Daniel E. Almonacid and Patricia C. Babbitt Classification of Mechanistically Diverse Enzyme Superfamilies According to Similarities in Reaction Mechanism Daniel E. Almonacid and Patricia C. Babbitt 18th July 2008
Overview Introduction Motivation E.C. Classification Enzyme Catalysis Databases Structure-Function Linkage Database Methods Enolase Superfamily Computing Similarity of Mechanisms and Overall Reactions Results Overall vs Mechanism Similarity Complete Linkage Clustering Applications Conclusions
Motivation Enzymes catalyse almost all the reactions in the metabolism of all organisms. Knowledge about the evolution of structure-function relationships in enzymes allows prediction of function for newly obtained sequences and structures, and to direct enzyme engineering efforts.
Enzyme Commission (EC) Nomenclature, 1992, Academic Press, 6th Ed. E.C. Classification Enzyme Commission (EC) Nomenclature, 1992, Academic Press, 6th Ed.
Enzyme Catalysis Databases Pegg, S. C.-H., et al. Biochemistry, 2006, 45, 2545 Holliday, G. L., et al. Nucleic Acids Res., 2007, 35, D515
SFLD (http://sfld.rbvi.ucsf.edu/)
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Dataset Labeling E1 GD1 MR1 .
Computing Mechanism Similarity chloromuconate cycloisomerase (MC6) dipeptide epimerase (MC2)
Similarity between Reaction Steps chloromuconate cycloisomerase (MC6) Bonds formed: None Bonds cleaved: C-O Bond order changes: C-O C=O C=C C-C C-C C=C Step 3 dipeptide epimerase (MC2) Bonds formed: C-H Bonds cleaved: Base-H Bond order changes: C-O C=O C=C C-C Step 2 Step similarity (Tanimoto coeff) = intersection / union = 2/(4+4-2) = 0.3333
Global Alignment of Reaction Sequences a) Similarity Matrix MC2.stg01 MC2.stg02 MC6.stg01 0.0000 0.3333 MC6.stg02 1.0000 MC6.stg03 0.1429 b) Needleman-Wunsch Maximum-Match Matrix MC2.stg01 MC2.stg02 MC6.stg01 0.0000 0.3333 MC6.stg02 1.0000 MC6.stg03 0.1429 1.3333
Similarity between Reaction Mechanisms chloromuconate cycloisomerase (MC6) dipeptide epimerase (MC2) Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 1 Step 2 1.0 0.3333 Alignment score, Axy, of 1.3333 normalised similarity, Sxy = Axy Axx + Ayy - Axy Sxy = 1.3333 = 0.3636 3 + 2 – 1.3333 NM O’Boyle, et al., J. Mol. Biol., 2007, 368, 1484.
Overall vs Mechanistic Similarity A total of 190 pairs are compared. Size of the spheres is proportional to the number of data points in that position. Significance levels are shown in red.
Similarity between Overall Reactions chloromuconate cycloisomerase (MC6) dipeptide epimerase (MC2)
Similarity between Overall Reactions chloromuconate cycloisomerase (MC6) Bonds formed: C-Cl Bonds cleaved: C-O Bond order changes: None Overall dipeptide epimerase (MC2) Bonds formed: C-H Bonds cleaved: Bond order changes: None Overall Overall similarity (Tanimoto coeff) = intersection / union = 0/(4+4-0) = 0
Overall vs Mechanistic Similarity A total of 190 pairs are compared. Size of the spheres is proportional to the number of data points in that position. Significance levels are shown in red.
Complete Linkage Clustering of Mechanisms Common partial reaction: chloromuconate cycloisomerase (SFLD10) dipeptide epimerase (SFLD12)
Same Subgroup, Different Mechanism Common partial reaction: chloromuconate cycloisomerase (SFLD10) chloromuconate cycloisomerase dipeptide epimerase dipeptide epimerase (SFLD12)
Different Subgroup, Same Mechanism D-tartrate dehydratase Common partial reaction: o-succinyl- benzoate synthase Enolase D-tartrate dehydratase
Different Subgroup, Same Mechanism D-tartrate dehydratase (MR1) enolase (E1) o-succinylbenzoate synthase (MC1)
Preliminary Anecdotal Observation Common partial reaction: muconate cycloisomerase o-succinyl- benzoate synthase dipeptide epimerase
Preliminary Anecdotal Observation Mechanism Similarity to Target: o-succinylbenzoate synthase (MC1) Mechanism Similarity to MC1 MC2 0.5556 MC7 0.7143 dipeptide epimerase (MC2) Kcat/KM (M-1s-1) E. Coli OSBS (MC1) 3.1 x 106 D297G AEE (MC2) 12.5 E323G MLE (MC7) 1.9 x 103 muconate cycloisomerase (MC7) Schmidt, et al., Biochemistry, 2003, 42, 8387.
Conclusions Compared to the traditional approach of classifying enzymes according to overall reaction similarity (such as that of the Enzyme Commission), the method based on step similarity is better able to capture elements of functional conservation. The relationship between sequence/structure and function is yet more complicated than previously envisaged. We expect our study to be useful for guiding functional annotation of new homologues of enzyme superfamilies, and to help guide engineering of enzyme functions by identifying enzyme templates capable of catalyzing the key mechanistic step of a transformation
Acknowledgements $$$ Margy Glasner Sunil Ojha Shoshana Brown Patricia Babbitt Noel O’Boyle John Mitchell Gemma Holliday Janet Thornton $$$ NIH NSF ISCB
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