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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 50, 48386-48394, December 13, 2002

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Deletion Mutagenesis of Human Cystathionine -Synthase
IMPACT ON ACTIVITY, OLIGOMERIC STATUS, AND S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE REGULATION^*

Jana Oliveriusová, Vladimír Kery, Kenneth N. Maclean, and Jan P. Kraus

From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80262

Cystathionine -synthase is a tetrameric hemeprotein that catalyzes the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent condensation of serine and homocysteine to cystathionine. We have used deletion mutagenesis of both the N and C termini to investigate the functional organization of the catalytic and regulatory regions of this enzyme. Western blot analysis of these mutants expressed in Escherichia coli indicated that residues 497-543 are involved in tetramer formation. Deletion of the 70 N-terminal residues resulted in a heme-free protein retaining 20% of wild type activity. Additional deletion of 151 C-terminal residues from this mutant resulted in an inactive enzyme. Expression of this double-deletion mutant as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein generated catalytically active protein (15% of wild type activity) that was unaffected by subsequent removal of the fusion partner. The function of the N-terminal region appears to be primarily steric in nature and involved in the correct folding of the enzyme. The C-terminal region of human cystathionine -synthase contains two hydrophobic motifs designated "CBS domains." Partial deletion of the most C-terminal of these domains decreased activity and caused enzyme aggregation and instability. Removal of both of these domains resulted in stable constitutively activated enzyme. Deletion of as few as 8 C-terminal residues increased enzyme activity and abolished any further activation by S-adenosylmethionine indicating that the autoinhibitory role of the C-terminal region is not exclusively a function of the CBS domains.

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