Thiol dioxygenases are mononuclear non-heme Fe-dependent metalloenzymes that initiate the oxidative catabolism of thiol-containing substrates to their respective sulfinates. Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), the best characterized mammalian thiol dioxygenase, contains a three-histidine (3-His) coordination environment rather than the 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad seen in most mononuclear non-heme Fe enzymes. A similar 3-His active site is found in the bacterial thiol dioxygenase 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase (MDO), which converts 3-mercaptopropionate into 3-sulfinopropionic acid as part of the bacterial sulfur metabolism pathway. In this study, we have investigated the active site geometric and electronic structures of a third non-heme Fe-dependent thiol dioxygenase, cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO), by using a spectroscopic approach. Although a 3-His facial triad had previously been implicated on the basis of sequence alignment and site-directed mutagenesis studies, little is currently known about the active site environment of ADO. Our magnetic circular dichroism and electron paramagnetic resonance data provide compelling evidence that ADO features a 3-His facial triad, like CDO and MDO. Despite this similar coordination environment, spectroscopic results obtained for ADO incubated with various substrate analogues are distinct from those obtained for the other Fe-dependent thiol dioxygenases. This finding suggests that the secondary coordination sphere of ADO is distinct from those of CDO and MDO, demonstrating the significant role that secondary-sphere residues play in dictating substrate specificity.

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