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  • Title: Role of Ser-65 in the activity of alpha-galactosidase A: characterization of a point mutation (S65T) detected in a patient with Fabry disease.
    Author: Ishii S, Suzuki Y, Fan JQ.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 2000 May 15; 377(2):228-33. PubMed ID: 10845698.
    Abstract:
    Fabry disease is a genetic disorder caused by deficient activity of alpha-galactosidase A (alpha-Gal A). Recent gene analysis of a Fabry patient revealed a point mutation (S65T) resulting in a significant decrease of enzyme activity (Chen, C.-H., et al. (1998) Hum. Mutat. 11, 328-330). In order to evaluate the role of Ser-65 in the alpha-Gal A activity and the molecular mechanism of its deficient enzyme activity in mammalian cells, we prepared gene products of S65T, S65A, and E66D mutations of alpha-Gal A by using an expression system with baculovirus/insect cells and characterized the kinetic and physical properties of those purified enzymes. The Km values of mutant enzymes were 3.5 (S65T), 3.4 (S65A), and 2.3 mM (E66D), using 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-D-galactoside as a substrate, and the Vmax values were 2.7 x 10(6) (S65T), 3.4 x 10(6) (S65A), and 2.5 x 10(6) units/mg (E66D), respectively, which were similar to those of the normal enzyme (Km, 2.3 mM; Vmax, 2.3 x 10(6) units/mg). The in vitro stability of mutant enzymes at neutral pH was significantly reduced (S65T, 4% of normal; S65A, 29%; E66D, 54%). The intracellular alpha-Gal A activities of S65T, S65A, and E66D in COS1 cells transfected with corresponding plasmid DNAs were markedly lower than the normal enzyme activity (9, 26, and 68% of normal, respectively). However, intracellular enzyme activities were enhanced to 34% (S65T), 44% (S65A), and 80% (E66D) of normal, respectively, by cultivation of the cells with 20 microM 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin (a potent inhibitor of alpha-Gal A) for 24 h. These results suggest that Ser-65 is responsible for the stability of alpha-Gal A but not for the enzyme function.
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