Structural highlights
Disease
[SODM_HUMAN] Genetic variation in SOD2 is associated with susceptibility to microvascular complications of diabetes type 6 (MVCD6) [MIM:612634]. These are pathological conditions that develop in numerous tissues and organs as a consequence of diabetes mellitus. They include diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy leading to end-stage renal disease, and diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic retinopathy remains the major cause of new-onset blindness among diabetic adults. It is characterized by vascular permeability and increased tissue ischemia and angiogenesis.
Function
[SODM_HUMAN] Destroys superoxide anion radicals which are normally produced within the cells and which are toxic to biological systems.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Catalysis of the disproportionation of superoxide by human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is characterized by an initial burst of catalysis followed by a much slower region that is zero order in superoxide and due to a product inhibition by peroxide anion. We have prepared site-specific mutants with replacements at His30, the side chain of which lies along the substrate access channel and is about 5.8 A from the metal. Using pulse radiolysis to generate superoxide, we have determined that kcat/K(m) was decreased and product inhibition increased for H30V MnSOD, both by 1-2 orders of magnitude, compared with wild type, H30N, and H30Q MnSOD. These effects are not attributed to the redox potentials, which are similar for all of these variants. An investigation of the crystal structure of H30V Mn(III)SOD compared with wild type, H30Q, and H30N Mn(III)SOD showed the positions of two gamma carbons of Val30 in the active site; Cgamma1 overlaps Cgamma of His30 in wild type, and Cgamma2 extends into the substrate access channel and occupies the approximate position of a water molecule in the wild type. The data suggest that Cgamma2 of the Val side chain has significantly interrupted catalysis by this overlap into the access channel with possible overlap with the substrate-product binding site. This is supported by comparison of the crystal structure of H30V MnSOD with that of azide bound to Mn(III)SOD from Thermus thermophilus and by visible absorption spectra showing that azide binding to the metal in H30V Mn(III)SOD is abolished. Moreover, the presence of Val30 caused a 100-fold decrease in the rate constant for dissociation of the product-inhibited complex compared with wild type.
Catalytic and structural effects of amino acid substitution at histidine 30 in human manganese superoxide dismutase: insertion of valine C gamma into the substrate access channel.,Hearn AS, Stroupe ME, Cabelli DE, Ramilo CA, Luba JP, Tainer JA, Nick HS, Silverman DN Biochemistry. 2003 Mar 18;42(10):2781-9. PMID:12627943[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ MacMillan-Crow LA, Thompson JA. Tyrosine modifications and inactivation of active site manganese superoxide dismutase mutant (Y34F) by peroxynitrite. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1999 Jun 1;366(1):82-8. PMID:10334867 doi:S0003-9861(99)91202-X
- ↑ Hearn AS, Stroupe ME, Cabelli DE, Ramilo CA, Luba JP, Tainer JA, Nick HS, Silverman DN. Catalytic and structural effects of amino acid substitution at histidine 30 in human manganese superoxide dismutase: insertion of valine C gamma into the substrate access channel. Biochemistry. 2003 Mar 18;42(10):2781-9. PMID:12627943 doi:10.1021/bi0266481
