Biotin synthase

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Biotin Synthase
Biotin Synthase Crystal Structure
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Biotin synthase (BioB) (EC 2.8.1.6) is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of dethiobiotin (DTB) to biotin; this is the final step in the biotin biosynthetic pathway. Biotin, also known as vitamin B7, is a cofactor used in carboxylation, decarboxylation, and transcarboxylation reactions in many organisms including humans.[1] Biotin synthase is an S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) dependent enzyme that employs a radical mechanism to thiolate dethiobiotin, thus converting it to biotin.

This radical SAM enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically the sulfurtransferases, which transfer sulfur-containing groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is dethiobiotin:sulfur sulfurtransferase. This enzyme participates in biotin metabolism. It employs one cofactor, iron-sulfur.

Structure

Shown is the biotin synthase active site with [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters along with dethiobiotin (purple) and S-Adenosylmethionine (red)

In 2004, the crystal structure of biotin synthase in complex with SAM and dethiobiotin was determined to 3.4 angstrom resolution.[2] The PDB accession code for this structure is 1R30. The protein is a homodimer, meaning it is composed of two identical amino acid chains that fold together to form biotin synthase. Each monomer in the structure shown in figure contains a TIM barrel with an [4Fe-4S]2+cluster, SAM, and an [2Fe-2S]2+cluster.

The [4Fe-4S]2+cluster is used as a catalytic cofactor, directly coordinating to SAM.  Orbital overlap between SAM and a unique Fe atom on the [4Fe-4S]2+cluster has been observed.[3] The predicted role of the [4Fe-4S]2+cofactor is to transfer an electron onto SAM through an inner sphere mechanism, forcing it into an unstable high energy state that ultimately leads to the formation of the 5’deoxyadenosyl radical.[4]

The [2Fe-2S]2+cluster is thought to provide a source of sulfur from which to thiolate DTB. Isotopic labelling[5] and spectroscopic studies[6] show destruction of the [2Fe-2S]2+cluster accompanies BioB turnover, indicating that it is likely sulfur from [2Fe-2S]2+that is being incorporated into DTB to form biotin.

Mechanism

Pictured is the detailed proposed mechanism for biotin synthase.

The reaction catalyzed by biotin synthase can be summarized as follows:

dethiobiotin + sulfur + 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine biotin + 2 L-methionine + 2 5'-deoxyadenosine

The proposed mechanism for biotin synthase begins with an inner sphere electron transfer from the sulfur on SAM, reducing the [4Fe-4S]2+cluster. This results in a spontaneous C-S bond cleavage, generating a 5’-deoxyadenosyl radical (5’-dA).[7] This carbon radical abstracts a hydrogen from dethiobiotin, forming a dethiobiotinyl C9 carbon radical, which is immediately quenched by bonding to a sulfur atom on the [2Fe-2S]2+. This reduces one of the iron atoms from FeIII to FeII. At this point, the 5’-deoxyadenosyl and methionine formed earlier are exchanged for a second equivalent of SAM. Reductive cleavage generates another 5’-deoxyadenosyl radical, which abstracts a hydrogen from C6 of dethiobiotin. This radical attacks the sulfur attached to C9 and forms the thiophane ring of biotin, leaving behind an unstable diferrous cluster that likely dissociates.[8][9]

The use of an inorganic sulfur source is quite unusual for biosynthetic reactions involving sulfur. However, dethiobiotin contains nonpolar, unactivated carbon atoms at the locations of desired C-S bond formation. The formation of the 5’-dA radical allows for hydrogen abstraction of the unactivated carbons on DTB, leaving behind activated carbon radicals ready to be functionalized. By nature, radical chemistry allows for chain reactions because radicals are easily quenched through C-H bond formation, resulting in another radical on the atom the hydrogen came from. We can consider the possibility of a free sulfide, alkane thiol, or alkane persulfide being used as the sulfur donor for DTB. At physiological pH, these would all be protonated, and the carbon radical would likely be quenched by hydrogen atom transfer rather than by C-S bond formation.[10]

Relevance to humans

Biotin synthase is not found in humans. Since biotin is an important cofactor for many enzymes, humans must consume biotin through their diet from microbial and plant sources.[11] However, the human gut microbiome has been shown to contain Escherichia coli that do contain biotin synthase,[12] providing another source of biotin for catalytic use. The amount of E. coli that produce biotin is significantly higher in adults than in babies, indicating that the gut microbiome and developmental stage should be taken into account when assessing a person's nutritional needs.[13]

References

  1. ^ Roth KS (September 1981). "Biotin in clinical medicine--a review". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 34 (9): 1967–74. doi:10.1093/ajcn/34.9.1967. PMID 6116428.
  2. ^ Berkovitch F, Nicolet Y, Wan JT, Jarrett JT, Drennan CL (January 2004). "Crystal structure of biotin synthase, an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent radical enzyme". Science. 303 (5654): 76–9. Bibcode:2004Sci...303...76B. doi:10.1126/science.1088493. PMC 1456065. PMID 14704425.
  3. ^ Cosper MM, Jameson GN, Davydov R, Eidsness MK, Hoffman BM, Huynh BH, Johnson MK (November 2002). "The [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster in reconstituted biotin synthase binds S-adenosyl-L-methionine". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (47): 14006–7. doi:10.1021/ja0283044. PMID 12440894.
  4. ^ Ollagnier-de Choudens S, Sanakis Y, Hewitson KS, Roach P, Münck E, Fontecave M (April 2002). "Reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine by biotin synthase from Escherichia coli". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (16): 13449–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111324200. PMID 11834738.
  5. ^ Bui BT, Florentin D, Fournier F, Ploux O, Méjean A, Marquet A (November 1998). "Biotin synthase mechanism: on the origin of sulphur". FEBS Letters. 440 (1–2): 226–30. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01464-1. PMID 9862460. S2CID 33771553.
  6. ^ Ugulava NB, Sacanell CJ, Jarrett JT (July 2001). "Spectroscopic changes during a single turnover of biotin synthase: destruction of a [2Fe-2S] cluster accompanies sulfur insertion". Biochemistry. 40 (28): 8352–8. doi:10.1021/bi010463x. PMC 1489075. PMID 11444982.
  7. ^ Wang SC, Frey PA (March 2007). "S-adenosylmethionine as an oxidant: the radical SAM superfamily". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 32 (3): 101–10. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2007.01.002. PMID 17291766.
  8. ^ Lotierzo M, Tse Sum Bui B, Florentin D, Escalettes F, Marquet A (August 2005). "Biotin synthase mechanism: an overview". Biochemical Society Transactions. 33 (Pt 4): 820–3. doi:10.1042/BST0330820. PMID 16042606.
  9. ^ Jameson GN, Cosper MM, Hernández HL, Johnson MK, Huynh BH (February 2004). "Role of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in recombinant Escherichia coli biotin synthase". Biochemistry. 43 (7): 2022–31. doi:10.1021/bi035666v. PMID 14967042.
  10. ^ Fugate CJ, Jarrett JT (November 2012). "Biotin synthase: insights into radical-mediated carbon-sulfur bond formation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1824 (11): 1213–22. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.01.010. PMID 22326745.
  11. ^ Zempleni J, Wijeratne SS, Hassan YI (January 2009). "Biotin". BioFactors. 35 (1): 36–46. doi:10.1002/biof.8. PMC 4757853. PMID 19319844.
  12. ^ Lin S, Cronan JE (June 2011). "Closing in on complete pathways of biotin biosynthesis". Molecular BioSystems. 7 (6): 1811–21. doi:10.1039/c1mb05022b. PMID 21437340.
  13. ^ Yatsunenko T, Rey FE, Manary MJ, Trehan I, Dominguez-Bello MG, Contreras M, et al. (May 2012). "Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography". Nature. 486 (7402): 222–7. Bibcode:2012Natur.486..222Y. doi:10.1038/nature11053. PMC 3376388. PMID 22699611.

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