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Koko MYF, Mu W, Hassanin HAM, Zhang S, Lu H, Mohammed JK, Hussain M, Baokun Q, Yang L. Archaeal hyperthermostable mannitol dehydrogenases: A promising industrial enzymes for d-mannitol synthesis. Food Res Int 2020; 137:109638. [PMID: 33233217 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recently, the term healthy lifestyle connected to low-calorie diets, although it is not possible to get rid of added sugars as a source of energy, despite the close relation of added sugars to some diseases such as obesity, diabetes, etc. As a result, the sweetener market has flourished, which has led to increased demand for natural sweeteners such as polyols, including d-mannitol. Various methods have been developed to produce d-mannitol to achieve high productivity and low cost. In particular, metabolic engineering for d-mannitol considers one of the most promising approaches for d-mannitol production on the industrial scale. To date, the chemical process is not ideal for large-scale production because of its multistep mechanism involving hydrogenation and high cost. In this review, we highlight and present a comparative evaluation of the biochemical parameters that affecting d-mannitol synthesis from Thermotoga neapolitana and Thermotoga maritima mannitol dehydrogenase (MtDH) as a potential contribution for d-mannitol bio-synthesis. These species were selected because purified mannitol dehydrogenases from both strains have been reported to produce d-mannitol with no sorbitol formation under temperatures (90-120 °C).
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- Marwa Yagoub Farag Koko
- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
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- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
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- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
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- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China.
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- Department of Food, Grease and Vegetable Protein Engineering, School of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China.
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Ferey J, Da Silva D, Colas C, Nehmé R, Lafite P, Roy V, Morin P, Daniellou R, Agrofoglio L, Maunit B. Monitoring of successive phosphorylations of thymidine using free and immobilized human nucleoside/nucleotide kinases by Flow Injection Analysis with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1049:115-122. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Deng Z, Wang Y, Mao J, Ye M. Investigating the Relationship between the Substrates' Consumption and Their Abundances in a Complex Enzymatic System. Anal Chem 2017; 89:10644-10648. [PMID: 28972787 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The enzymatic process involving the incubation of a library of substrates with an enzyme is the key step for a few important experiments for bioanalytical chemistry including proteomics analysis, enzymatic labeling, substrate screening, etc. The relationship between the substrates' consumption and their abundances in a complex enzymatic system with a huge number of coexisting substrates of different abundances was not well-known. In this study, we have demonstrated theoretically and experimentally that the priority of substrate consumption depended on their specificity constants but not abundances. We derived the expression between the fractions of the substrates consumed (pi) and their specificity constants. Using the enzymatic system of five synthetic peptide substrates of trypsin, we validated through 24 experiments that the ln(1 - pi) values of competing substrates have linear correlation with their specificity constants, and thus, the priority of substrate depletion has no relation with their abundances. Using a state of the art quantitative proteomics approach, we found that the ln(1 - pi) values of 144 competing substrates between any two of four experiments have a linear relationship and the prioritization of substrates can be achieved by sorting their consumption rates in the experiment. This study will improve our understanding of the enzymatic kinetics in the complex system and will benefit the design of enzymatic analytical approaches.
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- Zhenzhen Deng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China
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Measuring specificity in multi-substrate/product systems as a tool to investigate selectivity in vivo. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1864:70-6. [PMID: 26321598 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Multiple substrate enzymes present a particular challenge when it comes to understanding their activity in a complex system. Although a single target may be easy to model, it does not always present an accurate representation of what that enzyme will do in the presence of multiple substrates simultaneously. Therefore, there is a need to find better ways to both study these enzymes in complicated systems, as well as accurately describe the interactions through kinetic parameters. This review looks at different methods for studying multiple substrate enzymes, as well as explores options on how to most accurately describe an enzyme's activity within these multi-substrate systems. Identifying and defining this enzymatic activity should help clear the way to using in vitro systems to accurately predicting the behavior of multi-substrate enzymes in vivo. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Physiological Enzymology and Protein Functions.
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Kellerman DL, Simmons KS, Pedraza M, Piccirilli JA, York DM, Harris ME. Determination of hepatitis delta virus ribozyme N(-1) nucleobase and functional group specificity using internal competition kinetics. Anal Biochem 2015; 483:12-20. [PMID: 25937290 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Biological catalysis involves interactions distant from the site of chemistry that can position the substrate for reaction. Catalysis of RNA 2'-O-transphosphorylation by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) ribozyme is sensitive to the identity of the N(-1) nucleotide flanking the reactive phosphoryl group. However, the interactions that affect the conformation of this position, and in turn the 2'O nucleophile, are unclear. Here, we describe the application of multiple substrate internal competition kinetic analyses to understand how the N(-1) nucleobase contributes to HDV catalysis and test the utility of this approach for RNA structure-function studies. Internal competition reactions containing all four substrate sequence variants at the N(-1) position in reactions using ribozyme active site mutations at A77 and A78 were used to test a proposed base-pairing interaction. Mutants A78U, A78G, and A79G retain significant catalytic activity but do not alter the specificity for the N(-1) nucleobase. Effects of nucleobase analog substitutions at N(-1) indicate that U is preferred due to the ability to donate an H-bond in the Watson-Crick face and avoid minor groove steric clash. The results provide information essential for evaluating models of the HDV active site and illustrate multiple substrate kinetic analyses as a practical approach for characterizing structure-function relationships in RNA reactions.
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- Daniel L Kellerman
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Lin HC, Yandek LE, Gjermeni I, Harris ME. Determination of relative rate constants for in vitro RNA processing reactions by internal competition. Anal Biochem 2014; 467:54-61. [PMID: 25173512 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Studies of RNA recognition and catalysis typically involve measurement of rate constants for reactions of individual RNA sequence variants by fitting changes in substrate or product concentration to exponential or linear functions. A complementary approach is determination of relative rate constants by internal competition, which involves quantifying the time-dependent changes in substrate or product ratios in reactions containing multiple substrates. Here, we review approaches for determining relative rate constants by analysis of both substrate and product ratios and illustrate their application using the in vitro processing of precursor transfer RNA (tRNA) by ribonuclease P as a model system. The presence of inactive substrate populations is a common complicating factor in analysis of reactions involving RNA substrates, and approaches for quantitative correction of observed rate constants for these effects are illustrated. These results, together with recent applications in the literature, indicate that internal competition offers an alternate method for analyzing RNA processing kinetics using standard molecular biology methods that directly quantifies substrate specificity and may be extended to a range of applications.
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- Hsuan-Chun Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Picking sides: distinct roles for CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 in rice oryzalexin biosynthesis. Biochem J 2013; 454:209-16. [PMID: 23795884 DOI: 10.1042/bj20130574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Natural products biosynthesis often requires the action of multiple CYPs (cytochromes P450), whose ability to introduce oxygen, increasing solubility, is critical for imparting biological activity. In previous investigations of rice diterpenoid biosynthesis, we characterized CYPs that catalyse alternative hydroxylation of ent-sandaracopimaradiene, the precursor to the rice oryzalexin antibiotic phytoalexins. In particular, CYP76M5, CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 were all shown to carry out C-7β hydroxylation, whereas CYP701A8 catalyses C-3α hydroxylation, with oxy groups found at both positions in oryzalexins A-D, suggesting that these may act consecutively in oryzalexin biosynthesis. In the present paper, we report that, although CYP701A8 only poorly reacts with 7β-hydroxy-ent-sandaracopimaradiene, CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 readily react with 3α-hydroxy-ent-sandaracopimaradiene. Notably, their activity yields distinct products, resulting from hydroxylation at C-9β by CYP76M6 or C-7β by CYP76M8, on different sides of the core tricyclic ring structure. Thus CYP76M6 and CYP76M8 have distinct non-redundant roles in orzyalexin biosynthesis. Moreover, the resulting 3α,7β- and 3α,9β-diols correspond to oryzalexins D and E respectively. Accordingly, the results of the present study complete the functional identification of the biosynthetic pathway underlying the production of these bioactive phytoalexins. In addition, the altered regiochemistry catalysed by CYP76M6 following C-3α hydroxylation has some implications for its active-site configuration, offering further molecular insight.
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Mironov GG, St-Jacques AD, Mungham A, Eason MG, Chica RA, Berezovski MV. Bioanalysis for biocatalysis: multiplexed capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry assay for aminotransferase substrate discovery and specificity profiling. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:13728-36. [PMID: 23964747 DOI: 10.1021/ja407486z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In this work, we introduce an entirely automated enzyme assay based on capillary electrophoresis coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry termed MINISEP-MS for multiple interfluent nanoinjections-incubation-separation-enzyme profiling using mass spectrometry. MINISEP-MS requires only nanoliters of reagent solutions and uses the separation capillary as a microreactor, allowing multiple substrates to be assayed simultaneously. The method can be used to rapidly profile the substrate specificity of any enzyme and to measure steady-state kinetics in an automated fashion. We used the MINISEP-MS assay to profile the substrate specificity of three aminotransferases (E. coli aspartate aminotransferase, E. coli branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase, and Bacillus sp. YM-1 D-amino acid aminotransferase) for 33 potential amino acid substrates and to measure steady-state kinetics. Using MINISEP-MS, we were able to recapitulate the known substrate specificities and to discover new amino acid substrates for these industrially relevant enzymes. Additionally, we were able to measure the apparent K(M) and k(cat) parameters for amino acid donor substrates of these aminotransferases. Because of its many advantages, the MINISEP-MS assay has the potential of becoming a useful tool for researchers aiming to identify or create novel enzymes for specific biocatalytic applications.
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- Gleb G Mironov
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada , K1N 6N5
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Li DG, Liu B, Zhou DW. Structural characterization of enzymatic products in the dTDP-d-Qui4NFo biosynthetic pathway using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2013; 27:681-690. [PMID: 23418147 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Structural characterization of biosynthetic precursors is very important in assigning enzymatic function to proteins that have been identified as functional homologs on the basis of sequence homology alone. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the use of electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) as a powerful technique for the characterization of enzymatic products in the biosynthetic pathway of deoxythymidine 5'-diphosphate-4-formamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose (dTDP-D-Qui4NFo) in Providencia alcalifaciens O30. METHODS The glucose-1-phosphate thymidyltransferase (RmlA), dTDP-d-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RmlB), dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose aminotransferase (VioA), and formyltransferase (VioF) catalyzed reactions were directly monitored by ESI-MS, followed by a detailed structural characterization of the final enzymatic products using ESI-MS/MS in the negative-ion mode after minimal cleanup. RESULTS The biosynthetic pathway of dTDP-D-Qui4NFo, beginning from α-D-glucose-1-phosphate in four reaction steps catalyzed by RmlA, RmlB, VioA and VioF, was characterized solely by ESI-MS/MS. The results obtained were in good agreement with that of traditional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) monitoring and preparation, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and ESI-MS structural characterization. CONCLUSIONS MS provides efficient and simple characterization of important unusual dTDP-sugar biosynthetic pathways in the O-chains of bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
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- Dian-Ge Li
- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochip, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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Screening of new huprines—Inhibitors of acetylcholinesterases by electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2012; 70:1-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Paul P, Suwan J, Liu J, Dordick JS, Linhardt RJ. Recent advances in sulfotransferase enzyme activity assays. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 403:1491-500. [PMID: 22526635 PMCID: PMC3425364 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5944-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Sulfotransferases are enzymes that catalyze the transfer of sulfo groups from a donor, for example 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, to an acceptor, for example the amino or hydroxyl groups of a small molecule, xenobiotic, carbohydrate, or peptide. These enzymes are important targets in the design of novel therapeutics for treatment of a variety of diseases. This review examines assays used for this important class of enzyme, paying particular attention to sulfotransferases acting on carbohydrates and peptides and the major challenges associated with their analysis.
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- Priscilla Paul
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and National Products, College of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Biotechnology Center, 4005, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Biotechnology Center, 4005, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Semi-selective fatty acyl reductases from four heliothine moths influence the specific pheromone composition. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37230. [PMID: 22615947 PMCID: PMC3353883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Sex pheromones are essential in moth mate communication. Information on pheromone biosynthetic genes and enzymes is needed to comprehend the mechanisms that contribute to specificity of pheromone signals. Most heliothine moths use sex pheromones with (Z)–11–hexadecenal as the major component in combination with minor fatty aldehydes and alcohols. In this study we focus on four closely related species, Heliothis virescens, Heliothis subflexa, Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta, which use (Z)–11–hexadecenal, (Z)–9–tetradecanal, and (Z)–9–hexadecenal in different ratios in their pheromone blend. The components are produced from saturated fatty acid precursors by desaturation, β–oxidation, reduction and oxidation. Results We analyzed the composition of fatty acyl pheromone precursors and correlated it to the pheromone composition. Next, we investigated whether the downstream fatty–acyl reduction step modulates the ratio of alcohol intermediates before the final oxidation step. By isolating and functionally characterizing the Fatty Acyl Reductase (pgFAR) from each species we found that the pgFARs were active on a broad set of C8 to C16 fatty acyl substrates including the key pheromone precursors, Z9–14, Z9–16 and Z11–16:acyls. When presenting the three precursors in equal ratios to yeast cultures expressing any of the four pgFARs, all reduced (Z)–9–tetradecenoate preferentially over (Z)–11–hexadecenoate, and the latter over (Z)–9–hexadecenoate. Finally, when manipulating the precursor ratios in vitro, we found that the pgFARs display small differences in the biochemical activity on various substrates. Conclusions We conclude that a pgFAR with broad specificity is involved in heliothine moth pheromone biosynthesis, functioning as a semi–selective funnel that produces species–specific alcohol product ratios depending on the fatty–acyl precursor ratio in the pheromone gland. This study further supports the key role of these in pheromone biosynthesis and emphasizes the interplay between the pheromone fatty acyl precursors and the Lepidoptera specific pgFARs in shaping the pheromone composition.
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Clarke DJ, Stokes AA, Langridge-Smith P, Mackay CL. Online quench-flow electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry for elucidating kinetic and chemical enzymatic reaction mechanisms. Anal Chem 2010; 82:1897-904. [PMID: 20112916 DOI: 10.1021/ac9026302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have developed an automated quench-flow microreactor which interfaces directly to an electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometer. We have used this device in conjunction with ESI Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR MS) to demonstrate the potential of this approach for studying the mechanistic details of enzyme reactions. For the model system chosen to test this device, namely, the pre-steady-state hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate by the enzyme chymotrypsin, the kinetic parameters obtained are in good agreement with those in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of online quench-flow coupled with FTICR MS. Furthermore, we have exploited the power of FTICR MS to interrogate the quenched covalently bound enzyme intermediate using top-down fragmentation. The accurate mass capabilities of FTICR MS permitted the nature of the intermediate to be assigned with high confidence. Electron capture dissociation (ECD) fragmentation allowed us to locate the intermediate to a five amino acid section of the protein--which includes the known catalytic residue, Ser(195). This experimental approach, which uniquely can provide both kinetic and chemical details of enzyme mechanisms, is a potentially powerful tool for studies of enzyme catalysis.
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- David J Clarke
- SIRCAMS, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
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Nawarathne IN, Walker KD. Point mutations (Q19P and N23K) increase the operational solubility of a 2alpha-O-benzoyltransferase that conveys various acyl groups from CoA to a taxane acceptor. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2010; 73:151-159. [PMID: 20108947 DOI: 10.1021/np900524d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Two site-directed mutations within the wild-type 2-O-benzoyltransferase (tbt) cDNA, from Taxus cuspidata plants, yielded an encoded protein containing replacement amino acids at Q19P and N23K that map to a solvent-exposed loop region. The likely significant changes in the biophysical properties invoked by these mutations caused the overexpressed, modified TBT (mTBT) to partition into the soluble enzyme fraction about 5-fold greater than the wild-type enzyme. Sufficient protein could now be acquired to examine the scope of the substrate specificity of mTBT by incubation with 7,13-O,O-diacetyl-2-O-debenzoylbaccatin III that was mixed individually with various substituted benzoyls, alkanoyls, and (E)-butenoyl CoA donors. The mTBT catalyzed the conversion of each 7,13-O,O-diacetyl-2-O-debenzoylbaccatin III to several 7,13-O,O-diacetyl-2-O-acyl-2-O-debenzoylbaccatin III analogues. The relative catalytic efficiency of mTBT with the 7,13-O,O-diacetyl-2-O-debenzoyl surrogate substrate and heterole carbonyl CoA substrates was slightly greater than with the natural aroyl substrate benzoyl CoA, while substituted benzoyl CoA thioesters were less productive. Short-chain hydrocarbon carbonyl and cyclohexanoyl CoA thioesters were also productive, where C(4) substrates were transferred by mTBT with approximately 10- to 17-fold greater catalytic efficiency compared to the transfer of benzoyl. The described broad specificity of mTBT suggests that a plethora of 2-O-acyl variants of the antimitotic paclitaxel can be assembled through biocatalytic sequences.
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- Irosha N Nawarathne
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Srividhya J, Mourão MA, Crampin EJ, Schnell S. Enzyme catalyzed reactions: from experiment to computational mechanism reconstruction. Comput Biol Chem 2009; 34:11-8. [PMID: 19945917 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2009.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2009] [Revised: 10/23/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The traditional experimental practice in enzyme kinetics involves the measurement of substrate or product concentrations as a function of time. Advances in computing have produced novel approaches for modeling enzyme catalyzed reactions from time course data. One example of such an approach is the selection of appropriate chemical reactions that best fit the data. A common limitation of this approach resides in the number of chemical species considered. The number of possible chemical reactions grows exponentially with the number of chemical species, which makes difficult to select reactions that uniquely describe the data and diminishes the efficiency of the methods. In addition, a method's performance is also dependent on several quantitative and qualitative properties of the time course data, of which we know very little. This information is important to experimentalists as it could allow them to setup their experiments in ways that optimize the network reconstruction. We have previously described a method for inferring reaction mechanisms and kinetic rate parameters from time course data. Here, we address the limitations in the number of chemical reactions by allowing the introduction of information about chemical interactions. We also address the unknown properties of the input data by determining experimental data properties that maximize our method's performance. We investigate the following properties: initial substrate-enzyme concentration ratios; initial substrate-enzyme concentration variation ranges; number of data points; number of different experiments (time courses); and noise. We test the method using data generated in silico from the Michaelis-Menten and the Hartley-Kilby reaction mechanisms. Our results demonstrate the importance of experimental design for time course assays that has not been considered in experimental protocols. These considerations can have far reaching implications for the computational mechanism reconstruction process.
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- Jeyaraman Srividhya
- Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Ondari ME, Walker KD. The Taxol Pathway 10-O-Acetyltransferase Shows Regioselective Promiscuity with the Oxetane Hydroxyl of 4-Deacetyltaxanes. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:17187-94. [DOI: 10.1021/ja8067534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mark E. Ondari
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Ozyurt AS, Selby TL. Computational active site analysis of molecular pathways to improve functional classification of enzymes. Proteins 2008; 72:184-96. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.21907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wang Y, Zagorevski DV, Stenken JA. In situ and multisubstrate detection of elastase enzymatic activity external to microdialysis sampling probes using LC-ESI-MS. Anal Chem 2008; 80:2050-7. [PMID: 18278883 PMCID: PMC4717840 DOI: 10.1021/ac702047w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Extracellular proteases play significant roles in mammalian development and disease. Enzymatic activity external to a microdialysis sampling probe can be determined by infusing judicious choices of substrates followed by collecting and measuring the products. Porcine pancreatic elastase was used as a model enzyme with two substrates possessing different cleavage sites, N-methoxysuccinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (FL-substrate) and N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Ala-p-nitroanilide (UV-substrate). These substrates were infused through the microdialysis sampling probe to a solution containing elastase. The resulting four products and the remaining two substrates were collected into the dialysate and were subsequently analyzed off-line using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with electrospray ionization (ESI). All analytes were identified using extracted ion chromatograms of m/z 628 (FL-substrate), m/z 452 (UV-substrate), m/z 471 (N-methoxysuccinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val, FL-NTP), m/z 332 (N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Ala, UV-NTP), m/z 176 (7-amino-4-methylcoumarin, AMC), and m/z 139 (p-nitroaniline, pNA). FL-NTP and FL-substrate exhibited 10-fold higher ion production as compared to AMC with equimolar standards. Microdialysis sampling combined with LC-ESI-MS detection allowed for in situ determination of the enzymatic activity of a protease external to the microdialysis probe when using different peptide-based substrates.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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Leboeuf E, Immerzeel P, Gibon Y, Steup M, Pauly M. High-throughput functional assessment of polysaccharide-active enzymes using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry as exemplified on plant cell wall polysaccharides. Anal Biochem 2008; 373:9-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2007] [Revised: 10/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu J, Vajjhala S, O'Connor S. A microPLC-based approach for determining kinase-substrate specificity. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2007; 5:559-66. [PMID: 17767424 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2007.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation is central to signal transduction in living organisms. The specificity of phosphorylation ensures signaling fidelity. Understanding substrate specificity is essential for novel assay development in drug discovery. In this study, we have developed an innovative approach to study protein kinase and its substrate specificity. Using 24 micro parallel liquid chromatography, we studied the reaction kinetics for two different peptide substrates commonly associated with protein kinase A (PKA): Kemptide (Leu-Arg-Arg-Ala-Ser-Leu-Glu) and CREBtide (Lys-Arg-Arg-Glu-Ile-Leu-Ser-Arg-Arg-Pro-Ser-Tyr-Arg). The phosphorylation of each substrate was monitored in real time, and the kinetic parameters (V(max), K(m), k(cat), and k(cat) K(m)) were determined for a variety of initial conditions. The results from several kinetic experiments indicated that Kemptide had higher V(max) and k(cat) values compared to CREBtide under the same assay conditions. However, both substrates had a similar k cat)/K(m) value, suggesting that both substrates have similar specificity constants for PKA. We further analyzed the reaction kinetics of ATP for both PKA/substrate complexes. Interestingly, we found that there was a fivefold difference in the specificity constants for ATP affinity to the two complexes, suggesting that even though the sequence differences between the two substrates do not affect their independent interactions with PKA, the differences do have a secondary effect on each enzyme's interaction with ATP and significantly alter the ATP consumption and thus phosphorylation. This novel approach has a broad application for studying enzyme functions and enzyme/substrate specificity.
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- Jun Wu
- Nanostream Inc., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA.
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Jänis J, Pulkkinen P, Rouvinen J, Vainiotalo P. Determination of steady-state kinetic parameters for a xylanase-catalyzed hydrolysis of neutral underivatized xylooligosaccharides by mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2007; 365:165-73. [PMID: 17475200 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2007] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A direct mass spectrometric approach was used for the determination of steady-state kinetic parameters, the turnover number (k(cat)), the Michaelis constant (K(M)), and the specificity constant (k(cat)/K(M)) for an enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of xylooligosaccharides. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was performed to observe product distributions and to determine k(cat), K(M), and k(cat)/K(M) values for Trichoderma reesei endo-1,4-beta-xylanase II (TRX II) with xylohexaose (Xyl(6)), xylopentaose (Xyl(5)), xylotetraose (Xyl(4)), and xylotriose (Xyl(3)) as substrates. The determined k(cat)/K(M) values (0.93, 0.37, 0.027, and 0.00015 microM(-1) s(-1), respectively) indicated that Xyl(6) was the most preferred substrate of TRX II. In addition, the obtained K(M) value for Xyl(5) (136 microM) was roughly twice as high as that for Xyl(6) (73 microM), suggesting that at least six putative subsites contribute to the substrate binding in the active site of TRX II. Previous mass spectrometric assays for enzyme kinetics have been used mostly in the case of reactions that result in a transfer of acidic groups (e.g., phosphate) into neutral oligosaccharides giving rise to negatively charged products. Here we demonstrate that such analysis is also feasible in the case of neutral underivatized oligosaccharides. Implications of the results for the catalytic mechanism of TRX II in particular are discussed.
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- Janne Jänis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
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Greis KD. Mass spectrometry for enzyme assays and inhibitor screening: an emerging application in pharmaceutical research. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2007; 26:324-39. [PMID: 17405133 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Robust methods that monitor enzyme activity and inhibitor potency are crucial to drug discovery and development. Over the past 20 years, mass spectrometric methods have increasingly been used to measure enzyme activity and kinetics. However, for rapid screening of inhibitory compounds, various forms of fluorescence and chemiluminscence readout have continued to dominate the market. As the sensitivity, speed, and miniaturization of mass spectrometry methods continue to advance, opportunities to couple mass spectrometry with screening will continue to come to the forefront. To appreciate the tremendous potential for MS-based screening assays, it becomes necessary to understand the current state of capabilities in this arena. Thus, this review is intended to capture how mass spectrometry for studying enzymes activity has progressed from simple qualitative questions (i.e., is the product detected?) to quantitative measures of enzyme activity and kinetics and then as a tool for rapidly screening inhibitory compounds as an alternative to current methods of high throughput drug screening.
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- Kenneth D Greis
- Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, 2180 E. Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, USA.
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Grasso G, Fragai M, Rizzarelli E, Spoto G, Yeo KJ. A new methodology for monitoring the activity of cdMMP-12 anchored and freeze-dried on Au (111). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2007; 18:961-9. [PMID: 17368043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are cell-secreted soluble and membrane-tethered enzymes that are capable of degrading extracellular matrix proteins, but also can process a number of bioactive molecules. They are involved in the cleavage of cell surface receptors, but are also thought to play a major role on cell behaviors as well as in diverse physiological and pathological processes, including embryonic development, wound repair, inflammatory diseases, and cancer. For these reasons, it is obvious that a control over MMPs activity is highly desirable. Consequently, the frantic search for new inhibitors has been coupled to the development of high-throughput methods able to rapidly screen the effect of possible MMP inhibitors on the activity of these enzymes. In this scenario, solid-state-based methods play a major role because of their compatibility with array formats that are able to extract more information from smaller sample volumes and offer some important advantages that are not available in the standard solution assays. In this work, the catalytic domain of MMP-12 was immobilized on a gold substrate and the surface coverage was measured by FT-SPR experiments. A new experimental procedure was developed to freeze-dry the anchored molecules and their activity was measured by ESI-MS. The kinetics parameters obtained for the immobilized enzyme are in good accordance with those reported for similar systems in solution. Inhibition of the immobilized molecules was also carried out, demonstrating the applicability of the method for rapid screening of MMP inhibitors.
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- Giuseppe Grasso
- Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Chimica dei Metalli nei Sistemi Biologici, Bari, Italy
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Loncaric C, Merriweather E, Walker KD. Profiling a Taxol pathway 10beta-acetyltransferase: assessment of the specificity and the production of baccatin III by in vivo acetylation in E. coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 13:309-17. [PMID: 16638536 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2005] [Revised: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 01/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The 10beta-acetyltransferase on the biosynthetic pathway of the antineoplastic drug Taxol catalyzes the regiospecific transfer of the acetyl group of acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) to 10-deacetylbaccatin III. We demonstrate that in addition to acetyl group transfer, the overexpressed enzyme also catalyzes the exchange of propionyl and n-butyryl from the corresponding CoA thioester to the hydroxyl group at C10 of the cosubstrate. Also, in vivo studies revealed that E. coli, producing endogenous acetyl-CoA and overexpressing the recombinant acetyltransferase, can convert exogenously supplied 10-deacetylbaccatin III to baccatin III. Potentially, this heterologous in vivo production method in bacteria could be optimized to couple various unnatural acyl-CoA analogs to myriad amino and/or hydroxyl acceptors by acyltransferase catalysis; conceivably, this process could facilitate the preparation of second-generation Taxols.
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- Catherine Loncaric
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Pedersena MG, Bersani AM, Bersani E. The Total Quasi-Steady-State Approximation for Fully Competitive Enzyme Reactions. Bull Math Biol 2006; 69:433-57. [PMID: 16850351 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9136-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The validity of the Michaelis-Menten-Briggs-Haldane approximation for single enzyme reactions has recently been improved by the formalism of the total quasi-steady-state approximation. This approach is here extended to fully competitive systems, and a criterion for its validity is provided. We show that it extends the Michaelis-Menten-Briggs-Haldane approximation for such systems for a wide range of parameters very convincingly, and investigate special cases. It is demonstrated that our method is at least roughly valid in the case of identical affinities. The results presented should be useful for numerical simulations of many in vivo reactions.
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- Morten Gram Pedersena
- Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet, Building 303, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Pi N, Hoang MB, Gao H, Mougous JD, Bertozzi CR, Leary JA. Kinetic measurements and mechanism determination of Stf0 sulfotransferase using mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2006; 341:94-104. [PMID: 15866533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mycobacterial carbohydrate sulfotransferase Stf0 catalyzes the sulfuryl group transfer from 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to trehalose. The sulfation of trehalose is required for the biosynthesis of sulfolipid-1, the most abundant sulfated metabolite found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this paper, an efficient enzyme kinetics assay for Stf0 using electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry is presented. The kinetic constants of Stf0 were measured, and the catalytic mechanism of the sulfuryl group transfer reaction was investigated in initial rate kinetics and product inhibition experiments. In addition, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry was employed to detect the noncovalent complexes, the Stf0-PAPS and Stf0-trehalose binary complexes, and a Stf0-3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate-trehalose ternary complex. The results from our study strongly suggest a rapid equilibrium random sequential Bi-Bi mechanism for Stf0 with formation of a ternary complex intermediate. In this mechanism, PAPS and trehalose bind and their products are released in random fashion. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed mechanistic data reported for Stf0, which further demonstrates the power of mass spectrometry in elucidating the reaction pathway and catalytic mechanism of promising enzymatic systems.
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- Na Pi
- Department of Chemistry and Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95606, USA
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Deng G, Sanyal G. Applications of mass spectrometry in early stages of target based drug discovery. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2006; 40:528-38. [PMID: 16256286 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Revised: 08/30/2005] [Accepted: 08/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mass spectrometry (MS) has been applied to drug discovery for many years. With the advent of new ionization techniques, MS has emerged as an important analytical tool in identification and characterization of protein targets, structure elucidation of synthetic compounds, and early drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics studies. Two MS-based strategies, function-based and affinity-based, have been employed in recent years for screening and evaluation of compounds. In the function-based approach, the effects of compounds on the biological activity of a target molecule are measured. In the affinity-based approach, compounds are screened based on their binding affinities to target molecules. The interaction between targets and compounds can be directly evaluated by monitoring the formation of non-covalent target-ligand complexes (direct detection) or indirectly evaluated by detecting the compounds after separating bound compounds from unbound (indirect detection). Various techniques including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-MS, size exclusion chromatography (SEC)-MS, frontal affinity chromatography (FAC)-MS and desorption/ionization on silicon (DIOS)-MS can be applied. The recent advances, relative advantages, and limitations of each MS-based method as a tool in compound screening and compound evaluation in the early stages of drug discovery are discussed in this review.
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- Gejing Deng
- Department of Biochemistry, Infection Drug Discovery, AstraZeneca R&D Boston, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
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Li Z, Sau AK, Furdui CM, Anderson KS. Probing the role of tightly bound phosphoenolpyruvate in Escherichia coli 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase catalysis using quantitative time-resolved electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in the millisecond time range. Anal Biochem 2005; 343:35-47. [PMID: 15979047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Escherichia coli 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase catalyzes the condensation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and D-arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P) to produce KDO8P and inorganic phosphate. The enzyme is often isolated with varying amounts of tightly bound PEP substrate. To better understand the role of tightly bound PEP in E. coli KDO8P synthase catalysis, a combination of transient kinetic methodologies including rapid chemical quench and mass spectrometry techniques such as time-resolved electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF MS) were used to study the enzyme purified both in the PEP-bound state and in the unbound state. Pre-steady state burst and single-turnover experiments using radiolabeled [1-(14)C] and [(32)P]A5P revealed significant kinetic differences between these enzyme preparations. The active sites concentrations for the bound and unbound states of the enzyme were almost the same (approximately 100%) and the product release for both states of the enzyme was rate limiting. However, the rate constant of product formation for the PEP-bound enzyme (125 s(-1)) was higher than that of the unbound enzyme (46 s(-1)). This was further confirmed by single-turnover experiments using radiolabeled [(32)P]A5P. Interestingly, when PEP was removed from the PEP-bound enzyme and external PEP was added before the kinetic experiments, both the pre-steady state burst and the single-turnover kinetic parameters were similar to those of the enzyme purified in the unbound state. The rate constants of product formation were determined as 44 s(-1) (burst experiment) and 48 s(-1) (single-turnover experiment). The reaction kinetics of the E. coli KDO8P synthase was also followed by time-resolved ESI mass spectrometry. To validate the suitability of this technique for conducting enzyme kinetics, the standard reaction of p-nitrophenyl acetate hydrolysis by chymotrypsin was analyzed by stopped-flow and time-resolved ESI-TOF MS. The rate constant of p-nitrophenol formation followed by stopped-flow spectrophotometry matched perfectly the rate constant of acetyl-chymotrypsin intermediate formation followed by time-resolved ESI-TOF MS (0.1 s(-1)). The catalytic properties of the PEP-bound and unbound states of the E. coli KDO8P synthase were then studied on a millisecond time scale. The changes in the intensity of E*PEP, E*KDO8P, and E*intermediate complexes as a function of time were quantified and the reaction kinetics were modeled using KinTekSim simulation software. An analysis of the reaction kinetics established the kinetic competence of the intermediate based upon the rate constants for substrate decay and product formation. The ability of time-resolved ESI-TOF MS to detect and monitor the kinetics for the reaction intermediate constitutes a significant advantage over the traditional rapid chemical quench technique. For all three states of the enzyme (PEP-bound, unbound, and PEP removed from the PEP-bound state) the rate constants obtained by time-resolved ESI-TOF MS matched the pre-steady state rates determined by rapid chemical quench. A comparison of reaction time courses for each state of the enzyme revealed that, in the case of PEP-bound enzyme, the enzymatic reaction reached completion faster than that for the unbound state. In summary, these studies led to the conclusion that bound PEP has an important role in catalysis, maintaining the enzyme in a conformational state optimal for catalytic activity, and established the kinetic competence of the reaction intermediate. This technique has broad applicability for the kinetic analysis of any enzyme system where the substrates, products, or intermediates are eluding the common detection techniques or as a method alternative to the widely used radioactivity assays.
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- Zhili Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Yang M, Brazier M, Edwards R, Davis BG. High-throughput mass-spectrometry monitoring for multisubstrate enzymes: determining the kinetic parameters and catalytic activities of glycosyltransferases. Chembiochem 2005; 6:346-57. [PMID: 15678424 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A novel high-throughput screening (HTS) method with electrospray time-of-flight (ESI-TOF) mass spectrometry allows i) rapid and broad screening of multisubstrate enzyme catalytic activity towards a range of donor and acceptor substrates; ii) determination of full multisubstrate kinetic parameters and the binding order of substrates. Two representative glycosyltransferases (GTs, one common, one recently isolated, one O-glycosyltransferase (O-GT), one N-glycosyltransferase (N-GT)) have been used to validate this system: the widely used bovine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.22), and the recently isolated Arabidopsis thaliana GT UGT72B1 (EC 2.4.1.-). The GAR (green/amber/red) broad-substrate-specificity screen, which is based on the mass ion abundance of product, provides a fast, high-throughput method for finding potential donors and acceptors from substrate libraries. This was evaluated by using six natural and non-natural donors (alpha-UDP-D-Glucose (UDPGlc), alpha-UDP-N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine (UDPGlcNAc), alpha-UDP-D-5-thioglucose (UDP5SGlc), alpha-GDP-L-fucose (GDPFuc), alpha-GDP-D-mannose (GDPMan), alpha,beta-UDP-D-mannose (UDPMan)) and 32 broad-ranging acceptors (sugars, plant hormones, antibiotics, flavonoids, coumarins, phenylpropanoids and benzoic acids). By using the fast-equilibrium assumption, KM, kcat and KIA were determined for representative substrates, and these values were used to determine substrate binding orders. These screening methods applied to the two very different enzymes revealed some unusual substrate specificities, thus highlighting the utility of broad-ranging substrate screening. For UGT72B1, it was shown that the donor specificity is determined largely by the nucleotide moiety. The method is therefore capable of identifying GT enzymes with usefully broad carbohydrate-transfer ability.
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- Min Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Liesener A, Karst U. Turbulent flow chromatography for the reduction of matrix effects in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry-based enzyme assays. J Sep Sci 2005; 28:1658-65. [PMID: 16224959 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200500090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Turbulent flow chromatography (TFC) is presented as a means to reduce ion suppression in simultaneous multianalyte mass spectrometric bioassays. In this study, the effects of enzymes present in the sample on the signal response of five analytes were simultaneously investigated over a protein content range from 0 to 38 microg/mL by means of direct flow injection MS. As model enzymes, trypsin, thrombin, and chymotrypsin were selected. Without employment of TFC, both signal suppression and signal enhancement, depending on the nature of the analyte and the amount of matrix in the sample, were observed. Generally, these matrix effects were found to be intolerably large. The deviation from the mean signal response as a measure of deterioration was found to be between 14 and 112%. The addition of an excess of methanol as means of sample clean-up was investigated and found not to be sufficient. By employing TFC for online sample preparation, it was possible to reduce the matrix effecTs to a minimum for all model systems investigated. In case of trypsin the distortion could be lowered from 41.9 to 2.6%. Thus, TFC is considered to be a highly valuable tool for improving the sensitivity and reliability in the monitoring of enzymatic conversions by means of MS.
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- André Liesener
- Chemical Analysis Group and MESA Research Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Liesener A, Karst U. Monitoring enzymatic conversions by mass spectrometry: a critical review. Anal Bioanal Chem 2005; 382:1451-64. [PMID: 16007447 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-005-3305-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Revised: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/13/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This review highlights recent advances in the application of electrospray ionisation and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry (MS) to study enzymatic reactions. Several assay schemes for different fields of application are presented. The employment of MS as a means of detection in pre-steady-state kinetic studies by rapid-mixing direct analysis and rapid-mixing quench flow techniques is discussed. Several steady-state kinetic studies of a broad range of different enzymatic systems are presented as well as enzyme inhibition studies for various target enzymes. As a promising new development multiplex assays, which monitor the conversion of several substrates simultaneously in one experiment, are described. This assay type has been used for competition studies, enzymatic activity screenings and for diagnostic purposes in clinical chemistry. Generally, it can be concluded that mass spectrometry offers an intriguing alternative as detection methodology in enzymatic bioassays. Its applicability for the monitoring the conversion of naturally occurring substrates and its overall versatility make MS an especially promising tool for the study of enzyme-catalysed processes.
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- André Liesener
- Chemical Analysis Group and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500, AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Liesener A, Perchuc AM, Schöni R, Wilmer M, Karst U. Screening for proteolytic activities in snake venom by means of a multiplexing electrospray ionization mass spectrometry assay scheme. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2005; 19:2923-8. [PMID: 16175652 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A multiplexed mass spectrometry based assay scheme for the simultaneous determination of five different substrate/product pairs was developed as a tool for screening of proteolytic activities in snake venom fractions from Bothrops moojeni. The assay scheme was employed in the functional characterization of eight model proteases. Time-resolved reaction profiles were generated and the relative reaction progress at each time point was determined. These were used to semi-quantitatively sort the catalytic activities of each enzyme towards the respective substrates into six classes. The resulting activity pattern served as an activity fingerprint for each enzyme. The multiplex assay scheme was then applied to a screening for proteolytic activities in fractions of the pre-separated venom from B. moojeni. Activity patterns of each fraction were generated and used to sort the fractions into three different categories of activity. By comparison of the fingerprint activity patterns of the venom fractions and the model enzymes, a compound with proteolytic properties similar to activated protein C was detected.
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- André Liesener
- University of Twente, Chemical Analysis Group and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Liesener A, Karst U. Assessing protease activity pattern by means of multiple substrate ESI-MS assays. Analyst 2005; 130:850-4. [PMID: 15912232 DOI: 10.1039/b502008e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The development of a simultaneous multiple substrate enzymatic assay based on electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) detection is described. This multiplexing assay scheme was employed in a parallel proteolytic enzyme activity screening. As model systems, the respective activities of trypsin, thrombin, chymotrypsin, bromelain, ficin and elastase towards seven different substrates were assessed. The resulting activity patterns were evaluated semi-quantitatively ranking the enzymatic activities in five classes of activity (very high, high, medium, low and no activity) with respect to the individual substrates. The validity of the MS-based multiplexing assay scheme was proved by comparison with the results obtained from single substrate assays detected by means of UV/vis absorption at 405 nm, showing good agreement of the resulting activity patterns and classifications.
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- André Liesener
- University of Twente, Department of Chemical Analysis, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Attwood PV, Geeves MA. Kinetics of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction measured by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a simple rapid mixing attachment. Anal Biochem 2004; 334:382-9. [PMID: 15494146 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mass spectrometry offers a potential means of measuring virtually all enzyme-catalyzed reactions by simultaneously measuring the concentrations of substrates, products, and intermediates where there are differences in mass between them. To perform these measurements the reaction mixture must be aged for different times and then ionized. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry provides the most direct means of measuring these reactions. Here we describe a simple reaction mixing and ageing attachment for an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer, built from commercially available components. We have employed this device to measure the kinetics of a model reaction, namely the hydrolysis of N2-(carbobenzyloxy)-L-lysine-p-nitrophenyl ester-catalyzed by trypsin. In this way we were able to measure the kinetics of substrate depletion, product formation, and changes in both free enzyme and acyl-enzyme intermediate concentration in the approach to steady state. With this device we were able to measure reaction times down to about 640 ms.
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- Paul V Attwood
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35, Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6100, Australia.
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Pi N, Meyers CLF, Pacholec M, Walsh CT, Leary JA. Mass spectrometric characterization of a three-enzyme tandem reaction for assembly and modification of the novobiocin skeleton. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10036-41. [PMID: 15218104 PMCID: PMC454160 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403526101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The tripartite scaffold of the natural product antibiotic novobiocin is assembled by the tandem action of novobiocin ligase (NovL) and novobiocic acid noviosyl transferase (NovM). The noviosyl ring of the tripartite scaffold is further decorated by a methyltransferase (NovP) and a carbamoyltransferase (NovN), resulting in the formation of novobiocin. To facilitate kinetic evaluation of alternate substrate usage by NovL and NovM toward the creation of variant antibiotic scaffolds, an electrospray ionization/MS assay for obtaining kinetic measurements is presented for NovL and NovM separately, in each case with natural substrate and the 3-methyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid analog. Additionally, assays of tandem two-enzyme (NovL/NovM) and three-enzyme (NovL/NovM/NovP) incubations were developed. The development of these assays allows for the direct detection of each intermediate followed by its utilization as substrate for the next enzyme, as well as the subsequent formation of final product as a function of time. This MS tandem assay is useful for optimization of conditions for chemoenzymatic generation of novobiocin and is also suitable for evaluation of competitive usage of variant substrate analogs by multiple enzymes. The studies presented here serve as a platform for the subsequent expansion of the repertoire of coumarin-based antibiotics.
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- Na Pi
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
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