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Galactose oxidase (GO; EC 1.1.3.9) is a monomeric 68 kDa enzyme that contains a single copper and an amino acid-derived cofactor. The mechanism of this radical enzyme has been widely studied by structural, spectroscopic, kinetic and mutational approaches and there is a reasonable understanding of the catalytic mechanism and activation by oxidation to generate the radical cofactor that resides on Tyr-272, one of the copper ligands. Biogenesis of this cofactor involves the post-translational, autocatalytic formation of a thioether cross-link between the active-site residues Cys-228 and Tyr-272. This process is closely linked to a peptide bond cleavage event that releases the N-terminal 17-amino-acid pro-peptide. We have shown using pro-enzyme purified in copper-free conditions that mature oxidized GO can be formed by an autocatalytic process upon addition of copper and oxygen. Structural comparison of pro-GO (GO with the prosequence present) with mature GO reveals overall structural similarity, but with some regions showing significant local differences in main chain position and some active-site-residue side chains differing significantly from their mature enzyme positions. These structural effects of the pro-peptide suggest that it may act as an intramolecular chaperone to provide an open active-site structure conducive to copper binding and chemistry associated with cofactor formation. Various models can be proposed to account for the formation of the thioether bond and oxidation to the radical state; however, the mechanism of prosequence cleavage remains unclear.
Author(s): Firbank SJ, Rogers M, Hurtado-Guerrero R, Dooley DM, Halcrow MA, Phillips SE, Knowles PF, McPherson MJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Biochemical Society Transactions
Year: 2003
Volume: 31
Issue: Pt 3
Pages: 506-9
Print publication date: 01/06/2003
ISSN (print): 0300-5127
ISSN (electronic): 1470-8752
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST0310506
DOI: 10.1042/BST0310506
Notes: GM 27659/GM/United States NIGMS
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