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New insights into copper monooxygenases and peptide amidation: Structure, mechanism and function

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Prigge, S. T., Mains, R. E., Eipper, B. A., Amzel* **, L. M.·2000·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

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Many bioactive peptides must be amidated at their carboxy terminus to exhibit full activity. Surprisingly, the amides are not generated by a transamidation reaction. Instead, the hormones are synthesized from glycine-extended intermediates that are transformed into active amidated hormones by oxidative cleavage of the glycine N-C alpha bond. In higher organisms, this reaction is catalyzed by a single bifunctional enzyme, peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM). The PAM gene encodes one polypeptide with two enzymes that catalyze the two sequential reactions required for amidation. Peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM; EC 1.14.17.3) catalyzes the stereospecific hydroxylation of the glycine alpha-carbon of all the peptidylglycine substrates. The second enzyme, peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase (PAL; EC 4.3.2.5), generates alpha-amidated peptide product and glyoxylate. PHM contains two redox-active copper atoms that, after reduction by ascorbate, catalyze the reduction of molecular oxygen for the hydroxylation of glycine-extended substrates. The structure of the catalytic core of rat PHM at atomic resolution provides a framework for understanding the broad substrate specificity of PHM, identifying residues critical for PHM activity, and proposing mechanisms for the chemical and electron-transfer steps in catalysis. Since PHM is homologous in sequence and mechanism to dopamine beta-monooxygenase (DBM; EC 1.14.17.1), the enzyme that converts dopamine to norepinephrine during catecholamine biosynthesis, these structural and mechanistic insights are extended to DBM.

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  • Physiologically high vitamin C levels (2-10 mM) are found in neurons and endocrine cells, particularly the adrenal and pituitary gland, apparently related to the synthesis of hormones and neuro-mediators.

    “Physiologically high levels (2–10 mM) are found in neurons and endocrine cells (particularly, the adrenal and pituitary gland), which is apparently related to the synthesis of hormones and neuro-mediators described below [4,6,8,72,73].”
  • The hydroxylation active site of PAM is composed of two copper ions and the corresponding reaction is ascorbate-dependent.

    “The former active site is composed of two copper ions and the corresponding reaction is ascorbate-dependent.”
  • The α-amidation reaction catalyzed by PAM is crucial for the production of a number of hormones/neurotransmitters (e.g., calcitonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, GLP-1, substance P, neuropeptide Y).

    “The reaction is crucial for the production of a number of hormones/neurotransmitters (e.g., calcitonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, GLP-1, substance P, neuropeptide Y)”
  • Ascorbate likely enables conversion between a cupric and cuprous state and is reduced stoichiometrically to an ascorbyl radical in PAM.

    “Ascorbate likely enables conversion between a cupric and cuprous state and is reduced stoichiometrically to an ascorbyl radical.”
  • PAM catalyzes two-step carboxyterminal amidation of peptides.

    “PAM is a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing two-step carboxyterminal amidation of peptides.”

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Authors
Prigge, S. T., Mains, R. E., Eipper, B. A., & Amzel* **, L. M.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Published
2000-08
Volume
57
Issue
8
Pages
1236-1259
ISSN
1420-682X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2017750045
Cited by
460
References
154
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA.00266)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK-32948, DK32949)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Inorganic Chemistry › Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
copper monooxygenase, peptide amidation, peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase, peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase, dopamine beta-monooxygenase, oxidative cleavage, electron transfer, enzyme mechanism, enzyme structure, substrate specificity, hormone biosynthesis, glyoxylic acid
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Copper, Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase, Humans, Mixed Function Oxygenases, Molecular Sequence Data, Multienzyme Complexes, Protein Conformation, Substrate Specificity, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Amidine-Lyases, Rats

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