SUICIDE SUBSTRATES FOR ALANINE RACEMASE OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI-B
SUICIDE SUBSTRATES FOR ALANINE RACEMASE OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI-B
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00600a028
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
WALSH, C
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作者:
WANG, E;WALSH, C
Alanine racemase (EC 5.1.1.1) from E. coli B was purified about 9000-fold and a dimer of 100,000 daltons, containing 1 molecule of pyridoxal phosphate/subunit. The molecular basis for irreversible active site-directed inactivation of the enzyme by a number of suicide substrates was examined. Both the D and L isomers of .beta.-fluoroalanine and .beta.-chloroalanine partition between .alpha.,.beta. elimination to pyruvate, NH3 and halide ion or inactivation. No racemization is detectable. The Vmax for pyruvate formation from L-chloroalanine is approximately 50-fold lower than from the D isomer of chloroalanine or either fluoroalanine. Both enantiomeric pairs partition identically, approximately 830 turnovers/inactivating event. This invariant partition ratio suggests that a common intermediate, the eneamino acid-PLP [pyridoxal phosphate] complex, is the species responsible for inactivation, probably by Michael attack from a nucleophilic residue at the enzyme active site. In keeping with this idea, O-carbamoyl-D-serine and O-acetyl-D-serine also undergo enzyme-catalyzed elimination for 830 turnovers before causing irreversible inactivation, presumably from the same intermediate. The L isomers of O-carbamoyl- or O-acetylserine do not eliminate nor do they induce inactivation, but serve merely as reversible, competitive inhibitors of the enzyme. This suggests asymmetric binding regions for bulky .beta. substituents at the active site and suggests D isomers of substituted .beta.-alanines would be preferentially effective enzyme inactivators. D-Cycloserine also inactivates the alanine racemase in time-dependent fashion. Thus, both natural antibiotics O-carbamoyl-D-serine and D-cycloserine, previously reported as reversible alanine racemase inhibitors, are in fact suicide substrates along with the .beta.-haloalanines.