Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals
Agmatine is a neurotransmitter with anticonvulsant, anti-neurotoxic and antidepressant-like effects, in addition it has hypoglycemic actions. Agmatine is converted to putrescine and urea by agmatinase (AGM) and by an agmatinase-like protein (ALP), a new type of enzyme which is present in human and r...
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| author | María-Belen Reyes José Martínez-Oyanedel Camila Navarrete Erika Mardones Ignacio Martínez Mónica Salas Vasthi López María García-Robles Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia Maximiliano Figueroa David García Elena Uribe |
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| description | Agmatine is a neurotransmitter with anticonvulsant, anti-neurotoxic and antidepressant-like effects, in addition it has hypoglycemic actions. Agmatine is converted to putrescine and urea by agmatinase (AGM) and by an agmatinase-like protein (ALP), a new type of enzyme which is present in human and rodent brain tissues. Recombinant rat brain ALP is the only mammalian protein that exhibits significant agmatinase activity in vitro and generates putrescine under in vivo conditions. ALP, despite differing in amino acid sequence from all members of the ureohydrolase family, is strictly dependent on Mn<sup>2+</sup> for catalytic activity. However, the Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands have not yet been identified due to the lack of structural information coupled with the low sequence identity that ALPs display with known ureohydrolases. In this work, we generated a structural model of the Mn<sup>2+</sup> binding site of the ALP and we propose new putative Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands. Then, we cloned and expressed a sequence of 210 amino acids, here called the “central-ALP”, which include the putative ligands of Mn<sup>2+</sup>. The results suggest that the central-ALP is catalytically active, as agmatinase, with an unaltered <i>K<sub>m</sub></i> for agmatine and a decreased <i>k<sub>cat</sub></i>. Similar to wild-type ALP, central-ALP is activated by Mn<sup>2+</sup> with a similar affinity. Besides, a simple mutant D217A, a double mutant E288A/K290A, and a triple mutant N213A/Q215A/D217A of these putative Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands result on the loss of ALP agmatinase activity. Our results indicate that the central-ALP contains the active site for agmatine hydrolysis, as well as that the residues identified are relevant for the ALP catalysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-366a301dfd914e6c858982d21598e8a92023-11-20T03:23:41ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672020-06-012111413210.3390/ijms21114132Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in MammalsMaría-Belen Reyes0José Martínez-Oyanedel1Camila Navarrete2Erika Mardones3Ignacio Martínez4Mónica Salas5Vasthi López6María García-Robles7Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia8Maximiliano Figueroa9David García10Elena Uribe11Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileInstituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileDepartamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo 1781421, ChileDepartamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 3349001, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción 4070386, ChileAgmatine is a neurotransmitter with anticonvulsant, anti-neurotoxic and antidepressant-like effects, in addition it has hypoglycemic actions. Agmatine is converted to putrescine and urea by agmatinase (AGM) and by an agmatinase-like protein (ALP), a new type of enzyme which is present in human and rodent brain tissues. Recombinant rat brain ALP is the only mammalian protein that exhibits significant agmatinase activity in vitro and generates putrescine under in vivo conditions. ALP, despite differing in amino acid sequence from all members of the ureohydrolase family, is strictly dependent on Mn<sup>2+</sup> for catalytic activity. However, the Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands have not yet been identified due to the lack of structural information coupled with the low sequence identity that ALPs display with known ureohydrolases. In this work, we generated a structural model of the Mn<sup>2+</sup> binding site of the ALP and we propose new putative Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands. Then, we cloned and expressed a sequence of 210 amino acids, here called the “central-ALP”, which include the putative ligands of Mn<sup>2+</sup>. The results suggest that the central-ALP is catalytically active, as agmatinase, with an unaltered <i>K<sub>m</sub></i> for agmatine and a decreased <i>k<sub>cat</sub></i>. Similar to wild-type ALP, central-ALP is activated by Mn<sup>2+</sup> with a similar affinity. Besides, a simple mutant D217A, a double mutant E288A/K290A, and a triple mutant N213A/Q215A/D217A of these putative Mn<sup>2+</sup> ligands result on the loss of ALP agmatinase activity. Our results indicate that the central-ALP contains the active site for agmatine hydrolysis, as well as that the residues identified are relevant for the ALP catalysis.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/11/4132ureohydrolaseALPmanganese |
| spellingShingle | María-Belen Reyes José Martínez-Oyanedel Camila Navarrete Erika Mardones Ignacio Martínez Mónica Salas Vasthi López María García-Robles Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia Maximiliano Figueroa David García Elena Uribe Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals International Journal of Molecular Sciences ureohydrolase ALP manganese |
| title | Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals |
| title_full | Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals |
| title_fullStr | Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals |
| title_short | Insights into the Mn<sup>2+</sup> Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals |
| title_sort | insights into the mn sup 2 sup binding site in the agmatinase like protein alp a critical enzyme for the regulation of agmatine levels in mammals |
| topic | ureohydrolase ALP manganese |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/11/4132 |
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