Summary
Recombinant human tyrosine hydroxylase isozyme 1 (hTH1) shows a time- and concentration-dependent loss of catalytic activity when incubated with diethylpyrocarbonate (DEP) after reconstitution with Fe(II). The inactivation follows pseudo-first order kinetics with a second order rate constant of 300 M−1 min−1 at pH 6.8 and 20°C and is partially reversed by hydroxylamine. The difference absorption spectrum of the DEP-modified vs native enzyme shows a peak at 244 nm, characteristic of mono-N-carbethoxy-histidine. Up to five histidine residues are modified per enzyme subunit by a five-fold excess of the reagent, and two of them are protected from inactivation by the active site inhibitor dopamine. However, derivatization of only one residue appears to be responsible for the inactivation. Thus, no inactivation by DEP was found when the apoenzyme was preincubated with this reagent prior to its reconstitution with Fe(II), modifying four histidine residues.
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Abbreviations
- BH4 :
-
(6R)-l-erythro-tetrahydrobiopterin
- DEP:
-
diethylpyrocarbonate
- DOPA:
-
3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
- hTH1:
-
human tyrosine hydroxylase isoenzyme 1
- apo-hTH1:
-
apoenzyme of hTH1
- Fe(II)-hTH1:
-
holoenzyme (iron reconstituted) of hTH1
- dopamine-Fe(III)-hTH1:
-
holoenzyme of hTH1 with dopamine bound
- TH:
-
tyrosine hydroxylase
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Martínez, A. Evidence for a functionally important histidine residue in human tyrosine hydroxylase. Amino Acids 9, 285–292 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805959
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