C-P lyase

C-P lyase has a broad snbstrate specificity and, for example, dimethyl phosphonate is degraded to methane, methylphenyl phosphonate to benzene, and the degradation of the widely nsed herbicide glyphosate may follow alternative pathways both of which involve C-P fission. 

Chen C-M, Q-Z Zhuang, Z Zhu, BL Wanner, CT Walsh (1990) Molecuar biology of carbon-phosphorus bond cleavage Cloning and sequencing of the phn (psiD) genes involved in alkylphosphonate uptake and C-P lyase activity in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 265 4461-4471. 

So far, four different pathways for cleavage of C-P linkages have been described in bacteria, the phosphonatase, phosphonoacetate hydrolase, phospho-nopyruvate hydrolase, and C-P lyase. All these enzymes differ with respect to their substrate specificity and the cleavage mechanism (Fig. 4 [34]). 

Cokesa Z, H-J Knackmuss, P-G Rieger (2004) Biodegradation of all stereoisomers of the EDAT substitute iminodisuccinate by Agrobacterium tumefaciens BY6 requires an epimerase and a stereoselective C-N lyase. Appl Environ Microbiol 70 3941-3947. 

Yoshida Y, Y Nakano, A Amano, M Yoshimura, H Fukamachi, T Oho, Y Koga (2002) led from Streptoccus anginosus encodes a C-S lyase with a,P-elimination activity that degrades L-cysteine. Microbiology (UK) 148 3961-3970. 

In the framework of SFB380, two projects dealt extensively with acyloin-con-densing ThDP-dependent enzymes such as pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), ben-zoylformate decarboxylase (BFD), or benzaldehyde lyase (BAL) (see Chapters 2.2.3 and 2.2.7). Another ThDP-dependent decarboxylase, phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase (PPD) from Streptomyces viridochromogenes, became available only recently and was studied in project B21. We wanted to find out whether this PDC-related enzyme could be a valuable tool in the provision of acyloin condensations involving C-P bonds (see Section 2.2.2.23). 

Metabolic activation. Although the kidney does not contain as much cytochromes P-450 as the liver, there is sufficient activity to be responsible for metabolic activation, and other oxidative enzymes such as those of the prostaglandin synthetase system are also present. Such metabolic activation may underlie the renal toxicity of chloroform and paracetamol (see chap. 7). Other enzymes such as C-S lyase and GSH transferase may also be involved in the activation of compounds such as hexachlorobutadiene (see chap. 7). In some cases, hepatic metabolism may be involved followed by transport to the kidney and subsequent toxicity. 

Mikkelsen, M.D., Naur, P. and Halkier, B.A. (2004) Arabidopsis mutants in the C-S lyase of glucosinolate biosynthesis establish a critical role for indole-3-acetaldoxime in auxin homeostasis. Plant., 37, 770-77. 

Wackett, L.P., S.L. Shames, C.P. Venditti, and C.T. Walsh. 1987a. Bacterial carbon-phosphorus lyase products, rates and regulation of phosphonic and phosphinic add metabolism. J. Bacteriol. 169 710-717. 

Fig, 5.2. Biosynthesis of flavonoids and proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins). Enzymes in bold have been cloned from P. tremuloides and show induction by herbivory (Peters and Constabel, 2002 R. Mellway and C. P. Constabel, unpublished data). Abbreviations are as follows Phe, phenylalanine PAL, phenylalanine ammonia lyase 4CL, 4-coumarate CoA Ligase CHS, chalcone synthase CHI, chalcone isomerase F3H, flavanone 3-hydroxylase FLS, flavonol synthase DFR,... 

In a related fashion, asymmetric amination of ( )-cinnamic acid yields L-phenylalanine using L-phenylalanine ammonia lyase [EC 4,3,1,5] at a capacity of 10,000 t/year [1274, 1601], A fascinating variant of this biotransformation consists in the use of phenylalanine aminomutase from Taxus chinensis (yew tree), which interconverts ot- to p-phenylalanine in the biochemical route leading to the side chain of taxol [1602], In contrast to the majority of the cofactor-independent C-0 and C-N lyases discussed above, its activity depends on the protein-derived internal cofactor 5-methylene-3,5-dihydroimidazol-4-one (MIO) [1603], Since the reversible a,p-isomerization proceeds via ( )-cinnamic acid as achiral intermediate, the latter can be used as substrate for the amination reaction. Most remarkably, the ratio of a- vs, 3-amino acid produced (which is 1 1 for the natural substrate, R = H) strongly depends on the type and the position of substituents on the aryl moiety While o-substituents favor the formation of a-phenylalanine derivatives, / -substituted substrates predominantly lead to p-amino analogs, A gradual switch between both pathways occurred with m-substituted compounds. With few exceptions, the stereoselectivity remained exceUent (Scheme 2,215) [1604, 1605],... 

So, the biosynthesis of methionine (Met, M), the first of the essential amino adds to be considered (Scheme 12.13), begins by the conversion of aspartate (Asp, D) to aspartate semialdehyde in the same way glutamate (Glu, E) was converted to glutamate semialdehyde (vide supra. Scheme 12.6). Phosphorylation on the terminal carboxylate of aspartate (Asp, D) by ATP in the presence of aspartate kinase (EC 2.7.2.4) and subsequent reduction of the aspart-4 yl phosphate by NADPH in the presence of aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.11) yields the aspartate semialdehyde. The aspartate semialdehyde is further reduced to homoserine (homoserine oxoreductase, EC 1.1.1.3) and the latter is succinylated by succinyl-CoA with the liberation of coenzyme A (CoA-SH) in the presence of homoserine O-succinyl-transferase (EC 2.3.1.46). Then, reaction with cysteine (Cys, C) in the presence of cystathionine y-synthase (EC 2.5.1.48) produces cystathionine and succinate. In the presence of the pyridoxal phosphate protein cystathionine P-lyase (EC 4.4.1.8), both ammonia and pyruvate are lost from cystathionine and homocysteine is produced. Finally, methylation on sulfur to generate methionine (Met, M) occurs by the donation of the methyl from 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in the presence of methonine synthase (EC 2.1.1.13). 

Nock, L.P. and Mazelis, M. 1987. The C-S lyases of higher plants Direct comparison of the physical properties of homogenous alliin lyase of garlic Allium sativum) and onion Allium cepa). Plant Physiol S5(4) 1079-1083. 

Figure 5.30 Schematic diagrams of the structure of the enzyme pectate lyase C, which has a three-sheet parallel P-helix topology.

Lawton, M.A., Dixon, R.A., Rowell, P.M., Bailey, J.A. Lamb, C.J. (1983). Rapid induction of the synthesis of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and of chalcone synthase in elicitor-treated plant cells. European Journal of Biochemistry, 129, 593-601. 

Fig. 12. Tentative model of the signal transduction chain that links the perception of pectic fragments to defense responses in carrot cells. Abbreviations apy, heterotrimeric G protein CaM, calmodulin 4CL, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase CTX, cholera toxin FC, fusicoccine GDP-P-S and GTP-y-S, guanosine 5 -0-(2-thiodiphosphate) and guanosine 5 -0-(3-thiotriphosphate) IP3, 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate PAL, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase PLC, phospholipase C PR, pathogenesis related PTX, pertussis toxin Rc, receptor SP, staurosporine. Activation and inhibition are symbolized by + and -respectively.

---