Structural and biochemical insights into dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleavage by cofactor-bound DddK from the prolific marine bacterium Pelagibacter

Schnicker, Nicholas J., De Silva, Saumya M., Todd, Jonathan D. and Dey, Mishtu (2017) Structural and biochemical insights into dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleavage by cofactor-bound DddK from the prolific marine bacterium Pelagibacter. Biochemistry, 56 (23). 2873–2885. ISSN 0006-2698

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Abstract

Enormous amounts of the organic osmolyte dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) are produced in marine environments where bacterial DMSP lyases cleave it yielding acrylate and the climate-active gas dimethylsulfide (DMS). SAR11 bacteria are the most abundant clade of heterotrophic bacteria in the oceans and they play a key role in DMSP catabolism. An important environmental factor affecting DMS generation via DMSP lyases is the availability of metal ions since they are essential cofactors for many of these enzymes. Here we examine the structure and activity of DddK in the presence of various metal ions. We have established that DddK containing a double stranded β-helical motif utilizes various divalent metal ions as cofactors for catalytic activity. However, nickel, an abundant metal ion in marine environments, adopts a distorted octahedral coordination environment and conferred the highest DMSP lyase activity. Crystal structures of cofactor bound DddK reveal key metal ion binding and catalytic residues and provide the first rationalization for varying activities with different metal ions. The structures of DddK along with site-directed mutagenesis and UV-visible studies are consistent with Tyr 64 acting as a base to initiate the β-elimination reaction of DMSP. Our biochemical and structural studies provide a detailed understanding of DMS generation by one of the ocean’s most prolific bacterium.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dmsp,dmsp lyase,sar11 bacteria,cupin-fold,marine sulfur cycling,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 May 2017 05:06
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63554
DOI:	10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00099

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