ABSTRACT
Geranylgeranyl reductase from
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
was shown to catalyze the reduction of geranylgeranyl groups in the precursors of archaeal membrane lipids, generally reducing all four double bonds. However, when geranylgeranyl diphosphate was subjected to the reductase reaction, only three of the four double bonds were reduced. Mass spectrometry and acid hydrolysis indicated that the allylic double bond was preserved in the partially reduced product derived from geranylgeranyl diphosphate. Thus, the reaction product was shown to be phytyl diphosphate, which is a substrate for archaeal prenyltransferases, unlike the completely reduced compound phytanyl diphosphate.
摘要
香叶基纯碱还原酶来自
中的香叶基还原酶
可催化古生膜脂质前体中的香叶基还原基团还原,一般可还原所有四个双键。然而,当对二磷酸香叶酯进行还原酶反应时,四个双键中只有三个被还原。质谱分析和酸水解表明,在二磷酸香叶酯的部分还原产物中保留了烯丙基双键。因此,与完全还原的二磷酸植丹酰化合物不同,反应产物被证明是二磷酸植丹酰,它是古细菌前酰转移酶的底物。