Activation of substrate/product couples by medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase.
Natural substrate/product binding activates medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) to accept electrons from its substrate by inducing a positive flavin midpoint potential shift. The energy source for this activation has never been fully elucidated. If ground-state alterations of the ligand, such as polarization, are entirely responsible for enzyme activation, the ligand potential should shift equally to that of the flavin but in the opposite direction. Ligand polarization is likely responsible for only a small portion of this activation. Here, thiophenepropionoyl- and furylpropionoyl-CoA analogs were used to directly measure the redox modulations of several ligand couples upon binding to MCAD. These measurements identified the thermodynamic contribution of ligand polarization to enzyme activation. Because the ligand potential alterations are significantly smaller than modulations in the flavin potential due to binding, other phenomena such as pK(a) changes, desolvation, and charge alterations are likely responsible for the thermodynamic modulations required for MCAD's activity.
Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Teresa R
TR
Lamm
Theresa D
TD
Kohls
Marian T
MT
Stankovich
D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004579:Electron Transport; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011199:Potentiometry; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013816:Thermodynamics
D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D008024:Ligands; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase