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Photoinactivation and photoaffinity labeling of tryptophan synthase alpha 2 beta 2 complex by the product analogue 6-azido-L-tryptophan.

Abstract：

:The photoaffinity reagent 6-azido-L-tryptophan was synthesized by chemical methods. It binds reversibly in the dark to the alpha 2 beta 2 complex of tryptophan synthase of Escherichia coli and forms a quinonoid intermediate with enzyme-bound pyridoxal phosphate (lambda max = 476 nm). The absorbance of this chromophore has been used for spectrophotometric titrations to determine the binding of 6-azido-L-tryptophan (the half-saturation value [S]0.5 = 6.3 microM). Photolysis of the quinonoid form of the alpha 2 beta 2 complex results in time-dependent inactivation of the beta 2 subunit but not of the alpha subunit. The extent of photoinactivation is directly proportional to the absorbance at 476 nm of the quinonoid intermediate prior to photolysis. The substrate L-serine is a competitive inhibitor of 6-azido-L-tryptophan binding and photoinactivation. The competitive inhibitors L-tryptophan, D-tryptophan, and oxindolyl-L-alanine also protect against photoinactivation. The results demonstrate that 6-azido-L-tryptophan is a quasi-substrate for the alpha 2 beta 2 complex of tryptophan synthase and that photolysis of the enzyme-quasi-substrate quinonoid intermediate results in photoinactivation. The modified alpha 2 beta 2 complex retains its ability to bind pyridoxal phosphate and to cleave indole-3-glycerol phosphate, a reaction catalyzed by the alpha subunit. 6-Azido-L-tryptophan (side-chain 1,2,3-14C3 labeled) was synthesized enzymatically from 6-azidoindole and uniformly labeled L-[14C]serine by the alpha 2 beta 2 complex of tryptophan synthase on a preparative scale and has been isolated. Incorporation of 14C label from 6-azido-L-[14C]tryptophan is stoichiometric with inactivation. Our finding that most of the incorporated 14C label is bound in an unstable linkage suggests that an active site carboxyl residue is the major site of photoaffinity labeling by 6-azido-L-tryptophan.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Miles EW,Phillips RS

doi

10.1021/bi00338a031

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-08-13 00:00:00

pages

4694-703

issue

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

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Photoinactivation and photoaffinity labeling of tryptophan synthase alpha 2 beta 2 complex by the product analogue 6-azido-L-tryptophan.