the isomerization to form an active Michaelis complex (E-Fl ox :G). Interestingly, the complex (E-Fl ox : G) showed greater absorbance at 395 nm than the oxidized enzyme, and the isomerization process showed a significant inverse isotope effect, implying that the C2-H bond of D-glucose is more rigid in the E-Fl ox :G complex than in the free form. A large normal primary isotope effect (k H /k D = 8.84) was detected in the flavin reduction step. Steady-state kinetics at pH 7.0 shows a series of parallel lines. Kinetics of formation and decay of C-4a-hydroperoxy-FAD is the same in absence and presence of 2-keto-D-glucose, implying that the sugar does not bind to P2O during the oxidative half-reaction. This suggests that the kinetic mechanism of P2O is likely to be the ping-pong-type where the sugar product leaves prior to the oxygen reaction. The movement of the active site loop when oxygen is present is proposed to facilitate the release of the sugar product. Correlation between data from presteady-state and steady-state kinetics has shown that the overall turnover of the reaction is limited by the steps of flavin reduction and decay of C4a-hydroperoxy-FAD.Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O; 1 pyranose:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase; EC 1.13.10) is a flavoprotein oxidase catalyzing the oxidation of several aldopyranoses by molecular oxygen at the C2 position to yield the corresponding 2-keto-aldoses and hydrogen peroxide (Scheme 1) (1). The enzyme was identified and isolated from several species of fungi (2) and is thought to be involved in lignin degradation by providing H 2 O 2 for lignin peroxidase (3). H 2 O 2 production by P2O can also be important for maintaining an oxidative stress level that helps control the growth of other competing organisms (4). The regiospecific oxidation at the pyranose C2 position catalyzed by P2O is a very useful reaction for carbohydrate syntheses since it can be applied in the syntheses of D-tagatose (5), cortalcerone (6), and other valuable sugar synthons (2, 4).P2O from Trametes multicolor is a homotetrameric enzyme with a native molecular mass of 270 kDa (subunit molecular mass of 68 kDa) (1). Each subunit contains one flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) covalently attached to the N3 of His167 (7). The enzyme sequence and structure indicate that P2O belongs to the glucose-methanol-choline (GMC) oxidored...

(D-Glc) and several aldopyranoses at the C2 position to yield the corresponding 2-ketoaldoses and hydrogen peroxide (2). The overall catalytic reaction can be divided into two half-reactions (Scheme 1) obeying a Ping-Pong type mechanism at pH 7 (3): a reductive half-reaction in which the protein-bound flavin receives a hydride equivalent from a sugar substrate to produce the reduced FAD (FADH Ϫ ) and the 2-keto-sugar, and an oxidative half-reaction in which two electrons are transferred from the reduced flavin to O 2 to form H 2 O 2 (2, 3).We reported the first detection of a C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate for a flavoprotein oxidase (4). This flavin intermediate has not been previously observed for flavoprotein oxidases but has been limited to reactions of flavoprotein monooxygenases (5-7). Besides P2O, an intermediate in flavoprotein oxidases has been detected only in the crystalline forms of choline oxidase (1.86 Å) (8) and nitroalkane oxidase (in the presence of cyanide) (9), and in the mutant form, C42S, of an NADH oxidase (10). In the case of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger, the generation of a flavin semiquinone-superoxide radical pair using pulse radiolysis resulted in formation of a putative C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate (11). Studies on the P2O reductive half-reaction indicate that P2O binds D-Glc according to a two-step binding mechanism: first an initial complex is formed, followed by an isomerization step to form an active Michaelis ES complex (P2O⅐glucose). Interestingly, this complex shows higher absorbance at 395 nm than does the oxidized enzyme, which is unique among flavoprotein oxidases (3).P2O belongs to the large family of glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductases (12, 13) with the catalytic side chains His 548 - * This work was supported in part by the Thailand Research Fund throughGrants BRG5180002 (to P. C.), MRG4980117 (to J. S.), and PHD/0151/2547 of the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. program (to M. P.) and by the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University (to P. C.) and from the Faculty of Dentistry Chulalongkorn University (to J. S.). The atomic coordinates and structure factors (codes 3K4B and 3K4C) The abbreviations used are: P2O, pyranose 2-oxidase; ABTS, 2,2Ј-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt; , wavelength; WT, wild type; Mes, 4-morpholineethanesulfonic acid.

The flavin‐based electron bifurcation (FBEB) system from Acidaminococcus fermentans is composed of the electron transfer flavoprotein (EtfAB) and butyryl‐CoA dehydrogenase (Bcd). α‐FAD binds to domain II of the A‐subunit of EtfAB, β‐FAD to the B‐subunit of EtfAB and δ‐FAD to Bcd. NADH reduces β‐FAD to β‐FADH−, which bifurcates one electron to the high potential α‐FAD•− semiquinone followed by the other to the low potential ferredoxin (Fd). As deduced from crystal structures, upon interaction of EtfAB with Bcd, the formed α‐FADH− approaches δ‐FAD by rotation of domain II, yielding δ‐FAD•−. Repetition of this process leads to a second reduced ferredoxin (Fd−) and δ‐FADH−, which reduces crotonyl‐CoA to butyryl‐CoA. In this study, we measured the redox properties of the components EtfAB, EtfaB (Etf without α‐FAD), Bcd, and Fd, as well as of the complexes EtfaB:Bcd, EtfAB:Bcd, EtfaB:Fd, and EftAB:Fd. In agreement with the structural studies, we have shown for the first time that the interaction of EtfAB with Bcd drastically decreases the midpoint reduction potential of α‐FAD to be within the same range of that of β‐FAD and to destabilize the semiquinone of α‐FAD. This finding clearly explains that these interactions facilitate the passing of electrons from β‐FADH− via α‐FAD•− to the final electron acceptor δ‐FAD•− on Bcd. The interactions modulate the semiquinone stability of δ‐FAD in an opposite way by having a greater semiquinone stability than in free Bcd.

Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O) from Trametes multicolor is a flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of D-glucose and other aldopyranose sugars at the C2 position by using O2 as an electron acceptor to form the corresponding 2-keto-sugars and H2O2. In this study, the effects of pH on the oxidative half-reaction of P2O were investigated using stopped-flow spectrophotometry. The results showed that flavin oxidation occurred via different pathways depending on the pH of the environment. At pH values lower than 8.0, reduced P2O reacts with O2 to form a C4a-hydroperoxy-flavin intermediate, leading to elimination of H2O2. At pH 8.0 and higher, the majority of the reduced P2O reacts with O2 via a pathway which does not allow detection of the C4a-hydroperoxy-flavin, and flavin oxidation occurs with decreased rate constants upon the rise in pH. The switching between the two modes of P2O oxidation is controlled by protonation of a group which has a pKa of 7.6 ± 0.1. Oxidation reactions of reduced P2O under rapid pH change as performed by stopped-flow mixing were different from the same reactions performed with enzyme pre-equilibrated at the same specified pH values, implying that the protonation of the group which controls the mode of flavin oxidation cannot be rapidly equilibrated with outside solvent. Using a double-mixing stopped-flow experiment, a rate constant for proton dissociation from the reaction site was determined to be 21.0 ± 0.4 s-1.

Vibrio spp. play a crucial role in the global recycling of the highly abundant recalcitrant biopolymer chitin in marine ecosystems through their ability to secrete chitin-degrading enzymes to efficiently hydrolyse chitinous materials and use them as their major carbon source. In this study, the first crystal structures of a complete four-domain chitin-active AA10 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the chitinolytic bacterium Vibrio campbellii type strain ATCC BAA-1116 are reported. The crystal structures of apo and copper-bound VhLPMO10A were resolved as homodimers with four distinct domains: an N-terminal AA10 catalytic (CatD) domain connected to a GlcNAc-binding (GbpA_2) domain, followed by a module X domain and a C-terminal carbohydrate-binding module (CBM73). Size-exclusion chromatography and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis confirmed that VhLPMO10A exists as a monomer in solution. The active site of VhLPMO10A is located on the surface of the CatD domain, with three conserved residues (His1, His98 and Phe170) forming the copper(II)-binding site. Metal-binding studies using synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence, together with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, gave consistently strong copper(II) signals in the protein samples, confirming that VhLPMO10A is a copper-dependent enzyme. ITC binding data showed that VhLPMO10A could bind various divalent cations but bound most strongly to copper(II) ions, with a K d of 0.1 ± 0.01 µM. In contrast, a K d of 1.9 nM was estimated for copper(I) ions from redox-potential measurements. The presence of ascorbic acid is essential for H2O2 production in the reaction catalysed by VhLPMO10A. MALDI-TOF MS identified VhLPMO10A as a C1-specific LPMO, generating oxidized chitooligosaccharide products with different degrees of polymerization (DP2ox–DP8ox). This new member of the chitin-active AA10 LPMOs could serve as a powerful biocatalyst in biofuel production from chitin biomass.