The Pseudouridine Synthases Proceed through a Glycal Intermediate.
The Pseudouridine Synthases Proceed through a Glycal Intermediate.
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DOI:
10.1021/jacs.6b04491
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发表时间:
2016-06-29
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15
通讯作者:
Mueller EG
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作者:
Veerareddygari GR;Singh SK;Mueller EG
The pseudouridine synthases isomerize (U) in RNA to pseudouridine (Ψ), and the mechanism that they follow has long been a question of interest. The recent elucidation of a product of the mechanistic probe 5-fluorouridine that had been epimerized to the arabino isomer suggested that the Ψ synthases might operate through a glycal intermediate formed by deprotonation of C2′. When that position in substrate U is deuterated, a primary kinetic isotope effect is observed, which indisputably indicates that the proposed deprotonation occurs during the isomerization of U to Ψ and establishes the mechanism followed by the Ψ synthases.