Journal article
Structure of the Flavocoenzyme of Two Homologous Amine Oxidases: Monomeric Sarcosine Oxidase and N-Methyltryptophan Oxidase
Biochemistry (Easton), Vol.38(17), pp.5588-5595
27 Apr 1999
PMID: 10220347
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Abstract
Monomeric sarcosine oxidase (MSOX) and N-methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX) are homologous enzymes that catalyze the oxidative demethylation of sarcosine (N-methylglycine) and N-methyl-l-tryptophan, respectively. MSOX is induced in various bacteria upon growth on sarcosine. MTOX is an E. coli enzyme of unknown metabolic function. Both enzymes contain covalently bound flavin. The covalent flavin is at the FAD level as judged by electrospray mass spectrometry. The data provide the first evidence that MTOX is a flavoprotein. The following observations indicate that 8α-(S-cysteinyl)FAD is the covalent flavin in MSOX from Bacillus sp. B-0618 and MTOX. FMN-containing peptides, prepared by digestion of MSOX or MTOX with trypsin, chymotrypsin, and phosphodiesterase, exhibited absorption and fluorescence properties characteristic of an 8α-(S-cysteinyl)flavin and could be bound to apo-flavodoxin. The thioether link in the FMN-containing peptides was converted to the sulfone by performic acid oxidation, as judged by characteristic absorbance changes and an increase in flavin fluorescence. The sulfone underwent a predicted reductive cleavage reaction upon treatment with dithionite, releasing unmodified FMN. Cys315 was identified as the covalent FAD attachment site in MSOX from B. sp. B-0618, as judged by the sequence obtained for a flavin-containing tryptic peptide (GAVCMYT). Cys315 aligns with a conserved cysteine in MSOX from other bacteria, MTOX (Cys308) and pipecolate oxidase, a homologous mammalian enzyme known to contain covalently bound flavin. There is only one conserved cysteine found among these enzymes, suggesting that Cys308 is the covalent flavin attachment site in MTOX.
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- Title
- Structure of the Flavocoenzyme of Two Homologous Amine Oxidases: Monomeric Sarcosine Oxidase and N-Methyltryptophan Oxidase
- Creators
- Mary Ann WagnerPeeyush KhannaMarilyn Schuman Jorns
- Publication Details
- Biochemistry (Easton), Vol.38(17), pp.5588-5595
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Identifiers
- 991014877892104721
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