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Shibata N, Higuchi Y, Kräutler B, Toraya T. Structural Insights into the Very Low Activity of the Homocoenzyme B 12 Adenosylmethylcobalamin in Coenzyme B 12 -Dependent Diol Dehydratase and Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202196. [PMID: 35974426 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The X-ray structures of coenzyme B12 (AdoCbl)-dependent eliminating isomerases complexed with adenosylmethylcobalamin (AdoMeCbl) have been determined. As judged from geometries, the Co-C bond in diol dehydratase (DD) is not activated even in the presence of substrate. In ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL), the bond is elongated in the absence of substrate; in the presence of substrate, the complex likely exists in both pre- and post-homolysis states. The impacts of incorporating an extra CH2 group are different in the two enzymes: the DD active site is flexible, and AdoMeCbl binding causes large conformational changes that make DD unable to adopt the catalytic state, whereas the EAL active site is rigid, and AdoMeCbl binding does not induce significant conformational changes. Such flexibility and rigidity of the active sites might reflect the tightness of adenine binding. The structures provide good insights into the basis of the very low activity of AdoMeCbl in these enzymes.
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- Naoki Shibata
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo, 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo, 678-1297, Japan
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and, Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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Toraya T, Tobimatsu T, Mori K, Yamanishi M, Shibata N. Coenzyme B 12-dependent eliminases: Diol and glycerol dehydratases and ethanolamine ammonia-lyase. Methods Enzymol 2022; 668:181-242. [PMID: 35589194 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl) or coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes catalyze intramolecular group-transfer reactions and ribonucleotide reduction in a wide variety of organisms from bacteria to animals. They use a super-reactive primary-carbon radical formed by the homolysis of the coenzyme's Co-C bond for catalysis and thus belong to the larger class of "radical enzymes." For understanding the general mechanisms of radical enzymes, it is of great importance to establish the general mechanism of AdoCbl-dependent catalysis using enzymes that catalyze the simplest reactions-such as diol dehydratase, glycerol dehydratase and ethanolamine ammonia-lyase. These enzymes are often called "eliminases." We have studied AdoCbl and eliminases for more than a half century. Progress has always been driven by the development of new experimental methodologies. In this chapter, we describe our investigations on these enzymes, including their metabolic roles, gene cloning, preparation, characterization, activity assays, and mechanistic studies, that have been conducted using a wide range of biochemical and structural methodologies we have developed.
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- Tetsuo Toraya
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo, Japan
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Cobalamin-dependent dehydratases and a deaminase: Radical catalysis and reactivating chaperones. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 544:40-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Celińska E. Klebsiella sppas a 1, 3-propanediol producer – the metabolic engineering approach. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2011; 32:274-88. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2011.616859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ogura KI, Kunita SI, Mori K, Tobimatsu T, Toraya T. Roles of adenine anchoring and ion pairing at the coenzyme B12-binding site in diol dehydratase catalysis. FEBS J 2008; 275:6204-16. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06745.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Toraya T, Tamura N, Watanabe T, Yamanishi M, Hieda N, Mori K. Mechanism-based inactivation of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase by 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols and thioglycerol. J Biochem 2008; 144:437-46. [PMID: 18586770 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The reactions of diol dehydratase with 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols and thioglycerol were investigated. Holodiol dehydratase underwent rapid and irreversible inactivation by either 3-butene-1,2-diol, 3-butyne-1,2-diol or thioglycerol without catalytic turnovers. In the inactivation, the Co-C bond of adenosylcobalamin underwent irreversible cleavage forming unidentified radicals and cob(II)alamin that resisted oxidation even in the presence of oxygen. Two moles of 5'-deoxyadenosine per mol of enzyme was formed as an inactivation product from the coenzyme adenosyl group. Inactivated holoenzymes underwent reactivation by diol dehydratase-reactivating factor in the presence of ATP, Mg(2+) and adenosylcobalamin. It was thus concluded that these substrate analogues served as mechanism-based inactivators or pseudosubstrates, and that the coenzyme was damaged in the inactivation, whereas apoenzyme was not damaged. In the inactivation by 3-unsaturated 1,2-diols, product radicals stabilized by neighbouring unsaturated bonds might be unable to back-abstract the hydrogen atom from 5'-deoxyadenosine and then converted to unidentified products. In the inactivation by thioglycerol, a product radical may be lost by the elimination of sulphydryl group producing acrolein and unidentified sulphur compound(s). H(2)S or sulphide ion was not formed. The loss or stabilization of product radicals would result in the inactivation of holoenzyme, because the regeneration of the coenzyme becomes impossible.
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- Tetsuo Toraya
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Okayama, Japan.
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Fukuoka M, Nakanishi Y, Hannak RB, Kräutler B, Toraya T. Homoadenosylcobalamins as probes for exploring the active sites of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase and ethanolamine ammonia-lyase. FEBS J 2005; 272:4787-96. [PMID: 16156797 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[Omega-(Adenosyl)alkyl]cobalamins (homoadenosylcobalamins) are useful analogues of adenosylcobalamin to get information about the distance between Co and C5', which is critical for Co-C bond activation. In order to use them as probes for exploring the active sites of enzymes, the coenzymic properties of homoadenosylcobalamins for diol dehydratase and ethanolamine ammonia-lyase were investigated. The kcat and kcat/Km values for adenosylmethylcobalamin were about 0.27% and 0.15% that for the regular coenzyme with diol dehydratase, respectively. The kcat/kinact value showed that the holoenzyme with this analogue becomes inactivated on average after about 3000 catalytic turnovers, indicating that the probability of inactivation during catalysis is almost 500 times higher than that for the regular holoenzyme. The kcat value for adenosylmethylcobalamin was about 0.13% that of the regular coenzyme for ethanolamine ammonia-lyase, as judged from the initial velocity, but the holoenzyme with this analogue underwent inactivation after on average about 50 catalytic turnovers. This probability of inactivation is 3800 times higher than that for the regular holoenzyme. When estimated from the spectra of reacting holoenzymes, the steady state concentration of cob(II)alamin intermediate from adenosylmethylcobalamin was very low with either diol dehydratase or ethanolamine ammonia-lyase, which is consistent with its extremely low coenzymic activity. In contrast, neither adenosylethylcobalamin nor adeninylpentylcobalamin served as active coenzyme for either enzyme and did not undergo Co-C bond cleavage upon binding to apoenzymes.
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- Masaki Fukuoka
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Okayama, Japan
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Kamachi T, Toraya T, Yoshizawa K. Catalytic Roles of Active-Site Amino Acid Residues of Coenzyme B12-Dependent Diol Dehydratase: Protonation State of Histidine and Pull Effect of Glutamate. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:16207-16. [PMID: 15584757 DOI: 10.1021/ja045572o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The hydrogen abstraction and the OH migration processes catalyzed by diol dehydratase are discussed by means of a quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical method. To evaluate the push effect of His143 and the pull effect of Glu170, we considered three kinds of whole-enzyme model, the protonated and two unprotonated His143 models. A calculated activation energy for the hydrogen abstraction by the adenosyl radical is 15.6 (13.6) kcal/mol in the protonated (unprotonated) His143 model. QM/MM calculational results show that the mechanism of the OH migration is significantly changed by the protonation of His143. In the protonated His143 model, the OH group migration triggered by the full proton donation from the imidazolium to the migrating OH group occurs by a stepwise OH abstraction/re-addition process in which the water production reduces the barrier for the C-O bond cleavage. On the other hand, the OH migration in the unprotonated His143 model proceeds in a concerted manner, as we previously proposed using a simple model including only K+ ion and substrate. The latter mechanism seems to be kinetically more favorable from the calculated energy profiles and is consistent with experimental results. The activation barrier of the OH group migration step is only 1.6 kcal/mol reduced by the hydrogen-bonding interaction between the O2 of the substrate and unprotonated His143. Thus, it is predicted that His143 is not protonated, and therefore the main active-site amino acid residue that lowers the energy of the transition state for the OH group migration is determined to be Glu170.
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- Takashi Kamachi
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Toraya T. Radical catalysis in coenzyme B12-dependent isomerization (eliminating) reactions. Chem Rev 2003; 103:2095-127. [PMID: 12797825 DOI: 10.1021/cr020428b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tetsuo Toraya
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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A peculiar function resides in a peculiar structure. Coenzyme B(12) or adenosylcobalamin, a naturally occurring organometallic compound, serves as a cofactor for enzymatic radical reactions. How do the enzymes form catalytic radicals at the active sites? How do the enzymes utilize and control the high reactivity of the radicals for catalysis? Recently, three-dimensional structures of several radical-containing or radical-forming enzymes including B(12) enzymes have been reported, enabling the analysis of the fine mechanisms of the action of these interesting enzymes. Our biochemical, mutational, and crystallographic studies as well as theoretical calculations on diol dehydratase, an adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzyme, revealed that its structure is adapted for its function-that is, activation of the Cobond;C bond toward homolysis, abstraction of a specific hydrogen atom from the substrate and its recombination to a particular product, and transition state stabilization in the hydroxyl group migration of a substrate-derived radical. The functions of K(+) and the active-site amino acid residues in enzyme catalysis are also investigated. Based on the results, the fine mechanism of the enzyme and the energetic feasibility of enzymatic radical catalysis are described here.
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- Tetsuo Toraya
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering; Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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Khoroshun DV, Warncke K, Ke SC, Musaev DG, Morokuma K. Internal degrees of freedom, structural motifs, and conformational energetics of the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical: implications for function in adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzymes. A computational study. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:570-9. [PMID: 12517173 DOI: 10.1021/ja028393k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The potential energy surface of the free 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical in the gas phase is explored using density functional and second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theories with 6-31G(d) and 6-31++G(d,p) basis sets and interpreted in terms of attractive and repulsive interactions. The 5',8-cyclization is found to be exothermic by approximately 20 kcal/mol but kinetically unfavorable; the lowest cyclization transition state (TS) lies about 7 kcal/mol higher than the highest TS for conversion between most of the open isomers. In open isomers, the two energetically most important attractive interactions are the hydrogen bonds (a) between the 2'-OH group and the N3 adenine center and (b) between the 2'-OH and 3'-OH groups. The relative ribose-adenine rotation about the C1'-N9 glycosyl bond in a certain range changes the energy by as much as 10-15 kcal/mol, the origin being (i) the repulsive 2'-H.H-C8 and O1'.N3 and (ii) the attractive 2'-OH.N3 ribose-adenine interactions. The hypothetical synergy between the glycosyl rotation and the Co-C bond scission may contribute to the experimentally established labilization of the Co-C bond in enzyme-bound adenosylcobalamin. The computational results are not inconsistent with the rotation about the C1'-N9 glycosyl bond being the principal coordinate for long-range radical migration in coenzyme B(12)-dependent enzymes. The effect of the protein environment on the model system results reported here remains an open question.
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- Dmitry V Khoroshun
- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Masuda J, Shibata N, Morimoto Y, Toraya T, Yasuoka N. How a protein generates a catalytic radical from coenzyme B(12): X-ray structure of a diol-dehydratase-adeninylpentylcobalamin complex. Structure 2000; 8:775-88. [PMID: 10903944 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(00)00164-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B(12)) serves as a cofactor for enzymatic radical reactions. The adenosyl radical, a catalytic radical in these reactions, is formed by homolysis of the cobalt-carbon bond of the coenzyme, although the mechanism of cleavage of its organometallic bond remains unsolved. RESULTS We determined the three-dimensional structures of diol dehydratase complexed with adeninylpentylcobalamin and with cyanocobalamin at 1.7 A and 1.9 A resolution, respectively, at cryogenic temperatures. In the adeninylpentylcobalamin complex, the adenine ring is bound parallel to the corrin ring as in the free form and methylmalonyl-CoA-mutase-bound coenzyme, but with the other side facing pyrrole ring C. All of its nitrogen atoms except for N(9) are hydrogen-bonded to mainchain amide oxygen and amide nitrogen atoms, a sidechain hydroxyl group, and a water molecule. As compared with the cyanocobalamin complex, the sidechain of Seralpha224 rotates by 120 degrees to hydrogen bond with N(3) of the adenine ring. CONCLUSIONS The structure of the adenine-ring-binding site provides a molecular basis for the strict specificity of diol dehydratase for the coenzyme adenosyl group. The superimposition of the structure of the free coenzyme on that of enzyme-bound adeninylpentylcobalamin demonstrated that the tight enzyme-coenzyme interactions at both the cobalamin moiety and adenine ring of the adenosyl group would inevitably lead to cleavage of the cobalt-carbon bond. Rotation of the ribose moiety around the glycosidic linkage makes the 5'-carbon radical accessible to the hydrogen atom of the substrate to be abstracted.
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- J Masuda
- Department of Life Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Kamigori, Akogun, 678-1297, Japan
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Sirovatka JM, Rappé AK, Finke RG. Molecular mechanics studies of coenzyme B12 complexes with constrained CoN(axial-base) bond lengths: introduction of the universal force field (UFF) to coenzyme B12 chemistry and its use to probe the plausibility of an axial-base-induced, ground-state corrin butterfly conformational steric effect. Inorganica Chim Acta 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)00025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Marques HM, Brown KL. The structure of cobalt corrinoids based on molecular mechanics and NOE-restrained molecular mechanics and dynamics simulations. Coord Chem Rev 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(99)00074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Brown KL, Zou X, Marques HM. NMR-restrained molecular modeling of cobalt corrinoids: cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) and methylcobalt corrinoids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-1280(98)00206-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J P Glusker
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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Toraya T, Miyoshi S, Mori M, Wada K. The synthesis of a pyridyl analog of adenosylcobalamin and its coenzymic function in the diol dehydratase reaction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1204:169-74. [PMID: 8142456 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(94)90005-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A novel analog of adenosylcobalamin in which 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole and D-ribose moieties of the nucleotide loop are replaced by pyridine and the trimethylene group, respectively, was synthesized and examined for coenzymic function. The coordination of pyridine to the cobalt atom in this analog was stronger than that of 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole in the corresponding homolog. The adenosyl form of pyridyl analog served as partially active coenzyme for diol dehydratase. The kcat/Km values calculated from the initial velocity indicate that this analog is a better coenzyme than the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl or imidazolyl counterpart. However, the reaction with the pyridyl analog as coenzyme was accompanied with a concomitant inactivation during catalysis, with a kcat/Kinact value 50-100 times lower than that for adenosylcobalamin or the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl analog. Therefore, it can be concluded that the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moiety of adenosylcobalamin is important for continuous progress of a catalytic cycle by protecting the reactive intermediates from side reactions.
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- T Toraya
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Japan
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Roles of the D-ribose and 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moieties of the nucleotide loop of adenosylcobalamin in manifestation of coenzymic function in the diol dehydrase reaction. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)67613-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chen E, Chance MR. Nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of coenzyme B12. Quantum yields and spectral dynamics. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38257-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ichikawa M, Toraya T. Roles of the beta-D-ribofuranose ring and the functional groups of the D-ribose moiety of adenosylcobalamin in the diol dehydratase reaction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 952:191-200. [PMID: 3122837 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(88)90115-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Four analogs of adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl) modified in the D-ribose moiety of the Co beta ligand were synthesized, and their coenzymic properties were studied with diol dehydratase of Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 8724. 2'-Deoxyadenosylcobalamin (2'-dAdoCbl) and 3'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin (3'-dAdoCbl) were active as coenzyme. 2',3'-Secoadenosylcobalamin (2',3'-secoAdoCbl), an analog bearing the same functional groups as AdoCbl but nicked between the 2' and 3' positions in the ribose moiety, and its 2',3'-dialdehyde derivative (2',3'-secoAdoCbl dialdehyde) were totally inactive analogs of the coenzyme. It is therefore evident that the beta-D-ribofuranose ring itself, possibly its rigid structure, is essential and much more important than the functional groups of the ribose moiety for coenzymic function (relative importance: beta-D-ribofuranose ring much greater than 3'-OH greater than 2'-OH greater than ether group). With 2'-dAdoCbl and 3'-dAdoCbl as coenzymes, an absorption peak at 478 nm appeared during enzymatic reaction, suggesting homolysis of the C-Co bond to form cob(II)alamin as intermediate. In the absence of substrate, the complexes of the enzyme with these active analogs underwent rapid inactivation by oxygen. This suggests that their C-Co bond is activated even in the absence of substrate by binding to the apoprotein. No significant spectral changes were observed with 2',3'-secoAdoCbl upon binding to the apoenzyme. In contrast, spectroscopic observation indicates that 2'3'-secoAdoCbl dialdehyde, another inactive analog, underwent gradual and irreversible cleavage of the C-Co bond by interaction with the apodiol dehydratase, forming the enzyme-bound cob(II)alamin without intermediates.
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- M Ichikawa
- Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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