title: Hydroxynaphthaldehyde phosphate derivatives as potent covalent Schiff base inhibitors of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase.
abstract: Interactions of phosphate derivatives of 2,6-dihydroxynaphthalene (NA-P(2)) and 1,6-dihydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde (HNA-P, phosphate at position 6) with fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from rabbit muscle were analyzed by enzyme kinetics, difference spectroscopy, site-directed mutagenesis, mass spectrometry, and molecular dynamics. Enzyme activity was competitively inhibited by NA-P(2), whereas HNA-P exhibited slow-binding inhibition with an overall inhibition constant of approximately 24 nM. HNA-P inactivation was very slowly reversed with t(1/2) approximately 10 days. Mass spectrometry and spectrophotometric absorption indicated that HNA-P inactivation occurs by Schiff base formation. Rates of enzyme inactivation and Schiff base formation by HNA-P were identical and corresponded to approximately 4 HNA-P molecules bound par aldolase tetramer at maximal inhibition. Site-directed mutagenesis of conserved active site lysine residues 107, 146, and 229 and Asp-33 indicated that Schiff base formation by HNA-P involved Lys-107 and was promoted by Lys-146. Titration of Lys-107 by pyridoxal 5-phosphate yielded a microscopic pK(a) approximately 8 for Lys-107, corroborating a role as nucleophile at pH 7.6. Site-directed mutagenesis of Ser-271, an active site residue that binds the C(1)-phosphate of dihydroxyacetone phosphate, diminished HNA-P binding and enabled modeling of HNA-P in the active site. Molecular dynamics showed persistent HNA-P phosphate interactions with the C(1)-phosphate binding site in the noncovalent adduct. The naphthaldehyde hydroxyl, ortho to the HNA-P aldehyde, was essential for promoting carbinolamine precursor formation by intramolecular catalysis. The simulations indicate a slow rate of enzyme inactivation due to competitive inhibition by the phenate form of HNA-P, infrequent nucleophilic attack in the phenol form, and significant conformational barrier to bond formation as well as electrostatic destabilization of protonated ketimine intermediates. Solvent accessibility by Lys-107 Nz was reduced in the covalent Schiff base complex, and in those instances where water molecules interacted with Lys-107 in the simulations, Schiff base hydrolysis was not mechanistically favorable. The findings at the molecular level corroborate the observed mechanism of slow-binding tight inhibition by HNA-P of muscle aldolase and should serve as a blueprint for future aldolase inhibitor design.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, LSPCMIB UMR CNRS 5068, Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment IIR1, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dax
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coinçon
authors.forename: Jurgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sygusch
authors.forename: Casimir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blonski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009284:Naphthols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C500882:1,6-dihydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde 6-phosphate; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009284:Naphthols; D010755:Organophosphates; D012545:Schiff Bases; C483528:2,6-dihydroxynaphthalene; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase