title: Hydrogen atom exchange between 5'-deoxyadenosine and hydroxyethylhydrazine during the single turnover inactivation of ethanolamine ammonia-lyase.
abstract: The early steps in the single turnover inactivation of ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) from Salmonella typhimurium by hydroxyethylhydrazine (HEH) have been probed by rapid-mixing sampling techniques, and the destiny of deuterium atoms, present initially in HEH, has been investigated by mass spectrometry. The inactivation reaction produces acetaldehyde, the hydrazine cation radical, 5'-deoxyadenosine, and cob(II)alamin (B(12r)) in amounts stoichiometric with active sites. Rapid-mix freeze-quench EPR spectroscopy and stopped-flow rapid-scan spectrophotometry revealed that the hydrazine cation radical and B(12r) appeared at a rate of approximately 3 s(-)(1) at 21 degrees C. Analysis of 5'-deoxyadenosine isolated from a reaction mixture prepared in (2)H(2)O did not contain deuterium-a result which demonstrates that solvent-exchangeable sites are not involved in the hydrogen-transfer processes. In contrast, all of the 5'-deoxyadenosine, isolated from inactivation reactions with [1,1,2,2-(2)H(4)]HEH, had acquired at least one (2)H from the labeled inactivator. Significant fractions of the 5'-deoxyadenosine acquired two and three deuteriums. These results indicate that hydrogen abstraction from HEH by a radical derived from the cofactor is reversible. The distribution of 5'-deoxyadenosine with one, two, and three deuteriums incorporated and the absence of unlabeled 5'-deoxyadenosine in the product are consistent with a model in which there is direct transfer of hydrogens between the inactivator and the 5'-methyl of 5'-deoxyadenosine. These results reinforce the concept that the 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical is the species that abstracts hydrogen atoms from the substrate in EAL.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Enzyme Research, Graduate School, Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53705, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bandarian
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Poyner
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D003839:Deoxyadenosines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004981:Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011522:Protons; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000201:enzymology; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003839:Deoxyadenosines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006834:Hydrazines; D011522:Protons; C097751:cob(II)alamin; C033714:5'-deoxyadenosine; D006859:Hydrogen; C037834:2-hydroxyethylhydrazine; D003903:Deuterium; D004981:Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase; D014805:Vitamin B 12