Structural Flexibility Enhances the Reactivity of the Bioremediator Glycerophosphodiesterase by Fine-Tuning Its Mechanism of Hydrolysis
作者:Kieran S. Hadler、Nataša Mitić、Fernanda Ely、Graeme R. Hanson、Lawrence R Gahan、James A. Larrabee、David L. Ollis、Gerhard Schenk
DOI:10.1021/ja903534f
日期:2009.8.26
recent attention due to its potential in bioremediation. Formation of a catalytically competent binuclear center is promoted by the substrate (Hadler et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14129). Using the paramagnetic properties of Mn(II), we estimated the K(d) values for the metalions in the alpha and beta sites to be 29 and 344 microM, respectively, in the absence of a substrate analogue. In its presence
under neutral pH conditions. The catalyst performance is discussed in terms of acceleration over background hydrolysis and effective molarity (EM). The combination of potentiometric acid-base titrations with pH-rate profiles for HPNP and BNPP cleavage in the presence of 2·2HCl additives points to a marked synergic action of an acylguanidine/acylguanidinium catalytic dyad in 2H+, via general base-electrophilic
Intra‐ and Intermolecular Cooperativity in the Catalytic Activity of Phosphodiester Cleavage by Self‐Assembled Systems Based on Guanidinylated Calix[4]arenes
作者:Daniele Lisi、Carlo Alberto Vezzoni、Alessandro Casnati、Francesco Sansone、Riccardo Salvio
DOI:10.1002/chem.202203213
日期:2023.2.24
Self-assembled enzyme mimic. Calix[4]arenes, provided with long alkyl chains and guanidine units, perform spontaneous aggregation driven by hydrophobic effect. A pronounced superiority of the phosphodiesterase activity of the assembled structures compared with the monomers indicates intermolecular cooperation of the active units through a dynamic preorganization.
Entropy and Enthalpy Contributions to Solvent Effects on Phosphate Monoester Solvolysis. The Importance of Entropy Effects in the Dissociative Transition State
作者:Richard H. Hoff、Alvan C. Hengge
DOI:10.1021/jo981160k
日期:1998.9.1
The solvolysis reactions of a series of aryl phosphates in tert-butyl alcohol and in tert-amyl alcohol have been examined. The dianion of p-nitrophenyl phosphate reacts 7500- and 8750-fold faster in these solvents, respectively, than the corresponding aqueous reactions. The monoanion reacts 14- and 16-fold slower respectively in tert-butyl alcohol and in tert-amyl alcohol. Analysis of the activation parameters shows that the rate enhancement for the dianion is due solely to entropic factors, while the slower reaction of the monoanion is due to increased enthalpy of activation. The significantly more positive entropy of activation for the solvolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate dianion in tert-butyl alcohol supports the original proposal that racemization at phosphorus in this reaction is caused by a switch to a D-N + A(N) mechanism, rather than subsequently proposed mechanisms which avoid the formation of metaphosphate. Rate enhancements of similar magnitudes are seen for the dianion reactions of all of the aryl phosphates examined; the slope of a plot of the rate constants for solvolysis versus the aqueous pK(a) of the leaving phenols has a slope of -1.1, within experimental error of the value for the aqueous reaction. However, in the reactions in tert-amyl alcohol, para-substituted and meta-substituted aryl phosphates fall on separate but parallel lines with para-substituted compounds reacting faster than meta-substituted reactants with leaving groups of similar pK(a). The pK(a) values for a series of para- and meta-substituted phenols in tert-butyl alcohol and in tert-amyl alcohol were determined and were found to have a linear relationship with the aqueous pK(a) values, with no distinction between para and meta substitution. Thus the different BrOnsted behavior of para- and meta-substituted aryl phosphates in these solvents is not due to differential solvent-induced perturbations of the pK(a) values of the leaving groups. The mechanistic implications of these results and their relevance to enzymatic phosphoryl transfer are discussed.
Selective Hydrolysis of Phosphate Esters, Nitrophenyl Phosphates and UpU, by Dimeric Zinc Complexes Depends on the Spacer Length
作者:William H. Chapman、Ronald Breslow
DOI:10.1021/ja00125a005
日期:1995.5
Zn(II) complexes of monomers and dimers derived from 1,4,7-triazacyclododecane and 1,5,9-triazacyclotetradecane were examined as catalysts for the hydrolyses of p-nitrophenyl phosphate and bis(p-nitrophenyl) phosphate and for the cyclizations of p-nitrophenyl 2-hydroxypropyl phosphate and 3',5'-uridyluridine (UpU). The dimers with 1,4-phenyl and 1,3-phenyl linkers were more effective than were monomers or a longer dimer-with a 4,4'-biphenyl linker-in the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate, suggesting that two Zn(II)) ions coordinate to the phosphate group, as in the enzyme alkaline phosphatase. However, for the hydrolysis or cyclization of the phosphate diesters, the longer biphenyl linker was preferred. In this case one Zn(II) coordinates to the phosphate group while the other delivers a nucleophilic oxide anion. Bell-shaped pH vs rate profiles were seen in both cases, but with different pK's related to the specific mechanisms in the two cases.