Structural highlights
Disease
[ARGI1_HUMAN] Defects in ARG1 are the cause of argininemia (ARGIN) [MIM:207800]; also known as hyperargininemia. Argininemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle. Arginine is elevated in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and periodic hyperammonemia occurs. Clinical manifestations include developmental delay, seizures, mental retardation, hypotonia, ataxia, progressive spastic quadriplegia.[1] [2]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Human arginase I is a binuclear manganese metalloenzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of L-arginine to generate L-ornithine and urea. We demonstrate that N-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA) binds to this enzyme with K(d)=3.6 microM, and nor-N-hydroxy-L-arginine (nor-NOHA) binds with K(d)=517 nM (surface plasmon resonance) or K(d) approximately 50 nM (isothermal titration calorimetry). Crystals of human arginase I complexed with NOHA and nor-NOHA afford 2.04 and 1.55 A resolution structures, respectively, which are significantly improved in comparison with previously-determined structures of the corresponding complexes with rat arginase I. Higher resolution structures clarify the binding interactions of the inhibitors. Finally, the crystal structure of the complex with L-lysine (K(d)=13 microM) is reported at 1.90 A resolution. This structure confirms the importance of hydrogen bond interactions with inhibitor alpha-carboxylate and alpha-amino groups as key specificity determinants of amino acid recognition in the arginase active site.
Inhibition of human arginase I by substrate and product analogues.,Di Costanzo L, Ilies M, Thorn KJ, Christianson DW Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 Apr 15;496(2):101-8. Epub 2010 Feb 12. PMID:20153713[3]
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References
- ↑ Uchino T, Haraguchi Y, Aparicio JM, Mizutani N, Higashikawa M, Naitoh H, Mori M, Matsuda I. Three novel mutations in the liver-type arginase gene in three unrelated Japanese patients with argininemia. Am J Hum Genet. 1992 Dec;51(6):1406-12. PMID:1463019
- ↑ Uchino T, Snyderman SE, Lambert M, Qureshi IA, Shapira SK, Sansaricq C, Smit LM, Jakobs C, Matsuda I. Molecular basis of phenotypic variation in patients with argininemia. Hum Genet. 1995 Sep;96(3):255-60. PMID:7649538
- ↑ Di Costanzo L, Ilies M, Thorn KJ, Christianson DW. Inhibition of human arginase I by substrate and product analogues. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 Apr 15;496(2):101-8. Epub 2010 Feb 12. PMID:20153713 doi:10.1016/j.abb.2010.02.004
