Abstract:
:The chemical versatility of the flavin coenzyme is nearly unparalleled in enzyme catalysis. An interesting illustration of this versatility can be found in the reaction catalyzed by the type II isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase (IDI-2) - an enzyme that interconverts the two essential isoprene units (isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate) that are needed to initiate the biosynthesis of all isoprenoids. Over the past decade, a variety of biochemical, spectroscopic, structural and mechanistic studies of IDI-2 have provided mounting evidence that the flavin coenzyme of IDI-2 acts in a most unusual manner - as an acid/base catalyst to mediate a 1,3-proton addition/elimination reaction. While not entirely without precedent, IDI-2 is by far the most extensively studied flavoenzyme that employs flavin-mediated acid/base catalysis. Thus, IDI-2 serves as an important mechanistic model for understanding this often overlooked, but potentially widespread reactivity of flavin coenzymes. This review details the most pertinent studies that have contributed to the development of mechanistic proposals for this highly unusual flavoenzyme, and discusses future experiments that may be able to clarify remaining uncertainties in the chemical mechanism of IDI-2.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Thibodeaux CJ,Liu HWdoi
10.1016/j.abb.2017.05.017subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-10-15 00:00:00pages
47-58eissn
0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
S0003-9861(17)30288-6journal_volume
632pub_type
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