Stereoselectivity in the enzymic oxidation and nonenzymic hydrogen-exchange reactions of dihydroorotate
Stereoselectivity in the enzymic oxidation and nonenzymic hydrogen-exchange reactions of dihydroorotate
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二氢乳清酸酶氧化和非酶氢交换反应中的立体选择性
DOI:
10.1021/ja00288a036
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
M. Johnston
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作者:
L. Keys;M. Johnston
(S)-5, 6-Dihydroorotate (1) undergoes a stereoselective hydrogen-exchange reaction with solvent deuterons in deuterium oxide buffer (100 mM NaP¡,'pD 7.8, 37 C). High-field* H NMR analysis of the exchange reveals the formationof (5/?, 6S)-[5-2H] dihydroorotate (3) in an apparent first-order process (/cobsd= 5.4 X 10" 3 h~\37 C). Deuterium incorporation into the 5-pro-S position of 1 is alsoobserved; pro-S exchange, however, occurs considerably more slowly (kobsi= 4.8 X 10" 4 h'1, 37 C) than does pro-R exchange. Stereoselective exchange was also seen for methyl (S)-dihydroorotate (6) and for 6-methyl-(R, 5)-dihydrouracil (7), although these reactions are only modestly stereopreferential. We have capitalized on this stereochemical preference for 5-pro-R hydrogen exchange by preparing two diastereomers of deuterium-enriched dihydroorotates, 3 (from 1 in D2Q buffer) and 5 (from (S)-[5, 5-2H2] dihydroorotate 4 in H20 buffer). These chirally deuterated dihydroorotates were used to elucidate the stereochemical course of the reaction (1—» 2) catalyzed by the beef liver mitochondrial dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (EC 1.3. 3.1). Enzymatic oxidation was readily followed by high-field NMR spectrometry; the data show that the enzyme is absolutely stereoselective with reference to the diastereotopic C5 center. Only the pro-S hydrogen (or deuteron) is lost from C5 during conversion of dihydroorotate to orotate, thereby describing a trans oxidationof substrate. Thus, we report the interesting observation that enzymatic processing of dihydroorotate (1—* 2) shows stereoselectivity at C5 opposite to that of the nonenzymatic C5-hydrogen exchange (1-* 3). These results are examined with reference to the conformational, stereoelectronic, and electrostatic factors that may influence the stereochemical course of both the enzyme-catalyzed and nonenzymatic reactions.