TY - JOUR
T1 - A nucleotide-gated molecular pore selects sulfotransferase substrates
AU - Cook, Ian
AU - Wang, Ting
AU - Falany, Charles N.
AU - Leyh, Thomas S.
PY - 2012/7/17
Y1 - 2012/7/17
N2 - Human SULT2A1 is one of two predominant sulfotransferases in liver and catalyzes transfer of the sulfuryl moiety (-SO3) from activated sulfate (PAPS, 3′-phosphoadenosine 5-phosphosulfate) to hundreds of acceptors (metabolites and xenobiotics). Sulfation recodes the biologic activity of acceptors by altering their receptor interactions. The molecular basis on which these enzymes select and sulfonate specific acceptors from complex mixtures of competitors in vivo is a long-standing issue in the SULT field. Raloxifene, a synthetic steroid used in the prevention of osteoporosis, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a ubiquitous steroid precusor, are reported to be sulfated efficiently by SULT2A1 in vitro, yet unlike DHEA, raloxifene is not sulfated in vivo. This selectivity was explored in initial rate and equilibrium binding studies that demonstrate pronounced binding antisynergy (21-fold) between PAPS and raloxifene, but not DHEA. Analysis of crystal structures suggests that PAP binding restricts access to the acceptor-binding pocket by restructuring a nine-residue segment of the pocket edge that constricts the active site opening, or "pore", that sieves substrates on the basis of their geometries. In silico docking predicts that raloxifene, which is considerably larger than DHEA, can bind only to the unliganded (open) enzyme, whereas DHEA binds both the open and closed forms. The predictions of these structures with regard to substrate binding are tested using equilibrium and pre-steady-state ligand binding studies, and the results confirm that a nucleotide-driven isomerization controls access to the acceptor-binding pocket and plays an important role in substrate selection by SULT2A1 and possibly other sulfotransferases.
AB - Human SULT2A1 is one of two predominant sulfotransferases in liver and catalyzes transfer of the sulfuryl moiety (-SO3) from activated sulfate (PAPS, 3′-phosphoadenosine 5-phosphosulfate) to hundreds of acceptors (metabolites and xenobiotics). Sulfation recodes the biologic activity of acceptors by altering their receptor interactions. The molecular basis on which these enzymes select and sulfonate specific acceptors from complex mixtures of competitors in vivo is a long-standing issue in the SULT field. Raloxifene, a synthetic steroid used in the prevention of osteoporosis, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a ubiquitous steroid precusor, are reported to be sulfated efficiently by SULT2A1 in vitro, yet unlike DHEA, raloxifene is not sulfated in vivo. This selectivity was explored in initial rate and equilibrium binding studies that demonstrate pronounced binding antisynergy (21-fold) between PAPS and raloxifene, but not DHEA. Analysis of crystal structures suggests that PAP binding restricts access to the acceptor-binding pocket by restructuring a nine-residue segment of the pocket edge that constricts the active site opening, or "pore", that sieves substrates on the basis of their geometries. In silico docking predicts that raloxifene, which is considerably larger than DHEA, can bind only to the unliganded (open) enzyme, whereas DHEA binds both the open and closed forms. The predictions of these structures with regard to substrate binding are tested using equilibrium and pre-steady-state ligand binding studies, and the results confirm that a nucleotide-driven isomerization controls access to the acceptor-binding pocket and plays an important role in substrate selection by SULT2A1 and possibly other sulfotransferases.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi300631g
DO - 10.1021/bi300631g
M3 - Article
C2 - 22703301
AN - SCOPUS:84863931141
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 51
SP - 5674
EP - 5683
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 28
ER -