77-511: ADP-ribosylation is the addition of one or more ADP-ribose moieties to a protein . It is a reversible post-translational modification that is involved in many cellular processes, including cell signaling , DNA repair , gene regulation and apoptosis . Improper ADP-ribosylation has been implicated in some forms of cancer. It is also the basis for the toxicity of bacterial compounds such as cholera toxin , diphtheria toxin , and others. The first suggestion of ADP-ribosylation surfaced during
154-465: A Cys-His-Asn triad). The enzymology of proteases provides some of the clearest known examples of convergent evolution at a molecular level. The same geometric arrangement of triad residues occurs in over 20 separate enzyme superfamilies . Each of these superfamilies is the result of convergent evolution for the same triad arrangement within a different structural fold . This is because there are limited productive ways to arrange three triad residues,
231-409: A base in the triad at very low pH. The triad is hypothesised to be an adaptation to specific environments like acidic hot springs (e.g. kumamolysin ) or cell lysosome (e.g. tripeptidyl peptidase ). The endothelial protease vasohibin uses a cysteine as the nucleophile, but a serine to coordinate the histidine base. Despite the serine being a poor acid, it is still effective in orienting
308-402: A base. This unusual triad occurs only in one superfamily of amidases. In this case, the lysine acts to polarise the middle serine. The middle serine then forms two strong hydrogen bonds to the nucleophilic serine to activate it (one with the side chain hydroxyl and the other with the backbone amide). The middle serine is held in an unusual cis orientation to facilitate precise contacts with
385-425: A bulkier van der Waals radius and if mutated to serine can be trapped in unproductive orientations in the active site. Very rarely, the selenium atom of the uncommon amino acid selenocysteine is used as a nucleophile. The deprotonated Se state is strongly favoured when in a catalytic triad. Since no natural amino acids are strongly nucleophilic, the base in a catalytic triad polarises and deprotonates
462-438: A catalytic subunit (the 20S core particle), and a regulatory subunit (the 19S cap). Poly-ubiquitin chains tag proteins for degradation by the proteasome, which causes hydrolysis of tagged proteins into smaller peptides. Physiologically, PI31 attacks 20S catalytic domain of 26S Proteasome that results in decreased proteasome activity. (ADP-ribosyl)transferase Tankyrase (TNKS) causes ADP-ribosylation of PI31 which in turn increases
539-399: A covalent intermediate with the substrate that is then resolved to complete catalysis. Catalytic triads perform covalent catalysis using a residue as a nucleophile. The reactivity of the nucleophilic residue is increased by the functional groups of the other triad members. The nucleophile is polarised and oriented by the base, which is itself bound and stabilised by the acid. Catalysis
616-512: A few notable differences. Due to cysteine's low p K a , the importance of the Asp to catalysis varies and several cysteine proteases are effectively Cys-His dyads (e.g. hepatitis A virus protease), whilst in others the cysteine is already deprotonated before catalysis begins (e.g. papain). This triad is also used by some amidases, such as N -glycanase to hydrolyse non-peptide C-N bonds. The triad of cytomegalovirus protease uses histidine as both
693-662: A free hydrogen ion. bAREs are produced as enzyme precursors , consisting of a "A" and "B" domains: the "A" domain is responsible for ADP-ribosylation activity; and, the "B" domain for translocation of the enzyme across the membrane of the cell. These domains can exist in concert in three forms: first, as single polypeptide chains with A and B domains covalently linked; second, in multi-protein complexes with A and B domains bound by non-covalent interactions; and, third, in multi-protein complexes with A and B domains not directly interacting, prior to processing. Upon activation, bAREs ADP-ribosylate any number of eukaryotic proteins; such mechanism
770-401: A lower p K a (by 5 units). Serine is therefore more dependent than cysteine on optimal orientation of the acid-base triad members to reduce its p K a in order to achieve concerted deprotonation with catalysis. The low p K a of cysteine works to its disadvantage in the resolution of the first tetrahedral intermediate as unproductive reversal of the original nucleophilic attack is
847-458: A mono (ADP-ribosyl)transferase, has been shown to affect STAT transcription factor binding. Other (ADP-ribosyl)transferases have been shown to modify proteins that bind mRNA , which can cause silencing of that gene transcript. Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARPs) can function in DNA repair of single strand breaks as well as double strand breaks. In single-strand break repair ( base excision repair )
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#1732859442961924-668: A proton as the remaining OH attacks the acyl-enzyme intermediate. The same triad has also convergently evolved in α/β hydrolases such as some lipases and esterases , however orientation of the triad members is reversed. Additionally, brain acetyl hydrolase (which has the same fold as a small G-protein ) has also been found to have this triad. The second most studied triad is the Cysteine-Histidine-Aspartate motif. Several families of cysteine proteases use this triad set, for example TEV protease and papain . The triad acts similarly to serine protease triads, with
1001-492: A range of other proteins. Similarly, catalytic triad mimics have been created in small organic molecules like diaryl diselenide, and displayed on larger polymers like Merrifield resins , and self-assembling short peptide nanostructures. The sophistication of the active site network causes residues involved in catalysis (and residues in contact with these) to be highly evolutionarily conserved . However, there are examples of divergent evolution in catalytic triads, both in
1078-436: A second substrate. If this substrate is water then the result is hydrolysis; if it is an organic molecule then the result is transfer of that molecule onto the first substrate. Attack by this second substrate forms a new tetrahedral intermediate, which resolves by ejecting the enzyme's nucleophile, releasing the second product and regenerating free enzyme. The side-chain of the nucleophilic residue performs covalent catalysis on
1155-408: A substrate ( hydrolases ) or to transfer one portion of a substrate over to a second substrate ( transferases ). Triads are an inter-dependent set of residues in the active site of an enzyme and act in concert with other residues (e.g. binding site and oxyanion hole ) to achieve nucleophilic catalysis . These triad residues act together to make the nucleophile member highly reactive , generating
1232-681: A superfamily (with the same fold ) contains families that use different nucleophiles. Such nucleophile switches have occurred several times during evolutionary history, however the mechanisms by which this happen are still unclear. Within protease superfamilies that contain a mixture of nucleophiles (e.g. the PA clan ), families are designated by their catalytic nucleophile (C=cysteine proteases, S=serine proteases). A further subclass of catalytic triad variants are pseudoenzymes , which have triad mutations that make them catalytically inactive, but able to function as binding or structural proteins. For example,
1309-409: A tag to recruit other proteins or for regulation of the target protein. Many different amino acid side chains have been described as ADP-ribose acceptors. From a chemical perspective, this modification represents protein glycosylation : the transfer of ADP-ribose occurs onto amino acid side chains with a nucleophilic oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, resulting in N -, O -, or S -glycosidic linkage to
1386-468: Is deprotonated by a glutamate residue on the catalyzing enzyme. Another conserved glutamate residue forms a hydrogen bond with one of the hydroxyl groups on the ribose chain to further facilitate this nucleophilic attack. As a result of the cleavage reaction, nicotinamide is released. The modification can be reversed by (ADP-ribosyl)hydrolases, which cleave the N -glycosidic bond between arginine and ribose to release ADP-ribose and unmodified protein; NAD
1463-585: Is an ester molecule formed into chains by the enzyme poly ADP ribose polymerase . ADPR is created from cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) by the CD38 enzyme using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ) as a cofactor . ADPR binds to and activates the TRPM2 ion channel. ADPR is the most potent agonist of the TRPM2 channel. cADPR also binds to TPRM2, and the action of both molecules is synergistic , with both molecules enhancing
1540-425: Is another ADP-ribosylating enzyme that has been well-studied in regards to cancer therapy targets; it is a signal transducer and activator of STAT6 transcription-interacting protein, and was shown to be associated with the aggressiveness of B-cell lymphomas. Bacterial ADP-ribosylating exotoxins (bAREs) covalently transfer an ADP-ribose moiety of NAD to target proteins of infected eukaryotes, to yield nicotinamide and
1617-446: Is crucial to the instigation of the diseased states associated with ADP-ribosylation. GTP-binding proteins , in particular, are well-established in bAREs pathophysiology. For examples, cholera and heat-labile enterotoxin target the α-subunit of Gs of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins . As the α-subunit is ADP-ribosylated, it is permanently in an "active", GTP-bound state; subsequent activation of intracellular cyclic AMP stimulates
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#17328594429611694-512: Is important in carcinogenesis because it could lead to the selection of PARP1 deficient cells (but not depleted) due to their survival advantage during cancer growth. Susceptibility to carcinogenesis under PARP1 deficiency depends significantly on the type of DNA damage incurred. There are many implications that various PARPs are involved in preventing carcinogenesis. As stated previously, PARP1 and PARP2 are involved in BER and chromosomal stability. PARP3
1771-466: Is involved in centrosome regulation. Tankyrase is another (ADP-ribosyl)polymerase that is involved in telomere length regulation. PARP1 inhibition has also been widely studied in anticancer therapeutics. The mechanism of action of a PARP1 inhibitor is to enhance the damage done by chemotherapy on the cancerous DNA by disallowing the reparative function of PARP1 in BRCA1/2 deficient individuals . PARP14
1848-648: Is key to regulation of gene expression: the spacing and organization of nucleosomes changes what regions of DNA are available for transcription machinery to bind and transcribe DNA. PARP1 , a poly-ADP ribose polymerase, has been shown to affect chromatin structure and promote changes in the organization of nucleosomes through modification of histones . PARPs have been shown to affect transcription factor structure and cause recruitment of many transcription factors to form complexes at DNA and elicit transcription. Mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases are also shown to affect transcription factor binding at promoters. For example, PARP14,
1925-418: Is not restored by the reverse reaction. Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARPs) are found mostly in eukaryotes and catalyze the transfer of multiple ADP-ribose molecules to target proteins. As with mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation, the source of ADP-ribose is NAD. PARPs use a catalytic triad of His-Tyr-Glu to facilitate binding of NAD and positioning of the end of the existing poly(ADP-ribose) chain on the target protein;
2002-419: Is performed in two stages. First, the activated nucleophile attacks the carbonyl carbon and forces the carbonyl oxygen to accept an electron pair, leading to a tetrahedral intermediate . The build-up of negative charge on this intermediate is typically stabilized by an oxyanion hole within the active site. The intermediate then collapses back to a carbonyl, ejecting the first half of the substrate, but leaving
2079-409: Is required to slow replication forks following DNA damage and promotes homologous recombination at replication forks that may be dysfunctional. It is possible that PARP1 and PARP3 work together in repair of double-stranded DNA and it has been shown that PARP3 is critical for double-stranded break resolution. There are two hypotheses by which PARP1 and PARP3 coincide. The first hypothesis states that
2156-426: Is resolved by water, the result is hydrolysis of the substrate. However, if the intermediate is resolved by attack by a second substrate, then the enzyme acts as a transferase . For example, attack by an acyl group results in an acyltransferase reaction. Several families of transferase enzymes have evolved from hydrolases by adaptation to exclude water and favour attack of a second substrate. In different members of
2233-717: Is similar to cysteine, but contains a selenium atom instead of a sulfur. A selenocysteine residue is found in the active site of thioredoxin reductase , which uses the selenol group for reduction of disulfide in thioredoxin. In addition to naturally occurring types of catalytic triads, protein engineering has been used to create enzyme variants with non-native amino acids, or entirely synthetic amino acids. Catalytic triads have also been inserted into otherwise non-catalytic proteins, or protein mimics. Subtilisin (a serine protease) has had its oxygen nucleophile replaced with each of sulfur, selenium , or tellurium . Cysteine and selenocysteine were inserted by mutagenesis , whereas
2310-402: Is so high (p K a =11), a glutamate and several other residues act as the acid to stabilise its deprotonated state during the catalytic cycle. Threonine proteases use their N -terminal amide as the base, since steric crowding by the catalytic threonine's methyl prevents other residues from being close enough. The acidic triad member forms a hydrogen bond with the basic residue. This aligns
2387-457: Is the redox cofactor NAD . In this transfer reaction, the N -glycosidic bond of NAD that bridges the ADP-ribose molecule and the nicotinamide group is cleaved, followed by nucleophilic attack by the target amino acid side chain. (ADP-ribosyl)transferases can perform two types of modifications: mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. Mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases commonly catalyze
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2464-425: The active site of some enzymes . Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases , amidases , esterases , acylases , lipases and β-lactamases ). An acid - base - nucleophile triad is a common motif for generating a nucleophilic residue for covalent catalysis . The residues form a charge-relay network to polarise and activate the nucleophile, which attacks
2541-787: The heparin -binding protein Azurocidin is a member of the PA clan, but with a glycine in place of the nucleophile and a serine in place of the histidine. Similarly, RHBDF1 is a homolog of the S54 family rhomboid proteases with an alanine in the place of the nucleophilic serine. In some cases, pseudoenzymes may still have an intact catalytic triad but mutations in the rest of the protein remove catalytic activity. The CA clan contains catalytically inactive members with mutated triads ( calpamodulin has lysine in place of its cysteine nucleophile) and with intact triads but inactivating mutations elsewhere (rat testin retains
2618-593: The hydroxyl (OH) of serine and the thiol /thiolate ion (SH/S ) of cysteine. Alternatively, threonine proteases use the secondary hydroxyl of threonine, however due to steric hindrance of the side chain's extra methyl group such proteases use their N -terminal amide as the base, rather than a separate amino acid. Use of oxygen or sulfur as the nucleophilic atom causes minor differences in catalysis. Compared to oxygen , sulfur 's extra d orbital makes it larger (by 0.4 Å) and softer, allows it to form longer bonds (d C-X and d X-H by 1.3-fold), and gives it
2695-480: The substrate , forming a covalent intermediate which is then hydrolysed to release the product and regenerate free enzyme. The nucleophile is most commonly a serine or cysteine amino acid, but occasionally threonine or even selenocysteine . The 3D structure of the enzyme brings together the triad residues in a precise orientation, even though they may be far apart in the sequence ( primary structure ). As well as divergent evolution of function (and even
2772-409: The substrate . The lone pair of electrons present on the oxygen or sulfur attacks the electropositive carbonyl carbon. The 20 naturally occurring biological amino acids do not contain any sufficiently nucleophilic functional groups for many difficult catalytic reactions . Embedding the nucleophile in a triad increases its reactivity for efficient catalysis. The most commonly used nucleophiles are
2849-499: The 1990s and 2000s began classing proteases into structurally related enzyme superfamilies and so acts as a database of the convergent evolution of triads in over 20 superfamilies. Understanding how chemical constraints on evolution led to the convergence of so many enzyme families on the same triad geometries has developed in the 2010s. Since their initial discovery, there have been increasingly detailed investigations of their exact catalytic mechanism. Of particular contention in
2926-439: The 1990s and 2000s was whether low-barrier hydrogen bonding contributed to catalysis, or whether ordinary hydrogen bonding is sufficient to explain the mechanism. The massive body of work on the charge-relay, covalent catalysis used by catalytic triads has led to the mechanism being the best characterised in all of biochemistry. Enzymes that contain a catalytic triad use it for one of two reaction types: either to split
3003-483: The Glu facilitates catalysis and formation of a (1''→2') O -glycosidic linkage between two ribose molecules. There are several other enzymes that recognize poly(ADP-ribose) chains, hydrolyse them or form branches; over 800 proteins have been annotated to contain the loosely defined poly(ADP-ribose) binding motif; therefore, in addition to this modification altering target protein conformation and structure, it may also be used as
3080-617: The PARP can either facilitate removal of an oxidized sugar or strand cleavage. PARP1 binds the single-strand breaks and pulls any nearby base excision repair intermediates close. These intermediates include XRCC1 and APLF and they can be recruited directly or through the PBZ domain of the APLF. This leads to the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose). The PBZ domain is present in many proteins involved in DNA repair and allows for
3157-501: The PARPs. All core histones and linker histone H1 are ADP-ribosylated following DNA damage. The function of these modifications is still unknown, but it has been proposed that ADP-ribosylation modulates higher-order chromatin structure in efforts to facilitate more accessible sites for repair factors to migrate to the DNA damage. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) figures prominently in protein degradation. The 26S proteasome consists of
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3234-422: The acid and base triad members. Removing the acid histidine results in only a 10-fold activity loss (compared to >10,000-fold when aspartate is removed from chymotrypsin). This triad has been interpreted as a possible way of generating a less active enzyme to control cleavage rate. An unusual triad is found in sedolisin proteases. The low p K a of the glutamate carboxylate group means that it only acts as
3311-485: The action of the other molecule in activating the TRPM2 channel. Researchers are not sure how the Adenosine diphosphate reacts with the TRPM2 channel, but the ribose sugar may play a role in activating the TRPM2 ion channel. This biochemistry article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Catalytic triad A catalytic triad is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in
3388-410: The addition of ADP-ribose to arginine side chains using a highly conserved R-S-EXE motif of the enzyme. The reaction proceeds by breaking the bond between nicotinamide and ribose to form an oxonium ion . Next, the arginine side chain of the target protein then acts a nucleophile, attacking the electrophilic carbon adjacent to the oxonium ion. In order for this step to occur, the arginine nucleophile
3465-491: The amount of poly(ADP-ribose) and a decrease in the amount of NAD. For over a decade it was thought that PARP1 was the only poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase in mammalian cells, therefore this enzyme has been the most studied. Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that are known to play an essential role in programmed cell death . This protease cleaves PARP-1 into two fragments, leaving it completely inactive, to limit poly(ADP-ribose) production. One of its fragments migrates from
3542-655: The apoptosis inducing factor protein to the nucleus where it will mediate DNA fragmentation . It has been suggested that if a failure of caspase activation under stress conditions were to occur, necroptosis would take place. Overactivation of PARPs has led to a necrotic cell death regulated by the tumor necrosis factor protein . Though the mechanism is not yet understood, PARP inhibitors have been shown to affect necroptosis. ADP-ribosylation can affect gene expression at nearly every level of regulation, including chromatin organization, transcription factor recruitment and binding, and mRNA processing. The organization of nucleosomes
3619-421: The base member of the triad is the N -terminal amide which polarises an ordered water which, in turn, deprotonates the catalytic hydroxyl to increase its reactivity. Similarly, there exist equivalent 'serine only' and 'cysteine only' configurations such as penicillin acylase G and penicillin acylase V which are evolutionarily related to the proteasome proteases. Again, these use their N -terminal amide as
3696-412: The basic residue by restricting its side-chain rotation, and polarises it by stabilising its positive charge. Two amino acids have acidic side chains at physiological pH (aspartate or glutamate) and so are the most commonly used for this triad member. Cytomegalovirus protease uses a pair of histidines, one as the base, as usual, and one as the acid. The second histidine is not as effective an acid as
3773-422: The binding of the PARP and thus ADP-ribosylation which recruits repair factors to interact at the break site. PARP2 is a secondary responder to DNA damage but serves to provide functional redundancy in DNA repair. There are many mechanisms for the repair of damaged double stranded DNA. PARP1 may function as a synapsis factor in alternative non-homologous end joining. Additionally, it has been proposed that PARP1
3850-444: The discovery of enzymatic conjugation of a single ADP-ribose group by mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase. It was initially thought that ADP-ribosylation was a post translational modification involved solely in gene regulation. However, as more enzymes with the ability to ADP-ribosylate proteins were discovered, the multifunctional nature of ADP-ribosylation became apparent. The first mammalian enzyme with poly(ADP-ribose)transferase activity
3927-401: The early 1960s. At this time, Pierre Chambon and coworkers observed the incorporation of ATP into hen liver nuclei extract. After extensive studies on the acid insoluble fraction, several different research laboratories were able to identify ADP-ribose , derived from NAD , as the incorporated group. Several years later, the enzymes responsible for this incorporation were identified and given
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#17328594429614004-496: The enzyme backbone and the substrate. These examples reflect the intrinsic chemical and physical constraints on enzymes, leading evolution to repeatedly and independently converge on equivalent solutions. The same triad geometries been converged upon by serine proteases such as the chymotrypsin and subtilisin superfamilies. Similar convergent evolution has occurred with cysteine proteases such as viral C3 protease and papain superfamilies. These triads have converged to almost
4081-426: The enzyme into an oxidoreductase . When the nucleophile of TEV protease was converted from cysteine to serine, it protease activity was strongly reduced, but was able to be restored by directed evolution . Non-catalytic proteins have been used as scaffolds, having catalytic triads inserted into them which were then improved by directed evolution. The Ser-His-Asp triad has been inserted into an antibody, as well as
4158-449: The evolutionarily unrelated papain and subtilisin proteases were found to contain analogous triads. The 'charge-relay' mechanism for the activation of the nucleophile by the other triad members was proposed in the late 1960s. As more protease structures were solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1970s and 80s, homologous (such as TEV protease ) and analogous (such as papain) triads were found. The MEROPS classification system in
4235-450: The first active site, a cysteine triad hydrolyses a glutamine substrate to release free ammonia. The ammonia then diffuses though an internal tunnel in the enzyme to the second active site, where it is transferred to a second substrate. Divergent evolution of active site residues is slow, due to strong chemical constraints. Nevertheless, some protease superfamilies have evolved from one nucleophile to another. This can be inferred when
4312-415: The histidine in the catalytic triad. Some homologues alternatively have a threonine instead of serine at the acid location. Threonine proteases, such as the proteasome protease subunit and ornithine acyltransferases use the secondary hydroxyl of threonine in a manner analogous to the use of the serine primary hydroxyl . However, due to the steric interference of the extra methyl group of threonine,
4389-421: The methyl clashes with either the enzyme backbone or histidine base. When the nucleophile of a serine protease was mutated to threonine, the methyl occupied a mixture of positions, most of which prevented substrate binding. Consequently, the catalytic residue of a threonine protease is located at its N -terminus. Two evolutionarily independent enzyme superfamilies with different protein folds are known to use
4466-409: The more common aspartate or glutamate, leading to a lower catalytic efficiency. The Serine-Histidine-Aspartate motif is one of the most thoroughly characterised catalytic motifs in biochemistry. The triad is exemplified by chymotrypsin , a model serine protease from the PA superfamily which uses its triad to hydrolyse protein backbones. The aspartate is hydrogen bonded to the histidine, increasing
4543-448: The more favourable breakdown product. The triad base is therefore preferentially oriented to protonate the leaving group amide to ensure that it is ejected to leave the enzyme sulfur covalently bound to the substrate N-terminus. Finally, resolution of the acyl-enzyme (to release the substrate C-terminus) requires serine to be re-protonated whereas cysteine can leave as S . Sterically , the sulfur of cysteine also forms longer bonds and has
4620-484: The name poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase. Originally, this group was thought to be a linear sequence of ADP-ribose units covalently bonded through a ribose glycosidic bond. It was later reported that branching can occur every 20 to 30 ADP residues. The first appearance of mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation occurred a year later during a study of toxins: the diphtheria toxin of Corynebacterium diphtheriae was shown to be dependent on NAD in order for it to be completely effective, leading to
4697-478: The non-natural amino acid, tellurocysteine , was inserted using auxotrophic cells fed with synthetic tellurocysteine. These elements are all in the 16th periodic table column ( chalcogens ), so have similar properties. In each case, changing the nucleophile lowered the enzyme's protease activity, but increased a new activity. A sulfur nucleophile improved the enzymes transferase activity (sometimes called subtiligase). Selenium and tellurium nucleophiles converted
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#17328594429614774-400: The nucleophile to increase its reactivity. Additionally, it protonates the first product to aid leaving group departure. The base is most commonly histidine since its p K a allows for effective base catalysis, hydrogen bonding to the acid residue, and deprotonation of the nucleophile residue. β-lactamases such as TEM-1 use a lysine residue as the base. Because lysine's p K a
4851-403: The nucleus to the cytoplasm and is thought to become a target of autoimmunity. During caspase-independent apoptosis , also called parthanatos, poly(ADP-ribose) accumulation can occur due to activation of PARPs or inactivation of poly(ADP-ribose)glycohydrolase , an enzyme that hydrolyses poly(ADP-ribose) to produce free ADP-ribose. Studies have shown poly(ADP-ribose) drives the translocation of
4928-408: The other two triad residues. The triad is further unusual in that the lysine and cis -serine both act as the base in activating the catalytic serine, but the same lysine also performs the role of the acid member as well as making key structural contacts. The rare, but naturally occurring amino acid selenocysteine (Sec), can also be found as the nucleophile in some catalytic triads. Selenocysteine
5005-415: The p K a of its imidazole nitrogen from 7 to around 12. This allows the histidine to act as a powerful general base and to activate the serine nucleophile. It also has an oxyanion hole consisting of several backbone amides which stabilises charge build-up on intermediates. The histidine base aids the first leaving group by donating a proton, and also activates the hydrolytic water substrate by abstracting
5082-421: The proteasome activity. Inhibition of TNKs further shows the reduced 26S Proteasome assembly. Therefore, ADP-ribosylation promotes 26S Proteasome activity in both Drosophila and human cells. The activity of some enzymes is regulated by ADP-ribosylation. For instance, the activity of Rodospirillum rubrum di-nitrogenase-reductase is turned off by ADP-ribosylation of an arginine residue, and reactivated by
5159-454: The reaction catalysed, and the residues used in catalysis. The triad remains the core of the active site, but it is evolutionarily adapted to serve different functions. Some proteins, called pseudoenzymes , have non-catalytic functions (e.g. regulation by inhibitory binding) and have accumulated mutations that inactivate their catalytic triad. Catalytic triads perform covalent catalysis via an acyl-enzyme intermediate. If this intermediate
5236-858: The release of fluid and ions from intestinal epithelial cells. Furthermore, C. Botulinum C3 ADP-ribosylates GTP-binding proteins Rho and Ras , and Pertussis toxin ADP-ribosylates Gi , Go, and Gt. Diphtheria toxin ADP-ribosylates ribosomal elongation factor EF-2 , which attenuates protein synthesis. There are a variety of bacteria which employ bAREs in infection: CARDS toxin of Mycoplasma pneumoniae , cholera toxin of Vibrio cholerae ; heat-labile enterotoxin of E. coli ; exotoxin A of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; pertussis toxin of B. pertussis ; C3 toxin of C. botulinum ; and diphtheria toxin of Corynebacterium diphtheriae . ADP-ribose Adenosine diphosphate ribose ( ADPR )
5313-544: The removal of the ADP-ribosyl group. PARP1 is involved in base excision repair (BER), single- and double-strand break repair, and chromosomal stability. It is also involved in transcriptional regulation through its facilitation of protein–protein interactions . PARP1 uses NAD in order to perform its function in apoptosis. If a PARP becomes overactive the cell will have decreased levels of NAD cofactor as well as decreased levels of ATP and thus will undergo necrosis . This
5390-421: The ribose of the ADP-ribose. Originally, acidic amino acids ( glutamate and aspartate ) were described as the main sites of ADP-ribosylation. However, many other ADP-ribose acceptor sites such as serine , arginine , cysteine , lysine , diphthamide , phosphoserine , and asparagine have been identified in subsequent works. During DNA damage or cellular stress PARPs are activated, leading to an increase in
5467-444: The same arrangement due to the mechanistic similarities in cysteine and serine proteolysis mechanisms. Families of cysteine proteases Families of serine proteases Threonine proteases use the amino acid threonine as their catalytic nucleophile. Unlike cysteine and serine, threonine is a secondary hydroxyl (i.e. has a methyl group). This methyl group greatly restricts the possible orientations of triad and substrate as
5544-450: The second half still covalently bound to the enzyme as an acyl-enzyme intermediate . Although general-acid catalysis for breakdown of the First and Second tetrahedral intermediate may occur by the path shown in the diagram, evidence supporting this mechanism with chymotrypsin has been controverted. The second stage of catalysis is the resolution of the acyl-enzyme intermediate by the attack of
5621-451: The triad's nucleophile), catalytic triads show some of the best examples of convergent evolution . Chemical constraints on catalysis have led to the same catalytic solution independently evolving in at least 23 separate superfamilies . Their mechanism of action is consequently one of the best studied in biochemistry . The enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin were first purified in the 1930s. A serine in each of trypsin and chymotrypsin
5698-561: The two (ADP-ribosyl)transferases serve to function for each other's inactivity. If PARP3 is lost, this results in single-strand breaks, and thus the recruitment of PARP1. A second hypothesis suggests that the two enzyme work together; PARP3 catalyzes mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation and short poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and serves to activate PARP1. The PARPs have many protein targets at the site of DNA damage. KU protein and DNA-PKcs are both double-stranded break repair components with unknown sites of ADP-ribosylation. Histones are another protein target of
5775-514: The α/β-hydrolase superfamily, the Ser-His-Asp triad is tuned by surrounding residues to perform at least 17 different reactions. Some of these reactions are also achieved with mechanisms that have altered formation, or resolution of the acyl-enzyme intermediate, or that don't proceed via an acyl-enzyme intermediate. Additionally, an alternative transferase mechanism has been evolved by amidophosphoribosyltransferase , which has two active sites. In
5852-531: Was discovered during the late 1980s. For the next 15 years, it was thought to be the only enzyme capable of adding a chain of ADP-ribose in mammalian cells. During the late 1980s, ADP-ribosyl cyclases, which catalyze the addition of cyclic-ADP-ribose groups to proteins, were discovered. Finally, sirtuins , a family of enzymes that also possess NAD-dependent deacylation activity, were discovered to also possess mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase activity. The source of ADP-ribose for most enzymes that perform this modification
5929-450: Was identified as the catalytic nucleophile (by diisopropyl fluorophosphate modification) in the 1950s. The structure of chymotrypsin was solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1960s, showing the orientation of the catalytic triad in the active site . Other proteases were sequenced and aligned to reveal a family of related proteases, now called the S1 family. Simultaneously, the structures of
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