title: Comparison of branched-chain and tightly coupled reaction mechanisms for prostaglandin H synthase.
abstract: Two types of mechanisms have been proposed to account for the combination of peroxidase and cyclooxygenase activities in prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS). One, a branched-chain mechanism [Dietz, R., et al. (1988) Eur. J. Biochem. 171, 321-328], postulates that the cyclooxygenase reaction propagates essentially independently of peroxidase catalysis. The second, a tightly coupled mechanism [Bakovic, M., & Dunford, H. B. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 6475-6482], postulates that peroxidase catalysis is an integral part of cyclooxygenase propagation. Qualitative and quantitative predictions from the two mechanisms have been compared with several observed characteristics of the PGHS reaction with arachidonate, including the ability to accumulate PGG2 and oxidized enzyme intermediates, the stoichiometry between cosubstrate and fatty acid consumption, and the hydroperoxide activator requirement. The observed characteristics, particularly the accumulation of micromolar levels of PGG2 even in the presence of cosubstrate and the stoichiometry between cosubstrate oxidation and fatty acid oxygenation of less than 1.3 (compared to a theoretical maximum of 2.0), were largely consistent with predictions from the branched-chain mechanism, but contradicted important predictions of the tightly coupled mechanism. These results indicate that PGHS catalysis is more accurately described by the branched-chain mechanism than by the tightly coupled mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kulmacz
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000201:enzymology; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010544:Peroxidases; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases