title: Oxamate is an alternative substrate for pyruvate carboxylase from Rhizobium etli.
abstract: Oxamate, an isosteric and isoelectronic inhibitory analogue of pyruvate, enhances the rate of enzymatic decarboxylation of oxaloacetate in the carboxyl transferase domain of pyruvate carboxylase (PC). It is unclear, though, how oxamate exerts a stimulatory effect on the enzymatic reaction. Herein, we report direct (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) evidence that oxamate acts as a carboxyl acceptor, forming a carbamylated oxamate product and thereby accelerating the enzymatic decarboxylation reaction. (13)C NMR was used to monitor the PC-catalyzed formation of [4-(13)C]oxaloacetate and subsequent transfer of (13)CO(2) from oxaloacetate to oxamate. In the presence of oxamate, the apparent K(m) for oxaloacetate is artificially suppressed (from 15 to 4-5 μM). Interestingly, the steady-state kinetic analysis of the initial rates determined at varying concentrations of oxaloacetate and fixed concentrations of oxamate revealed initial velocity patterns inconsistent with a simple ping-pong-type mechanism. Rather, the patterns suggest the existence of an alternate decarboxylation pathway in which an unstable intermediate is formed. The steady-state kinetic analysis coupled with the normal (13)(V/K) kinetic isotope effect observed on C-4 of oxaloacetate [(13)(V/K) = 1.0117 ± 0.0005] indicates that the transfer of CO(2) from carboxybiotin to oxamate is the partially rate-limiting step of the enzymatic reaction. The catalytic mechanism proposed for the carboxylation of oxamate is similar to that proposed for the carboxylation of pyruvate, which occurs via the formation of an enol intermediate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marlier
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: Tonya N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Zeczycki
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010072:Oxamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D042163:Rhizobium etli / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase; D010072:Oxamic Acid
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