PMID- 34516596 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210927 LR - 20210927 IS - 1463-9084 (Electronic) IS - 1463-9076 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 36 DP - 2021 Sep 22 TI - Enzyme aggregation and fragmentation induced by catalysis relevant species. PG - 20709-20717 LID - 10.1039/d1cp02966e [doi] AB - It is usually assumed that enzymes retain their native structure during catalysis. However, the aggregation and fragmentation of proteins can be difficult to detect and sometimes conclusions are drawn based on the assumption that the protein is in its native form. We have examined three model enzymes, alkaline phosphatase (AkP), hexokinase (HK) and glucose oxidase (GOx). We find that these enzymes aggregate or fragment after addition of chemical species directly related to their catalysis. We used several independent techniques to study this behavior. Specifically, we found that glucose oxidase and hexokinase fragment in the presence of D-glucose but not L-glucose, while hexokinase aggregates in the presence of Mg(2+) ion and either ATP or ADP at low pH. Alkaline phosphatase aggregates in the presence of Zn(2+) ion and inorganic phosphate. The aggregation of hexokinase and alkaline phosphatase does not appear to attenuate their catalytic activity. Our study indicates that specific multimeric structures of native enzymes may not be retained during catalysis and suggests pathways for different enzymes to associate or separate over the course of substrate turnover. FAU - Gentile, Kayla AU - Gentile K AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Bhide, Ashlesha AU - Bhide A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3082-9819 AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Kauffman, Joshua AU - Kauffman J AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Ghosh, Subhadip AU - Ghosh S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6880-7052 AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Maiti, Subhabrata AU - Maiti S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2554-0762 AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Adair, James AU - Adair J AD - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. FAU - Lee, Tae-Hee AU - Lee TH AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. FAU - Sen, Ayusman AU - Sen A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0556-9509 AD - Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. asen@psu.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210922 PL - England TA - Phys Chem Chem Phys JT - Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP JID - 100888160 RN - 0 (Protein Aggregates) RN - EC 1.1.3.4 (Glucose Oxidase) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 3.1.3.1 (Alkaline Phosphatase) SB - IM MH - Alkaline Phosphatase/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Biocatalysis MH - Glucose Oxidase/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Hexokinase/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Structure MH - Protein Aggregates EDAT- 2021/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/28 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/13 17:29 PHST- 2021/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/13 17:29 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d1cp02966e [doi] PST - epublish SO - Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2021 Sep 22;23(36):20709-20717. doi: 10.1039/d1cp02966e.