Saccharopine Dehydrogenase
Saccharopine dehydrogenase from Magnaporthe grisea
Identifiers
SymbolSaccharop_dh
PfamPF03435
Pfam clanCL0063
InterProIPR005097
SCOP21ff9 / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary
saccharopine dehydrogenase (putative)
Identifiers
SymbolSCCPDH
NCBI gene51097
HGNC24275
RefSeqNM_016002
UniProtQ8NBX0
Other data
LocusChr. 1 q44
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro

In molecular biology, the protein domain Saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), also named Saccharopine reductase, is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the amino acid lysine, via an intermediate substance called saccharopine. The Saccharopine dehydrogenase enzyme can be classified under EC 1.5.1.7, EC 1.5.1.8, EC 1.5.1.9, and EC 1.5.1.10. It has an important function in lysine metabolism and catalyses a reaction in the alpha-Aminoadipic acid pathway. This pathway is unique to fungal organisms therefore, this molecule could be useful in the search for new antibiotics. This protein family also includes saccharopine dehydrogenase and homospermidine synthase. It is found in prokaryotes, eukaryotes and archaea.

Function

Simplistically, SDH uses NAD+ as an oxidant to catalyse the reversible pyridine nucleotide dependent oxidative deamination of the substrate, Saccharopine, in order to form the products, lysine and alpha-ketoglutarate. This can be described by the following equation:[1]

SDH

Saccharopine ⇌ lysine + alpha-ketoglutarate

Saccharopine dehydrogenase EC catalyses the condensation to of l-alpha-aminoadipate-delta-semialdehyde (AASA) with l-glutamate to give an imine, which is reduced by NADPH to give saccharopine.[2] In some organisms this enzyme is found as a bifunctional polypeptide with lysine ketoglutarate reductase (PF).

Homospermidine synthase proteins (EC). Homospermidine synthase (HSS) catalyses the synthesis of the polyamine homospermidine from 2 mol putrescine in an NAD+-dependent reaction.[3]

Structure

There appears to be two protein domains of similar size. One domain is a Rossmann fold that binds NAD+/NADH, and the other is relatively similar. Both domains contain a six-stranded parallel beta-sheet surrounded by alpha-helices and loops (alpha/beta fold).[4]

Clinical significance

Deficiencies are associated with hyperlysinemia.

References

  1. ^ Kumar VP, West AH, Cook PF (June 2012). "Supporting role of lysine 13 and glutamate 16 in the acid-base mechanism of saccharopine dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 522 (1): 57–61. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2012.03.027. PMID 22521736.
  2. ^ Vashishtha AK, West AH, Cook PF (June 2009). "Chemical mechanism of saccharopine reductase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Biochemistry. 48 (25): 5899–907. doi:10.1021/bi900599s. PMID 19449898.
  3. ^ Tholl D, Ober D, Martin W, Kellermann J, Hartmann T (September 1996). "Purification, molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of homospermidine synthase from Rhodopseudomonas viridis". European Journal of Biochemistry. 240 (2): 373–9. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0373h.x. PMID 8841401.
  4. ^ Andi B, Xu H, Cook PF, West AH (November 2007). "Crystal structures of ligand-bound saccharopine dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Biochemistry. 46 (44): 12512–21. doi:10.1021/bi701428m. PMID 17939687.
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