The relevance of K i calculation for bi-substrate enzymes illustrated by kinetic evaluation of a novel lysine (K) acetyltransferase 8 inhibitor
摘要:
Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are important mediators of epigenetic post-translational modifications of histones that play important roles in health and disease. A disturbance of these modifications can result in disease states, such as cancer or inflammatory diseases. Inhibitors of HATs (HATi) such as lysine (K) acetyltransferase 8 (KAT8), could be used to study the epigenetic processes in diseases related to these enzymes or to investigate HATs as therapeutic targets. However, the development of HATi is challenged by the difficulties in kinetic characterization of HAT enzymes and their inhibitors to enable calculation of a reproducible inhibitory potency. In this study, a fragment screening approach was used, enabling identification of 4-amino-1-naphthol, which potently inhibited KAT8. The inhibitor was investigated for enzyme inhibition using kinetic and calorimetric binding studies. This allowed for calculation of the K-i values for both the free enzyme as well as the acetylated intermediate. Importantly, it revealed a striking difference in binding affinity between the acetylated enzyme and the free enzyme, which could not be revealed by the IC50 value. This shows that kinetic characterization of inhibitors and calculation of K-i values is crucial for determining the binding constants of HAT inhibitors. We anticipate that more comprehensive characterization of enzyme inhibition, as described here, is needed to advance the field of HAT inhibitors. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
作者:Marcel Bauch、Dominique Böttcher、Uwe T. Bornscheuer、Torsten Linker
DOI:10.1002/cctc.201600678
日期:2016.9.7
the cleavage of aryl acetates. Phenyl and naphthyl acetates react with lipases and esterases, whereas the sterically demanding anthracene acetate gave a conversion only with porcine liver esterase and esterase 2 from Bacillus subtilis (BS2) . These two enzymes have been employed on a preparative (0.5 mmol) scale and afforded cleavage products in 91 and 94 % yields, even for anthracene acetate. Thus
The Stereoselective Retardation of the Alkaline Hydrolysis of Organic Esters by Binuclear Cu(II) Complexes with Cyclodextrins
作者:Yoshihisa Matsui、Daisuke Suemitsu
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.58.1658
日期:1985.6
The alkaline hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate (p-NPA) in 1.0mol dm−3 NaOH at 25 °C was almost completely retarded by the addition of a binuclear Cu(II) complex with α-cyclodextrin (Cu2α-CD). The dissociation constant for an inclusion complex of Cu2α-CD with p-NPA was determined to be 0.059 mmol dm−3, which is about one 200th that for an inclusion complex of α-CD with p-NPA. The alkaline hydrolysis of o- and m-nitrophenyl acetates was also retarded by Cu2α-CD, though the extent of retardation was much less than that for p-NPA. A binuclear Cu(II) complex with β-cyclodextrin (Cu2β-CD) also caused a stereoselective deceleration of the alkaline hydrolysis of the esters. However, the stereoselectivity of Cu2β-CD was not so remarkable as that of Cu2α-CD. Dissociation constants for inclusion complexes of Cu2α2-CD with several alcohols and other organic substrates were determined by the kinetic examination of the competitive inhibition effect of the substrates on the association of Cu2α-CD with p-NPA. Cu2α-CD formed stable inclusion complexes with such disk-like molecules as cyclohexanol, cycloheptanol, and p-nitrobenzyl alcohol. The geometry of a Cu2α-CD-p-NPA inclusion complex was presumed on the basis of these results.
Superoxide radical anion (O·-2), generated by KO2/crown ether, is effective for hydroxylation of nitronaphthalenes. When mono- and di-nitronaphthalenes are treated with KO2/crown ehter, hydroxylation results at the electron-deficient site caused by the electron withdrawing effect of the substituted nitro group. Kinetic experiments suggest that the hydroxylation proceeds by two different mechanisms dependent on the first one-electron reduction potential of nitronaphthalenes.