The enzyme, isolated from the plant Thalictrum flavum, also methylates (R,S)-stylopine and (S)-scoulerine (11%) with lower activity (14% and 11%, respectively).
The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
The enzyme, isolated from the plant Thalictrum flavum, also methylates (R,S)-stylopine and (S)-scoulerine (11%) with lower activity (14% and 11%, respectively).
Substrates: analysis of substrate specificity by mass spectrometry, overview. Enzyme PavNMT exhibits a preference for (+)-pavine and the 1-benzylisoquinoline (S)-reticuline, but also accepts the protoberberines scoulerine and stylopine and, to a lesser extent, tetrahydropapaverine (THP). No activity with (R)-reticuline and papaverine, as well as cryptopine, glaucine, codeine, canadaline, noscapine, and berbamine. Structural determinants of substrate binding are derived from crystal structure analysis Products: -
Substrates: i.e. THP, low activity, a racemic mixture of THP is converted by PavNMT to laudanosine. The benzyl group of (S)-THP is most deeply buried in the substrate-binding pocket, whereas the isoquinoline moiety lies in a more exposed position where the plane of the six-carbon ring is stacked in a parallel arrangement against the benzyl group of a molecule of (R)-THP. The molecule of (R)-THP appears to be bound more loosely, with fewer direct contacts with the protein than seen for the molecule of (S)-THP. The loop formed by residues 75-91 covers both THP molecules, and the structure of this loop appears to be dependent on the binding of both THP molecules, because it is disordered when THP is not bound Products: -
substrate recognition and catalytic mechanism of pavine N-methyltransferase from Thalictrum flavum, highly conserved residues at the active site, overview. The loop formed by residues 75-91 covers both THP molecules, and the structure of this loop appears to be dependent on the binding of both THP molecules, because it is disordered when THP is not bound
the overall structure of PavNMT reveals the presence of an alpha/beta SAM-binding domain with a canonical Rossmann fold that is shared among most SAM-dependent methyltransferases. In addition to this domain, a primarily alpha-helical BIA-binding domain forms the majority of the putative binding site for the methyl group acceptor
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method, hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 16°C, crystallized in space group P2(1). The structure is solved at 2.0 A resolution using a xenon derivative and the single isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering method
purified recombinant native and selenomethionine-substituted wild-type and mutant H206A enzymes in complex with S-adenosyl-L-methionine, of wild-type apoenzyme, and of wild-type enzyme in complex with S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) or with SAH and tetrahydropapaverine, hanging drop vapour diffusion method, mixing of 0.0015 ml of protein solution with 0.0015 ml of reservoir solution containing 340 g/l pentaerythritol ethoxylate (15:4 EO/OH), 50 mM bis-Tris-HCl, pH 6.0, 70 mM ammonium sulfate, and 160 g/l glycerol, and equilibration against 0.45 ml of reservoir solution at 22°C, 1-3 weeks, for the complex crystals, the enzyme is incubated with the ligands (0.75 mM THP oand/or 1 mM SAM/SAH) before crystallization, method optimization, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 1.6-2.3 A resolution
site-directed mutagenesis, replacement of the residue with Ala results in a small decrease in protein stability as observed through a slight reduction in melting temperature, and to a large decrease in activity for three different substrates, especially the best substrate identified so far, (S)-reticuline
site-directed mutagenesis, replacement of Glu205 and His206 with Ala leads to large decreases in activity for three different substrates to about 10% of wild-type activity at pH 7.5
site-directed mutagenesis, substrate binding structures compared to the wild-type enzyme, overview. Replacement of the residue with Ala results in a small decrease in protein stability as observed through a slight reduction in melting temperature, and to a large decrease in activity for three different substrates, especially the best substrate identified so far, (S)-reticuline
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CLONED (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons, recombinant expression of His6-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes and of selenomethionine-substituted enzyme in Escherichia coli
Structural and functional studies of pavine N-methyltransferase from Thalictrum flavum reveal novel insights into substrate recognition and catalytic mechanism