Summary
In enzymology, a maleate isomerase (EC 5.2.1.1), or maleate cis-tran isomerase, is a member of the Asp/Glu racemase superfamily discovered in bacteria. It is responsible for catalyzing cis-trans isomerization of the C2-C3 double bond in maleate to produce fumarate,[1] which is a critical intermediate in citric acid cycle.[2] The presence of an exogenous mercaptan is required for catalysis to happen.[3]
| Maleate Isomerase | |||||||||
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 Maleate isomerase from Pseudomonas putida | |||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.2.1.1 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9023-74-9 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Illustration of the overall isomerization catalyzed by maleate isomerase
Maleate isomerase participates in butanoate metabolism and nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism.[4] It is an essential enzyme for the last step of metabolic degradation pathway of nicotinic acid. Recently, maleate isomerase has been an industrial target for degradation of tobacco waste.[5][6] It is also got attention for its involvement in aspartic acid and maleic acid production.[7][8][9]
Maleate isomerase has been utilized by multiple bacteria species, including Pseudomonas fluorescens,[3] Alcaligenes faecalis,[10] Bacillus stearothermophilus,[11] Serratia marcescens[8], Pseudomonas putida[12] and Nocardia farcinica.[1][5] The enzyme has a molecular weight of 74,000 and a turnover number of 1,800 moles per mole of protein per min.[3]
Structure edit
Analogous to other Asp/Glu racemase members, maleate isomerase is formed by two identical protomers, with a flat dimerization surface.[13][14] Each protomer of maleate isomerase has two domains connected by a pseudo-twofold symmetry, with each domain contributes one catalytic cysteine, which is crucial to the isomerase activity at the active site.[5] Experiment shows that substitution of either cysteine by serine significantly reduces the rate of reaction of the enzyme.[1]
In addition to catalytic cysteines, a few other residues at the active site are important for the recognition of the substrate and help stabilize reaction intermediates.[5][1] For example, maleate isomerase from Pseudomonas putida S16 uses Asn17 and Asn169 form hydrogen bonds with the carboxylate group of the maleate distal to Cys82.[5] Tyr139 hydrogen bonds with the carboxylate group of the maleate proximal to Cys82.[5] Pro14 and Val84 make van der Waals interactions with the C2 and C3 carbon atoms of the maleate.[5]
Mechanism edit
The mechanism of maleate isomerase is considered to be similar to other Asp/Glu racemase members, though have not been fully understood. One proposed reaction mechanism of Nocardia farcinia maleate isomerase is as follows.[1][9] At the active site of maleate isomerase, Cys76 is first deprotonated to be more readily act as a nucleophile.[1] The sulfur atom of the deprotonated Cys76 then carries a direct nucleophilic attack to the C2 atom of the maleate, covalently bonding to the C2 atom.[9][1] Concomitantly, thiol proton of Cys194 is transferred onto the C3 atom of the maleate to form a succinyl-cysteine intermediate.[9][1] The newly formed C2–C3 single bond is then rotated, with Cys76S–C2 bond dissociated, and C3 atom of the maleate deprotonated by Cys194, thus forming fumarate with regeneration of a neutral Cys194.[9][1] In certain type of bacteria, maleate seems completely buried inside the cavity of maleate isomerase and cannot be seen on the surface of the enzyme.[5]
Industrial relevance edit
Maleate isomerase can be used to produce fumaric acid, an important building block material for polymerization and esterification reactions, from the isomerization of maleic acid.[7] Maleic acid is produced from maleic anhydride.[7]
Maleic acid can also be converted into fumaric acid by thermal or catalytic cis–trans isomerization.[15][16] However, these conversion methods are occurring at high temperatures that causes formation of by-products from maleic and fumaric acids, as a result, yields are below the equilibrium yields.[17] This problem was the main motivation for the alternative enzymatic strategy with maleate isomerase that would facilitate isomerization without by-products.[7]
It is known that, even at moderate temperatures, natural maleate isomerase is unstable.[18] For that reason, heat-stable maleate isomerases are engineered and applied.[7] For example, thermo-stable maleate isomerases derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus brevis, and Bacillus sporothermodurans were used to improve the process.[7][17] In a study using Pseudomonas alcaligenes XD-1, conversion rate from maleic acid into fumaric acid could be achieved as high as 95%.[19][20][7]
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