title: Unusual mechanism of oxygen atom transfer and product rearrangement in the catalytic reaction of 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-5-carboxylic acid oxygenase.
abstract: The oxygenation reaction of 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-5-carboxylic acid (MHPC) oxygenase with the substrate, MHPC, was investigated. Two oxygenated flavin intermediates C(4a)-hydroperoxy flavin and C(4a)-hydroxy flavin were found, implying that the enzyme functions similarly to flavoprotein hydroxylases. This finding is supported by the results of independent oxygen-18 tracer experiments, which showed that one atom of oxygen from 18O2 and one atom of oxygen from H218O are incorporated in the product. MHPC oxygenase normally catalyzes both the oxygenation and the hydrolytic ring opening of the pyridine ring of MHPC to yield the acyclic compound, alpha-(N-acetylaminomethylene)succinic acid. Using 5-hydroxynicotinic acid (5HN), which has no 2-methyl group, we tested whether the hydrolytic reaction was due to the presence of the 2-methyl group on MHPC (that prevented rearomatization of the initial product) or to the specific properties of MHPC oxygenase. Product analysis of the enzymatic reaction of 5HN and MHPC oxygenase shows that the enzyme catalyzes the hydroxylation and subsequent hydrolysis of the hydroxylated substrate to yield an acyclic product. The investigation of the oxygenation reaction demonstrates that the enzyme uses the same mechanism to catalyze the 5HN reaction as it does in the MHPC reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaiyen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brissette
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Ballou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Massey
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002384:Catalysis; D007700:Kinetics; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009539:Nicotinic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: C106693:2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-5-carboxylic acid; D001386:Azides; D009539:Nicotinic Acids; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; C106692:5-hydroxynicotinic acid; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C019483:methylhydroxypyridine-carboxylate dioxygenase; D010100:Oxygen