2-Oxoglutarate cooperativity and biphasic ammonium saturation of Aspergillus niger NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase are structurally coupled.

Arch Biochem Biophys

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, 400076, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address:

Published: July 2019

NADP-glutamate dehydrogenase from Aspergillus niger (AnGDH) exhibits sigmoidal 2-oxoglutarate saturation. Despite sharing 88% amino acid identity, the homologous enzyme from Aspergillus terreus (AtGDH) shows hyperbolic 2-oxoglutarate saturation. In order to address the structural origins of this phenomenon, six AnGDH-AtGDH chimeras were constructed and characterized. The C-terminal sequence (residues 315-460, named the D-segment) was implicated in the AnGDH cooperativity. The D-segment residues largely contribute to the monomer-monomer interface of each trimer in the native hexamer and are far removed from the enzyme active site. The D-segment appears to be a part of the allosteric network responsible for 2-oxoglutarate homotropic interactions in AnGDH. AnGDH and its C415S mutant, but not AtGDH, also showed atypical, biphasic ammonium saturation, particularly at sub-saturating 2-oxoglutarate concentrations. We found that the sigmoidal 2-oxoglutarate saturation and the biphasic ammonium response are tightly coupled; the analysis of AnGDH-AtGDH chimeras ascribes the two features to the AnGDH D-segment. The two non-Michaelis-Menten substrate saturations of AnGDH were influenced by ionic strength. Increase in ionic strength reduced the n of 2-oxoglutarate saturation as well as abolished the biphasic response, suggesting that polar/ionic interactions determine the allosteric, inter-subunit communications. The biochemical analysis in the context of available structural data implicates the D-segment of AnGDH in the allosteric feature of this enzyme. The coupling of sigmoidal 2-oxoglutarate saturation and the biphasic ammonium response could possibly confer growth advantage to A. niger experiencing carbon and/or nitrogen limitation.

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