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Page 1: MACiE – a Database of Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms Janet Thornton EMBL-EBI July 2006

MACiE – a Database of Enzyme Reaction

Mechanisms

Janet Thornton EMBL-EBI July 2006

Page 2: MACiE – a Database of Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms Janet Thornton EMBL-EBI July 2006

Enzymes in Data Resources (2005)

No. enzymes Total No. %-tagein DB

UniProt 65,076 172,690 37.7

PDB (all entries) 14,143 31,522 44.9PDB (non-redundant) 3,655 10,450 35.0

Reactome (human) (via UniProt) 230 680 33.8

Roman Laskowski

Page 3: MACiE – a Database of Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms Janet Thornton EMBL-EBI July 2006

Relating the number of enzymes to proteome size

Proteome size

Nu

mb

er o

f en

zym

es

Permissive set

KEGG assignmentsConservative set

human

mouse

wormfly

Shiri Freilich

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Increase in Number of Different Reactions (E.C.) in larger proteomes

E.C. 1

E.C. 2

E.C. 3

E.C. 4

E.C. 5

E.C. 6Freilich et al (2005)

JMB ??

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Extension and Evolution of Pathways:The integration of the steroid biosynthesis pathway into the sterol biosynthesis pathway

sterol

cholesterol

steroid hormonebile acid

Universalmetazoahuman

Shiri Freilich

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Enzyme Structure, Function and Evolution

Outstanding Research Questions:– How is catalysis performed

• Principles of catalysis?

• E.C. numbers

– How do enzymes evolve?

– Can we predict enzyme function from structure?

– Can we design new enzymes?

– What is the enzyme complement in different organisms and how does it evolve?

TrypsinNeed a list of active sites

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What constitutes a catalytic residue?

• Direct involvement in the reaction mechanism

• Polarises or alters the pKa of a residue or water

molecule which is directly involved in the reaction mechanism

• Polarises or activates part of the substrate (e.g. making a bond more susceptible to

cleavage)

• Stabilisation of a transition-state intermediate

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/CSA

The Catalytic Site Atlas: a resource of catalytic sites and residues identified in enzymes using structural data.

Porter, Bartlett, & Thornton Nucl. Acids. Res. (2004) 32: D129-D133.

-lactamase Class A; EC 3.5.2.6; PDB: 1btl– Reaction: -lactam + H2O -amino acid

– Active site residues: S70, K73, S130, E16

N

O

OH

N H 2

OH

S e r

L y s

S e r

N H 3 +

O

H

O

N

O

S e r

L y s

S e r

N H 3 +

O

O

NH

O

O

O

OH

H

S e r

L y s

S e r

G l u

OO H

O

OHO

NH

O

H

N H

S e r

L y s

S e r

G l u

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Comparison of CSA, SwissProt & PDB (2004)

Porter, Bartlett et al, 2004 NAR

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Conformational Change

Templates

Spherical HarmonicsBinding Site Diversity

Metabolome

Ligand Selectivity

Catalytic Site Atlas

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CSA Coverage and Annotations Generated

• Current entries in CSA from Literature = 737

• Current proteins in UniProt annotated by homology = 14,863

• Functional annotations by homology are more accurate if catalytic residues are checked and conserved (George et al (2005) PNAS)

BUT no possibility of storing or querying the proposed chemical mechanisms (which must be available to identify the catalytic residues in the CSA)

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The MACiE Database - a Research Project

Mechanism, Annotation and Classification in Enzymes

G. L. Holliday, G. J. Bartlett, Daniel AlmonacidP. Murray-Rust, J.M.Thornton J. B. O. Mitchell

(Holliday et al Bioinformatics 2005 21:4315)

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/MACiE

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Why develop MACiE?

• To understand more about catalysis– To gather information on mechanisms

– To compare and contrast mechanisms in different proteins

– To help validate enzyme mechanisms

– To study the evolution of mechanisms

– To develop mechanism-based classification of enzymes

– To help predict mechanism from structure

– To help design new enzymes

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/MACiE

The MACiE Database

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Content in MACiE● Enzyme Name: fructose-bisphosphate aldolase

● E.C. Classification: (EC 4.1.2.13)– Obsolete EC codes associated with entry: EC 4.1.2.7

● Reference Structure: PDB 1b57– Domain classification: CATH 3.20.20.70– UniProt code: P11604– Specie: Escherichia coli (Bacteria)– Cofactors: Zn2+ and Na+– Catalytic residues: Asp109, Glu182, Asn286

● Links

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Classifying Residue Catalytic Function

Hydrogen Donor, Hydrogen bond acceptor, Proton Relay

Nucleophile, Electrophile

Radical relay, Hydride relay

Radical Donor, Radical stabiliser

Leaving group , Steric role, Charge stabiliser

Covalently attached, Metal ligand

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Overall Reaction fructose-bisphosphate aldolase

O

O

O

O

O

P

O O -

O -

O

PO -

O -

O

H

HH

O

O O P

O

O -

H

O -

O

O P

O

O -O -

H

HO

+

glycerone phosphate D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate+

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Step Annotation in MACiEStep 1: Reactants

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Z n 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

Na +

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Step 1: Mechanism

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Zn 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a+

Me c ha n is m :P roton tra ns fe r

Ke to -e n o l ta u to m e risa t io n (a ssiste d )

O O

HO

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O

OG lu1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

OH

OO

HPOO -

O -

M ec h an is m C om po ne nts :Ove rall su b str ate us edIn term e d iate Fo rm e dBon d F or m ed = O-HBon d C lea ve d = C- H

Bo n d (s) ch a n ge d in Ord e r = C -C,1 to C =C , 2 C =O ,2 to C-O , 1

Zn 2 +

N a+

Asp 1 0 9

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Step 1: Cofactors

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Zn 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a+

Me c ha n is m :P roton tra ns fe r

Ke to -e n o l ta u to m e risa t io n (a ssiste d )

O O

HO

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O

OG lu1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

OH

OO

HPOO -

O -

M ec h an is m C om po ne nts :Ove rall su b str ate us edIn term e d iate Fo rm e dBon d F or m ed = O-HBon d C lea ve d = C- H

Bo n d (s) ch a n ge d in Ord e r = C -C,1 to C =C , 2 C =O ,2 to C-O , 1

C o fa cto r

C o fa cto r

Zn 2 +

N a+

Asp 1 0 9

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Step 1: Spectator Residues

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Zn 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a+

Sp e cta to rS id e C h ain

H yd ro ge n Bo n d Acce p to r

S pe ctatorS ide C h a in

Hyd ro g en Bon d Acc ep torH yd rog e n Bo n d D on o r

T ran sitio n S ta te S ta b il ise r

Me c ha n is m :P roton tra ns fe r

Ke to -e n o l ta u to m e risa t io n (a ssiste d )

O O

HO

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O

OG lu1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

OH

OO

HPOO -

O -

M ec h an is m C om po ne nts :Ove rall su b str ate us edIn term e d iate Fo rm e dBon d F or m ed = O-HBon d C lea ve d = C- H

Bo n d (s) ch a n ge d in Ord e r = C -C,1 to C =C , 2 C =O ,2 to C-O , 1

C o fa cto r

C o fa cto r

Zn 2 +

N a+

Asp 1 0 9

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Step 1: Reactant Residues

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Zn 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a+

R e a cta ntS ide Ch a in

Pro to n Acce p to r

Sp e cta to rS id e C h ain

H yd rog e n Bo n d Acce p to r

S pe ctato rS ide C h a in

Hyd ro g e n Bon d A ccep torH yd ro ge n Bo n d D on o r

T ran sitio n S ta te S ta b ilise r

Me c ha n is m :P roton tra ns fe r

Ke to -e n o l ta u to m e risa t io n (a ssiste d )

O O

HO

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O

OGlu 1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

OH

OO

HPOO -

O -

M ec h an is m C om po ne nts :Ove ra ll su b st rate u sedIn term e d iate Fo rm e dBon d F o rm ed = O-HBon d C lea ve d = C -H

Bo n d (s) ch a n ge d in Ord e r = C -C ,1 to C=C , 2 C =O ,2 to C -O, 1

C o fa cto r

C o fa cto r

Z n2 +

N a +

Asp 1 0 9

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Similarly Step 2is annotated

Where the information is availablethe rate determining step is annotated

O O

Asp 1 0 9

HO

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O

OGlu 1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

O -O

Asp 1 0 9

O

N Asn 2 8 6H

H

O

OGlu 1 8 2

H

Sp ec ta to rS id e C ha in

Zn 2 + C o fa cto r

N a + C o fa cto r

Sp ecta to rS id e Ch a in

C h ar ge S ta bil iserH yd ro ge n B o n d D o no r

S te ric Ro le

R e a cta n tS ide Ch a in

P roton Do n o rH ydro g e n Bo nd A cce ptor

H yd ro ge n Bo n d D on o r

R a te D et erm iningSte p

Me c ha nis m:B im ole cu la r N u cleo p h ilic Ad d ition

Pro ton T ra nsfe rA ld o l Add itio n

M e ch an is m C om po ne nts :Ove ra ll s ub st rate u se d

Ove ra ll pro d u ct Fo rm e dInte rm e dia te T er m in a te dBon d F orm ed = C -C , O -H

Bo n d C lea ve d = O-HBo nd (s) cha n g ed in Ord er = C =C , 2 to C -C , 1 C-O , 1 to C =O , 2 C= O, 2 to C -O , 1

OH

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

O

HO

O

H

PO

O -

O -

H

O

H

H

N a + Co factor

Z n 2 + C ofa cto r

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Step 3 is annotated

O O

Asp 1 0 9

H

Z n2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OGlu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a +

O - O

As p1 0 9

O

N Asn 2 8 6H

H

O

OGlu 1 8 2

H

O

H

H

O

HH

O H

O

PO

O -O -

M e ch a nism :Proton transfer

N a + Cofactor

Zn 2 + Cofactor

SpectatorSide Chain

ReactantSide Chain

Proton DonorHydrogen Bond Donor

ReactantSide Chain

Proton AcceptorHydrogen Bond Acceptor

M e c h an is m C o m po ne nt s:Proton Relay

Bond Formed = O-HBond Cleaved = O-H

Infe rre d Re tu rnS te p

MACiE always endeavours to return the enzymeto its ground state.

This is often inferred, which is noted in the annotation

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Finally: any spontaneous changes are included

OH

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

O

HO

O

H

PO

O -

O -

H

Occurs outside enzyme OO

O

O

O

PO O -

O -O

PO -

O -

O

H

HH

These are often spontaneous and occur outside the enzyme

There is no other annotation involved in steps like this

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Complete Reaction Annotation

O O

Asp1 0 9

H

Zn 2 +

O

N Asn 2 8 6HH

O -

OG lu 1 8 2

O

H

H

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

N a +

R ea ctan tS id e C h ain

Proto n Acce pto r

Spe ctatorS ide C h a in

Hyd ro g e n Bon d A cce ptor

Sp ec ta to rS id e C ha in

H yd rog e n Bo n d Acce p to rH yd ro g en B on d D o n or

Tra n sit io n S ta te S tab ilise r

M e c ha nis m :Pro to n tra n sfer

Keto -e no l ta u to m e risa tio n (as siste d)

O O

Asp 1 0 9

HO

N A sn2 8 6HH

O

OGlu 1 8 2

HOH

O -

H

O P

O

O -

O -O H

O

O

H

PO

O -

O -

O - O

Asp 1 0 9

O

N Asn 2 8 6H

H

O

OG lu 1 8 2

H

OH

OO

HPOO -

O -

M e c ha nism C o mp one nt s:Ove ra ll su bs tra te u se dIn te rm e dia te F or m edBo n d Fo rm e d = O -HBo n d Cle a ve d = C -H

Bon d (s) c ha n g ed in Ord er = C -C ,1 to C =C , 2 C =O,2 to C -O, 1

Sp e cta to rS id e C h a in

C o factor

Co fa ctor

Z n2 + C ofa cto r

Na + Co fac to r

Sp e cta to rSid e C h ain

Ch a rg e S ta b ilise rHyd ro g e n Bo nd Do n o r

Ste ric R ole

Re a cta n tS id e C ha in

Pro to n D on o rH yd rog e n Bo n d Acce p to r

Hyd ro g en Bon d D o n or

Ra te D e te rm inin gSte p

M e ch a nis m :Bim o le cu lar N ucle o p hil ic Ad ditio n

Pro to n Tra n sfe rA ld o l Ad d it io n

M e c ha nism Co m pon en ts :O vera ll su b stra te use d

O vera ll p ro du ct Fo rm e dIn te rm e d iate Te rm in ate d

Bo n d Fo rm e d = C -C , O-HBo nd Cle a ved = O- H

Bo n d(s ) ch a ng e d in Ord e r = C =C, 2 to C -C, 1 C -O, 1 to C= O, 2 C =O, 2 to C -O, 1

OH

O

H

O P

O

O -

O -

O

HO

O

H

PO

O -

O -

H

O

H

H

O ccu rs o u ts id e e nzym e

O

HH

O H

O

PO

O -O -

Me c ha nis m:Pro to n t ra nsfer

Na + C ofa cto r

Zn 2 + C o fa cto r

Sp e cta to rS id e C h ain

Re a ctan tS id e C h ain

Pro to n D o no rHyd ro g e n Bo nd Do n or

R e a cta n tS id e Ch a in

Pro to n Acce p to rH ydro g e n Bo nd Acce ptor

Me c ha n is m Co m pon e nts :Pro to n R e la y

Bo n d Fo rm e d = O-HBo n d Cle a ve d = O -H

OO

O

O

O

PO O -

O -O

PO -

O -

O

H

HH

Inf erre d R e turnSte p

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Searching MACiE

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General Searches

● Query MACiE by reaction comments

● Query MACiE by enzyme and species (scientific and common) names

● Query the chemical changes in MACiE

● Overall reactants and products (by KEGG and ChEBI compound id or compound name)

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Frequencies of amino acid reactants performing a given function

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Combining the amino acid and functional clusterings

No reactantFunction

No strong preference for

function

Strong preference for acid/base

function

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Roles of catalytic residues and mechanistic steps in homologous enzymes of

different function

Gail Bartlett

– How do enzymes modify the chemical reaction they catalyse, using the same structural scaffold?

– Do catalytic residues conserve their role and / or identity in enzyme-catalysed reactions?

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Methods

178 enzyme dataset with

assigned catalytic residues and

proposed mechanism

PSIBLAST run against NRDB + PDB (cutoff

e=10-5)

Twenty-seven pairs of homologous

proteins of totally different function

(at primary EC level)

Structural alignment performed using SSM server

Structurally equivalent catalytic

residues Information manually extracted from literature

Catalytic mechanisms

Comparison of function, active site, catalytic

residues and catalytic

mechanism

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Results - overview• 27 pairs of proteins• 3 enzyme / nonenzyme pairs• 24 enzyme / enzyme pairs, from 21

enzyme superfamilies

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Change of function (EC) class

Function YFunction X

EC 1 EC 2 EC 3 EC 4 EC 5 EC 6 Nonenzyme

EC 1 (oxidoreductases)

- 0 3 3 0 1 2

EC 2 (transferases) - 2 1 1 0 0

EC 3 (hydrolases) - 3 1 0 1

EC 4 (lyases) - 7 1 0

EC 5 (isomerases) - 0 1

EC 6 (ligases) - 0

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Enzyme / enzyme pairs

• All but one enzyme pair have their active site located at the same place in the protein fold

• Substrates and / or products shared by 11 pairs

• Cofactor shared by 5 enzyme pairs

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Metal ion binding sites

Conserved metal ion type

Altered metal ion type

Conserved metal ion function

5 0

Altered metal ion function

3 4

Twelve enzyme pairs conserve metal binding sites and ligands to the metal ions are structurally aligned

Where the metal ion type has altered, subtle mutations to the ligand binding site have occurred

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Rubredoxin oxygen oxidoreductase / metallo--

lactamaseMetallo--lactamase uses a Zn2+-activated hydroxyl for nucleophilic attack on the -lactam substrate

Rubredoxin oxygen oxidoreductase

reduces dioxygen via a redox cycle at a di-

iron site Fe ligand Zn2+ ligand

His 79 His 82

Glu 81 His 84

Asp 83 Asp 86

His 146 His 145

Asp 165 Cys 164

His 226 His 206

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Catalytic residue pairs

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Identical role Different role Role in one protein only

Role of residue

Nu

mb

er o

f pai

rs

Unconserved residueidentity

Conserved residueidentity

Catalytic residue pairs

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Change in residue identity and residue function

Endonuclease IV / Xylose isomerase

DNA hydrolysis Xylose Xylulose

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Change in residue identity and residue function

Trp 136His 109

Endonuclease IV Xylose isomerase

Zn2+-assisted hydroxyl performs

nucleophilic attack on DNA

backbone

Base catalysed ring opening, followed by

intramolecular hydride

transfer and ring closure

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Evolution of MechanismMechanisms share a common step at the beginning of the overall reaction pathway, catalysed by residues which are structurally equivalent in both enzymes

Mechanisms share a common step somewhere in the middle of the overall reaction path, catalysed by residues which are structurally equivalent in both enzymes

Mechanisms share common steps at the beginning and end of the overall reaction path, catalysed by residues which are structurally equivalent in both enzymes, but have a different step in the middle

Mechanisms do not share any common steps catalysed by structurally equivalent residues

7

7

2

8

Bartlett et al JMB

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Common first stepdehydroquinate synthase / glycerol dehydrogenase

O

O

OPO3

OH

O2-C

OHH

HZn

2+OH

H

NAD+

O2-COOH

OH HOH

OH

OH

OH

H Zn2+O

H

H

NAD+

OH

OH

O

a. Dehydroquinate synthase

b. Glycerol dehydrogenase

several stages

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Common first stepdehydroquinate synthase / glycerol dehydrogenase

Superposition of Zn2+ and

ligands

dehydroquinate synthase

H271

E194

H287

H275

glycerol dehydrogenaseH255

H252

D169

H269

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Conclusions

• Enzymes are economical in their use of active site residues and features

• It is more likely for residues conserving function to also conserve their identity

• Residues not conserving function tend to mutate

• Tend to find common mechanistic steps at the beginning and ‘middle’ of reaction paths – possibly the most energetically difficult step or intermediate is conserved

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Future

• Increase coverage in MACiE

• Analyse Catalytic Mechanisms – Ingold Reaction Types; effects of non-polar

residues

• Evolution of enzymes, pathways & metabolism in different organisms & tissues

• Design??

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Acknowledgements• Gail Bartlett, Craig Porter, Jonathan Barker

• The MACiE Team – Cambridge Univ Chemistry DeptJohn Mitchell, Daniel Almonacid, Peter Murray-Rust

• BBSRC, MRC, Wellcome Trust, EMBL

James Torrance Alex Gutteridge Gemma Holliday