ツゲ ヒデアキ   TSUGE HIDEAKI
  津下 英明
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2006/06
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Structural basis of the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase activity in neutral sphingomyelinase from Bacillus cereus
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
出版社・発行元 AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
巻・号・頁 281(23),pp.16157-16167
著者・共著者 H Ago,M Oda,M Takahashi,H Tsuge,S Ochi,N Katunuma,M Miyano,J Sakurai
概要 Sphingomyelinase (SMase) from Bacillus cereus (Bc-SMase) hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to phosphocholine and ceramide in a divalent metal ion-dependent manner. Bc-SMase is a homologue of mammalian neutral SMase (nSMase) and mimics the actions of the endogenous mammalian nSMase in causing differentiation, development, aging, and apoptosis. Thus Bc-SMase may be a good model for the poorly characterized mammalian nSMase. The metal ion activation of sphingomyelinase activity of Bc-SMase was in the order Co2+ >= Mn2+ >= Mg2+ >> Ca2+ >= Sr2+. The first crystal structures of Bc-SMase bound to Co2+, Mg2+, or Ca2+ were determined. The water-bridged double divalent metal ions at the center of the cleft in both the Co2+- and Mg2+-bound forms were concluded to be the catalytic architecture required for sphingomyelinase activity. In contrast, the architecture of Ca2+ binding at the site showed only one binding site. A further single metal-binding site exists at one side edge of the cleft. Based on the highly conserved nature of the residues of the binding sites, the crystal structure of Bc-SMase with bound Mg2+ or Co2+ may provide a common structural framework applicable to phosphohydrolases belonging to the DNase I-like folding superfamily. In addition, the structural features and site-directed mutagenesis suggest that the specific beta-hairpin with the aromatic amino acid residues participates in binding to the membrane-bound sphingomyelin substrate.
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M601089200
ISSN 0021-9258