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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The full extent of proline (Pro) hydroxylation has yet to be established, as it is largely unexplored in bacteria. We describe here a so far unknown Pro hydroxylation activity which occurs in active sites of polysaccharide deacetylases (PDAs) from bacterial pathogens, modifying the protein backbone at the Calpha atom of a Pro residue to produce 2-hydroxyproline (2-Hyp). This process modifies with high specificity a conserved Pro, shares with the deacetylation reaction the same active site and one cata-lytic residue and utilizes molecular oxygen as source for the hydroxyl group oxygen of 2-Hyp. By providing additional hydrogen bonding capacity, the Pro-->2-Hyp conversion alters the active site and enhances significantly deacetylase activity, probably by creating a more favorable environment for transition state stabilization. Our results classify this process as an active site "maturation", which is highly atypical by being a protein backbone modifying activity, rather than a side-chain modifying one.

An unusual alpha-carbon hydroxylation of proline promotes active-site maturation.,Fadouloglou VE, Balomenou S, Aivaliotis M, Kotsifaki D, Arnaouteli S, Tomatsidou A, Efstathiou G, Kountourakis N, Miliara S, Griniezaki M, Tsalafouta A, Pergantis SA, Boneca IG, Glykos NM, Bouriotis V, Kokkinidis M J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Mar 23. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b12209. PMID:28333455^[1]

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