Peroxygenase and oxidase activities of dehaloperoxidase-hemoglobin from Amphitrite ornata

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jun 4;136(22):7914-25. doi: 10.1021/ja500293c. Epub 2014 May 21.

Abstract

The marine globin dehaloperoxidase-hemoglobin (DHP) from Amphitrite ornata was found to catalyze the H2O2-dependent oxidation of monohaloindoles, a previously unknown class of substrate for DHP. Using 5-Br-indole as a representative substrate, the major monooxygenated products were found to be 5-Br-2-oxindole and 5-Br-3-oxindolenine. Isotope labeling studies confirmed that the oxygen atom incorporated was derived exclusively from H2O2, indicative of a previously unreported peroxygenase activity for DHP. Peroxygenase activity could be initiated from either the ferric or oxyferrous states with equivalent substrate conversion and product distribution. It was found that 5-Br-3-oxindole, a precursor of the product 5-Br-3-oxindolenine, readily reduced the ferric enzyme to the oxyferrous state, demonstrating an unusual product-driven reduction of the enzyme. As such, DHP returns to the globin-active oxyferrous form after peroxygenase activity ceases. Reactivity with 5-Br-3-oxindole in the absence of H2O2 also yielded 5,5'-Br2-indigo above the expected reaction stoichiometry under aerobic conditions, and O2-concentration studies demonstrated dioxygen consumption. Nonenzymatic and anaerobic controls both confirmed the requirements for DHP and molecular oxygen in the catalytic generation of 5,5'-Br2-indigo, and together suggest a newly identified oxidase activity for DHP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Indoles / metabolism
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism*
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Oxygen Consumption
  • Oxygen Radioisotopes
  • Polychaeta / enzymology*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Indoles
  • Oxygen Radioisotopes
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Oxidoreductases
  • peroxygenase
  • Oxygen