title: The rate constant describing slow-onset inhibition of yeast AMP deaminase by coformycin analogues is independent of inhibitor structure.
abstract: (R)- and (S)-2'-deoxycoformycin, (R)-coformycin, and the corresponding 5'-monophosphates were compared as inhibitors of yeast AMP deaminase. The overall inhibition constants ranged from 4.2 mM for (S)-2'-deoxycoformycin to 10 pM for (R)-coformycin 5'-monophosphate, a difference of 3.8 x 10(8) in affinities. (R)-Coformycin, (R)-2'-deoxycoformycin 5'-monophosphate, and (R)-coformycin 5'-monophosphate exhibited both rapid and slow-onset inhibition. The S inhibitors and (R)-2'-deoxycoformycin exhibited classical competitive inhibition but no time-dependent onset of inhibition. The results indicate that the presence of the 2'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate and the R stereochemistry at the C-8 position of the diazepine ring are necessary for the optimum interaction of inhibitors with yeast AMP deaminase. This differs from the results for rabbit muscle AMP deaminase [Frieden C., Kurz, L. C., & Gilbert, H. R. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 5303-5309] and calf intestinal adenosine deaminase [Schramm, V. L., & Baker, D. C. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 641-646], in which a tetrahedral hydroxyl at C-8 in the R stereochemistry is sufficient for slow-onset inhibition with the coformycins. The results suggest that the transition state contains a tetrahedral carbon with the R configuration as a result of the direct attack of an oxygen nucleophile at C-6 of AMP. Slow-onset inhibition of yeast AMP deaminase is consistent with the mechanism [formula: see text] in which the combination of E and I is rapidly reversible. For these inhibitors, Ki varied by a factor of 3 x 10(3), and the overall inhibition constant (Ki*) varied by a factor of 2 x 10(5).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Merkler
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Brenowitz
authors: V L
authors: VL
authors: Schramm
mesh_terms: D000659:AMP Deaminase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003070:Coformycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015649:Pentostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D003070:Coformycin; D015649:Pentostatin; D000659:AMP Deaminase