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Catálisis por desolución: las proezas catalíticas de las enzimas halogenadas alquiladoras dependientes de SAM
Danielle C Lohman1, David R Edwards, Richard Wolfenden
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 18, 2013
Resumen
Las enzimas catalizan la fijación biológica de iones halogenados mediante la transferencia de grupos alquilo de la S-adenosilmetionina. Estas enzimas aceleran significativamente la formación de halogenuros de alquilo, demostrando notables mejoras de velocidad sin cofactores o iones metálicos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Enzimología Enzimología.
- Metabolismo de los iones haluro.
Sus antecedentes:
- La fijación biológica de iones de haluro implica una transferencia enzimática de alquilo de la S-adenosilmetionina.
- Se sabe que varias enzimas catalizan esta reacción de transferencia de alquilo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para medir las velocidades de reacción del ion trimetilsulfonio con varios iones halogenuros y agua.
- Para comparar estas tasas con la catálisis enzimática para la fluorinasa y la clorinasa.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis cinético de las reacciones de iones de trimetilsulfonio con I(-), Br(-), Cl(-), F(-), HO(-), y H2O.
- Extrapolación de las constantes de velocidad de segundo orden a 25 °C para la comparación con los datos de enzimas.
Principales resultados:
- Se determinaron las constantes de velocidad de segundo orden para las reacciones de iones de trimetilsulfonio.
- Las enzimas fluorinasa y clorinasa aumentan las tasas de formación de halogenuros de alquilo por factores de 2 × 10 15 y 1 × 10 17 veces, respectivamente.
- Estas mejoras de velocidad son las más grandes reportadas para una enzima de dos sustratos.
Conclusiones:
- La catálisis enzimática proporciona mejoras masivas en la tasa de formación de haluros de alquilo.
- La fluorasa y la clorinasa logran aceleraciones significativas de la velocidad sin cofactores, iones metálicos o catálisis ácido-base general.
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