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Li Y, Chen W, Wang D. Promotion of mitochondrial fragmentation suppresses the formation of mitochondrial spherical compartmentation in PINK1 B9Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 676:48-57. [PMID: 37481943 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Mitochondria undergo structural changes reflective of functional statuses. Ultrastructural characterizing of mitochondria is valuable for understanding mitochondrial dysfunction in various pathological conditions. PINK1, a Parkinson's disease (PD) associated gene, plays key roles in maintaining mitochondrial function and integrity. In Drosophila melanogaster, deficiency of PINK1 results in PD-like pathologies due to mitochondrial abnormalities. Here, we report the existence of a new type of mitochondrial-membrane deformity, mitochondrial spherical compartmentation (MSC), caused by PINK1 deficiency in Drosophila. The MSC is a three-dimensional spheroid-like mitochondrial membrane structure encompassing nonselective contents. Upregulation of dDrp1, downregulation of dMarf, and upregulation of dArgK1-A-all resulting in mitochondrial fragmentation-were able to suppress the formation of MSC. Furthermore, arginine kinase, only when localizing to the vicinity of mitochondria, induced mitochondrial fragmentation and reversed the MSC phenotype. In summary, this study demonstrates that loss of dPINK1 leads to the formation of mitochondrial-membrane deformity MSC, which responds to mitochondrial dynamics. In addition, our data suggest a new perspective of how phosphagen energy-buffer system might regulate mitochondrial dynamics.
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- Yi Li
- Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China; Institute for Future Sciences, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China; Institute for Future Sciences, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China; Institute for Future Sciences, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Hauser A, Poulou E, Müller F, Schmieder P, Hackenberger CPR. Synthesis and Evaluation of Non-Hydrolyzable Phospho-Lysine Peptide Mimics. Chemistry 2021; 27:2326-2331. [PMID: 32986895 PMCID: PMC7898648 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The intrinsic lability of the phosphoramidate P-N bond in phosphorylated histidine (pHis), arginine (pHis) and lysine (pLys) residues is a significant challenge for the investigation of these post-translational modifications (PTMs), which gained attention rather recently. While stable mimics of pHis and pArg have contributed to study protein substrate interactions or to generate antibodies for enrichment as well as detection, no such analogue has been reported yet for pLys. This work reports the synthesis and evaluation of two pLys mimics, a phosphonate and a phosphate derivative, which can easily be incorporated into peptides using standard fluorenyl-methyloxycarbonyl- (Fmoc-)based solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). In order to compare the biophysical properties of natural pLys with our synthetic mimics, the pKa values of pLys and analogues were determined in titration experiments applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in small model peptides. These results were used to compute electrostatic potential (ESP) surfaces obtained after molecular geometry optimization. These findings indicate the potential of the designed non-hydrolyzable, phosphonate-based mimic for pLys in various proteomic approaches.
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- Anett Hauser
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Department of ChemistryHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Department of ChemistryHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Department of ChemistryHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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Huang B, Zhao Z, Zhao Y, Huang S. Protein arginine phosphorylation in organisms. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 171:414-422. [PMID: 33428953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Protein arginine phosphorylation (pArg), a novel molecular switch, plays a key role in regulating cellular processes. The intrinsic acid lability, hot sensitivity, and hot-alkali instability of "high-energy" phosphoamidate (PN bond) in pArg, make the investigation highly difficult and challenging. Recently, the progress in identifying prokaryotic protein arginine kinase/phosphatase and assigning hundreds of pArg proteins and phosphosites has been made, which is arousing scientists' interest and passions. It shows that pArg is tightly connected to bacteria stress response and pathogenicity, and is probably implied in human diseases. In this review, we highlight the strategies for investigation of this mysterious modification and its momentous physiological functions, and also prospect for the potentiality of drugs development targeting pArg-relative pathways.
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- Biling Huang
- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China; Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China.
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Lu X, Duchimaza-Heredia J, Cui Q. Analysis of Density Functional Tight Binding with Natural Bonding Orbitals. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:7439-7453. [PMID: 31373822 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The description of chemical bonding by the density functional tight binding (DFTB) model is analyzed using natural bonding orbitals (NBOs) and compared to results from density functional theory (B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ) calculations. Several molecular systems have been chosen to represent fairly diverse bonding scenarios that include standard covalent bonds, hypervalent interactions, multicenter bonds, metal-ligand interactions (with and without the pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect), and through-space donor-acceptor interactions. Overall, the results suggest that DFTB3/3OB provides physically sound descriptions for the different bonding scenarios analyzed here, as reflected by the general agreement between DFTB3 and B3LYP NBO properties, such as the nature of the NBOs, the magnitudes of natural charges and bond orders, and the dominant donor-acceptor interactions. The degree of ligand-to-metal charge transfer and the ionic nature of pentavalent phosphate are overestimated, likely reflecting the minimal-basis nature of DFTB3/3OB. Moreover, certain orbital interactions, such as geminal interactions, are observed to be grossly overestimated by DFTB3 for hypervalent phosphate and several transition metal compounds that involve copper and nickel. The study indicates that results from NBO analysis can be instructive for identifying electronic structure descriptions at the approximate quantum-mechanical level that require improvement and thus for guiding the systematic improvement of these methods.
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- Xiya Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute , University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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Hauser A, Penkert M, Hackenberger CPR. Chemical Approaches to Investigate Labile Peptide and Protein Phosphorylation. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:1883-1893. [PMID: 28723107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein phosphorylation is by far the most abundant and most studied post-translational modification (PTM). For a long time, phosphate monoesters of serine (pSer), threonine (pThr), and tyrosine (pTyr) have been considered as the only relevant forms of phosphorylation in organisms. Recently, several research groups have dedicated their efforts to the investigation of other, less characterized phosphoamino acids as naturally occurring PTMs. Such apparent peculiar phosphorylations include the phosphoramidates of histidine (pHis), arginine (pArg), and lysine (pLys), the phosphorothioate of cysteine (pCys), and the anhydrides of pyrophosphorylated serine (ppSer) and threonine (ppThr). Almost all of these phosphorylated amino acids show higher lability under physiological conditions than those of phosphate monoesters. Furthermore, they are prone to hydrolysis under acidic and sometimes basic conditions as well as at elevated temperatures, which renders their synthetic accessibility and proteomic analysis particularly challenging. In this Account, we illustrate recent chemical approaches to probe the occurrence and function of these labile phosphorylation events. Within these endeavors, the synthesis of site-selectively phosphorylated peptides, in particular in combination with chemoselective phosphorylation strategies, was crucial. With these well-defined standards in hand, the appropriate proteomic mass spectrometry-based analysis protocols for the characterization of labile phosphosites in biological samples could be developed. Another successful approach in this research field includes the design and synthesis of stable analogues of these labile PTMs, which were used for the generation of pHis- and pArg-specific antibodies for the detection and enrichment of endogenous phosphorylated samples. Finally, other selective enrichment techniques are described, which rely for instance on the unique chemical environment of a pyrophosphate or the selective interaction between a phosphoamino acid and its phosphatase. It is worth noting that many of those studies are still in their early stages, which is also reflected in the small number of identified phosphosites compared to that of phosphate monoesters. Thus, many challenges need to be mastered to fully understand the biological role of these poorly characterized and rather uncommon phosphorylations. Taken together, this overview exemplifies recent efforts in a flourishing field of functional proteomic analysis and furthermore manifests the power of modern peptide synthesis to address unmet questions in the life sciences.
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- Anett Hauser
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße
2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße
2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße
2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Fuhrmann J, Subramanian V, Thompson PR. Synthesis and Use of a Phosphonate Amidine to Generate an Anti‐Phosphoarginine‐Specific Antibody. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201506737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jakob Fuhrmann
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458 (USA)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA)
- Chemical Biology Interface Program, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA)
- Chemical Biology Interface Program, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA)
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Fuhrmann J, Subramanian V, Thompson PR. Synthesis and Use of a Phosphonate Amidine to Generate an Anti-Phosphoarginine-Specific Antibody. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:14715-8. [PMID: 26458230 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Protein arginine phosphorylation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that is important for bacterial growth and virulence. Despite its biological relevance, the intrinsic acid lability of phosphoarginine (pArg) has impaired studies of this novel PTM. Herein, we report for the first time the development of phosphonate amidines and sulfonate amidines as isosteres of pArg and then use these mimics as haptens to develop the first high-affinity sequence independent anti-pArg specific antibody. Employing this anti-pArg antibody, we further showed that arginine phosphorylation is induced in Bacillus subtilis during oxidative stress. Overall, we expect this antibody to see widespread use in analyzing the biological significance of arginine phosphorylation. Additionally, the chemistry reported here will facilitate the generation of pArg mimetics as highly potent inhibitors of the enzymes that catalyze arginine phosphorylation/dephosphorylation.
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- Jakob Fuhrmann
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458 (USA).
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA).,Chemical Biology Interface Program, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA). .,Chemical Biology Interface Program, UMass Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (USA).
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Using positive-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and H/D exchange study phosphoryl group transfer reactions involved in amino acid ester isopropyl phosphoramidates of Brefeldin A. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 853:391-401. [PMID: 25467484 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.09.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As mini-chemical models, amino acid ester isopropyl phosphoramidates of Brefeldin A (compounds 2a-2d) were synthesized and investigated by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry in combination with H/D exchange. To further confirm the fragments's structures, off-line Fourier transform resonance tandem mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS/MS) was also performed. The fragmentation rules of compounds 2a-2d have been summarized and the plausible schemes for the fragmentation pathways were proposed. In this study, one dephosphorylated ion and two phosphorylated ions were observed in ESI-MS(2) spectra of [M+Na](+) ions for compounds 2a-2d. The possible mechanisms about phosphorylation and dephosphorylation were proposed and confirmed by H/D exchange. For the "dephosphorylation" rearrangement, a nitrogen atom was migrated from the phosphoryl group to the carbon atom of Brefeldin A's backbone with losing a molecule of C3H7PO3 (122 Da). For the "phosphorylation" rearrangement, an oxygen atom of one phosphoryl group attacked the sideward phosphorus atom to form a nine-member ring intermediate, then two steps of CH covalent bond cleavage with consecutive migration of hydrogen atom to lose a molecule of C16H20O2 (244 Da). The two proposed rearrangement mechanisms about phosphoryl group transfer might be valuable for the structure analysis of other analogs and provide insights into elucidating the dynamic process of the phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of proteins.
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Mermer A, Lis T, Starynowicz P. Charge density distribution and theoretical analysis of low and high energy phosphate esters. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra12605c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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There is a strict relation between the energy of hydrolysis of phosphate esters and the extent of interactions between the p ester oxygen lone pair and the antibonding orbitals of the rest of the molecule. Its impact on experimental charge density distribution is analyzed.
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- Adrian Mermer
- Wydział Chemii
- Uniwersytet Wrocławski
- 50-383 Wrocław
- Poland
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- Wydział Chemii
- Uniwersytet Wrocławski
- 50-383 Wrocław
- Poland
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Summerton JC, Evanseck JD, Chapman MS. Hyperconjugation-mediated solvent effects in phosphoanhydride bonds. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:10209-17. [PMID: 23009395 DOI: 10.1021/jp306607k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Density functional theory and natural bond orbital analysis are used to explore the impact of solvent on hyperconjugation in methyl triphosphate, a model for "energy rich" phosphoanhydride bonds, such as found in ATP. As expected, dihedral rotation of a hydroxyl group vicinal to the phosphoanhydride bond reveals that the conformational dependence of the anomeric effect involves modulation of the orbital overlap between the donor and acceptor orbitals. However, a conformational independence was observed in the rotation of a solvent hydrogen bond. As one lone pair orbital rotates away from an optimal antiperiplanar orientation, the overall magnitude of the anomeric effect is compensated approximately by the other lone pair as it becomes more antiperiplanar. Furthermore, solvent modulation of the anomeric effect is not restricted to the antiperiplanar lone pair; hydrogen bonds involving gauche lone pairs also affect the anomeric interaction and the strength of the phosphoanhydride bond. Both gauche and anti solvent hydrogen bonds lengthen nonbridging O-P bonds, increasing the distance between donor and acceptor orbitals and decreasing orbital overlap, which leads to a reduction of the anomeric effect. Solvent effects are additive with greater reduction in the anomeric effect upon increasing water coordination. By controlling the coordination environment of substrates in an active site, kinases, phosphatases, and other enzymes important in metabolism and signaling may have the potential to modulate the stability of individual phosphoanhydride bonds through stereoelectronic effects.
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- Jean C Summerton
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code L224, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA
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Gao X, Deng H, Tang G, Liu Y, Xu P, Zhao Y. Intermolecular Phosphoryl Transfer of N-Phosphoryl Amino Acids. European J Org Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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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Yang Y, Cui Q. The hydrolysis activity of adenosine triphosphate in myosin: a theoretical analysis of anomeric effects and the nature of the transition state. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:12439-46. [PMID: 19534504 PMCID: PMC2783400 DOI: 10.1021/jp902949f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations with density functional theory are employed to analyze two issues related to the hydrolysis activity of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in myosin. First, we compare the geometrical properties and electronic structure of ATP in the open (post-rigor) and closed (pre-powerstroke) active sites of the myosin motor domain. Compared to both solution and the open active site cases, the scissile P(gamma)-O(3beta) bond of ATP in the closed active site is shown to be substantially elongated. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis clearly shows that this structural feature is correlated with the stronger anomeric effects in the closed active site, which involve charge transfers from the lone pairs in the nonbridging oxygen in the gamma-phosphate to the antibonding orbital of the scissile bond. However, an energetic analysis finds that the ATP molecule is not significantly destabilized by the P(gamma)-O(3beta) bond elongation. Therefore, despite the notable perturbations in the geometry and electronic structure of ATP as its environment changes from solution to the hydrolysis-competent active site, ground-state destabilization is unlikely to play a major role in enhancing the hydrolysis activity in myosin. Second, two-dimensional potential energy maps are used to better characterize the energetic landscape near the hydrolysis transition state. The results indicate that the transition-state region is energetically flat and a range of structures representative of different mechanisms according to the classical nomenclature (e.g., "associative", "dissociative", and "concerted") are very close in energy. Therefore, at least in the case of ATP hydrolysis in myosin, the energetic distinction between different reaction mechanisms following the conventional nomenclature is likely small. This study highlights the importance of (i) explicitly evaluating the relevant energetic properties for determining whether a factor is essential to catalysis and (ii) broader explorations of the energy landscape beyond saddle points (even on free-energy surface) for characterizing the molecular mechanism of catalysis.
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- Yang Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706
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Michielssens S, Tien Trung N, Froeyen M, Herdewijn P, Tho Nguyen M, Ceulemans A. Hydrolysis of aspartic acid phosphoramidate nucleotides: a comparative quantum chemical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:7274-85. [PMID: 19672539 DOI: 10.1039/b906020k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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L-Aspartic acid has recently been found to be a good leaving group during HIV reverse transcriptase catalyzed incorporation of deoxyadenosine monophosphate (dAMP) in DNA. This showed that L-Asp is a good mimic for the pyrophosphate moiety of deoxyadenosine triphosphate. The present work explores the thermochemistry and mechanism for hydrolysis of several models for L-aspartic-dAMP using B3LYP/DGDZVP, MP2/6-311++G** and G3MP2 level of theory. The effect of the new compound is gradually investigated: starting from a simple methyl amine leaving group up to the aspartic acid leaving group. The enzymatic environment was mimicked by involving two Mg(2+) ions and some important active site residues in the reaction. All reactions are compared to the corresponding O-coupled leaving group, which is methanol for methyl amine and malic acid for aspartic acid. With methyl amine as a leaving group a tautomeric associative or tautomeric dissociative mechanism is preferred and the barrier is lower than the comparable mechanism with methanol as a leaving group. The calculations on the aspartic acid in the enzymatic environment show that qualitatively the mechanism is the same as for triphosphate but the barrier for hydrolysis by the associative mechanism is higher for L-aspartic-dAMP than for L-malic-dAMP and pyrophosphate.
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- Servaas Michielssens
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Chemistry and LMCC-Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science Center, Leuven, Belgium.
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Ruben EA, Plumley JA, Chapman MS, Evanseck JD. Anomeric Effect in “High Energy” Phosphate Bonds. Selective Destabilization of the Scissile Bond and Modulation of the Exothermicity of Hydrolysis. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:3349-58. [DOI: 10.1021/ja073652x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Eliza A. Ruben
- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of MedicineMail Code L224, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and Center for Computational Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of MedicineMail Code L224, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and Center for Computational Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of MedicineMail Code L224, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and Center for Computational Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of MedicineMail Code L224, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and Center for Computational Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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Denehy E, White JM, Williams SJ. Electronic structure of the sulfonyl and phosphonyl groups: a computational and crystallographic study. Inorg Chem 2007; 46:8871-86. [PMID: 17880060 DOI: 10.1021/ic700687t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A computational and X-ray crystallographic investigation of the electronic and geometric structures of a range of sulfonyl (-SO(2)-) and phosphonyl (-PO(2)--) containing species was undertaken to investigate the nature of valency and bonding in these functional groups. The traditional representation of sulfonyl and phosphonyl species is with octet-violating Lewis structures, which require d-orbital participation at the central atom. However, computational studies cast serious doubt upon this bonding model. In this work, we have employed NBO/NRT analysis to investigate hybridization, atomic formal charges, donor-acceptor interactions, and resonance structure contributions. Our results predict that within sulfonyl and phosphonyl systems, bonding interactions are highly polarized, of the form X+-Y- (X = P, S), and possess additional contributions from reciprocal n --> sigma* interactions where substituents off sulfur or phosphorus simultaneously act as donors and acceptors. Experimental evidence for the proposed bonding arrangement is provided for the sulfonyl functional group through a series of low-temperature X-ray structure correlations for sulfate monoesters, sulfamates, and methanesulfonates. Examination of changes to bond lengths and geometries upon substituent variation support the computational results. Together, our studies lend support for a bonding network in sulfonyl and phosphonyl groups composed of polar interactions augmented with reciprocal hyperconjugative bonding, which does not necessitate significant d-orbital participation nor formal octet violation at the central sulfur or phosphorus.
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- Emma Denehy
- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3010
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Cantat T, Ricard L, Le Floch P, Mézailles N. Phosphorus-Stabilized Geminal Dianions. Organometallics 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/om060450l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thibault Cantat
- Département de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique Laboratoire “Hétéroéléments et Coordination”, UMR CNRS 7653 (DCPH), 91128 Palaiseau Cédex, France
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- Département de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique Laboratoire “Hétéroéléments et Coordination”, UMR CNRS 7653 (DCPH), 91128 Palaiseau Cédex, France
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- Département de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique Laboratoire “Hétéroéléments et Coordination”, UMR CNRS 7653 (DCPH), 91128 Palaiseau Cédex, France
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- Département de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique Laboratoire “Hétéroéléments et Coordination”, UMR CNRS 7653 (DCPH), 91128 Palaiseau Cédex, France
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