Bioorganometallic mechanism of action, and inhibition, of IspH.

ABSTRACT: We have investigated the mechanism of action of Aquifex aeolicus IspH [E-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl diphosphate (HMBPP) reductase], together with its inhibition, using a combination of site-directed mutagenesis (K ( M ),V (max)), EPR and (1)H, (2)H, (13)C, (31)P, and (57)Fe-electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy. On addition of HMBPP to an (unreactive) E126A IspH mutant, a reaction intermediate forms that has a very similar EPR spectrum to those seen previously with the HMBPP "parent" molecules, ethylene and allyl alcohol, bound to a nitrogenase FeMo cofactor. The EPR spectrum is broadened on (57)Fe labeling and there is no evidence for the formation of allyl radicals. When combined with ENDOR spectroscopy, the results indicate formation of an organometallic species with

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2842026 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature