Publications

• Purification and some properties of L-ascorbic-acid-specific peroxidase in Euglena gracilis Z.

  Shigeoka S., Nakano Y., Kitaoka S.

  Arch Biochem Biophys 201:121-127(1980) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Crystal structure of the ascorbate peroxidase-salicylhydroxamic acid complex.

  Sharp K.H., Moody P.C., Brown K.A., Raven E.L.

  Ascorbate peroxidase is a bifunctional peroxidase that catalyzes the H(2)O(2)-dependent oxidation of both ascorbate and various aromatic substrates. The ascorbate binding site was recently identified as being close to the gamma-heme edge [Sharp, K. H., Mewies, M., Moody, P. C. E., and Raven, E. L. ... >> More

  Ascorbate peroxidase is a bifunctional peroxidase that catalyzes the H(2)O(2)-dependent oxidation of both ascorbate and various aromatic substrates. The ascorbate binding site was recently identified as being close to the gamma-heme edge [Sharp, K. H., Mewies, M., Moody, P. C. E., and Raven, E. L. (2003)Nat. Struct. Biol. 10, 303-307]. In this work, the X-ray crystal structure of recombinant soybean cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase (rsAPX) in complex with salicylhydroxamic acid (SHA) has been determined to 1.46 A. The SHA molecule is bound close to the delta-heme edge in a cavity that connects the distal side of the heme to the surface of the protein. There are hydrogen bonds between the phenolic hydroxide of the SHA and the main chain carbonyl of Pro132, between the carbonyl oxygen of SHA and the side chain guanadinium group of Arg38, and between the hydroxamic acid group and the indole nitrogen of Trp41. The structure provides the first information about the location of the aromatic binding site in ascorbate peroxidase and, together with our previous data [Sharp, K. H., et al. (2003) Nat. Struct. Biol. 10, 303-307], completes the structural description of the binding properties of ascorbate peroxidase. The mechanistic implications of the results are discussed in terms of our current understanding of how APX catalyzes oxidation of different types of substrates bound at different locations. << Less

  Biochemistry 43:8644-8651(2004) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Interaction of ascorbate peroxidase with substrates: a mechanistic and structural analysis.

  Macdonald I.K., Badyal S.K., Ghamsari L., Moody P.C., Raven E.L.

  Previous work [Sharp, K. H., et al. (2003) Nat. Struct. Biol. 10, 303-307] has revealed the location of the ascorbate binding site in ascorbate peroxidase and has identified hydrogen-bonding interactions to Arg172, Lys30, and the heme 6-propionate as important in formation of the enzyme-substrate ... >> More

  Previous work [Sharp, K. H., et al. (2003) Nat. Struct. Biol. 10, 303-307] has revealed the location of the ascorbate binding site in ascorbate peroxidase and has identified hydrogen-bonding interactions to Arg172, Lys30, and the heme 6-propionate as important in formation of the enzyme-substrate complex. In this work, the individual and collective contributions of these hydrogen bond interactions have been dissected using site-directed mutagenesis, steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetics, X-ray crystallography, and modified substrate analogues. Steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetic data reveal that the hydrogen bonds to Arg172 and the heme 6-propionate play a major part in stabilization of the bound ascorbate but that the interaction with Lys30 plays only a minor role. Binding of aromatic substrates is not affected by substitutions at Arg172/Lys30. Neutralization or removal of electrostatic charge at (Lys30) or adjacent to (Lys31) the ascorbate site does not substantially disrupt the binding interaction. Substrate oxidation and reduction of Compounds I and II is still possible in the absence of Arg172, but at a much reduced level. Crystallographic data (to 1.8 A) for the R172A variant indicate that the molecular structure of the proposed [Sharp, K. H., et al. (2004) Biochemistry 43, 8644-8651] proton transfer pathway from the ascorbate to the heme is conserved, which accounts for the residual activity. The results are discussed in terms of our wider understanding of the structural features that control substrate binding specificity in other peroxidase enzymes. << Less

  Biochemistry 45:7808-7817(2006) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Metabolism of hydrogen peroxide in Euglena gracilis Z by L-ascorbic acid peroxidase.

  Shigeoka S., Nakano Y., Kitaoka S.

  Euglena gracilis was found to contain a peroxidase that specifically require L-ascorbic acid as the natural electron donor in the cytosol. The presence of an oxidation-reduction system metabolizing L-ascorbic acid was demonstrated in Euglena cells. Oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by the peroxidase, a ... >> More

  Euglena gracilis was found to contain a peroxidase that specifically require L-ascorbic acid as the natural electron donor in the cytosol. The presence of an oxidation-reduction system metabolizing L-ascorbic acid was demonstrated in Euglena cells. Oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by the peroxidase, and the absence of ascorbic acid oxidase activity, suggests that the system functions to remove H2O2 in E. gracilis, which lacks catalase. << Less

  Biochem J 186:377-380(1980) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Crystal structure of recombinant pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase.

  Patterson W.R., Poulos T.L.

  The crystal structure of recombinant pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase has been refined to an R = 0.19 for data between 8.0 and 2.2 A resolution and magnitude of F > or = 2 sigma(magnitude of F). The refined model consists of four ascorbate peroxidase monomers consisting of 249 residues per monom ... >> More

  The crystal structure of recombinant pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase has been refined to an R = 0.19 for data between 8.0 and 2.2 A resolution and magnitude of F > or = 2 sigma(magnitude of F). The refined model consists of four ascorbate peroxidase monomers consisting of 249 residues per monomer assembled into two homodimers, with one heme group per monomer. The ascorbate peroxidase model confirms that the pea cytosolic enzyme is a noncovalent homodimer held together by a series of ionic interactions arranged around the 2-fold noncrystallographic dimer axis. As expected from the high level of sequence identity (33%), the overall fold of the ascorbate peroxidase monomer closely resembles that of cytochrome c peroxidase. The average root mean square differences for 137 helical alpha-carbon atoms between the four ascorbate peroxidase monomers and cytochrome c peroxidase and for 249 topologically equivalent alpha-carbon atoms are 0.9 and 1.3 A, respectively. The active site structures are also the same, including the hydrogen-bonding interactions between the proximal His ligand, a buried Asp residue, and a Trp residue, whose indole ring is parallel to and in contact with the proximal His ligand just under the heme ring. This proximal Trp residue is thought to be the site of free radical formation in cytochrome c peroxidase compound I and is also essential for enzyme activity. The corresponding Trp in ascorbate peroxidase, Trp179, occupies exactly the same position. The most interesting, and possibly functionally important, difference between the two peroxidases is the presence of a cation binding site in ascorbate peroxidase located approximately 8 A from the alpha-carbon atom of Trp179. << Less

  Biochemistry 34:4331-4341(1995) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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