4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase explained

4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
Ec Number:1.13.11.27
Cas Number:9029-72-5
Go Code:0003868
Width:237px
4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
Symbol:HPPD
Altsymbols:HPD; PPD
Hgncid:5147
Chromosome:12
Arm:q
Band:24-qter
Ecnumber:1.13.11.27
Omim:609695
Entrezgene:3242
Refseq:NM_002150
Uniprot:P32754

4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), also known as α-ketoisocaproate dioxygenase (KIC dioxygenase), is an Fe(II)-containing non-heme oxygenase that catalyzes the second reaction in the catabolism of tyrosine - the conversion of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate into homogentisate. HPPD also catalyzes the conversion of phenylpyruvate to 2-hydroxyphenylacetate and the conversion of α-ketoisocaproate to β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate.[1] [2] HPPD is an enzyme that is found in nearly all aerobic forms of life.[3]

Enzyme mechanism

HPPD is categorized within a class of oxygenase enzymes that usually utilize α-ketoglutarate and diatomic oxygen to oxygenate or oxidize a target molecule.[4] However, HPPD differs from most molecules in this class due to the fact that it does not use α-ketoglutarate, and it only utilizes two substrates while adding both atoms of diatomic oxygen into the product, homogentisate.[5] The HPPD reaction occurs through a NIH shift and involves the oxidative decarboxylation of an α-oxo acid as well as aromatic ring hydroxylation. The NIH-shift, which has been demonstrated through isotope-labeling studies, involves migration of an alkyl group to form a more stable carbocation. The shift, accounts for the observation that C3 is bonded to C4 in 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate but to C5 in homogentisate. The predicted mechanism of HPPD can be seen in the following figure:

Structure

HPPD is an enzyme that usually bonds to form tetramers in bacteria and dimers in eukaryotes and has a subunit mass of 40-50 kDa.[6] [7] [8] Dividing the enzyme into the N-terminus and C-terminus one will notice that the N-terminus varies in composition while the C-terminus remains relatively constant[9] (the C-terminus in plants does differ slightly from the C-terminus in other beings). In 1999 the first X-ray crystallography structure of HPPD was created[10] and since then it has been discovered that the active site of HPPD is composed entirely of residues near the C-terminus of the enzyme. The active site of HPPD has not been completely mapped, but it is known that the site consists of an iron ion surrounded by amino acids extending inward from beta sheets (with the exception of the C-terminal helix). While even less is known about the function of the N-terminus of the enzyme, scientists have discovered that a single amino acid change in the N-terminal region can cause the disease known as hawkinsinuria.[11]

Function

In nearly all aerobic beings, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase is responsible for converting 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate into homogentisate.[12] This conversion is one of many steps in breaking L-tyrosine into acetoacetate and fumarate.[13] While the overall products of this cycle are used to create energy, plants and higher order eukaryotes utilize HPPD for a much more important reason. In eukaryotes, HPPD is used to regulate blood tyrosine levels, and plants utilize this enzyme to help produce the cofactors plastoquinone and tocopherol which are essential for the plant to survive.[14]

Disease relevance

HPPD can be linked to one of the oldest known inherited metabolic disorders known as alkaptonuria, which is caused by high levels of homogentisate in the blood stream.[15] HPPD is also directly linked to Type III tyrosinemia[16] When the active HPPD enzyme concentration is low in the human body, it results in high levels of tyrosine concentration in the blood, which can cause mild mental retardation at birth, and degradation in vision as a patient grows older.[17]

In Type I tyrosinemia, a different enzyme, fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase is mutated and doesn't work, leading to very harmful products building up in the body.[18] Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase acts on tyrosine after HPPD does, so scientists working on making herbicides in the class of HPPD inhibitors hypothesized that inhibiting HPPD and controlling tyrosine in the diet could treat this disease. A series of small clinical trials were attempted with one of their compounds, nitisinone were conducted and were successful, leading to nitisinone being brought to market as an orphan drug.[19] [20]

Industrial relevance

Due to HPPD’s role in producing necessary cofactors in plants, there are several marketed HPPD inhibitor herbicides that block activity of this enzyme, and research underway to find new ones.[21] [22]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Homo sapiens: 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase reaction. MetaCyc. SRI International. 6 June 2016. 20 August 2012.
  2. Book: Kohlmeier M . Nutrient Metabolism: Structures, Functions, and Genes . 2015 . Academic Press . 9780123877840 . 385–388 . 2nd . https://books.google.com/books?id=aTQTAAAAQBAJ&q=beta-hydroxy%20beta-methylbutyrate%20HMB&pg=PA387 . 6 June 2016 . Leucine.
  3. Gunsior M, Ravel J, Challis GL, Townsend CA . Engineering p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase to a p-hydroxymandelate synthase and evidence for the proposed benzene oxide intermediate in homogentisate formation . Biochemistry . 43 . 3 . 663–74 . Jan 2004 . 14730970 . 10.1021/bi035762w .
  4. Hausinger RP . FeII/alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent hydroxylases and related enzymes . Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . 39 . 1 . 21–68 . 15121720 . 10.1080/10409230490440541 . 2004. 85784668 .
  5. Moran GR . 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 433 . 1 . 117–28 . Jan 2005 . 15581571 . 10.1016/j.abb.2004.08.015 .
  6. Wada GH, Fellman JH, Fujita TS, Roth ES . Purification and properties of avian liver p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 250 . 17 . 6720–6 . Sep 1975 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)40992-7 . 1158879 . free .
  7. Lindblad B, Lindstedt G, Lindstedt S, Rundgren M . Purification and some properties of human 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (I) . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 252 . 14 . 5073–84 . Jul 1977 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)40160-8 . 873932 . free .
  8. Book: Buckthal DJ, Roche PA, Moorehead TJ, Forbes BJ, Hamilton GA . 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase from pig liver . Metabolism of Aromatic Amino Acids and Amines . Methods in Enzymology . 142 . 132–8 . 3298972 . 1987 . 10.1016/s0076-6879(87)42020-x . 9780121820428 .
  9. Yang C, Pflugrath JW, Camper DL, Foster ML, Pernich DJ, Walsh TA . Structural basis for herbicidal inhibitor selectivity revealed by comparison of crystal structures of plant and mammalian 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenases . Biochemistry . 43 . 32 . 10414–23 . Aug 2004 . 15301540 . 10.1021/bi049323o .
  10. Serre L, Sailland A, Sy D, Boudec P, Rolland A, Pebay-Peyroula E, Cohen-Addad C . Crystal structure of Pseudomonas fluorescens 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase: an enzyme involved in the tyrosine degradation pathway . Structure . 7 . 8 . 977–88 . Aug 1999 . 10467142 . 10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80124-5 . free .
  11. Tomoeda K, Awata H, Matsuura T, Matsuda I, Ploechl E, Milovac T, Boneh A, Scott CR, Danks DM, Endo F . Mutations in the 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid dioxygenase gene are responsible for tyrosinemia type III and hawkinsinuria . Molecular Genetics and Metabolism . 71 . 3 . 506–10 . Nov 2000 . 11073718 . 10.1006/mgme.2000.3085 .
  12. Zea-Rey AV, Cruz-Camino H, Vazquez-Cantu DL, Gutiérrez-García VM, Santos-Guzmán J, Cantú-Reyna C . The Incidence of Transient Neonatal Tyrosinemia Within a Mexican Population . Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening . 27 November 2017 . 5 . 232640981774423 . 10.1177/2326409817744230. free .
  13. Knox WE, LeMay-Knox M . The oxidation in liver of l-tyrosine to acetoacetate through p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and homogentisic acid . The Biochemical Journal . 49 . 5 . 686–93 . October 1951 . 14886367 . 1197578 . 10.1042/bj0490686 .
  14. Book: Mercer . E.I. . Goodwin . T.W. . Introduction to Plant Biochemistry . 1988 . Pergamon Press . Oxford . 978-0-08-024922-3 . 2nd . registration .
  15. Garrod EA . The incidence of alkaptonuria: a study in chemical individuality . Lancet . 1902 . 160 . 4134 . 1616–1620 . 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)41972-6 . 8784780 . 2230159 .
  16. Tomoeda K, Awata H, Matsuura T, Matsuda I, Ploechl E, Milovac T, Boneh A, Scott CR, Danks DM, Endo F . Mutations in the 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid dioxygenase gene are responsible for tyrosinemia type III and hawkinsinuria . Molecular Genetics and Metabolism . 71 . 3 . 506–10 . Nov 2000 . 11073718 . 10.1006/mgme.2000.3085 .
  17. Hühn R, Stoermer H, Klingele B, Bausch E, Fois A, Farnetani M, Di Rocco M, Boué J, Kirk JM, Coleman R, Scherer G . Novel and recurrent tyrosine aminotransferase gene mutations in tyrosinemia type II . Human Genetics . 102 . 3 . 305–13 . Mar 1998 . 9544843 . 10.1007/s004390050696. 19425434 .
  18. National Organization for Rare Disorders. Physician’s Guide to Tyrosinemia Type 1
  19. Lock EA, Ellis MK, Gaskin P, Robinson M, Auton TR, Provan WM, Smith LL, Prisbylla MP, Mutter LC, Lee DL . From toxicological problem to therapeutic use: the discovery of the mode of action of 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione (NTBC), its toxicology and development as a drug . Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease . 21 . 5 . 498–506 . Aug 1998 . 9728330 . 10.1023/A:1005458703363. 6717818 .
  20. Web site: Nitisinone (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - . Mayo Clinic .
  21. Andreas . van Almsick . New HPPD-Inhibitors - A Proven Mode of Action as a New Hope to Solve Current Weed Problems . Outlooks on Pest Management . 20 . 1 . 27–30 . 2009 . 10.1564/20feb09.
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