Characterization of Choline Trimethylamine-Lyase Expands the Chemistry of Glycyl Radical Enzymes
Abstract

The recently identified glycyl radical enzyme (GRE) homologue choline trimethylamine-lyase (CutC) participates in the anaerobic conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA), a widely distributed microbial metabolic transformation that occurs in the human gut and is linked to disease. The proposed biochemical function of CutC, C–N bond cleavage, represents new reactivity for the GRE family. Here we describe the in vitro characterization of CutC and its activating protein CutD. We have observed CutD-mediated formation of a glycyl radical on CutC using EPR spectroscopy and have demonstrated that activated CutC processes choline to trimethylamine and acetaldehyde. Surveys of potential alternate CutC substrates uncovered a strict specificity for choline. Homology modeling and mutagenesis experiments revealed essential CutC active site residues. Overall, this work establishes that CutC is a GRE of unique function and a molecular marker for anaerobic choline metabolism.
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