TY - JOUR
T1 - Trichodiene synthase
T2 - Synthesis and inhibition kinetics of 12-fluoro-farnesylphosphonophosphate for sesquiterpene cyclases
AU - Chen, Yi Lin
AU - Chiu, Hsien Tai
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - trans,trans-Farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) serves as a universal substrate for a large family of sesquiterpene cyclases that are responsible for biosynthesis of more than 300 structurally diverse sesquiterpenes in nature. A new FPP substrate analogue, 12-fluoro-farnesylphosphonophosphate (12-F-F-CH 2PP), was synthesized in this paper for applications on kinetic and mechanistic studies of the enzyme family. Trichodiene synthase (TS), a sesquiterpene cyclase, catalyzes the conversion of trans,transfarnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to trichodiene. 12-F-F-CH2PP was tested as a potential inhibitor of TS. Inactivation and inhibition kinetic experiments showed that 12-F-F-CH2PP was not a mechanism-based inactivator for TS; instead, a mixed-type reversible inhibition was observed with inhibition constants Ki1 = 2.33 ± 0.50 μM and Ki2 = 25.80 ± 7.70 μM, values close to those previously determined for farnesylphosphonophosphate, Ki1 = 3.25 μM and Ki2 = 9.10 μM. Although 12-F-F-CH2PP did not irreversibly inactivate TS, this new analogue serves as a potential active-site directed inactivator and mechanistic probe of other sesquiterpene cyclases and FPP-utilizing enzymes, which utilize FPP as a common acyclic substrate.
AB - trans,trans-Farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) serves as a universal substrate for a large family of sesquiterpene cyclases that are responsible for biosynthesis of more than 300 structurally diverse sesquiterpenes in nature. A new FPP substrate analogue, 12-fluoro-farnesylphosphonophosphate (12-F-F-CH 2PP), was synthesized in this paper for applications on kinetic and mechanistic studies of the enzyme family. Trichodiene synthase (TS), a sesquiterpene cyclase, catalyzes the conversion of trans,transfarnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to trichodiene. 12-F-F-CH2PP was tested as a potential inhibitor of TS. Inactivation and inhibition kinetic experiments showed that 12-F-F-CH2PP was not a mechanism-based inactivator for TS; instead, a mixed-type reversible inhibition was observed with inhibition constants Ki1 = 2.33 ± 0.50 μM and Ki2 = 25.80 ± 7.70 μM, values close to those previously determined for farnesylphosphonophosphate, Ki1 = 3.25 μM and Ki2 = 9.10 μM. Although 12-F-F-CH2PP did not irreversibly inactivate TS, this new analogue serves as a potential active-site directed inactivator and mechanistic probe of other sesquiterpene cyclases and FPP-utilizing enzymes, which utilize FPP as a common acyclic substrate.
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U2 - 10.1002/jccs.200600154
DO - 10.1002/jccs.200600154
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548551501
VL - 53
SP - 1161
EP - 1172
JO - Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society
SN - 0009-4536
IS - 5
ER -