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Split-and-pool Synthesis and Characterization of Peptide Tertiary Amide Library
Published on: June 20, 2014
二機能アビエタディエン合成酵素: (+) -コパリル二酸化酸中介物質の2つの異なる活性部位間の自由な拡散性移転
R J Peters1, M M Ravn, R M Coates
1Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 13, 2001
まとめ
アビタジエン合成酵素 (AS) は,ゲラニルゲラニルジフォスファートをディターペンに変換するために2つの異なる活性部位を使用します. これらのサイトは,別々の領域に位置し,中間コパリル二リン酸塩の自由拡散メカニズムを容易にします.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 酵素学 酵素学とは
- 植物科学 植物科学について
背景:
- アビアディエン合成酵素 (AS) は,大杉 (Abies grandis) の樹脂酸生物合成を開始する.
- ASはゲラニルゲラニル二酸化物 (GGPP) から2つの異なるサイクル反応を触媒化する.
- 最初の反応は (+) -コパリルジホスファート (CPP) を生成し,安定したバイサイクル中間物質である.
研究 の 目的:
- アビタジーン合成酵素 (AS) の触媒機構と活性部位組織を調査する.
- 連続サイクライゼーション反応に対して,ASが異なる活性部位を持っているかどうかを判断する.
- 活性サイト間の中間転送のメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- トランジション状態のアナログ阻害剤 (14,15-ジヒドロ-15-アザゲラニルゲラニル二酸化物) を利用した.
- 保存されたアスパラテートに富んだモチーフを標的にするサイト・ディレクテッドミュータントを生成.
- 酵素動力学と補完研究を行いました.
主要な成果:
- ASが連続サイクリングのために2つの異なるアクティブサイトを使用していることを実証しました.
- 特定のモチーフの変異は,一つの触媒的活動を廃止し,独立した領域を示唆しました.
- ミュータントの補足と自由CPPの検出は,自由拡散転送メカニズムを確認しました.
- 変異酵素は,野生型のAS活性を増強し,複雑な運動相互作用を示した.
結論:
- ASは,異なるドメイン内の2つの空間的に分離されたアクティブサイトを通じて機能します.
- 中間物質 (+) -コパリル二酸化物は,これらの活性部位の間に自由に拡散する.
- このメカニズムは,ディターペン生物合成の運動的複雑さについての洞察を提供します.
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