title: Analysis of the phosphoryl transfer mechanism of c-AMP dependent protein kinase (PKA) by penta-coodinate phosphoric transition state theory.
abstract: This review briefly covers recent literature of research on the phosphoryl transfer mechanism of PKA. Combining experimental and theoretical calculation results on enzymes with experimentally observed biomimic activities of phosphoryl amino acids and a small molecular model of catalytic core in PKA, a novel mechanism was proposed. The cooperative participation roles of both Asp166 and Lys168 via a penta-coodinate phosphoric intermediate was elucidated to conciliate the current different views of the phosphoryl transfer mechanism of PKA. Since many ATP-binding enzymes may share a similar phosphoryl transfer mechanism, this proposed mechanism might also apply to the mechanism of these enzymes, e.g., molecular motor and phosphatase among others.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases