Design of Inhibitors of Orotidine Monophosphate Decarboxylase Using Bioisosteric Replacement and Determination of Inhibition Kinetics

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (16) ◽  
pp. 4937-4945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Poduch ◽  
Angelica M. Bello ◽  
Sishi Tang ◽  
Masahiro Fujihashi ◽  
Emil F. Pai ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C447-C447
Author(s):  
Masahiro Fujihashi ◽  
Toyokazu Ishida ◽  
Shingo Kuroda ◽  
Kazuya Mito ◽  
Lakshmi Kotra ◽  
...  

One way for enzymes to affect reactions they catalyze is through transition state stabilization. Another factor to be considered is the contribution of substrate distortion, although it has been thoroughly described for only a few enzymes. We have a longstanding interest in the reaction mechanism of orotidine monophosphate decarboxylase (ODCase) and determined various crystal structures bound with distorted substrates at around 1.5 Å resolution. The enzyme is known as one of the most proficient enzymes, which accelerates the decarboxylation of orotidine 5'-monophosphate (OMP) to form uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP) by 17 orders of magnitude. One argument against the contribution of substrate distortion to the ODCase reaction is the weak affinity of UMP. The distortions observed so far all appear at the C6-substituent of the pyrimidine ring, which corresponds to the carboxylate of OMP. Since the carboxylate is removed by the reaction, the product UMP should bind more tightly to ODCase than OMP, if the distortion of C6-substituent contributes to the catalysis. In order to investigate this inconsistency, we determined the crystal structure of ODCase with UMP at atomic resolution (1.03 Å). The structure showed an unfavorable interaction between UMP and the catalytic residue K72, an interaction considered to be absent in the OMP complex. Surface plasmon resonance analysis indicated that UMP binds stronger to the K72A mutant than to the wild-type enzyme by 5 orders of magnitude. These analyses invalidate the argument against a contribution of substrate distortion to ODCase catalysis. Finally, we estimated how much the distortion contributes to the catalysis using computational simulation methods. The results indicated that 10-15% decrease of the ΔΔG‡ value is contributed by substrate distortion.


2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
N. Bicer ◽  
R. Gürkan ◽  
M. Akcay ◽  
T. Altunata

The reaction between Co(III)-EDTA and hypophosphite ion, catalyzed by Pd(II) was chosen as the indicator reaction. The inhibition kinetics of this catalytic reaction have been investigated by a mechanistic approach in the presence of some inhibitors. Catalysts other than PdCl2, that is Pt, Au, Ni salts, did not exhibit any effect on the reaction. An original reaction mechanism is proposed based on the experimental data. The important variables were optimized for maximum sensitivity. The calibration graph, which was prepared following the inhibition kinetic method, showed a linear relationship (r = ? 0.9878) between the initial rate and iodide in the concentration range of 2?35 ng/cm3 I- with a detection limit of 1.2 ng/cm3 I (3Sb/m criterion). The RSDs of the method, (N = 5) for 7 and 14 ng/cm3 were 1.19 and 0.81 %, respectively, depended on iodide concentration. The method was only applied to the determination of iodide in water, urine, iodized table salt and some drug samples and was compared with the modified Sandell?Kolthoff method.


2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Fujihashi ◽  
Jagjeet S. Mnpotra ◽  
Ram Kumar Mishra ◽  
Emil F. Pai ◽  
Lakshmi P. Kotra

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