Peculiar substrate specificity of δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase in the obligately fermentative bacterium Zymomonas mobilis
[ 1 ] Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Polska Akademia Nauk | [ P ] pracownik
2021
artykuł naukowy
angielski
EN Background The enzyme that catalyzes the last step in proline synthesis, delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase, showed in most cases a distinct preference in vitro for NADPH as the electron donor. Methods and results A Zymomonas mobilis gene coding for a delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase was cloned and heterologously expressed, and the recombinant protein was purified and characterized. The enzyme showed higher affinity to, and higher catalytic rate with NADH, with a specific activity of about 600 nkat (mg protein)(-1). The molecular basis of this feature was investigated by analysis of the dinucleotide binding domain in silico. Conclusions We postulate that the main determinants of coenzyme preference for P5C reductases are the length and the sequence of the motif A, whereas the overall sequence identity is insufficient to predict it a priori. Results are discussed in view of the obligately fermentative metabolism of this bacterium.
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