title: Functional residues at the active site of horse liver phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase.
abstract: Horse liver phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.36) is rapidly inactivated by N-acetoacetylation with diketene following a pseudo-first-order kinetics: the presence of substrate quantitatively protects against this inactivation. Histidine photo-oxidation with methylene blue or rose bengal brings about the total loss of activity. These results indicate the presence of functional lysyl and histidyl groups at the active site of the enzyme. The substrate sulphydryl group is essential for enzyme activity. Enzymatic decarboxylation is proposed to result from a combined action of the keto group of the enzyme-bound pyruvate protonated by an essential histidine and a protonated amino group of a lysine.
authors: Department of Biochemical Sciences, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Scandurra
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Consalvi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Politi
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Gallina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006736:Horses; D007700:Kinetics; D007783:Lactones / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010453:Peptide Synthases; D010777:Photochemistry
chemical_list: D007783:Lactones; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C004773:diketene; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C022373:Phosphopantothenoyl-cysteine decarboxylase; D010453:Peptide Synthases