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OleB from bacterial hydrocarbon biosynthesis is a #-lactone decarboxylase sharing key features with haloalkane dehalogenases James K Christenson, Serina L Robinson, Tiffany A Engel, Jack Eugene Richman, An N Kim, and Lawrence P. Wackett Biochemistry, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00667 • Publication Date (Web): 05 Sep 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 6, 2017

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OleB from bacterial hydrocarbon biosynthesis is a β-lactone

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decarboxylase sharing key features with haloalkane dehalogenases

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James K. Christensona,b, Serina L. Robinsonb,c, Tiffany A. Engelb, Jack E. Richmana,b,

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An N. Kimb, Larry P. Wacketta,b,d,*.

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Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of

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Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesotaa; Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota,

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St. Paul, Minnesotab; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology,

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesotac; Department of Biochemistry,

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Microbial and Plant Genomic Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesotad

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Running Title: b-lactone decarboxylase

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*Corresponding Author: L.P. Wackett [email protected]

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Abstract

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OleB is an a/b-hydrolase found in bacteria that biosynthesize long-chain olefinic

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hydrocarbons, but its function has remained obscure. We report that OleB from the

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gram-negative bacterium Xanthomonas campestris performs an unprecedented β-

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lactone decarboxylation reaction, to complete cis-olefin biosynthesis. OleB reactions

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monitored by 1H-NMR spectroscopy revealed a selectivity for decarboxylating cis-β-

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lactones and no discernable activity with trans-β-lactones, consistent with the known

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configuration of pathway intermediates. Protein sequence analyses showed OleB

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proteins were most related to haloalkane dehalogenases (HLDs) and retained the

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canonical Asp-His-Asp catalytic triad of HLDs. Unexpectedly, it was determined that an

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understudied subfamily, denoted as HLD-III, is comprised mostly of OleB proteins

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encoded within oleABCD gene clusters, suggesting a misannotation. OleB from X.

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campestris showed very low dehalogenase activity only against haloalkane substrates

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with long alkyl chains. A haloalkane substrate mimic alkylated wild type X. campestris

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OleB but not OleBD114A implicating this residue as the active site nucleophile as in

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HLDs. A sequence-divergent OleB, found as part of a natural OleBC fusion and

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classified as an HLD-III, from the gram-positive bacterium Micrococcus luteus was

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demonstrated to have the same activity, stereochemical preference, and dependence

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on the proposed Asp nucleophile. H218O studies with M. luteus OleBC suggested that

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the canonical alkyl-enzyme intermediate of HLDs is hydrolyzed differently by OleB

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enzymes, as 18O is not incorporated into the nucleophilic aspartic acid. This work

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defines a previously unrecognized reaction in nature, functionally identifies some HLD-

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III enzymes as β-lactones decarboxylases, and posits an enzymatic mechanism of β-

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lactone decarboxylation.

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Introduction The a/b-hydrolase enzyme scaffold is a very common fold, used to catalyze a

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wide array of chemical reactions.1,2 The vast majority of a/b-hydrolases that have been

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studied initiate catalysis via attack of a catalytic nucleophile to form an enzyme-

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intermediate ester linkage. This species is then hydrolyzed by a water molecule that has

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been activated by a conserved histidine residue, with subsequent release of the product

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and a return to the resting enzyme.3,4 Despite their prevalence in nature, approximately

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35% of enzymes annotated as a/b-hydrolases do not have a known substrate, thus their

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cellular function remains unknown.2

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One such a/b-hydrolase is encoded by the gene denoted as oleB, which resides

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in the ole (olefin) gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of long-chain olefins in

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bacteria.5,6 Earlier studies demonstrated that long-chain olefins are generated following

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the Claisen condensation of two fatty acyl-CoA molecules.7 The olefins can be 19-31

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carbons in length and contain an internal double bond at the site of C-C bond

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formation.5,8,7 Genetic work in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 concretely linked the four-

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gene cluster, oleABCD, to hydrocarbon production, and the ole-genes have now been

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identified in over 300 divergent bacteria.5,6 The a/b-hydrolase, OleB, is encoded from a

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stand-alone gene or as part of a gene fusion with oleC. Recently, the OleB, OleC, and

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OleD proteins from Xanthomonas campestris were found to associate in vivo to form an

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active, multi-enzyme complex when recombinantly expressed and purified from

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Escherichia coli, further suggesting an important function for OleB.9

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Until recently, only OleACD were thought to be required for the generation of

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long-chain olefins, leaving no apparent function for OleB (Figure 1).10 The roles of OleA

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and OleD as the first two pathway steps had been previously established, with OleA

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performing a Claisen condensation of two acyl-CoAs to form a b-ketoacid and OleD

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catalyzing an NADPH-dependent reduction of the keto acid to produce a b-hydroxy acid

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(Figure 1).7,11,12 The third enzyme, OleC, was initially thought to react with the b-

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hydroxy acid in the presence of ATP to produce long-chain olefin thereby completing

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the metabolic pathway. More recently, it was discovered that OleC generates a stable

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b-lactone under physiological conditions.13 In the earlier work, the OleC reaction

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temperature, resulting in a spontaneous decarboxylation reaction to make the observed

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olefin.10 The more recent report13 reserved a possible role for OleB, but the

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decarboxylation of a b-lactone to an olefin was not demonstrated. O

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Figure 1. Reactions previously established for the enzymes OleA, OleD, and OleC.

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The b-lactone product of OleC spontaneously decomposes to olefin at temperatures

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>100 °C. Preliminary evidence by Christenson et al. suggested that OleB performed

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the equivalent enzymatic b-lactone decarboxylation, but this had never been

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demonstrated.13 The R groups are typically linear alkanes between 12-14 carbons, but

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can contain unsaturation or methyl branching.

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Here, we report a reproducible purification scheme and new information that the

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a/b-hydrolase, OleB, from Xanthomonas campestris selectively catalyzes a

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decarboxylation of cis-b-lactones to yield cis-alkenes, the final step in bacterial long-

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chain olefin biosynthesis. This is a previously unreported enzymatic activity and

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represents a novel cellular route to hydrocarbons. Sequence comparisons to other a/b-

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hydrolases revealed OleB proteins and OleBC fusion proteins are most related to

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haloalkane dehalogenases (HLDs). Indeed, a previously designated group of

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haloalkane dehalogenases, HLD-III14, includes proteins that function physiologically as

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OleB enzymes. This connection to HLD proteins also provided testable hypotheses

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regarding a possible reaction mechanism for OleB and specific residues were shown by

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site directed mutagenesis to be critical for catalysis.

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Methods

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Chemical synthesis of b-hydroxy acids, b-lactones, and olefins.

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All compounds, cis- and trans-3-octyl-4-nonyloxetan-2-one (b-lactones), 3-

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hydroxy-2-octyldodecanoic acid (b-hydroxy acids), cis- and trans-9-nonadecene

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(olefins) were chemically synthesized as described previously.13 Briefly, b-hydroxy

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acids were synthesized from decanoic acid and decanal and recrystallization yielded a

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1:1:1:1 ratio of diastereomers.15 The cis-b-lactone was synthesized from decanoic acid

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via a ketene dimer that was subsequently hydrogenated to yield a cis-b-lactone.16

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Trans-b-lactone was separated from a cis- and trans-b-lactone mixture generated from

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the corresponding b-hydroxy acid triethylamonium salt and methanesulfonyl

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chloride/Et3N.17 The cis-olefin was generated from the coupling of 1-decyne with 1-

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bromononane precursors followed by hydrogenation with Lindlar catalyst.18,19

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Photoisomerization of the cis-olefin generated the trans-olefin standard.20

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Generating mutants of OleB and OleBC.

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Site-directed mutations of OleB derived from the wild-type protein sequences

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from Xanthomonas campestris ATCC 33913 (WP_012437021.1) and Micrococcus

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luteus OleBC (WP_010078536.1) were made with New England Biolabs Q5 quick

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change site directed mutagenesis kit following manufacturer's instructions. All primers

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were ordered from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT). To confirm each mutant, single

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colonies were grown in 5 mL Luria-Bertani broth at 37 °C overnight under kanamycin

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selection. Plasmids were isolated using a QIAGEN Miniprep kit and sent to ACGT Inc

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for sequencing.

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Purification of OleB and OleBC fusion.

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The buffer for OleB purification contained 200 mM NaCl, 20mM NaPO4, 10%

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glycerol, and 0.5% polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) (Hampton Research) at pH 7.4.

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E. coli BL-21 DE3 cells containing OleB with a 6x Histidine tag on the N-terminal were

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grown, sonicated, and used to purify protein according to manufacturer’s protocol with a

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GE HisTrap HP 5 mL column. Protein concentrations of purified OleB solutions were

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measured by Bradford assay. Purified OleB solutions were routinely stored in elution

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buffer at -80°C. OleBC and OleBD163AC fusion proteins from M. luteus were generated

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with a 6x Histidine tag and purified as described previously without the addition of PEG

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400.13

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X. campestris OleB and M. luteus OleBC reactions with b-lactone followed by 1H-

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NMR Spectroscopy.

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For enzyme reactions, the appropriate cis- or trans-b-lactones were dissolved in

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100% ethanol at 0.17 mg/ml. Substrate for the M. luteus OleBC fusion protein was 0.33

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mg/mL of b-hydroxy acid (1:1:1:1 racemic diastereomeric mixture) in ethanol.

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Reactions were carried out in separatory funnels containing 1.0 mg X. campestris OleB

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(or M. luteus OleBC fusion), 3.0 mL of the b-lactone or b-hydroxy acid substrate, 10 μL

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of 10% 1-bromonaphthalene as an internal standard, and 97 mL buffer (200 mM NaCl,

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20 mM NaPO4, pH 7.4), and incubated at room temperature overnight. The overnight

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reaction mixtures were extracted with 10 mL and 5 mL methylene chloride,

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consecutively. The organic extracts were pooled and back-extracted with 15 mL

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double-distilled H2O. The organic fraction was dried, dissolved in CDCl3, and analyzed

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in 5 mm NMR tubes with tetramethylsilane (TMS) as a reference. Spectra were typically

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acquired using 1,024 pulses with a 3 second pulse delay on a Varian Inova 400 MHz

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NMR spectrometer using a 5 mm Auto-X Dual Broadband probe at 20°C.

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Bioinformatic analysis of OleB and haloalkane dehalogenases.

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Sequences for representative members of the a/b-hydrolase protein superfamily

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were retrieved from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) on 3/13/2017, filtered by SCOP

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classification of a/b-hydrolases, and curated to include only representative bacterial

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sequences for each protein family (Figure S1). To obtain a higher resolution phylogeny

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for the relationship of OleB/OleBC sequences with haloalkane dehalogenases,

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accession numbers for characterized HLD-I, -II, and -III accession numbers were

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extracted from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Protein

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database using accession numbers from Nagata et al. (2015). Accession numbers for

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five experimentally characterized OleB and OleBC sequences were obtained from

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Sukovich et al.5 Protein sequences were aligned and curated using the DECIPHER

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package in R.21 Due to the length of OleBC fusion sequences interfering with proper

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alignment, the last 550 residues were trimmed to eliminate the OleC region. Maximum-

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the JTT method using the phangorn R package.22 A structural homology model for the

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X. campestris OleB sequence (WP_012437021.1) was built using default parameters in

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Phyre2.23

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OleB reactions with haloalkanes.

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The following haloalkane substrates were dissolved (5 mM) in DMSO for testing

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with X. campestris OleB: 1-iodobutane, 1,3-iodopropane, 1-bromopentane, 1-

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chlorohexane, 1-chlorooctane, 1-bromooctane, 1-iodoundecane, and 7-

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(bromomethyl)pentadecane. Reactions were carried out in glass GC vials containing

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purified OleB (40 µg) and 10 µL of DMSO substrate solution in 500 µL of 200 mM NaCl,

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20 mM NaPO4 at pH 7.4. Reactions and no enzyme controls were incubated overnight

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at room temperature, followed by extraction with tert-butyl methylether (MTBE). The

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MTBE extract in a clean GC vial was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass

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spectrometry (GC/MS Agilent 7890a & 5975c with an Agilent J&W bd-ms1 column 30 m

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length, 0.25 mm diameter, 0.25 µm film).

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Mass spectroscopy of alkyl-enzyme intermediate with haloalkanes.

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To identify an alkyl-enzyme intermediate, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption

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Ionization Time Of Flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry was carried out on wild type

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OleB and OleBD114A proteins that had been reacted with 7-(bromomethyl)pentadecane

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(Tokyo Chemical Industry). This substrate contained the reactive bromomethyl group in

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the middle of two long alkyl chains, thereby mimicking the b-lactones that are in

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physiological substrates of OleB. Reactions contained 500 µM substrate and 40 µg of

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OleB in 100 µL of buffer (20 mM NaCl, 5 mM NaPO4, pH 7.4). Reactions were prepared

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for MALDI-TOF using standard C4 ZipTip (Millipore) procedures and spotted on a plate

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with sinapinic acid. Samples were analyzed on a Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI-TOF

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instrument.

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M. luteus OleBC reactions in H218O.

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The OleBC fusion protein from M. luteus was chosen over the X. campestris

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OleB protein because the size of the aspartic acid containing peptide generated by a

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trypsin digest was more amenable for MALDI-TOF. 75 µL of buffer (20 mM NaCl, 5 mM

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NaPO4, pH 7.4) was added to glass vials and evaporated. The salts were dissolved in

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acid (46 µM) or cis-b-lactone (24 µM), M. luteus OleBC (1.2 µM) and 3.0% ethanol for

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substrate solubility. ATP and MgCl2 were added (both at 130 µM) to reactions with b-

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hydroxy acid. Reactions were run for 5 hours before the addition of 6.0 mg of urea, 3.75

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µL of acetonitrile, CaCl2 to 1.0 mM, and 0.5 µg of trypsin from bovine pancreas.

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Reactions were digested overnight at 37 °C followed by C18 ZipTip (Millipore) adapted

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from Millipore. Peptide elution from C18 ZipTips was facilitated by up to 90%

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acetonitrile. Peptides were spotted with an α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid matrix and

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analyzed on a Bruker Autoflex Speed MALDI-TOF instrument.

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High–yield purification of OleB.

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The OleB protein from X. campestris had been purified previously as part of a

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protein structure-focused study demonstrating that OleB, OleC, and OleD combine to

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form large enzyme assemblies on the order of 2 MDa molecular weight.9 The individual

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activity of the OleB protein was not demonstrated in that study. Moreover, in that

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previous report, OleB purification required the presence of 0.05% Triton X-100 to

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maintain the protein in a soluble form. In the present study, we found that the addition of

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PEG 400 to purification buffers in place of Triton X-100 stabilized OleB, making it more

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amenable to purification and concentration. Purification yields increased to 30 mg OleB

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per liter of culture compared to 2 mg/L previously reported.9 OleB from X. campestris

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purified with PEG 400 was used in these studies, although Triton-purified OleB was

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shown to catalyze the same reaction.

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OleB decarboxylates only cis-β-lactones.

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Previous studies demonstrated that OleA, OleD, and OleC can act sequentially to

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produce a b-lactone ring from acyl-CoA precursors, but the final step to the biologically-

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relevant cis-olefin was undefined (Figure 1).7,12,13 To determine if X. campestris OleB

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might complete long-chain olefin biosynthesis with a β-lactone decarboxylation reaction,

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cis- and trans-3-octyl-4-nonyl-2-oxetanone (cis- and trans-β-lactone) were chemically

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synthesized. 1H-NMR spectra demonstrated that both the cis- and trans-β-lactone

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lower activity than other HLDs.29 No detectable activity was observed against the

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following haloalkane substrates: 1-iodobutane, 1,3-iodopropane, 1-bromopentane, 1-

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chlorohexane, 1-chlorooctane, and 1-bromooctane. However, we observed partial

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conversion of 1-iodoundecane and 7-(bromomethyl)pentadecane to the dehalogenated

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alcohol product during overnight reaction. The calculated specific activity for both of

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these compounds is 0.6 nmol product × min-1 × mg enzyme-1 (~1.5 turnovers × enzyme-1 ×

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hr-1). This low level of dehalogenase activity further links OleB with HLD proteins.

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Haloalkane substrate mimic reacts to form a stable alkyl-enzyme intermediate.

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Intensity (%)

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Figure 5. OleB forms a stable alkyl-enzyme intermediate when reacted with 7-

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(bromomethyl)pentadecane. OleB show a mass shift ~222 m/z consistent with the

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nucleophilic attack and displacement of bromine with the substrate. The mass shift

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expected with the loss of bromide is 225 m/z. OleBD114A did not show any mass shift

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when reacted with the bromo-alkane substrate. This data is consistent with a

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haloalkane dehalogenase-like mechanism. The two major peaks and one minor peak

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appear in all OleB and OleB mutant MALDI-TOF experiments and are presumed to be

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The first half of the HLD reaction cycle generates an alkyl-enzyme intermediate

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between the nucleophilic Asp and the dehalogenated substrate fragment, which is

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subsequently resolved by hydrolysis of the alkyl-enzyme ester bond.4,29 To investigate

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whether OleB might mimic the first half of the HLD reaction to form a covalent enzyme

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intermediate, X. campestris OleB was reacted with 7-(bromomethyl)pentadecane and

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subjected to MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. MS/MS was initially attempted, but the

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peptide of interest could not be identified. A mass shift in OleB corresponding to the

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mass of the debrominated alkyl chain was observed (Figure 5). Parallel incubations

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without substrate and with cis-b-lactone substrate were conducted as controls and gave

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no mass shift via mass spectrometry. Another experiment was conducted with a mutant

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OleB protein in which the putative nucleophilic residue, Asp114, had been mutated to an

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unreactive alanine residue. The OleBD114A enzyme did not show a mass shift when

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incubated with 7-(bromomethyl)pentadecane, further implicating Asp114 as the

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nucleophilic aspartic acid as in HLDs. Collectively, these data indicated that the

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nucleophilic attack by OleB mimics HLDs, but processing of the alkyl-enzyme

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intermediate by OleB may proceed somewhat differently with β-lactones.

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O does not incorporate into Asp163 of OleBC. HLD enzymes resolve the alkyl-enzyme intermediate by attack of water at the

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carbonyl carbon ester formed between the active site aspartate and the substrate. With

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multiple turnovers of an HLD enzyme, both carboxylate oxygens of aspartic acid are

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exchanged with oxygens from solvent water.30 As such, we searched for a mass shift of

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+4 m/z in the peptide containing Asp163 of M. luteus OleBC

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(DLAATGHPLITLGHDWGGVVSLGWAAR) under multi-turnover conditions in H218O

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solvent by MALDI-TOF (Figure 6). Every fragment of M. luteus OleBC showed

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incorporation of a single 18O from the trypsin digestion and ~40% of fragments showed

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the additional nonspecific incorporation of a second 18O. Figure 6A shows the expected

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isotopic envelop from the fragment containing Asp163 starting at 2770.4 m/z with no 18O

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incorporation. The actual data matches the simulated data and is shown in Fig S8. A

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no substrate control of OleBC run in H218O showed the exact mass envelope of the

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non-specific incorporation of 18O (Figure 6B). Reactions of OleBC starting with b-

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hydroxy acids show no additional incorporation of 18O compared with the control

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reaction (Figure 6C). Reactions starting with b-lactone that bypass the OleC domain of

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the OleBC fusion (Figure 6D) are similar to the no substrate control, but the distribution

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of the isotopic envelope is altered, indicative of a population of fragments that have a +2

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m/z shift. However, this distribution difference is significantly less than the theoretical

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+4 m/z mass shift from the incorporation of two 18O atoms into Asp163 (Figure 6E).

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Repeat experiments gave identical results. Every peptide fragment from M. luteus

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OleBC fusion identified by MALDI-TOF gave identical shifts and envelope patterns

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between all three samples indicating the nucleophilic aspartic acid was not simply on

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another fragment. These data suggest the resolution of an acyl-enzyme intermediate

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does not primarily occur at the carbonyl of the nucleophilic aspartic acid as in HLD

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enzymes and are further addressed in the discussion. A

Simulated Peptide

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DLAATGHPLITLGHDWGGVVSLGWAAR 2770.4

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wack003_chri2625_16340_20170630_C 2774.3

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Figure 6. H218O does not significantly incorporate into Asp163 of OleBC during the

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catalytic cycle. (A) Simulated peptide fragment containing the nucleophilic Asp163

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demonstrating expected isotopic envelope. (B) OleBC fusion with no substrate

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incubated and digested in H218O. (C) OleBC fusion run with b-hydroxy acid substrate

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(which utilize both the OleC and OleB domains) and digested in H218O. (D) OleBC

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fusion run with cis-b-lactone acid substrate (which utilizes only the OleB domain) and

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digested in H218O. (E) Simulated peptide with incorporation of two 18O over the no-

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substrate control.

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Discussion To our knowledge, OleB is the first enzyme reported to catalyze the

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decarboxylation of a b-lactone to form a cis-olefin. There are other known a/b-

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hydrolase superfamily members from plants that perform decarboxylation reactions,

439

such as MKS1 from Solanum habrochaites (wild tomato), that decarboxylate b-keto

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acids to methylketones.31 However, these show only ~12% sequence identity to X.

441

campestris OleB and do not retain a nucleophilic aspartate or serine, that is typical of

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the vast majority of a/b-hydrolases.31 Additionally, a/b-hydrolase superfamily members

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such as AidH from Ochrobactrum sp. are known to catalyze the hydrolytic opening of

444

the five-membered g-lactone rings of quorum sensing molecules.32 Similarly, these

445

lactonases show little sequence identity to OleB (~19%) and contain a serine as the

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catalytic nucleophile.32

447

OleB appears to react preferentially with one enantiomer of the synthetic cis-b-

448

lactone pair. The low solubility of the b-lactone substrates (~25 µM in 3% ethanol) and

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even greater insolubility of the olefin products prevented more quantitative assessments

450

of substrate selectivity and steady-state kinetic rate constants for OleB. Some solubility

451

issues are likely alleviated in vivo by the presence of the OleBCD multi-enzyme

452

complex.9 The preceding pathway enzymes, OleA and OleD, are known to generate a

453

b-hydroxy acid having a 2R,3S-configuration.12 OleC is believed to preserve the 2R,3S

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stereochemistry during its ring closure reaction to the b-lactone. As such, it is likely that

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OleB preferentially acts on the 2R,3S-b-lactone to produce a cis-olefin, but studies to

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identify the absolute stereochemistry of the remaining lactone must be conducted. No

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trans-olefin was ever observed, consistent with multiple literature reports that bacteria

458

expressing the Ole pathway enzymes exclusively produce cis-olefins.8,24 Additionally,

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the observed retention of configuration, cis-b-lactone giving rise to cis-olefin, argues

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against nucleophilic attack on the 4-position of the ring which would cause an inversion

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of the stereocenter, leading to trans-olefins.

462

Our results demonstrate that OleB enzymes, encoded in oleABCD gene clusters,

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make up 72% of haloalkane dehalogenase subfamily-III (HLD-III) as described by

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Chovoncova et al.14 While HLD subfamilies I and II are defined by multiple proteins

465

having crystal structures, no structural data are available for HLD-IIIs. To our

466

knowledge, only three HLD-III members have been purified: DrbA, DmbC, and DmrB,

467

which share ~40-45% amino acid identity to OleB sequences.26,25 All were reported to

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have poor dehalogenase activity with typical haloalkane substrates. Direct activity

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comparisons between research groups are difficult; however, the poor dehalogenase

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activity of OleB is similar to other HLD-IIIs, but three to four orders of magnitude lower

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than the activity of DhlA (HLD-I) and LinB (HLD-II).25,26,29 The preference of OleB for

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haloalkanes with long alkyl chains is consistent with the structures of its native b-lactone

473

substrates. Additionally, low purification yields were reported for DrbA, and DmbC, 0.1

474

mg protein/g of cell pellet and 0.07 mg protein/g of cell pellet respectively.12 The

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purification of OleB with PEG 400, to aid solubility, was 30 mg/L of culture or

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approximately 7.5 mg protein/g of cell pellet. Given the activity of the two divergent

477

OleB sequences tested here, we believe that HLD-IIIs encoded within oleABCD gene

478

clusters act primarily as b-lactone decarboxylases rather than haloalkane

479

dehalogenases. The native substrates of HLD-III sequences not contained within

480

oleABCD gene clusters remains unclear, and further analyses are needed to define

481

their physiological roles.

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In both sequence and structural alignments, the canonical Asp-His-Asp/Glu

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catalytic triad of HLDs is completely conserved in OleB enzymes. Aspartic acid 114

484

from X. campestris OleB aligns with the nucleophilic aspartic acid of haloalkane

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dehalogenases and was demonstrated to be essential for activity in both the X.

486

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enzyme intermediate by MALDI-TOF in bromoalkane substrate reactions with wild-type

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OleB but not OleBD114A further implicated Asp114 as the essential nucleophile. His277 in

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the X. campestris OleB protein is conserved in all HLDs and OleB sequences and the

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inactivity of OleBH277A was consistent with its important mechanistic role. The role of the

491

conserved Asp249 in OleB (Asp249 in HLD-I or Glu130 in HLD-II) in maintaining the correct

492

protonation state of His277 for the activation of water is consistent with our data that X.

493

campestris OleB is slightly slower when Asp249 is mutated to an Ala. The rate decrease

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may be partially masked because the olefin product is extremely hydrophobic, and we

495

believe product release is the slowest step of the OleB catalytic cycle. Further work is

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currently underway to develop better assays to measure the unstable and hydrophobic

497

substrates and products of this reaction.

498

The accumulation of an alkylated OleB when reacted with 7-

499

(bromomethyl)pentadecane suggested that the enzyme ester intermediate is processed

500

differently than for HLDs. Our H218O studies also support this conclusion, as there was

501

no significant evidence for a +4 m/z shift in the nucleophilic aspartic acid peptide when

502

reacted with b-lactones, as observed in equivalent HLD experiments.30 Additionally, the

503

more physiologically relevant reaction in which both domains of the OleBC fusion are

504

utilized shows no incorporation of 18O. It is possible that only a +2 m/z shift would be

505

observed if the nonspecific incorporation of 18O in the no substrate control occurred at

506

Asp163. However, our data do not support this limited mass shift as only two complete

507

turnovers should result in 75% of the population with a +2 m/z over the no substrate

508

control. While the isotopic envelope of OleBC reacted with cis-b-lactone demonstrates

509

a population of the aspartic acid peptide fragments have 18O is incorporated, this does

510

not appear to be the dominant pathway for ester hydrolysis. In fact, this minor

511

incorporation gives credence to our assignment of Asp163 as the nucleophile since this

512

was the only peptide fragment that showed any change between the control and

513

substrate reactions. Overall, the absence of incorporated 18O points to the dominance

514

of the pathway shown in Figure 7B.

515 516

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A) Known Haloalkane Dehalogenase Mechanism Asp

O O

oxyanion hole

Asp

-

His: H

Cl

halide stabilizing residues

R

As p

O

O

O O H

O

-

Cl

R

Asp

-

O O

O

H

-

Cl

OH

-

Cl

R

-

R

B) Proposed OleB Mechanism Asp114

oxyanion hole Asp114

O O

-

O

O O R1

517

Asp114

O

O

R2

R1

halide stabilizing residues

O

-

His: H

Asp 114

O O

O H

-

H O

O

Asp114

O O

O -

O

O O

-

R2

R1

R2

-

HO

-

R2 R1

O

O

O

R1

R2

518

Figure 7. Proposed mechanism of OleB as a b-lactone decarboxylase vertically aligned

519

with known HLD mechanism. (A) General mechanism of HLDs as described by multiple

520

reviews.4,29 (B) Analogous mechanism using b-lactone as a substrate with X. campestris

521

OleB. The “oxyanion hole” and “halide stabilizing residues” were labeled according to

522

the HLD mechanism for consistency, but perform different roles in the OleB mechanism.

523

The putative anhydride intermediate allows two possible mechanisms for OleB. The

524

absence of 18O in the nucleophilic Asp suggests attack of the distal carbon. Protonation

525

of the acyl carbonate intermediate would facilitate hydroxide attack, but it is unknown if

526

this protonation occurs.

527 528

In light of the bioinformatic and biochemical evidence, Figure 7 shows the

529

canonical mechanism for HLDs vertically aligned with our analogous, proposed

530

mechanism for OleB. The nucleophilic Asp114 of OleB attacks the carbonyl carbon of the

531

b-lactone ring to generate a tetrahedral intermediate. In HLD reactions, the side chains

532

of Trp115 and Gln40 act to stabilize the displaced negative halide ion. In OleB, these

533

completely conserved residues could act to stabilize the oxyanion of a tetrahedral

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intermediate. This first tetrahedral intermediate resolves to expel the olefin product and

535

generate an anhydride as the equivalent to the alkyl-enzyme intermediate of HLDs.

536

There are two possible centers for the attack of water activated by His277 rather

537

than the single center in the HLD mechanism: the carbonyl of aspartic acid and the

538

carbonyl originating from the b-lactone. Our experiments indicate water attacks the

539

distal carbonyl originating from the 2-position of the b-lactone ring, thereby placing the

540

second oxyanion intermediate in the same spatial position as the initial oxyanion formed

541

during aspartate attack on the b-lactone carbonyl carbon. In HLD reactions, the

542

residues that form the oxyanion hole near the nucleophilic aspartic acid by their

543

backbone nitrogens also form the halide stabilizing pocket with their side chain

544

nitrogens (X of the HGXP motif and Trp adjacent to the nucleophile). In OleB, the

545

backbone nitrogens of these residues may act to correctly position the nucleophilic

546

aspartic acid for initial substrate attack while the side chain nitrogens are positioned to

547

stabilize the two oxyanions generated during initial substrate attack and subsequent

548

bicarbonate release in OleB mechanism. The overall OleB reaction is proposed to

549

remove CO2 from a b-lactone in the form of bicarbonate to generate an alkene that

550

preserves the stereocenters from the original b-lactone.

551

The resolution at the distal carbonyl makes OleB different from other a/b-

552

hydrolase enzymes bearing an Asp nucleophile, such as HLDs and epoxide hydrolases.

553

These rely on the carboxylic acid group of Asp to provide the entire enzyme-

554

intermediate ester linkage, while other superfamily members like lipases and lactonases

555

require only a nucleophilic Ser since the substrate donates part of the ester linkage. It

556

is unclear why Asp is utilized by OleB when the resolved ester linkage appears to be

557

provided by the substrate. However, it is possible that the electronics of a carboxylate

558

are required over an alkoxide during initial substrate attack to promote decarboxylation

559

instead of ring opening of the b-lactone. Chemical literature provides little insight on the

560

matter since decarboxylation of the labile b-lactone ring is almost always done with heat

561

rather than a catalyst. Conversely, the Asp nucleophile could simply be the result of

562

evolution from the HLD active site that is properly arranged for an Asp nucleophile.

563

In summary, OleB, a member of the a/b-hydrolase superfamily, is concretely

564

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decarboxylation reaction with the b-lactone formed by the protein OleC. OleB enzymes

566

show many similarities to haloalkane dehalogenases and comprise most of the

567

sequences reported in the HLD subgroup III, suggesting at least a partial misannotation

568

of this group of enzymes. OleB proteins contain the conserved Asp-His-Asp/Glu

569

catalytic triad of HLDs, and current evidence supports a variation of the HLD

570

mechanism.

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Acknowledgements

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We acknowledge the support of the Biotechnology Institute from the University of

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Minnesota, and the MnDRIVE Initiative from the Office of the Vice President for

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Research of the University of Minnesota (LPW). SLR was supported by an NSF

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Graduate Research Fellowship (Grant no. 00039202). We would like to thank Matt

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Jensen for his help with homology models and Dr. Carrie Wilmot for her insightful

577

discussion. We also want to thank Todd Markowski and Lee-Ann Higgins for their

578

guidance in our MALDI-TOF endeavors and Peter Christenson for his help in purifying

579

X. campestris OleB.

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O

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OleB R2

CO2 +

R1

R2

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James K. Christenson, Serina L. Robinson, Tiffany A. Engel, Jack E. Richman, An N. Kim, Larry P.

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S-CoA

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OleA

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OleC

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D114 D249 H277 _________________ QDWGS . . . D . . . HF I Q

Mycobacterium avium

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HLD−I

Psychrobacter cryohalolentis

99

QDWGG . . . D . . . HF LQ QDWGG . . . D . . . HFVQ

Plesiocystis pacifica

HDWGS . . . G . . . HF LQ

Alcanivorax dieselolei 79

HLD−II

Rhodobacteraceae bacterium

100

HDWGS . . . G . . . HF I Q HDWGS . . . G . . . HFFQ

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Mycobacterium bovis

QDWGG . . . D . . . HF I Q

Xanthomonas campestris

HDWGG . . . D . . . HYVL

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

HDWGG . . . D . . . HYVL

100 59 63

Shewanella oneidensis Micrococcus luteus 100

Paenarthrobacter aurescens

OleB

HLD−III

OleBC

Rhodopirellula baltica

0.1

HDWGG . . . D . . . HY I L HDWGG . . . D . . . HL LV HDWGG . . . D . . . HLVG HDWGG . . . D . . . HYV I

ACS Paragon Plus Environment

Xc

cis-olefin

cis-β-lactone Biochemistry trans-β-lactone Page 34 of 38 O

O R1

1 2 A 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

R2

R1

O

O R2

R1

O

O R2

R1

O

O R2 R1

ACS Paragon Plus Environment (ppm)

R2

Wt38 OleB Biochemistry Page 35 of

Intensity (%)

100

No Substrate

80

36.8

Intensity (%)

1 2 60 3 4 40 + 221 m/z 5 20 + 223 m/z 6 7 0 35.6 Wt OleB 35.8 36 36.2 36.4 36.6 8 + 9 100 10 80 11 12 60 13 40 14 15 20 16 0 ACS Paragon Plus Environment 17 35.6 35.8 36 36.2 36.4 36.6 18 m/z (KDa)

36.8

Simulated Peptide

DLAATGHPLITLGHDWGGVVSLGWAAR 2770.4

A

Biochemistry

Page 36 of 38

2778.4

2774.3

2774.3

2774.3

1 2 3 OleBC noB 4 substrate control 5 6 7 8 C 9 OleBC + β-hydroxy acid 10 11 12 13 14 OleBC + D 15 cis-β-lactone 16 17 18 19 20 Simulated Peptide with E 21 2x 18O incorporation 22 23 ACS Paragon Plus Environment 24 25 2765 2770 2775 2780 26

2785

A) Known Haloalkane Dehalogenase Mechanism Page 37 of 38 Biochemistry Asp

O

oxyanion hole

Asp

O

As p

O

-

1 O O 2 O O His: H Cl H O 3 halide Cl Cl R 4 H R stabilizing R 5 residues 6 7 B) 8 Proposed OleB Mechanism oxyanion 9 Asp hole Asp114 Asp114 Asp 114 10 114 O O O O 11 O 12 O O O His: H O O 13 O H O O O 14 H -O O O O 15 R1 R2 R2 16 R1 17 ACS Paragon Plus Environment halide R1 R2 18 R1 R2 stabilizing 19 residues

Asp

O O

-

Cl

OH R

Asp114

O O

-

HO -

O

R1

O

R2

Haloalkane Dehalogenases (HLD)

Biochemistry

HLD-II

Page 38 of 38

O

1 HLD-I 2 3 4

O

R1

OleB R2

ACS Paragon Plus Environment 0.1

CO2 +

R1

R2

β-lactone decarboxylase

HLD-III