Roles of Histidine Residues in Tobacco Acetolactate Synthase

Author： Oh K-J.   Park E-J.   Yoon M-Y.   Han T-R.   Choi J-D.  

Publisher： Elsevier

ISSN： 0006-291X

Source： Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.282, Iss.5, 2001-04, pp. : 1237-1243

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Abstract

Acetolactate synthase (ALS) catalyzes the first common step in the biosynthesis of valine, leucine, and isoleucine in plants and microorganisms. ALS is the target of several structurally diverse classes of herbicides, including sulfonylureas, imidazolinones, and triazolopyrimidines. The roles of three well-conserved histidine residues (H351, H392, and H487) in tobacco ALS were determined using site-directed mutagenesis. Both H487F and H487L mutations abolished the enzymatic activity as well as the binding affinity for the cofactor FAD. Nevertheless, the mutation of H487F did not affect the secondary structure of the ALS. The Km values of H351M, H351Q, and H351F are approximately 18-, 60-, and fivefold higher than that of the wild-type ALS, respectively. Moreover, the Kc value of H351Q for FAD is about 137-fold higher than that of wALS. Mutants H351M and H351Q showed very strong resistance to Londax (a sulfonylurea) and Cadre (an imidazolinone), whereas mutant H351F was weakly resistant to them. However, the secondary structures of mutants H351M and H351Q appeared to be different from that of wALS. The mutation of H392M did not have any significant effect on the kinetic parameters nor the resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides. These results suggest that the His487 residue is located at the active site of the enzyme and is likely involved in the binding of cofactor FAD in tobacco ALS. Mutational analyses of the His351 residue imply that the active site of the ALS is probably close to its binding site of the herbicides, Londax and Cadre.

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