title: (E)-5',6'-didehydro-6'-deoxy-6'-fluorohomoadenosine: a substrate that measures the hydrolytic activity of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.
abstract: (E)-5',6'-Didehydro-6'-deoxy-6'-fluorohomoadenosine (EDDFHA), which is a poor substrate for the oxidative activity of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase and thus a poor mechanism-based inhibitor was shown to be a good substrate for the hydrolytic activity of this enzyme. Incubation of EDDFHA with AdoHcy hydrolase (NAD+ form) produces a large molar excess of hydrolytic products [e.g., fluoride ion, adenine (Ade) derived from chemical degradation of homoadenosine 6'-carboxaldehyde (HACA), and 6'-deoxy-6'-fluoro-5'-hydroxyhomoadenosine (DFHHA)] accompanied by a slow irreversible inactivation of the enzyme. The enzyme inactivation was shown to be time-dependent, biphasic, and concomitant with the reduction of the enzyme-bound NAD+ (E.NAD+) to E-NADH. The reaction of EDDFHA with AdoHcy hydrolase was shown to proceed by three pathways: pathway a, water attack at the 6'-position of EDDFHA and elimination of fluoride ion results in the formation of HACA, which degrades chemically to form Ade; pathway b, water attack at the 5'-position of EDDFHA results in the formation of DFHHA; and pathway c, oxidation of EDDFHA results in formation of the NADH form of the enzyme (inactive) and 3'keto-EDDFHA, which could react with water at either the C5' or C6' positions. The partition ratios among the three pathways were determined to be k3':k6':k5' = 1:29:79 with one lethal event (enzyme inactivation) occurring every 108 nonlethal turnovers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Wnuk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Borchardt
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D043383:Adenosylhomocysteinase; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003839:Deoxyadenosines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: C089873:5',6'-didehydro-6'-deoxy-6'-fluorohomoadenosine; C089872:6'-deoxy-6'-fluoro-5'-hydroxyhomoadenosine; D003839:Deoxyadenosines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C065189:4',5'-didehydro-5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroadenosine; D006867:Hydrolases; D043383:Adenosylhomocysteinase; D000241:Adenosine