title: Kinetic control of thiamin diphosphate activation in enzymes studied by proton-nitrogen correlated NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: Proton-nitrogen correlated NMR studies were performed on thiamin diphosphate, which has been specifically labeled with (15)N at the 4'-amino group. After reconstitution of the labeled coenzyme with the apoenzymes of both wild-type pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis and the E50Q variant, a high-field shift of the (15)N signal of approximately 4 ppm is observed at pH 5.9 when compared to that of the free coenzyme, indicating a higher electron density at the 4'-amino nitrogen in the enzyme-bound state. The pH dependence of the chemical shift of the (15)N signals in the (1)H-(15)N heteronuclear single-quantum coherence NMR spectra reveals typical titration curves for the free as well as the reconstituted coenzyme with nearly identical chemical shift end points. The midpoints of the transitions are at pH 5.3 and 5.0 for the free and enzyme-bound coenzyme, respectively. We conclude that the tremendous rate acceleration of C2-H deprotonation in ThDP enzymes is mainly the result of the enforced V conformation of the cofactor in the active site being perfectly suited to allowing intramolecular acid-base catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Fachbereich Biochemie/Biotechnologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 3, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tittmann
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neef
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Golbik
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D001051:Apoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D011767:Pyruvate Decarboxylase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014174:Transketolase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001051:Apoenzymes; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D014174:Transketolase; D011767:Pyruvate Decarboxylase; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate