Stereochemistry of catabolism of the RNA base uracil
作者:David Gani、Douglas W. Young
DOI:10.1039/p19850001355
日期:——
A mammalian enzyme system has been used to study the stereochemistry of the catabolism of the pyrimidine uracil (1) to the amino acid β-alanine (4). Use of [5-2H]- and [6-2H]-uracils and of 2H2O in the incubations yielded stereospecifically deuteriated samples of β-alanine. Assays, involving total synthesis of samples of β-alanine unambiguously labelled with deuterium in each of the four C–H bonds
哺乳动物酶系统已用于研究嘧啶尿嘧啶(1)分解为氨基酸β-丙氨酸(4)的立体化学。在培养中使用[5- 2 H]-和[6- 2 H]-尿嘧啶和2 H 2 O产生β-丙氨酸的立体特异性氘化样品。测定法,涉及β丙氨酸在四个C-H键的氘明确地标记的样本的总合成已经显示的是,在分解代谢过程中的第一步,尿嘧啶是通过二氢脱氢酶降低与整体抗加入氢气,在SI在C-6面和SI面在C-5。
Stereochemistry of the dihydrouracil dehydrogenase reaction in metabolism of uracil to β-alanine
作者:David Gani、Douglas W. Young
DOI:10.1039/c39830000576
日期:——
Samples of β-alanine stereospecifically labeled with deuterium in each of the four C–H bonds have been synthesized; these been used to show that, in the first step of uracilmetabolism, the pyrimidine is reduced by dihydrouracildehydrogenase with overall trans-addition of hydrogen at the si-face at C-6 and the si-face at C-5.
Mechanistic Studies of Antibody-Catalyzed Pyrimidine Dimer Photocleavage
作者:John R. Jacobsen、Andrea G. Cochran、James C. Stephans、David S. King、Peter G. Schultz
DOI:10.1021/ja00125a004
日期:1995.5
An antibody elicited against the trans, syn uracil cyclobutane dimer hapten 1 catalyzes the light-dependent cleavage of uracil dimers 1 and 2 to the corresponding monomers 3 and 4. Kinetic analysis of the antibody-catalyzed reaction affords a value of k(cat)/K-M = 1.7 x 10(3) M(-1) min(-1) for substrate 2, and comparison to the uncatalyzed reaction gives a rate acceleration of k(cat)/k(uncat) = 380. The wavelength dependence of the reaction and fluorescence quenching behavior suggest that a tryptophan residue is acting as a photosensitizer. The reaction mechanism was probed by measurement of secondary deuterium isotope effects. Substrates with selective deuterium substitutions in the cyclobutane ring were prepared, and isotope effects were measured by the method of internal competition using electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry to quantify the products. Kinetic isotope effects of (alpha-D)(V/K) = 1.11, 1.14, and 1.20 were observed for the 5,5'-, 6,6'-, and 5,5',6,6'-labeled substrates, respectively. These results are comparable to those observed in a similar study on the E. coli enzyme DNA photolyase(1) and suggest that the reaction may proceed via a radical anion intermediate with concerted breakage of the 5,5' and 6,6' bonds, Alternatively the reaction may proceed via a mechanism in which the first bond is cleaved in a reversible fashion.