title: Delta-L-(alpha-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase: isolation of L-cysteinyl-D-valine, a 'shunt' product, and implications for the order of peptide bond formation.
abstract: L-Cysteinyl-D-valine was isolated from incubations of L-glutamate, L-cysteine and L-valine with delta-L-(alpha-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase and identified by 1H NMR and electrospray ionization MS. This is entirely consistent with our prior proposal (Shiau, C.-Y., Baldwin, J.E., Byford, M.F., Sobey, W.J. and Schofield, C.J. (1995) FEBS Lett. 358, 97-100) that the alpha-peptide bond between cysteine and valine is formed before the delta-peptide bond between alpha-aminoadipate and cysteine. The inclusion of L-glutamate, an analogue of L-alpha-aminoadipate, did not result in a detectable amount of tripeptide product, but did increase apparent yields of L-cysteinyl-D-valine. Conceivably, formation of the L-glutamyladenylate stimulates synthesis of the cysteinyl-valine dipeptide indirectly via a conformational change in the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shiau
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Byford
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Schofield
mesh_terms: D000164:Acremonium / Q000201:enzymology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C095368:alpha-aminoadipyl-cysteinyl-valine synthetase