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Shen S, Butrin A, Beaupre BA, Ferreira GM, Doubleday PF, Grass DH, Zhu W, Kelleher NL, Moran GR, Liu D, Silverman RB. Structural and Mechanistic Basis for the Inactivation of Human Ornithine Aminotransferase by (3 S,4 S)-3-Amino-4-fluorocyclopentenecarboxylic Acid. Molecules 2023; 28:1133. [PMID: 36770800 PMCID: PMC9921285 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and we previously showed that inactivation of OAT inhibits the growth of HCC. Recently, we found that (3S,4S)-3-amino-4-fluorocyclopentenecarboxylic acid (5) was a potent inactivator of γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT), proceeding by an enamine mechanism. Here we describe our investigations into the activity and mechanism of 5 as an inactivator of human OAT. We have found that 5 exhibits 10-fold less inactivation efficiency (kinact/KI) against hOAT than GABA-AT. A comprehensive mechanistic study was carried out to understand its inactivation mechanism with hOAT. pKa and electrostatic potential calculations were performed to further support the notion that the α,β-unsaturated alkene of 5 is critical for enhancing acidity and nucleophilicity of the corresponding intermediates and ultimately responsible for the improved inactivation efficiency of 5 over the corresponding saturated analogue (4). Intact protein mass spectrometry and the crystal structure complex with hOAT provide evidence to conclude that 5 mainly inactivates hOAT through noncovalent interactions, and that, unlike with GABA-AT, covalent binding with hOAT is a minor component of the total inhibition which is unique relative to other monofluoro-substituted derivatives. Furthermore, based on the results of transient-state measurements and free energy calculations, it is suggested that the α,β-unsaturated carboxylate group of PLP-bound 5 may be directly involved in the inactivation cascade by forming an enolate intermediate. Overall, compound 5 exhibits unusual structural conversions which are catalyzed by specific residues within hOAT, ultimately leading to an enamine mechanism-based inactivation of hOAT through noncovalent interactions and covalent modification.
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- Sida Shen
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Silverman RB. Design and Mechanism of GABA Aminotransferase Inactivators. Treatments for Epilepsies and Addictions. Chem Rev 2018; 118:4037-4070. [PMID: 29569907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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When the brain concentration of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) diminishes below a threshold level, the excess neuronal excitation can lead to convulsions. This imbalance in neurotransmission can be corrected by inhibition of the enzyme γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT), which catalyzes the conversion of GABA to the excitatory neurotransmitter l-glutamic acid. It also has been found that raising GABA levels can antagonize the rapid elevation and release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens, which is responsible for the reward response in addiction. Therefore, the design of new inhibitors of GABA-AT, which increases brain GABA levels, is an important approach to new treatments for epilepsy and addiction. This review summarizes findings over the last 40 or so years of mechanism-based inactivators (unreactive compounds that require the target enzyme to catalyze their conversion to the inactivating species, which inactivate the enzyme prior to their release) of GABA-AT with emphasis on their catalytic mechanisms of inactivation, presented according to organic chemical mechanism, with minimal pharmacology, except where important for activity in epilepsy and addiction. Patents, abstracts, and conference proceedings are not covered in this review. The inactivation mechanisms described here can be applied to the inactivations of a wide variety of unrelated enzymes.
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- Richard B Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Center for Developmental Therapeutics , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208-3113 , United States
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Cuetos A, García-Ramos M, Fischereder EM, Díaz-Rodríguez A, Grogan G, Gotor V, Kroutil W, Lavandera I. Catalytic Promiscuity of Transaminases: Preparation of Enantioenriched β-Fluoroamines by Formal Tandem Hydrodefluorination/Deamination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201510554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Aníbal Cuetos
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of York; Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica; University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias; C/Julián Clavería 8 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry; University of Graz; Heinrichstrasse 28 8010 Graz Austria
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica; University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias; C/Julián Clavería 8 33006 Oviedo Spain
- Medicines Research Centre; GlaxoSmithKline R&D Ltd; Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2NY UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of York; Heslington York YO10 5DD UK
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica; University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias; C/Julián Clavería 8 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry; University of Graz; Heinrichstrasse 28 8010 Graz Austria
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica; University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias; C/Julián Clavería 8 33006 Oviedo Spain
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Cuetos A, García-Ramos M, Fischereder EM, Díaz-Rodríguez A, Grogan G, Gotor V, Kroutil W, Lavandera I. Catalytic Promiscuity of Transaminases: Preparation of Enantioenriched β-Fluoroamines by Formal Tandem Hydrodefluorination/Deamination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:3144-7. [PMID: 26836037 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transaminases are valuable enzymes for industrial biocatalysis and enable the preparation of optically pure amines. For these transformations they require either an amine donor (amination of ketones) or an amine acceptor (deamination of racemic amines). Herein transaminases are shown to react with aromatic β-fluoroamines, thus leading to simultaneous enantioselective dehalogenation and deamination to form the corresponding acetophenone derivatives in the absence of an amine acceptor. A series of racemic β-fluoroamines was resolved in a kinetic resolution by tandem hydrodefluorination/deamination, thus giving the corresponding amines with up to greater than 99 % ee. This protocol is the first example of exploiting the catalytic promiscuity of transaminases as a tool for novel transformations.
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- Aníbal Cuetos
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, C/Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, C/Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain.,Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline R&D Ltd, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, C/Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, Austria.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, University of Oviedo, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, C/Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain.
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Gökcan H, Konuklar FAS. Stereoelectronic explanations for the mechanistic details of transimination and HF elimination reactions. J Mol Graph Model 2014; 51:173-83. [PMID: 24929816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The β-fluoroamines are commonly used as substrate analogs to determine the mechanistic details of enzymatic reactions. Presence of fluorine atom gives rise to the alterations in the electronic profile and the pKa of molecules which results in mechanistic deviations. The fluorine-substituted mechanism-based substrate analogs are widely used in the inactivation of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes. The presence of fluorine atom also alters the sequence of reactions taking place in PLP-dependent enzymes where the HF elimination reaction appears in between the transimination and inactivation reactions. Despite the amount of the works on β-fluoroamines, the effect of stereoelectronic differences on the transimination and HF elimination reactions taking place in PLP-dependent enzymes has not been investigated yet. A density functional theory study is conducted to elucidate mechanistic details of the reactions occurring in PLP-dependent enzymes. In order to understand the mechanistic insights of different isomers and the effect of the fluorine atom, 4-amino-3-fluorobutanoic acid (3-F-GABA) enantiomers are chosen to be investigated besides 4-aminobutanoic acid (GABA), which is the natural substrate for γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT). The investigated β-fluoroamines are the experimentally proposed potential inhibitors of PLP-dependent enzyme GABA-AT.
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- Hatice Gökcan
- Istanbul Technical University, Informatics Institute, Computational Science and Engineering Division, Ayazağa Campus, 34496 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Technical University, Informatics Institute, Computational Science and Engineering Division, Ayazağa Campus, 34496 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Juncosa JI, Groves AP, Xia G, Silverman RB. Probing the steric requirements of the γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase active site with fluorinated analogues of vigabatrin. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 21:903-11. [PMID: 23306054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have synthesized three analogues of 4-amino-5-fluorohexanoic acids as potential inactivators of γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT), which were designed to combine the potency of their shorter chain analogue, 4-amino-5-fluoropentanoic acid (AFPA), with the greater enzyme selectivity of the antiepileptic vigabatrin (Sabril®). Unexpectedly, these compounds failed to inactivate or inhibit the enzyme, even at high concentrations. On the basis of molecular modeling studies, we propose that the GABA-AT active site has an accessory binding pocket that accommodates the vinyl group of vigabatrin and the fluoromethyl group of AFPA, but is too narrow to support the extra width of the distal methyl group in the synthesized analogues.
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- Jose I Juncosa
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, and Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Gökcan H, Konuklar FAS. Theoretical study on HF elimination and aromatization mechanisms: a case of pyridoxal 5' phosphate-dependent enzyme. J Org Chem 2012; 77:5533-43. [PMID: 22646918 DOI: 10.1021/jo3005815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP), the phosphorylated and the oxidized form of vitamin B6 is an organic cofactor. PLP forms a Schiff base with the ϵ-amino group of a lysine residue of PLP-dependent enzymes. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) aminotransferase is a PLP-dependent enzyme that degrades GABA to succinic semialdehyde, while reduction of GABA concentration in the brain causes convolution besides several neurological diseases. The fluorine-containing substrate analogues for the inactivation of the GABA-AT are synthesized extensively in cases where the inactivation mechanisms involve HF elimination. Although two proposed mechanisms are present for the HF elimination, the details of the base-induced HF elimination are not well identified. In this density functional theory (DFT) study, fluorine-containing substrate analogue, 5-amino-2-fluorocyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid, is particularly chosen in order to explain the details of the HF elimination reactions. On the other hand, the experimental studies revealed that aromatization competes with Michael addition mechanism in the presence of 5-amino-2-fluorocyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid. The results allowed us to draw a conclusion for the nature of HF elimination, besides the elucidation of the mechanism preference for the inactivation mechanism. Furthermore, the solvent phase calculations carried out in this study ensure that the proton transfer steps should be assisted either by a water molecule or a base for lower activation energy barriers.
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- Hatice Gökcan
- Informatics Institute, Computational Science and Engineering Programme, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazağa Campus 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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Silverman R. From Basic Science to Blockbuster Drug: The Discovery of Lyrica. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:3500-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Silverman R. Von der Grundlagenforschung zum Blockbuster: die Entdeckung des Antiepileptikums Lyrica. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200704280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Clift MD, Ji H, Deniau GP, O'Hagan D, Silverman RB. Enantiomers of 4-amino-3-fluorobutanoic acid as substrates for gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase. Conformational probes for GABA binding. Biochemistry 2007; 46:13819-28. [PMID: 17988152 DOI: 10.1021/bi701249q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT), a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate dependent enzyme, catalyzes the degradation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to succinic semialdehyde with concomitant conversion of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) to pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP). The enzyme then catalyzes the conversion of alpha-ketoglutarate to the excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate. Racemic 4-amino-3-fluorobutanoic acid (3-F-GABA) was shown previously to act as a substrate for GABA-AT, not for transamination, but for HF elimination. Here we report studies of the reaction catalyzed by GABA-AT on (R)- and (S)-3-F-GABA. Neither enantiomer is a substrate for transamination. Very little elimination from the (S)-enantiomer was detected using a coupled enzyme assay; The rate of elimination of HF from the (R)-enantiomer is at least 10 times greater than that for the (S)-enantiomer. The (R)-enantiomer is about 20 times more efficient as a substrate for GABA-AT catalyzed HF elimination than GABA is a substrate for transamination. The (R)-enantiomer also inhibits the transamination of GABA 10 times more effectively than the (S)-enantiomer. Using a combination of computer modeling and the knowledge that vicinal C-F and C-NH3+ bonds have a strong preference to align gauche rather than anti to each other, it is concluded that on binding of free 3-F-GABA to GABA-AT the optimal conformation places the C-NH3+ and C-F bonds gauche in the (R)-enantiomer but anti in the (S)-enantiomer. Furthermore, the dynamic binding process and the bioactive conformation of GABA bound to GABA-AT have been inferred on the basis of the different biological behavior of the two enantiomers of 3-F-GABA when they bind to the enzyme. The present study suggests that the C-F bond can be utilized as a conformational probe to explore the dynamic binding process and provide insight into the bioactive conformation of substrates, which cannot be easily determined by other biophysical approaches.
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- Michael D Clift
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Wang Z, Silverman RB. Syntheses and evaluation of fluorinated conformationally restricted analogues of GABA as potential inhibitors of GABA aminotransferase. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:2242-52. [PMID: 16314106 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2005] [Revised: 11/01/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT) could raise the concentration of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human brain, and could have therapeutic applications for a variety of neurological diseases including epilepsy. Four fluorine-containing analogues of GABA with conformations restricted by a cyclohexane ring system were designed and synthesized, but unlike some of their five-membered ring counterparts, minimal inhibition of GABA-AT was observed. It is likely that the rigid chair conformation of these compounds cannot be accommodated well in the enzyme's active site.
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- Zhiyong Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Evaluation of 5-Vinyl-pyrrolidin-2-ones: A Potential GABA-AT Inhibitor. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2002. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2002.23.6.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fu M, Silverman RB. Isolation and characterization of the product of inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase by gabaculine. Bioorg Med Chem 1999; 7:1581-90. [PMID: 10482450 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00081-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gabaculine (5-amino-1,3-cyclohexadienylcarboxylic acid, 1), a naturally occurring neurotoxin isolated from Streptomyces toyocaenis, has been shown to be a mechanism-based inactivator of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT) (Rando, R. R. Biochemistry 1977, 16, 4604). Inactivation results from reaction of gabaculine with the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) cofactor. Two HPLC systems for isolating this inactivator-PLP adduct are described as well as a detailed characterization of the adduct, including the ultraviolet-visible spectrum, electrospray mass spectra, and NMR spectrum. The same spectral characterization of the chemically synthesized gabaculine-PLP adduct is also reported.
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- M Fu
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Bishop K, Gough K, Mahoney S, Smith A, Rogers L. Synechococcus mutants resistant to an enamine mechanism inhibitor of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase. FEBS Lett 1999; 450:57-60. [PMID: 10350057 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00465-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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An enamine mechanism-based inactivator of mammalian delta-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase, 4-amino 5-fluoropentanoic acid is a potent inhibitor of cell growth and pigment formation in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 6301. It was demonstrated that 4-amino 5-fluoropentanoic acid inhibits the aminolaevulinate synthesis at glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase and that in the mutant obtained by exposing cells to 40 microM 4-amino 5-fluoropentanoic acid, this enzyme was insensitive to the inhibitor. The specific activity of glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase in cell extracts was lower in the mutant, although the cell growth rate was unaffected. The decrease in sensitivity to 4-amino 5-fluoropentanoic acid in the mutant is due to a structural gene mutation, a single base change in the hemL gene resulting in a S162T substitution in the gene product.
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- K Bishop
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Penglais, UK
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Silverman RB, Roscher CL. Mechanism-based inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase by 3-amino-4-fluorobutanoic acid. Bioorg Med Chem 1996; 4:1521-35. [PMID: 8894109 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0896(96)00145-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The mechanism of inactivation of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) aminotransferase by 3-amino-4-fluorobutanoic acid (2) has been investigated. As in the case of the homologue, 4-amino-5-fluoropentanoic acid (1), 2 equiv of radiolabeled inactivator become covalently attached to the enzyme, and no transamination, as determined by the lack of conversion of [1-14C] alpha-ketoglutarate into [1-14C] glutamate during inactivation, was observed. In the case of 1, the conclusion was that inactivation was completely the result of modification of the coenzyme and that there was no metabolic turnover; every enzyme molecule catalysed the conversion of one molecule of inactivator to the activated species, which inactivated the enzyme by an enamine mechanism. With 2, however, 6.7 +/- 0.7 equiv of fluoride ions were released during inactivation, and it took 7.6 +/- 0.7 inactivator molecules to inactivate each enzyme dimer. Since no transamination was occurring, another metabolic event besides inactivation must result from the PLP form of the enzyme. Inactivation of GABA amino-transferase with [1,2-14C]-2 produced [14C] acetoacetic acid (about 5.5 equiv) as the metabolite. The 1.93 +/- 0.25 equiv of radioactivity covalently bound to the enzyme after inactivation with [1,2-14C]-2 and gel filtration were completely released by base treatment. HPLC analysis showed that three radioactive compounds, identified as 2, the product of reaction of PLP with acetone (3), and the product of reaction of PLP with acetoacetate (4), were detected. The release of 3 and 4 and the prevention of release of radioactivity by treatment with sodium borohydride are consistent with the formation of covalent intermediates that have beta-carbonyl-like character, such as 6 and/or 7 (Scheme 2). Inactivation of [3H] PLP-reconstituted GABA aminotransferase with 2 followed by gel filtration then base denaturation released all of the radioactivity as a mixture of PLP, 3, and 4. Inactivation with [1,2-14C]-2 resulted in the release of 1.37 equiv of 14CO2, which was shown to be the result of decarboxylation of the acetoacetate/4 after release from the enzyme. These results are not consistent with a Michael addition mechanism (Scheme 3), but are consistent with inactivation by an enamine mechanism; release of the enamine five out of seven turnovers accounts for the formation of acetoacetate as the metabolite. To account for the detection of PLP and 2 after denaturation, it is suggested that a nonproductive formation of the Schiff base of PLP with 2 occurs in the second subunit of the enzyme; this complex is released and hydrolysed to PLP and 2 upon base denaturation.
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- R B Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Silverman RB, Olson GT. 3-substituted alanines inactivate γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase by the same mechanism as do 4-amino-5-halopentanoic acid analogues. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0960-894x(95)00572-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Effect of mutations at active site residues on the activity of ornithine decarboxylase and its inhibition by active site-directed irreversible inhibitors. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74505-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hopkins MH, Silverman RB. α-Amino acid analogues as mechanism-based inactivators of γ-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)80515-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chemistry of the inactivation of 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase by the antiepileptic drug vigabatrin. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54890-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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De Biase D, Simmaco M, Barra D, Bossa F, Hewlins M, John RA. Mechanism of inactivation and identification of sites of modification of ornithine aminotransferase by 4-aminohex-5-ynoate. Biochemistry 1991; 30:2239-46. [PMID: 1998682 DOI: 10.1021/bi00222a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The inactivation of ornithine aminotransferase by an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor 4-aminohex-5-ynoate was accompanied by stoichiometric binding of the radiolabeled compound. Distribution of radiolabel among separated tryptic peptides indicated that more than one amino acid residue had reacted. Lys-292 and Cys-388 were positively identified. Reduction with borohydride was necessary to stabilize the adduct formed with Lys-292, and the relevant peptide prepared after this treatment contained equimolar amounts of inhibitor and coenzyme. The coenzyme chromophore in this peptide showed strong negative circular dichroism. A mechanism consistent with these observations is proposed.
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- D De Biase
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Bolkenius FN, Knödgen B, Seiler N. DL-canaline and 5-fluoromethylornithine. Comparison of two inactivators of ornithine aminotransferase. Biochem J 1990; 268:409-14. [PMID: 2363680 PMCID: PMC1131447 DOI: 10.1042/bj2680409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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5-Fluoromethylornithine (5FMOrn) is an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor or ornithine aminotransferase (L-ornithine:2-oxo-acid 5-aminotransferase, OAT). For purified rat liver OAT, Ki(app.) was found to be 30 microM. and tau 1/2 = 4 min. Of the four stereomers of 5FMOrn only one reacts with OAT. The formation of a chromophore with an absorption maximum at 458 nm after inactivation of OAT by 5FMOrn suggests the formation of an enamine intermediate, which is slowly hydrolysed to release an unsaturated ketone. L-Canaline [(S)-2-amino-4-amino-oxybutyric acid] is a well-known irreversible inhibitor of OAT. Not only the natural L-enantiomer but also the D-enantiomer reacts by oxime formation with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in the active site of the enzyme, although considerably more slowly. This demonstrates that the stereochemistry at C-2 of ornithine is not absolutely stringent. In vitro, canaline reacted faster than 5FMOrn with OAT. In vivo, however, only incomplete OAT inhibition was observed with canaline. Whereas intraperitoneal administration of 10 mg of 5FMOrn/kg body wt. to mice was sufficient to inactivate OAT in brain and liver by 90% for 24 h, 500 mg of DL-canaline/kg body wt. only produced a transient inhibition of 65-70%. The accumulation of ornithine in these tissues was considerably slower and the maximum concentrations lower than were achieved with 5FMOrn. It appears that DL-canaline, in contrast with 5FMOrn, is not useful as a tool in studies of biological consequences of OAT inhibition.
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Bhattacharjee MK, Snell EE. Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent histidine decarboxylase. Mechanism of inactivation by alpha-fluoromethylhistidine. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39201-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Silverman RB, George C. Inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase by (Z)-4-amino-2-fluorobut-2-enoic acid. Biochemistry 1988; 27:3285-9. [PMID: 3390432 DOI: 10.1021/bi00409a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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(Z)-4-Amino-2-fluorobut-2-enoic acid (1) is shown to be a mechanism-based inactivator of pig brain gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase. Approximately 750 inactivator molecules are consumed prior to complete enzyme inactivation. Concurrent with enzyme inactivation is the release of 708 +/- 79 fluoride ions; transamination occurs 737 +/- 15 times per inactivation event. Inactivation of [3H]pyridoxal 5'-phosphate ([3H]PLP) reconstituted GABA aminotransferase by 1 followed by denaturation releases [3H]PMP with no radioactivity remaining attached to the protein. A similar experiment carried out with 4-amino-5-fluoropent-2-enoic acid [Silverman, R. B., Invergo, B. J., & Mathew, J. (1986) J. Med. Chem. 29, 1840-1846] as the inactivator produces no [3H]PMP; rather, another radioactive species is released. These results support an inactivation mechanism for 1 that involves normal catalytic isomerization followed by active site nucleophilic attack on the activated Michael acceptor. A general hypothesis for predicting the inactivation mechanism (Michael addition vs enamine addition) of GABA aminotransferase inactivators is proposed.
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- R B Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Silverman RB, George C. Mechanism of inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase by (S,E)-4-amino-5-fluoropent-2-enoic acid. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 150:942-6. [PMID: 3342072 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(88)90720-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Evidence for an enamine mechanism of inactivation of pig brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) aminotransferase by (S,E)-4-amino-5-fluoropent-2-enoic acid is presented. apo-GABA aminotransferase reconstituted with [3H]pyridoxal 5'-phosphate is inactivated by (S,E)-4-amino-5-fluoropent-2-enoic acid and the pH is raised to 12. All of the radioactivity is released from the enzyme as an adduct of the cofactor; no [3H]pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate is generated.
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- R B Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Silverman RB. The potential use of mechanism-based enzyme inactivators in medicine. JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION 1988; 2:73-90. [PMID: 3069967 DOI: 10.3109/14756368809040714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Mechanism-based enzyme inactivator, alanine racemase, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, D-amino acid aminotransferase, gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase, arginine decarboxylase, aromatase, L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase, dihydrofolate reductase, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase DNA polymerase I, dopamine beta-hydroxylase, histidine decarboxylase, beta-lactamase, monoamine oxidase, ornithine decarboxylase, serine proteases, testosterone 5 alpha-reductase, thymidylate synthetase, xanthine oxidase.
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- R B Silverman
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern Univesity, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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