Pathways and Mechanisms for Product Release in the Engineered Haloalkane Dehalogenases Explored using Classical and Random Acceleration Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

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KLVAŇA Martin PAVLOVÁ Martina KOUDELÁKOVÁ Táňa CHALOUPKOVÁ Radka DVOŘÁK Pavel PROKOP Zbyněk STSIAPANAVA A. KUTÝ Michal KUTÁ-SMATANOVÁ Ivana DOHNÁLEK J. KULHÁNEK Petr WADE R. DAMBORSKÝ Jiří

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Field Biochemistry
Keywords DhaA haloalkane dehalogenase; mutations; ubstrate 1.2.3-trichloropropane
Description Eight mutants of the DhaA haloalkane dehalogenase carrying mutations at the residues lining two tunnels, previously observed by protein crystallography, were constructed and biochemically characterized. The mutants showed distinct catalytic efficiencies with the halogenated substrate 1,2,3-trichloropropane. Release pathways for the two dehalogenation products, 2,3-dichloropropane-1-ol and the chloride ion, as well as water molecules, were studied using classical and random acceleration molecular dynamics simulations. Five different pathways, denoted p1, p2a, p2b, p2c and p3, were identified. The individual pathways showed differing selectivity for the products: the chloride ion releases solely through p1 whereas the alcohol releases through all five pathways. Water molecules play a crucial role for release of both products by breakage of their hydrogen bonding interactions with the active site residues and shielding the charged chloride ion during its passage through a hydrophobic tunnel. Exchange of the chloride ions, the alcohol product and the waters between the buried active site and the bulk solvent can be realized by three different mechanisms: (i) passage through a permanent tunnel, (ii) passage through a transient tunnel and (iii) migration through a protein matrix. We demonstrate that the accessibility of the pathways and the mechanisms of ligand exchange were modified by mutations. Insertion of bulky aromatic residues in the tunnel corresponding to pathway p1 leads to reduced accessibility to the ligands and a change in mechanism of opening from permanent to transient. We propose that engineering the accessibility of tunnels and the mechanisms of ligand exchange is a powerful strategy for modification of the functional properties of enzymes with buried active sites.
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