Abstract:
:The roles of four of the active center groups with potential acid-base properties in the region of pH optimum of pyruvate decarboxylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been studied with the substitutions Asp28Ala, His114Phe, His115Phe, and Glu477Gln, introduced by site-directed mutagenesis methods. The steady-state kinetic constants were determined in the pH range of activity for the enzyme. The substitutions result in large changes in k(cat) and k(cat)/S(0.5) (and related terms), indicating that all four groups have a role in transition state stabilization. Furthermore, these results also imply that all four are involved in some manner in stabilizing the rate-limiting transition state(s) both at low substrate (steps starting with substrate binding and culminating in decarboxylation) and at high substrate concentration (steps beginning with decarboxylation and culminating in product release). With the exception of some modest effects, the shapes of neither the bell-shaped k(cat)/S(0.5)-pH (and related functions) plots nor the k(cat)-pH plots are changed by the substitutions. Yet, the fractional activity still remaining after substitutions virtually rules out any of the four residues as being directly responsible for initiating the catalytic process by ionizing the C2H. There is no effect on the C2 H/D exchange rate exhibited by the D28A and E477Q substitutions. These results strongly imply that the base-induced deprotonation at C2 is carried out by the only remaining base, the iminopyrimidine tautomer of the coenzyme, via intramolecular proton abstraction. The first product is released as CO(2) rather than HCO(3)(-) by both wild-type and E477Q and D28A variants, ruling out several mechanistic alternatives.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Liu M,Sergienko EA,Guo F,Wang J,Tittmann K,Hübner G,Furey W,Jordan Fdoi
10.1021/bi002855usubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-06-26 00:00:00pages
7355-68issue
25eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995pii
bi002855ujournal_volume
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