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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
We have determined kinetic and thermodynamic constants governing binding of substrates and products to thymidylate synthase from Escherichia coli (TS) sufficient to describe the kinetic scheme for this enzyme. (1) The catalytic mechanism is ordered in the following manner, TS + dUMP --> TS x dUMP + (6R)-5,10-CH2-H4folate --> TS x dUMP x (6R)-5,10-CH2H4folate --> TS x dTMP x H2folate --> TS x dTMP --> TS as predicted previously by others from steady-state measurements. (2) When substrates are saturating, the overall reaction rate is governed by the slow conversion of enzyme-bound substrates to bound products as demonstrated by (i) large primary and secondary isotope effects on k(cat) and (ii) high rates of product dissociation compared to k(cat). (3) Stopped-flow studies measuring the binding of 10-propargyl-5,8-dideazafolate, an analog of (6R)-5,10-CH2H4folate, with the active site mutant C146A or the C-terminus-truncated mutant P261Am enabled us to identify physical events corresponding to spectral changes which are observed with the wild-type enzyme during initiation of catalysis. A kinetically identifiable reaction step, TS x dUMP x (6R)-5,10-CH2H4folate --> (TS x dUMP x (6R)-5,10-CH2H4folate)*, likely represents reorientation of the C-terminus of the enzyme over the catalytic site. This seals the substrates into a relatively nonaqueous environment in which catalysis can occur. (4) Although TS is a dimer of identical subunits, catalysis is probably confined to only one subunit at a time. (5) The "high-resolution" kinetic scheme described herein provides a framework for the interpretation of the kinetics of catalysis by mutant ecTS chosen to provide insights into the relationship between structure and function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2'-deoxyuridylic acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CB 3717, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Deoxyuracil Nucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Folic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Folic Acid Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Quinazolines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrahydrofolates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thymidine Monophosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thymidylate Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dihydrofolate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4212-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Deoxyuracil Nucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Folic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Folic Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Quinazolines, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Spectrometry, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Spectrophotometry, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Tetrahydrofolates, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Thermodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Thymidine Monophosphate, pubmed-meshheading:9100016-Thymidylate Synthase
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Kinetic scheme for thymidylate synthase from Escherichia coli: determination from measurements of ligand binding, primary and secondary isotope effects, and pre-steady-state catalysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101, USA. Spencer@psc.psc.sc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't