Deamino-histidine
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Deamino-histidine

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Category
Cyclic Amino Acids
Catalog number
BAT-003426
CAS number
1074-59-5
Molecular Formula
C6H8N2O2
Molecular Weight
140.14
Deamino-histidine
IUPAC Name
3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)propanoic acid
Synonyms
3-(Imidazol-4-yl)propionic acid; Dihydrourocanic acid
Appearance
White powder
Purity
≥ 98% (HPLC)
Density
1.335±0.06 g/cm3(Predicted)
Melting Point
206-208 °C
Boiling Point
427.4±20.0 °C(Predicted)
Storage
Store at-20°C
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H8N2O2/c9-6(10)2-1-5-3-7-4-8-5/h3-4H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)
InChI Key
ZCKYOWGFRHAZIQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Canonical SMILES
C1=C(NC=N1)CCC(=O)O
1. Secreted Flavin Cofactors for Anaerobic Respiration of Fumarate and Urocanate by Shewanella oneidensis: Cost and Role
Eric D Kees, Augustus R Pendleton, Catarina M Paquete, Matthew B Arriola, Aunica L Kane, Nicholas J Kotloski, Peter J Intile, Jeffrey A Gralnick Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019 Aug 1;85(16):e00852-19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00852-19. Print 2019 Aug 15.
Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1, a facultative anaerobe and model organism for dissimilatory metal reduction, uses a periplasmic flavocytochrome, FccA, both as a terminal fumarate reductase and as a periplasmic electron transfer hub for extracellular respiration of a variety of substrates. It is currently unclear how maturation of FccA and other periplasmic flavoproteins is achieved, specifically in the context of flavin cofactor loading, and the fitness cost of flavin secretion has not been quantified. We demonstrate that deletion of the inner membrane flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) exporter Bfe results in a 23% slower growth rate than that of the wild type during fumarate respiration and an 80 to 90% loss in fumarate reductase activity. Exogenous flavin supplementation does not restore FccA activity in a Δbfe mutant unless the gene encoding the periplasmic FAD hydrolase UshA is also deleted. We demonstrate that the small Bfe-independent pool of FccA is sufficient for anaerobic growth with fumarate. Strains lacking Bfe were unable to grow using urocanate as the sole electron acceptor, which relies on the periplasmic flavoprotein UrdA. We show that periplasmic flavoprotein maturation occurs in careful balance with periplasmic FAD hydrolysis, and that the current model for periplasmic flavin cofactor loading must account for a Bfe-independent mechanism for flavin transport. Finally, we determine that the metabolic burden of flavin secretion is not significant during growth with flavin-independent anaerobic electron acceptors. Our work helps frame the physiological motivations that drove evolution of flavin secretion by ShewanellaIMPORTANCEShewanella species are prevalent in marine and aquatic environments, throughout stratified water columns, in mineral-rich sediments, and in association with multicellular marine and aquatic organisms. The diversity of niches shewanellae can occupy are due largely to their respiratory versatility. Shewanella oneidensis is a model organism for dissimilatory metal reduction and can respire a diverse array of organic and inorganic compounds, including dissolved and solid metal oxides. The fumarate reductase FccA is a highly abundant multifunctional periplasmic protein that acts to bridge the periplasm and temporarily store electrons in a variety of respiratory nodes, including metal, nitrate, and dimethyl sulfoxide respiration. However, maturation of this central protein, particularly flavin cofactor acquisition, is poorly understood. Here, we quantify the fitness cost of flavin secretion and describe how free flavins are acquired by FccA and a homologous periplasmic flavoprotein, UrdA.
2. Structural characterization of the microbial enzyme urocanate reductase mediating imidazole propionate production
Raminta Venskutonytė, Ara Koh, Olof Stenström, Muhammad Tanweer Khan, Annika Lundqvist, Mikael Akke, Fredrik Bäckhed, Karin Lindkvist-Petersson Nat Commun. 2021 Mar 1;12(1):1347. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21548-y.
The human microbiome can produce metabolites that modulate insulin signaling. Type 2 diabetes patients have increased circulating concentrations of the microbially produced histidine metabolite, imidazole propionate (ImP) and administration of ImP in mice resulted in impaired glucose tolerance. Interestingly, the fecal microbiota of the patients had increased capacity to produce ImP, which is mediated by the bacterial enzyme urocanate reductase (UrdA). Here, we describe the X-ray structures of the ligand-binding domains of UrdA in four different states, representing the structural transitions along the catalytic reaction pathway of this unexplored enzyme linked to disease in humans. The structures in combination with functional data provide key insights into the mechanism of action of UrdA that open new possibilities for drug development strategies targeting type 2 diabetes.
3. Molecular AND logic gate based on bacterial anaerobic respiration
Mary Anitha Arugula, Namita Shroff, Evgeny Katz, Zhen He Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Oct 21;48(82):10174-6. doi: 10.1039/c2cc35595g.
Enzyme coding genes that integrate information for anaerobic respiration in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 were used as input for constructing an AND logic gate. The absence of one or both genes inhibited electrochemically-controlled anaerobic respiration, while wild type bacteria were capable of accepting electrons from an electrode for DMSO reduction.
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