title: Kinetic studies of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase reaction using 3-desmethyl allylic substrate analogs.
abstract: In order to investigate the substrate binding feature of undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 with respect to farnesyl diphosphate and a reaction intermediate, (Z,E,E)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate, we examined the reactivity of artificial substrate analogs, 3-desmethyl farnesyl diphosphate and 3-desmethyl Z-geranylgeranyl diphosphate, which lack the methyl group at the 3-position of farnesyl diphosphate and Z-geranylgeranyl diphosphate, respectively. Undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase did not accept either of the 3-desmethyl analogs as the allylic substrate, indicating that the methyl group at the 3-position of the allylic substrate is important in the undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase reaction. These analogs showed different inhibition patterns in the cis-prenyl chain elongation reaction with respect to the reactions of farnesyl diphosphate and Z-geranylgeranyl diphosphate as allylic substrate. These results suggest that the binding site for the natural substrate farnesyl diphosphate and those for the intermediate allylic diphosphate, which contains the cis-prenyl unit, are different during the cis-prenyl chain elongation reaction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujikura
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Norimasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Mikiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Tanetoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D016982:Micrococcus luteus / Q000201:enzymology*; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C004808:farnesyl pyrophosphate; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C023266:undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; C002963:geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate