title: 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate-8-phosphate synthase catalyzes the C-O bond cleavage of phosphoenolpyruvate.
abstract: The mechanism of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate-8-phosphate (KDO8P) synthase was investigated. When [18O]-PEP specifically labeled in the enolic oxygen is a substrate for KDO8P synthase, the 18O is recovered in Pi. This indicates that the KDO8P synthase reaction proceeds with C-O bond cleavage of PEP similar to that observed in the 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase catalyzed condensation of PEP and erythrose-4-phosphate (1). No evidence for a covalent enzyme-PEP intermediate could be obtained. No [32P]-Pi exchange into PEP nor scrambling of bridge 18O to non-bridging positions in [18O]-PEP was observed in the presence or absence of arabinose-5-phosphate or its analog ribose-5-phosphate. Bromopyruvate inactivated KDO8P synthase in a time dependent process. It is likely that bromopyruvate reacts with a functional group at the PEP binding site since PEP, but not arabinose-5-phosphate, protects against inactivation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hedstrom
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abeles
mesh_terms: D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D010723:3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase; C020011:2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphooctonate aldolase; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases