Hydrogen peroxide inhibition of bicupin oxalate oxidase

PLoS One. 2017 May 9;12(5):e0177164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177164. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Oxalate oxidase is a manganese containing enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of oxalate to carbon dioxide in a reaction that is coupled with the reduction of oxygen to hydrogen peroxide. Oxalate oxidase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora (CsOxOx) is the first fungal and bicupin enzyme identified that catalyzes this reaction. Potential applications of oxalate oxidase for use in pancreatic cancer treatment, to prevent scaling in paper pulping, and in biofuel cells have highlighted the need to understand the extent of the hydrogen peroxide inhibition of the CsOxOx catalyzed oxidation of oxalate. We apply a membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) assay to directly measure initial rates of carbon dioxide formation and oxygen consumption in the presence and absence of hydrogen peroxide. This work demonstrates that hydrogen peroxide is both a reversible noncompetitive inhibitor of the CsOxOx catalyzed oxidation of oxalate and an irreversible inactivator. The build-up of the turnover-generated hydrogen peroxide product leads to the inactivation of the enzyme. The introduction of catalase to reaction mixtures protects the enzyme from inactivation allowing reactions to proceed to completion. Circular dichroism spectra indicate that no changes in global protein structure take place in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, we show that the CsOxOx catalyzed reaction with the three carbon substrate mesoxalate consumes oxygen which is in contrast to previous proposals that it catalyzed a non-oxidative decarboxylation with this substrate.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Coriolaceae / enzymology*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology*
  • Kinetics
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Oxidoreductases / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Oxidoreductases
  • oxalate oxidase

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Science Foundation (MRI- 1337781 and MCB-1041912), the Kennesaw State University Office of the Vice President of Research, and the Kennesaw State University College of Science and Mathematics. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.