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基質アナログの6-カルボキプテリンとのターンオーバー中にバチルス・サブティリスQueEの中間基質
Jarett Wilcoxen1, Nathan A Bruender2, Vahe Bandarian3
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis , Davis, California 95616, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 6, 2018
まとめ
この研究は,6-カルボキシ-7-デアザグアニン (CDG) 合成酵素 (QueE) による6-カルボキプテリン (6- CP) の酵素変換における新しい中間基を明らかにした. パイロロピリミジン代謝産物の新反応経路を明らかにした.
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 酵素学
- スペクトロスコーピー
背景:
- 7-カルボキシ-7-デアザグアニン (CDG) 合成酵素 (QueE) は,S-アデノシルメチオニン (SAM) 酵素である.
- QueEは,ピロロピリミジン代謝産物の合成における重要なステップである,6-カルボキシ-5,6,7,8-テトラヒドロプテリン (CPH4) の変換を触媒化する.
- ラジカルSAM酵素は,4Fe-4S]クラスタを使用してSAMを裂き,5'-デオキシアデノシルラジカルを生成し,基板を改変する.
研究 の 目的:
- 代替基質である6-カルボキシプテリン (6-CP) とのQueEの反応メカニズムを調査する.
- 6-CPによるQueE触媒反応における提案された急性中間物質のスペクトル学的証拠を提供すること.
- 識別された中間基の電子構造を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- 連続波およびパルス電子パラマグネティック共振 (EPR) スペクトロスコーピーを利用した.
- 酵素反応で形成された中間素の電子構造を分析した.
- QueE,6-CP,および5'-デオキシアデノシル基間の相互作用を調査した.
主要な成果:
- 6-CP-dAdoラジカルの中間物質の形成に関するスペクトル学的証拠を提示した.
- この新しい種の電子構造を特徴づけた.
- 5'-dAdo·と6-CPを含む,提案された過激な添加メカニズムを確認した.
結論:
- この研究は,6 - CPのQueE触媒化変換における重要な中間基を特定し,特徴づけています.
- この発見は,QueEの反応機構とより広範な SAM酵素スーパーファミリーに関する新しい洞察を提供します.
- 結果は,改変されたプテリン形成のための酸化脱炭素化に続く根幹添加経路を支持する.
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