Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2Ox) participates in fungal lignin degradation by producing the H 2 O 2 needed for lignin-degrading peroxidases. The enzyme oxidizes cellulose-and hemicellulose-derived aldopyranoses at C2 preferentially, but also on C3, to the corresponding ketoaldoses. To investigate the structural determinants of catalysis, covalent flavinylation, substrate binding, and regioselectivity, wild-type and mutant P2Ox enzymes were produced and characterized biochemically and structurally. Removal of the histidyl-FAD linkage resulted in a catalytically competent enzyme containing tightly, but noncovalently bound FAD. This mutant (H167A) is characterized by a 5-fold lower k cat , and a 35-mV lower redox potential, although no significant structural changes were seen in its crystal structure. In previous structures of P2Ox, the substrate loop (residues 452-457) covering the active site has been either disordered or in a conformation incompatible with carbohydrate binding. We present here the crystal structure of H167A in complex with a slow substrate, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose. Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2Ox, 3 pyranose:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase; glucose 2-oxidase; EC 1.1.3.10) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent oxidase present in the hyphal periplasmic space (1) of wood-degrading basidiomycetes (2, 3). These fungi are the only known microorganisms that are capable of fully mineralizing lignin, and P2Ox has a proposed role in the oxidative events (4) of lignin degradation by providing the essential co-substrate, H 2 O 2 , for lignin and manganese peroxidases (5, 6). An alternative hypothesis assigns a role for P2Ox in both H 2 O 2 production and in the reduction of quinones in the periplasm or in the extracellular environment (7). P2Ox from the white-rot fungi Trametes multicolor (Trametes ochracea) and Peniophora gigantea are hitherto the most studied biochemically (7-10) and structurally (11, 12).P2Ox oxidizes a broad range of carbohydrate substrates that are natural constituents of hemicelluloses, allowing most lignocellulose-derived sugars to be utilized. Substrates can be oxidized regioselectively at the C2 position, although some oxidation at C3 can occur as a side reaction (10). For C2 oxidation, D-glucose, D-xylose, and L-sorbose are good or reasonably good substrates, and D-galactose and L-arabinose perform poorly as substrates (7). Based on the catalytic efficiency, k cat /K m , D-glucose (D-Glc) is the best substrate for T. multicolor P2Ox (7). Substrates that are oxidized at C3 were analyzed for P. gigantea P2Ox and include 2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-keto-D-glucose, and methyl ␤-D-glucosides (13, 10). That oxidation can take place either at C2 or at C3 presupposes two distinct, productive binding modes (referred to here as C2 ox and C3 ox ) for a monosaccharide in the P2Ox active site.P2Ox from T. multicolor is homotetrameric with a molecular mass of 270 kDa (7) where each of the four subunits carries one FAD molecule bound covalently to N ⑀2 (i.e. N3) of His 167 via its 8␣-methyl group (14, 11). The...

This work describes for the first time the identification of a reaction intermediate, C4a-hydroperoxyflavin, during the oxidative half-reaction of a flavoprotein oxidase, pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O) from Trametes multicolor, by using rapid kinetics. The reduced P2O reacted with oxygen with a forward rate constant of 5.8 x 10 (4) M (-1) s (-1) and a reverse rate constant of 2 s (-1), resulting in the formation of a C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate which decayed with a rate constant of 18 s (-1). The absorption spectrum of the intermediate resembled the spectra of flavin-dependent monooxygenases. A hydrophobic cavity formed at the re side of the flavin ring in the closed state structure of P2O may help in stabilizing the intermediate.

p-Hydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Acinetobacter baumannii is a two-component system consisting of a NADHdependent FMN reductase and a monooxygenase (C 2) that uses reduced FMN as substrate. The crystal structures of C2 in the ligand-free and substrate-bound forms reveal a preorganized pocket that binds reduced FMN without large conformational changes. The Phe-266 side chain swings out to provide the space for binding p-hydroxyphenylacetate that is oriented orthogonal to the flavin ring. The geometry of the substrate-binding site of C 2 is significantly different from that of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, a single-component flavoenzyme that catalyzes a similar reaction. The C 2 overall structure resembles the folding of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. An outstanding feature in the C 2 structure is a cavity located in front of reduced FMN; it has a spherical shape with a 1.9-Å radius and a 29-Å 3 volume and is interposed between the flavin C4a atom and the substrate atom to be hydroxylated. F lavoprotein monooxygenases use dioxygen to insert an oxygen atom into a substrate and have been found to be involved in a wide variety of biological reactions (1-3). The fundamental property of these enzymes is their ability to promote formation and stabilization of the C4a-hydroperoxyflavin (Fig. 1a) resulting from the reaction of the protein-bound reduced flavin with dioxygen. This key intermediate donates an oxygen atom to the substrate, generating the unstable C4a-hydroxyflavin that eliminates one molecule of water to yield oxidized flavin (5). Understanding the structural bases governing functional properties of monooxygenases is crucial to address one of the most fascinating issues in flavoenzymology: the ability of flavoenzymes to differentially react with molecular oxygen.In recent years, a new group of flavoprotein monooxygenases has been identified. These enzymes consist of two components: a reductase generating reduced flavin and a hydroxylase using reduced flavin to catalyze substrate monooxygenation (6). phydroxyphenylacetate hydroxylase from Acinetobacter baumannii catalyzes hydroxylation of p-hydroxyphenylacetate (HPA) to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate (Fig. 1a). HPA hydroxylase has unusual features in both sequence and catalysis. The smaller reductase component of HPA hydroxylase (C 1 ) performs HPA-stimulated NADH-dependent reduction of free FMN, which is subsequently transferred to the larger monooxygenase component (C 2 ) and used for reaction with dioxygen and HPA monooxygenation (Fig. 1b). Specificity for FMN is conferred by C 1 , whereas C 2 works equally well with both reduced FMN (FMNH Ϫ ; Fig. 1a) and reduced FAD (7-10). C 2 can effectively stabilize the C4a-hydroperoxyflavin intermediate for minutes, and, at high concentration of HPA, a stable dead-end complex between C4a-hydroxyflavin and HPA is observed.Here, we present crystal structures of C 2 in the apoenzyme form and of its complexes with FMNH Ϫ (C 2 :FMNH Ϫ ) and HPA (C 2 :FMNH Ϫ :HPA). Structural analysis reported here provides a fram...

Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O) from Trametes multicolor is a flavoprotein oxidase that catalyzes the oxidation of aldopyranoses by molecular oxygen to yield the corresponding 2-keto-aldoses and hydrogen peroxide. P2O is the first enzyme in the class of flavoprotein oxidases, for which a C4a-hydroperoxy-flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) intermediate has been detected during the oxidative half-reaction. In this study, the reduction kinetics of P2O by D-glucose and 2-d-D-glucose at pH 7.0 was investigated using stopped-flow techniques. The results indicate that D-glucose binds to the enzyme with a two-step binding process; the first step is the initial complex formation, while the second step is the isomerization to form an active Michaelis complex (E-Fl ox :G). Interestingly, the complex (E-Fl ox : G) showed greater absorbance at 395 nm than the oxidized enzyme, and the isomerization process showed a significant inverse isotope effect, implying that the C2-H bond of D-glucose is more rigid in the E-Fl ox :G complex than in the free form. A large normal primary isotope effect (k H /k D = 8.84) was detected in the flavin reduction step. Steady-state kinetics at pH 7.0 shows a series of parallel lines. Kinetics of formation and decay of C-4a-hydroperoxy-FAD is the same in absence and presence of 2-keto-D-glucose, implying that the sugar does not bind to P2O during the oxidative half-reaction. This suggests that the kinetic mechanism of P2O is likely to be the ping-pong-type where the sugar product leaves prior to the oxygen reaction. The movement of the active site loop when oxygen is present is proposed to facilitate the release of the sugar product. Correlation between data from presteady-state and steady-state kinetics has shown that the overall turnover of the reaction is limited by the steps of flavin reduction and decay of C4a-hydroperoxy-FAD.Pyranose 2-oxidase (P2O; 1 pyranose:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase; EC 1.13.10) is a flavoprotein oxidase catalyzing the oxidation of several aldopyranoses by molecular oxygen at the C2 position to yield the corresponding 2-keto-aldoses and hydrogen peroxide (Scheme 1) (1). The enzyme was identified and isolated from several species of fungi (2) and is thought to be involved in lignin degradation by providing H 2 O 2 for lignin peroxidase (3). H 2 O 2 production by P2O can also be important for maintaining an oxidative stress level that helps control the growth of other competing organisms (4). The regiospecific oxidation at the pyranose C2 position catalyzed by P2O is a very useful reaction for carbohydrate syntheses since it can be applied in the syntheses of D-tagatose (5), cortalcerone (6), and other valuable sugar synthons (2, 4).P2O from Trametes multicolor is a homotetrameric enzyme with a native molecular mass of 270 kDa (subunit molecular mass of 68 kDa) (1). Each subunit contains one flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) covalently attached to the N3 of His167 (7). The enzyme sequence and structure indicate that P2O belongs to the glucose-methanol-choline (GMC) oxidored...