Arginine decarboxylase

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arginine decarboxylase
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EC no. 4.1.1.19
CAS no. 9024-77-5
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The enzyme Acid-Induced Arginine Decarboxylase (AdiA) (EC 4.1.1.19), also commonly referred to as arginine decarboxylase, catalyzes the conversion of L-arginine into agmatine and carbon dioxide. The process consumes a proton in the decarboxylation and employs a pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) cofactor, similar to other enzymes involved in amino acid metabolism, such as ornithine decarboxylase and glutamine decarboxylase. [1] It is found in bacteria and virus, though most research has so far focused on forms of the enzyme in bacteria. During the AdiA catalyzed decarboxylation of arginine, the necessary proton is consumed from the cell cytoplasm which helps to prevent the over-accumulation of protons inside the cell and serves to increase the intracellular pH. [2] Arginine decarboxylase is part of an enzymatic system in Escherichia coli (E. coli), [3] Salmonella Typhimurium, [4] and methane-producing bacteria Methanococcus jannaschii [5] that makes these organisms acid resistant and allows them to survive under highly acidic medium.

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Structure

Arginine decarboxylase is a multimer of protein subunits. For instance, the form of this enzyme in E. coli is a ca. 800 kDa decamer of identical subunits, and is composed as a pentamer of dimers. [6] Each subunit can be divided into five domains: (1) the amino-terminal wing domain, (2) the linker domain, (3) the PLP-binding domain, (4) the aspartate aminotransferase- (AspAT-) like small domain, and (5) the carboxy-terminal domain. [3] The AspAT-like small domain, the PLP-binding domain, and the carboxy-terminal domain form an open bowl-like structure. The wing domain extends from the other three domains like a handle of the bowl, and the linker domain connects these two parts together. Altogether, the five domains associate with one another through hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions. [3]

Arginine Decarboxylase Monomer showing: (A) Wing domain (purple); (B) linker domain (red); (C) PLP-binding-domain (orange); (D) AspAT-like small domain (blue); (E) carboxy-terminal domain (green). Generated from 2VYC. Arginine Decarboxylase Monomer.png
Arginine Decarboxylase Monomer showing: (A) Wing domain (purple); (B) linker domain (red); (C) PLP-binding-domain (orange); (D) AspAT-like small domain (blue); (E) carboxy-terminal domain (green). Generated from 2VYC.

In E. coli arginine decarboxylase, each homodimer has two active sites that are buried about 30 Å from the dimer surface. The active site, found in the PLP-binding domain, consists of the PLP cofactor bound to a lysine residue in the form of a Schiff base. The phosphate group of PLP is held in place through hydrogen bonding with the alcoholic side chains of several serine and threonine residues, as well as through hydrogen bonding with the imidazole side chain of a histidine residue. The protonated nitrogen on the PLP aromatic ring is hydrogen bonded to a carboxylate on an aspartic side chain. [3]

Key residues that interact with PLP within the active site. Generated from 2VYC. AdiA active site.png
Key residues that interact with PLP within the active site. Generated from 2VYC.

Mechanism

The mechanism of arginine decarboxylase is analogous to other deaminating and decarboxylating PLP enzymes in its use of a Schiff base intermediate. [7] Initially, Lys386 residue is displaced in a transamination reaction by the L-arginine substrate, forming an arginine Schiff base with the PLP cofactor. [8] Decarboxylation of arginine carboxylate group then occurs, where it is hypothesized that the C-C bond broken is perpendicular to the PLP pyridine ring. [9] The pyridine nitrogen group acts as an electron-withdrawing group that facilitates the C-C bond breaking. Protonation of the amino acid leads to the formation of a new Schiff base that subsequently undergoes a transamination reaction by the lysine reside of arginine decarboxylase, regenerating the catalytically active PLP and releasing agmantine as a product. Though it has been hypothesized that a protonated histidine residue involves in the protonation step as a proton source, [10] the identity of the proton-donating residue in arginine decarboxylase has yet to be confirmed.

Mechanism of arginine decarboxylase (AdiA) AdiA mechanism.png
Mechanism of arginine decarboxylase (AdiA)

Function

Arginine decarboxylase is one of the main components of arginine-dependent acid resistance (AR3) [11] that allows E. coli to survive long enough in the highly acidic environment of the stomach to pass through the digestive tract and infect a human host. The enzyme consumes a cytoplasmic proton in the decarboxylation reaction, preventing the pH of the cell from becoming too acidic. The activity of the enzyme is dependent upon the surrounding pH. At more basic cellular pH levels, the enzyme exists in an inactive homodimer form, as electrostatic repulsion between negatively-charged acidic residues in the wing domains prevent homodimers from assembling into the catalytically active decamer. As the cellular environment becomes more acidic, these residues become neutrally charged through protonation. With less electrostatic repulsion between homodimers, the enzyme is allowed to assemble as the catalytically active decamer. [12] This particular assembling strategy used by E. coli arginine decarboxylase is also commonly used by other acidophilic organisms to cope with acidic growth conditions. [13] Overall, the acid resistance activity of arginine decarboxylase is two-fold. The surface protein residues of the homodimer consume protons, leading to the formation of active decamers which further increase proton consumption via the decarboxylation reaction. Arginine decarboxylase works in tandem with arginine decarboxylase antiporters (AdiC), another component of AR3, that exchange the extracellular arginine substrate for the intracellular by-product of decarboxylation. [14] [15]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Group IV pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases</span> Family of enzymes

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References

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