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3-Nitropropionate, the toxic substance of Indigofera, is a suicide inactivator of succinate dehydrogenase.

Abstract：

:We have shown that 3-nitropropionate, an isoelectronic analogue of succinate, is a suicide inactivator of succinate dehydrogenase [succinate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.3.99.1] as follows. (i) When rat liver mitochondria oxidize succinate in the presence of 3-nitropropionate carbanion, the rate of O(2) consumption decreases exponentially to a zero value. This pattern is duplicated by subsequent additions of mitochondria. The dependence of the apparent first-order rate constant for enzyme inhibition, as well as the number of enzyme turnovers completed before inhibition, on the concentrations of 3-nitropropionate carbanion and succinate are those expected for an active site-directed and irreversible inhibitor. (ii) The inactivated enzyme is not resuscitated by centrifugation and washing of the mitochondria, in contrast to malonate-treated enzyme, and malonate protects against irreversible, inhibition. (iii) The inhibitor species is 3-nitropropionate carbanion and no external nucleophile is required for inhibition. (iv) The respiratory rates, respiratory control ratios, and ADP/O ratios obtained with NAD-linked substrates are unaffected by 3-nitropropionate carbanion. These results show that 3-nitropropionate carbanion is a highly specific, time-dependent, and irreversible inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase. By analogy with the reaction of nitroethane with D-amino acid oxidase, the data are consistent with the hypothesis that the carbanionic inhibitor forms a covalent N-5 adduct with the active site flavin. However, the precise mechanism of inactivation, as well as mechanistic extrapolations to the oxidation of succinate, must await the elucidation of the structure of the modified enzyme. We can now explain the toxicity of plants such as Indigofera endecaphylla for mammals and fowl as being due to the irreversible blockage of the Krebs cycle by 3-nitropropionate carbanion.

journal_name

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

journal_title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors

Alston TA,Mela L,Bright HJ

doi

10.1073/pnas.74.9.3767

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-09-01 00:00:00

pages

3767-71

issue

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

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3-Nitropropionate, the toxic substance of Indigofera, is a suicide inactivator of succinate dehydrogenase.