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Volume 272, Number 39, Issue of September 26, 1997 pp. 24355-24362
©1997 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

The Role of His-134, -147, and -150 Residues in Subunit Assembly, Cofactor Binding, and Catalysis of Sheep Liver Cytosolic Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase

(Received for publication, April 29, 1997, and in revised form, July 8, 1997)

From the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

In an attempt to unravel the role of conserved histidine residues in the structure-function of sheep liver cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT), three site-specific mutants (H134N, H147N, and H150N) were constructed and expressed. H134N and H147N SHMTs had K_m values for L-serine, L-allo-threonine and -phenylserine similar to that of wild type enzyme, although the k_cat values were markedly decreased. H134N SHMT was obtained in a dimeric form with only 6% of bound pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP) compared with the wild type enzyme. Increasing concentrations of PLP (up to 500 µM) enhanced the enzyme activity without changing its oligomeric structure, indicating that His-134 may be involved in dimer-dimer interactions. H147N SHMT was obtained in a tetrameric form but with very little PLP (3%) bound to it, suggesting that this residue was probably involved in cofactor binding. Unlike the wild type enzyme, the cofactor could be easily removed by dialysis from H147N SHMT, and the apoenzyme thus formed was present predominantly in the dimeric form, indicating that PLP binding is at the dimer-dimer interface. H150N SHMT was obtained in a tetrameric form with bound PLP. However, the mutant had very little enzyme activity (<2%). The k_cat/K_m values for L-serine, L-allo-threonine and -phenylserine were 80-, 56-, and 33-fold less compared with wild type enzyme. Unlike the wild type enzyme, it failed to form the characteristic quinonoid intermediate and was unable to carry out the exchange of 2-S proton from glycine in the presence of H₄-folate. However, it could form an external aldimine with serine and glycine. The wild type and the mutant enzyme had similar K_d values for serine and glycine. These results suggest that His-150 may be the base that abstracts the -proton of the substrate, leading to formation of the quinonoid intermediate in the reaction catalyzed by SHMT.

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