title: Inhibition of methylcoenzyme M methylreductase by a uridine 5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine derivative.
abstract: Uridine-5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine, when oxidized with periodate to the corresponding aldehyde (o-UDP-GlcNAc), was a potent inhibitor of the methylcoenzyme M methylreductase reaction which catalyzes the reductive demethylation of methylcoenzyme M to methane. The oxidation product, o-UDP-GlcNAc, appears to bind to the UDP-GlcNAc site of the enzyme and inhibits the reduction of methylcoenzyme M both by MRF or its active hydrolytic fragment HS-HTP. The kinetic patterns indicate that o-UDP-GlcNAc inhibition is noncompetitive with HS-HTP or MRF, and the Hill coefficient indicated that there was cooperativity between the UDP and HS-HTP binding sites. The methylreductase enzyme was protected from o-UDP-GlcNAc inhibition by prior exposure to low concentrations of MRF. HS-HTP, at the same concentration as MRF, was not effective in protecting the enzyme from inhibition by o-UDP-GlcNAc.
authors.affiliation: Animal Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Sauer
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014537:Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014537:Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C023895:methyl coenzyme M methylreductase