title: Investigation of the mechanism and steric course of the reaction catalyzed by 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase from Penicillium patulum using (R)-[1-13C;2-2H]- and (S)-[1-13C;2-2H]malonates.
abstract: Chiral malonyl-CoA derivatives, enzymically synthesized from (R)- and (S)-[1-13C;2-2H]malonates using succinyl-CoA transferase, were incorporated into 6-methylsalicylic acid with homogeneous 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase isolated from Penicillium patulum. Analysis of the 6-methylsalicylic acid formed established that the hydrogen atoms at the 3- and 5-positions are derived from opposite absolute configurations in malonyl-CoA. When acetoacetyl-CoA was used as the starter molecule, a single hydrogen atom is incorporated from the chiral malonates into the 3-position of the 6-methylsalicylic acid. Mass spectrometric analysis of the 6-methylsalicylic acid indicates that this hydrogen atom originates from HRe of malonyl-CoA or HSi in the polyketide intermediate. It is thus concluded that the hydrogen atom at the 5-position of 6-methylsalicylic acid originates from HSi of malonyl-CoA or HRe in the polyketide intermediate. During the reaction the enzyme also catalyzes the stereospecific exchange of hydrogen atoms in the polyketide intermediates. The implications of the stereochemical information from these experiments are discussed in relation to the mechanism of the 6-methylsalicylic acid synthase reaction.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, U.K.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008314:Malonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000201:enzymology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D008314:Malonates; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C010667:acetoacetyl CoA; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D000217:Acyltransferases; C021587:6-methylsalicylic acid synthetase; D008025:Ligases