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  • Title: The hydratase activity of malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase: mechanistic and evolutionary implications.
    Author: Poelarends GJ, Serrano H, Johnson WH, Hoffman DW, Whitman CP.
    Journal: J Am Chem Soc; 2004 Dec 08; 126(48):15658-9. PubMed ID: 15571384.
    Abstract:
    Malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase (MSAD) is a member of the tautomerase superfamily, a group of structurally homologous proteins that have a characteristic beta-alpha-beta-fold and a catalytic amino-terminal proline. In addition to its physiological decarboxylase activity, the conversion of malonate semialdehyde to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide, the enzyme has now been found to display a promiscuous hydratase activity, converting 2-oxo-3-pentynoate to acetopyruvate, with a kcat/Km value of 6.0 x 102 M-1 s-1. Pro-1 and Arg-75 are critical for both activities, and the pKa of Pro-1 was determined to be approximately 9.2 by a direct 15N NMR titration. These observations implicate a decarboxylation mechanism in which Pro-1 polarizes the carbonyl oxygen of substrate by hydrogen bonding and/or an electrostatic interaction. Arg-75 may position the carboxylate group into a favorable orientation for decarboxylation. Both the hydratase activity and the pKa value of Pro-1 are shared with trans-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase, another tautomerase superfamily member that precedes MSAD in a bacterial degradation pathway for trans-1,3-dichloropropene. Hence, MSAD and CaaD could have evolved by divergent evolution from a common ancestral protein, retaining the necessary catalytic components for the conjugate addition of water.
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