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Mol Genet Metab ; 122(1-2): 67-75, 2017 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28689740

ABSTRACT

2-methylacetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase (MAT) deficiency, also known as beta-ketothiolase deficiency, is an inborn error of ketone body utilization and isoleucine catabolism. It is caused by mutations in the ACAT1 gene and may present with metabolic ketoacidosis. In order to obtain a more comprehensive view on this disease, we have collected clinical and biochemical data as well as information on ACAT1 mutations of 32 patients from 12 metabolic centers in five countries. Patients were between 23months and 27years old, more than half of them were offspring of a consanguineous union. 63% of the study participants presented with a metabolic decompensation while most others were identified via newborn screening or family studies. In symptomatic patients, age at manifestation ranged between 5months and 6.8years. Only 7% developed a major mental disability while the vast majority was cognitively normal. More than one third of the identified mutations in ACAT1 are intronic mutations which are expected to disturb splicing. We identified several novel mutations but, in agreement with previous reports, no clear genotype-phenotype correlation could be found. Our study underlines that the prognosis in MAT deficiency is good and MAT deficient individuals may remain asymptomatic, if diagnosed early and preventive measures are applied.


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Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase/deficiency , Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/complications , Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/genetics , Fatty Acids/metabolism , Isoleucine/metabolism , Ketone Bodies/metabolism , Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase/genetics , Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/diagnosis , Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/physiopathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Consanguinity , Female , Genetic Association Studies , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Mutation , Neonatal Screening , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Young Adult
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J Am Chem Soc ; 137(28): 9044-52, 2015 Jul 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26135142

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Computational investigations have implicated the amidate ligand in nickel superoxide dismutase (NiSOD) in stabilizing Ni-centered redox catalysis and in preventing cysteine thiolate ligand oxidation. To test these predictions, we have used an experimental approach utilizing a semisynthetic scheme that employs native chemical ligation of a pentapeptide (HCDLP) to recombinant S. coelicolor NiSOD lacking these N-terminal residues, NΔ5-NiSOD. Wild-type enzyme produced in this manner exhibits the characteristic spectral properties of recombinant WT-NiSOD and is as catalytically active. The semisynthetic scheme was also employed to construct a variant where the amidate ligand was converted to a secondary amine, H1*-NiSOD, a novel strategy that retains a backbone N-donor atom. The H1*-NiSOD variant was found to have only ∼1% of the catalytic activity of the recombinant wild-type enzyme, and had altered spectroscopic properties. X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals a four-coordinate planar site with N2S2-donor ligands, consistent with electronic absorption spectroscopic results indicating that the Ni center in H1*-NiSOD is mostly reduced in the as-isolated sample, as opposed to 50:50 Ni(II)/Ni(III) mixture that is typical for the recombinant wild-type enzyme. The EPR spectrum of as-isolated H1*-NiSOD accounts for ∼11% of the Ni in the sample and is similar to WT-NiSOD, but more axial, with gz < gx,y. (14)N-hyperfine is observed on gz, confirming the addition of the apical histidine ligand in the Ni(III) complex. The altered electronic properties and implications for redox catalysis are discussed in light of predictions based on synthetic and computational models.


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Nickel/chemistry , Oligopeptides/chemistry , Streptomyces/enzymology , Superoxide Dismutase/chemistry , Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Catalytic Domain , Ligands , Models, Molecular , Mutagenesis , Nickel/metabolism , Oligopeptides/metabolism , Oxidation-Reduction , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Sequence Deletion , Streptomyces/chemistry , Streptomyces/genetics , Streptomyces/metabolism , Superoxide Dismutase/genetics
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