Requires Fe(II). Also requires at least a dipeptide for an efficient rate of reaction. N-terminal L-methionine is a prerequisite for activity but the enzyme has broad specificity at other positions. Differs in substrate specifity from EC 3.5.1.31 (formylmethionine deformylase).
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
formyl-L-methionyl peptide amidohydrolase
Requires Fe(II). Also requires at least a dipeptide for an efficient rate of reaction. N-terminal L-methionine is a prerequisite for activity but the enzyme has broad specificity at other positions. Differs in substrate specifity from EC 3.5.1.31 (formylmethionine deformylase).
bacterial PDF utilizes a Fe2+ ion as the catalytic metal ion. The Fe2+ ion in PDF is very unstable, and is rapidly and irreversibly oxidized to the Fe3+ ion through contact with atmospheric oxygen, resulting in an inactive enzyme. Addition of other divalent cations in vitro, such as Ni2+ or Co2+, result in better enzyme stability with very little loss of enzyme activity
the metal ion in the active site of PDF is tetrahedrally ligated and bound to the two histidines from the HEPhiDH motif, as well to a cysteine and a water molecule
CAPE, an active component of propolis, 75% inhibition at 0.01 mM, the competitive inhibitor blocks the substrate entrance, preventing substrate from approaching the active site, but CAPE does not have chelate interaction with HpPDF and does not disrupt the metal-dependent catalysis
95% inhibition at 0.01 mM, competitive, locates near the active site and plugs the substrate tunnel to prevent the substrate from accessing the catalytic site
inhibition mechanism and kinetics, overview. No significant inhibition by caffeic acid, ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid, genistein, curcumin, naringenin, hesperitin, chrysin,apigenin, luteolin, kaempferol, myricetin, silibinin, and rutin at 0.01 mM
PDFs of all Gram-negative bacteria, some Gram-positive bacteria, and all eukaryotes fall systematically into type I class. The type II PDFs are found in Gram-positive bacteria (with low C+G content) and mycoplasma
peptide deformylase (PDF) is a metalloenzyme and responsible for catalyzing the removal of the N-formyl group from N-terminal methionine following translation. Removal of the formyl group from polypeptide by PDF is a necessary activity for prokaryotic cell viability. This activity is not believed to be important in eukaryotic cells until recently, because nuclear encoded proteins are not N-formylated. But in eukaryotes, mitochondrial protein synthesis may also involve the formylation and deformylation process
proposed molecular catalytic mechanism of PDF, overview. The active site of PDF proteins contains three substrate binding pockets along with the metal binding site. These pockets are referred to as S1', S2', and S3' pockets and corresponding positions on substrate or inhibitors are referred to as P1', P2', and P3'
ligand-free enzyme, and complxed with inhibitors actinonin and caffeic acid phenethyl ester, hanging drop vapour diffusion method, condition screening, using 0.1 M HEPES, pH 7.5, 70% v/v MPD, mixing of 0.001 ml protein and reservoir solution each, and equilibration against 0.5 ml of reservoir solution, 17°C, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 1.66-1.70 A resolution