title: Hydron transfer catalyzed by triosephosphate isomerase. Products of isomerization of (R)-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate in D2O.
abstract: The product distributions for the reactions of (R)-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (GAP) in D(2)O at pD 7.5-7.9 catalyzed by triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) from chicken and rabbit muscle were determined by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Three products were observed from the reactions catalyzed by TIM: dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) from isomerization with intramolecular transfer of hydrogen (49% of the enzymatic products), [1(R)-(2)H]-DHAP from isomerization with incorporation of deuterium from D(2)O into C-1 of DHAP (31% of the enzymatic products), and [2(R)-(2)H]-GAP from incorporation of deuterium from D(2)O into C-2 of GAP (21% of the enzymatic products). The similar yields of [1(R)-(2)H]-DHAP and [2(R)-(2)H]-GAP from partitioning of the enzyme-bound enediol(ate) intermediate between hydron transfer to C-1 and C-2 is consistent with earlier results, which showed that there are similar barriers for conversion of this intermediate to the alpha-hydroxy ketone and aldehyde products (Knowles, J. R., and Albery, W. J. (1977) Acc. Chem. Res. 10, 105-111). However, the observation that the TIM-catalyzed isomerization of GAP in D(2)O proceeds with 49% intramolecular transfer of the (1)H label from substrate to product DHAP stands in sharp contrast with the <or=6% intramolecular transfer of the (3)H label from substrate to product GAP reported for the TIM-catalyzed reaction of [1(R)-(3)H]-DHAP in H(2)O (Herlihy, J. M., Maister, S. G., Albery, W. J., and Knowles, J. R. (1976) Biochemistry 15, 5601-5607). The data show that the hydron bound to the carboxylate side chain of Glu-165 in the TIM-enediol(ate) complex is not in chemical equilibrium with those of bulk solvent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, USA.
authors.forename: Annmarie C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: Tina L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Amyes
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Richard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D002645:Chickens; D041961:Deuterium Exchange Measurement; D017666:Deuterium Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D004099:Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D020100:Hydrogels; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011522:Protons; D011817:Rabbits; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014305:Triose-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D020100:Hydrogels; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011522:Protons; C000257:polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate hydrogels; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate; D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate; D004099:Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate; D014305:Triose-Phosphate Isomerase; D017666:Deuterium Oxide