Mining the cellular inventory of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes with functionalized cofactor mimics

Nat Chem. 2018 Dec;10(12):1234-1245. doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0144-2. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

Abstract

Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is an enzyme cofactor required for the chemical transformation of biological amines in many central cellular processes. PLP-dependent enzymes (PLP-DEs) are ubiquitous and evolutionarily diverse, making their classification based on sequence homology challenging. Here we present a chemical proteomic method for reporting on PLP-DEs using functionalized cofactor probes. We synthesized pyridoxal analogues modified at the 2'-position, which are taken up by cells and metabolized in situ. These pyridoxal analogues are phosphorylated to functional cofactor surrogates by cellular pyridoxal kinases and bind to PLP-DEs via an aldimine bond which can be rendered irreversible by NaBH4 reduction. Conjugation to a reporter tag enables the subsequent identification of PLP-DEs using quantitative, label-free mass spectrometry. Using these probes we accessed a significant portion of the Staphylococcus aureus PLP-DE proteome (73%) and annotate uncharacterized proteins as novel PLP-DEs. We also show that this approach can be used to study structural tolerance within PLP-DE active sites and to screen for off-targets of the PLP-DE inhibitor D-cycloserine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alanine Racemase / chemistry
  • Alanine Racemase / metabolism*
  • Coenzymes / chemistry*
  • Coenzymes / metabolism*
  • Dopa Decarboxylase / chemistry
  • Dopa Decarboxylase / metabolism*
  • Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase / chemistry
  • Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Ornithine Decarboxylase / chemistry
  • Ornithine Decarboxylase / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Pyridoxal Phosphate / chemistry
  • Pyridoxal Phosphate / metabolism*
  • Transaminases / chemistry
  • Transaminases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Coenzymes
  • Pyridoxal Phosphate
  • Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase
  • Transaminases
  • Dopa Decarboxylase
  • Ornithine Decarboxylase
  • Alanine Racemase