PUBLICATION

Investigation of Calcium-dependent Activity and Conformational Dynamics of zebra fish 12-Lipoxygenase

Authors
Mittal, M., Hasan, M., Balagunaseelan, N., Fauland, A., Wheelock, C., Rådmark, O., Haeggström, J.Z., Rinaldo-Matthis, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170523-10
Date
2017
Source
Biochimica et biophysica acta   1861(8): 2099–2111 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
SAXS, activity, calcium, dynamic light scattering, eicosanoids, lipoxygenases
MeSH Terms
  • Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/chemistry
  • Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/metabolism*
  • Binding Sites
  • Models, Molecular
  • Animals
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Calcium/pharmacology*
  • Humans
PubMed
28528958 Full text @ Biochim. Biophys. Acta
Abstract
A 12-lipoxygenase in zebra fish (zf12-LOX) was found to be required for normal embryonic development and LOXs are of great interest for targeted drug designing. In this study, we investigate the structural-functional aspects of zf12-LOX in response to calcium.
A soluble version of zf12-LOX was created by mutagenesis. Based on multiple sequence alignment, we mutated the putative calcium-responsive amino acids in N-PLAT domain of soluble zf12-LOX. Using a series of biophysical methods, we ascertained the oligomeric state, stability, structural integrity and conformational changes of zf12-LOX in response to calcium. We also compared the biophysical properties of soluble zf12-LOX with the mutant in the absence and presence of calcium.
Here we provide a detailed characterization of soluble zf12-LOX and the mutant. Both proteins exist as compact monomers in solution, however the enzyme activity of soluble zf12-LOX is significantly increased in presence of calcium. We find that the stimulatory effect of calcium on zf12-LOX is related to a change in protein structure as observed by SAXS, adopting an open-state. In contrast, enzyme with a mutated calcium regulatory site has reduced activity-response to calcium and restricted large re-modeling, suggesting that it retains a closed-state in response to calcium. Taken together, our study suggests that Ca2+-dependent regulation is associated with different domain conformation(s) that might change the accessibility to substrate-binding site in response to calcium.
The study can be broadly implicated in better understanding the mode(s) of action of LOXs, and the enzymes regulated by calcium in general.
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