3 Ketosteroid 9 Alpha-Hydroxylase Enzymes Rieske Non-Heme
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University of Groningen 3-Ketosteroid 9 alpha-hydroxylase enzymes Petrusma, Mirjan; van der Geize, Robert; Dijkhuizen, Lubbert Published in: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek: International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0188-2 IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2014 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Petrusma, M., van der Geize, R., & Dijkhuizen, L. (2014). 3-Ketosteroid 9 alpha-hydroxylase enzymes: Rieske non-heme monooxygenases essential for bacterial steroid degradation. 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Download date: 25-09-2021 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014) 106:157–172 DOI 10.1007/s10482-014-0188-2 INVITED REVIEW Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 80th Anniversary Issue 3-Ketosteroid 9a-hydroxylase enzymes: Rieske non-heme monooxygenases essential for bacterial steroid degradation Mirjan Petrusma • Robert van der Geize • Lubbert Dijkhuizen Received: 30 January 2014 / Accepted: 25 April 2014 / Published online: 21 May 2014 Ó The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Various micro-organisms are able to use further studies on this highly interesting enzyme. sterols/steroids as carbon- and energy sources for Future work may result in the construction of KSH growth. 3-Ketosteroid 9a-hydroxylase (KSH), a two mutants capable of production of specific bioactive component Rieske non-heme monooxygenase com- steroids. Furthermore, KSH provides an promising prised of the oxygenase KshA and the reductase KshB, target for drugs against the pathogenic agent M. is a key-enzyme in bacterial steroid degradation. It tuberculosis. initiates opening of the steroid polycyclic ring struc- ture. The enzyme has industrial relevance in the Keywords 3-Ketosteroid 9a-hydroxylase Á synthesis of pharmaceutical steroids. Deletion of KSH Rieske mono-oxygenase Á 9a-Hydroxylation Á activity in sterol degrading bacteria results in blockage Rhodococcus Á Mycobacterium Á Steroid of steroid ring opening and is used to produce valuable biotransformation C19-steroids such as 4-androstene-3,17-dione and 1,4- androstadiene-3,17-dione. Interestingly, KSH activity is essential for the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium Introduction tuberculosis. Detailed information about KSH thus is of medical relevance, and KSH inhibitory compounds Early observations that microbes are able to degrade may find application in combatting tuberculosis. In cholesterol were made by So¨hngen (1913). Since then, recent years, the 3D structure of the KshA protein of a range of bacteria were found to be able to utilize M. tuberculosis H37Rv has been elucidated and sterols (Arima et al. 1969; Nagasawa et al. 1969), various studies report biochemical characteristics many of which are actinobacteria (e.g. Rhodococcus, and possible physiological roles of KSH. The current Mycobacterium) (Donova 2007; Fernandes et al. knowledge is reviewed here and forms a solid basis for 2003; Malaviya and Gomes 2008 (reviews)). Various enzyme steps in the bacterial sterol degradation pathways remain to be characterized, but in recent M. Petrusma Á R. van der Geize Á L. Dijkhuizen (&) years knowledge on sterol degradation has greatly Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular increased. A cholesterol catabolism gene cluster was Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University identified in R. jostii RHA1 and a cholesterol degra- of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands dation pathway was predicted (Van der Geize et al. e-mail: [email protected] 2007) (Fig. 1). Cholesterol is a C27 sterol and M. Petrusma degradation of its side chain to a C22 intermediate e-mail: [email protected] occurs by a process similar to b-oxidation of fatty 123 158 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014) 106:157–172 Fig. 1 a The basic polycyclic ring structure of sterols and hydroxy-5,9,17-trioxoandrosta-1(10),2-diene-4-oic acid (4,9- steroids with carbon atoms 1–17. b Proposed cholesterol DSHA), 14 9,17-dioxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-hexanorandrostan-5-oic catabolism in Rhodococcus species and Mycobacterium tuber- acid (DOHNAA), 15 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-diene-oic acid culosis (Adapted from Van der Geize et al. 2007). Dashed (HHD). The compound between brackets is chemically arrows indicate multiple enzymatic steps. The depicted steroids unstable. Hsd 3b-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase, Cyp 125 are 1 5-cholestene-3b-ol (cholesterol), 2 5-cholestene-26-oic cytochrome P450 CYP125, KstD 3-ketosteroid dehydrogenase, acid-3b-ol, 3 4-cholestene-3-one, 4 4-cholestene-26oic acid-3- KSH 3-ketosteroid 9a-hydroxylase, HsaAB 3-hydroxy-9, one, 5 4-cholestene-24oic acid-3-one, 6 3-oxo-23,24-bisnorch- 10-seconandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17-dione 4-hydroxylase, ola-4-ene-22-oic acid, 7 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD), 8 1, HsaC 3,4-dihydroxy-9,10-secoandrost-1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17- 4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD), 9 9a-hydroxy-4-andro- dione dioxygenase, HsaD 4,5–9,10-diseco-3-hydroxy-5,9,17- stene-3,17-dione (9OHAD), 10 9a-hydroxy-1,4-androstadiene- trioxoandrosta-1(10),2-diene-4-oic acid hydrolase. The A, B, 3,17-dione (ADD), 11 3-hydroxy-9,10-secoandrost-1,3,5(10)- C and D ring of the steroid polycyclic ring structure are triene-9,17-dione (3-HSA), 12 3,4-dihydroxy-9,10-secoandrost- indicated in compound 1 (Petrusma 2011) 1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17-dione (3,4-DHSA), 13 4,5–9,10-diseco-3- acids, yielding propionic acid and acetic acid. The actinobacteria Rhodococcus equi (Nocardia restric- subsequent formation of C19 steroids yields another tus) ATCC 14887 (Gibson et al. 1966; Sih et al. 1968), propionic acid (Sih et al. 1968). In M. tuberculosis, R. jostii RHA1 and M. tuberculosis (Van der Geize metabolic labeling studies at carbon atom C26 showed et al. 2007). Several enzymes have been characterized that the propionic acid released from the side chain is a from these organisms as well as from Rhodococcus precursor in the production of phthiocerol dimycoce- erythropolis SQ1 (e.g. Van der Geize et al. 2002), rosate (PDIM), a surface lipid (Ouellet et al. 2010). Nocardia corralina (e.g. Itagaki et al. 1990) and R. The C19 central metabolite derived from cholesterol is rhodochrous DSM43269 (e.g. Petrusma et al. 2009). AD, containing the polycyclic ring structure. Steroid Metabolic labelling studies at carbon atom C4 of ring degradation has been described in some detail for cholesterol in M. tuberculosis revealed that this carbon the Gram-negative bacterium Comamonas testoste- atom in the ring structure is converted to CO2, roni TA441 (Horinouchi et al. 2012) and for the suggesting the generation of energy via the 123 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014) 106:157–172 159 tricarboxylic acid (TCA)-cycle (Pandey and Sassetti chains were detected, suggesting that C17-side chain 2008). Opening of the steroid polycyclic ring structure degradation and opening of the steroid polycyclic ring in these organisms occurs via the so called 9,10-seco structure occur simultaneously (Costa et al. 2013a, b). pathway. Recently, an alternative 2,3-seco pathway Although microbial steroid hydroxylation is well was proposed for aerobic sterol degradation, which documented, starting with the discovery of progester- does not use oxygenase enzymes for side chain one 11a-hydroxylation by a Rhizopus species in 1952 cleavage and for the steroid ring opening event. In (Peterson and Murray 1952), the responsible enzymes the latter case, cleavage of the steroid polycyclic ring are in most cases not known. Over the years, several structure starts with a hydrolytic attack on the A-ring. cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes were found to be The proposed pathway is based on identification of involved in steroid hydroxylation (Donova and Egor- cholesterol degradation intermediates in the gram ova 2012 (review); Fernandes et al. 2003 (review); negative bacterium Sterolibacterium denitrificans Holland 1999 (review); Rosłoniec et al. 2009). (Wang et al. 2013). Examples of microbial steroid hydroxylation medi- In actinobacteria, employing the 9,10-seco path- ated by P450 enzymes are 11a-hydroxylation by way, the steroid B-ring is opened by dehydrogenation Rhizopus nigricans (Breskvar et al. 1991), 11b- of the steroid A-ring and by C9a-hydroxylation. The hydroxylation by Curvularia lunata (Suzuki et al. sequence of these reactions is not known. The 1993) and 14a-hydroxylation by Mucor piriformis dehydrogenation step is performed by 3-ketosteroid (Madyastha and Joseph 1993) and the 26/27-hydrox- dehydrogenase enzymes (KSTD) (Itagaki et al. 1990; ylases CYP125 of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Knol et al. 2008; Van der Geize et al. 2000), whereas (Rosłoniec et al. 2009) and CYP142 of Mycobacte- 3-ketosteroid 9a-hydroxylase enzymes (KSH) incor- rium tuberculosis (Driscoll et al. 2010). porate a hydroxyl moiety at C9 (Van der Geize et al. Various steroid hydroxylases play a role in micro- 2002).