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. 2020 Dec 11;22(7):1161–1175. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202000647

Table 4.

Summary of the mutations to the first activity controller residue: effects on PPOs′ copper content and diphenolase/monophenolase activity. The modification of copper content and the activities′ rate are described compared to the wild type of the corresponding enzymes.

First activity controller (HisB1+1)

Enzyme

Mutant

Diphenolase activity

Monophenolase activity

Copper %

Ref.

MdPPO1

Ala243Thr

slower (dopamine: in crystallo activity)

slower (tyramine: in crystallo activity)

n.i.

[61]

ToPPO2

Gly240Thr

−4.0‐fold (4‐methylcatechol: 53.20 s−1) −14‐fold (dopamine: 6.85 s−1)

−42‐fold (p‐cresol: 0.56 s−1) −18‐fold (tyramine: 0.47 s−1)

n.i.

[70]

Gly240Asn

−10‐fold (4‐methylcatechol: 19.66 s−1) −15‐fold (dopamine: 6.77 s−1)

−14‐fold (p‐cresol: 1.67 s−1) −9.0‐fold (tyramine: 0.92 s−1)

n.i.

ToPPO6

Thr250Gly

∼same (4‐methylcatechol and dopamine)

n.d. (p‐cresol and tyramine)

n.i.

Thr250Asn

−9.0‐fold (4‐methylcatechol: 6.78 s−1) −9.0‐fold (dopamine: 1.85 s−1)

n.d. (p‐cresol and tyramine)

n.i.

JrPPO1

Asn240Lys

−37‐fold (dopamine: 2.51 s−1) −103‐fold (l‐DOPA: 1.08 s−1)

−456‐fold (tyramine: 0.0542 s−1) n.d. (l‐tyrosine)

40

[69]

Asn240Gly

+3.0‐fold (dopamine: 300 s−1)

−3.0‐fold (tyramine: 7.60 s−1)

50

[75]

JrPPO2

Gly240Asn

−3.0‐fold (dopamine: 66.3 s−1)

+1.2‐fold (tyramine: 10.9 s−1)

60

CgAUS

Thr253Asp

∼same (dopamine: 530 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 2.14 s−1)

45

[45]

Thr253Asn

+1.5‐fold (dopamine: 850 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 1.19 s−1)

84

Thr253Glu

+2.5‐fold (dopamine: 1394 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 0.21 s−1)

47

Thr253Gly

−0.5‐fold (dopamine: 337 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 0.07 s−1)

73

Thr253Ser

∼same (dopamine: 500 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 0.01 s−1)

53

Thr253Cys

−0.4‐fold (dopamine: 312 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 0.04 s−1)

57

Thr253Ala

−4.0‐fold (dopamine: 140 s−1)

++ (tyramine: 0.05 s−1)

56

Thr253Ile

−20‐fold (dopamine: 27 s−1)

n.d. (tyramine)

58

Thr253Lys

−28‐fold (dopamine: 20 s−1)

n.d. (tyramine)

5

SgTYR

Asn190Gln

−1900‐fold (l‐DOPA: 1.3 units/mg)

n.i.

45

[57]

VvTYR

Gly241Asn

faster (4‐methylcatechol: SDS‐activity gel)

faster (p‐tyrosol and tyramine: SDS activity gel)

n.i.

[72]

BmTYR

Asn205Ala

−8.0‐fold (l‐DOPA)

−9.0‐fold (l‐tyrosine)

70

[74]

Asn205Asp

−8.0‐fold (l‐DOPA)

−9.0‐fold (l‐tyrosine)

60

n.d.: no detected activity, n.i.: no information from the particular study, ++: generation of monophenolase activity that was not present in the wild type, entries in s‐1 provide the kcat value, while units/mg refers to the specific activity.