Structure and activity of Aspergillus nidulans copper amine oxidase

Aaron P McGrath, Suzanne M Mithieux, Charles A Collyer, Janny G Bakhuis, Marco van den Berg, Arjen Sein, Andrea Heinz, Christian Schmelzer, Anthony S Weiss, J Mitchell Guss

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    Abstract

    Aspergillus nidulans amine oxidase (ANAO) has the unusual ability among the family of copper and trihydroxyphenylalanine quinone-containing amine oxidases of being able to oxidize the amine side chains of lysine residues in large peptides and proteins. We show here that in common with the related enzyme from the yeast Pichia pastoris, ANAO can promote the cross-linking of tropoelastin and oxidize the lysine residues in α-casein proteins and tropoelastin. The crystal structure of ANAO, the first for a fungal enzyme in this family, has been determined to a resolution of 2.4 Å. The enzyme is a dimer with the archetypal fold of a copper-containing amine oxidase. The active site is the most open of any of those of the structurally characterized enzymes in the family and provides a ready explanation for its lysine oxidase-like activity.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalBiochemistry
    Volume50
    Issue number25
    Pages (from-to)5718-30
    Number of pages13
    ISSN0006-2960
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2011

    Keywords

    • Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)
    • Amino Acid Sequence
    • Aspergillus nidulans
    • Catalytic Domain
    • Crystallography, X-Ray
    • Dimerization
    • Fungal Proteins
    • Glycosylation
    • Humans
    • Mixed Function Oxygenases
    • Molecular Sequence Data
    • Protein Folding
    • Protein Multimerization
    • Substrate Specificity
    • Tropoelastin
    • Comparative Study
    • Journal Article
    • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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