Site-specific mutagenesis of the alpha subunit of tryptophan synthase from Salmonella typhimurium. Changing arginine 179 to leucine alters the reciprocal transmission of substrate-induced conformational changes between the alpha and beta 2 subunits.

Arginine 179 of the alpha subunit of tryptophan synthase of Salmonella typhimurium was changed to leucine by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant alpha subunit was expressed in S. typhimurium, purified and crystallized as the alpha 2 beta 2 complex, and characterized by kinetic studies under steady-state reaction conditions. The rate of cleavage of indole 3-glycerol phosphate (alpha reaction) is reduced by 60% in the mutant alpha 2 beta 2 complex, whereas the rate of L-tryptophan synthesis from indole and L-serine (beta reaction) is unchanged. Thus, arginine 179 is not obligatory for catalysis, for binding of indole 3-glycerol phosphate, or for interaction of the alpha and beta 2 subunits. However, changing arginine 179 to leucine does have striking effects on ligand-dependent properties of this multienzyme complex. Ligands of the alpha subunit (DL-alpha-glycerophosphate and indole 3-propanol phosphate) which strongly inhibit the beta reaction of the native alpha 2 beta 2 complex have a slight stimulatory effect on the beta reaction of the mutant alpha 2 beta 2 complex. Likewise, L-serine, a ligand of the beta subunit which produces a 5-fold reduction in the Km for the alpha ligand indole 3-glycerol phosphate in the native alpha 2 beta 2 complex, has no effect on the mutant alpha 2 beta 2 complex. These results suggest that arginine 179 of the alpha subunit plays a role in the reciprocal transmission of substrate-induced conformational changes which occur between native alpha and beta 2 subunits in the alpha 2 beta 2 complex.

• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  1987-08-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)61017-8PMID 3112150
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