Increased dynamic effects in a catalytically compromised variant of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase.

ABSTRACT: Isotopic substitution ((15)N, (13)C, (2)H) of a catalytically compromised variant of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase, EcDHFR-N23PP/S148A, has been used to investigate the effect of these mutations on catalysis. The reduction of the rate constant of the chemical step in the EcDHFR-N23PP/S148A catalyzed reaction is essentially a consequence of an increase of the quasi-classical free energy barrier and to a minor extent of an increased number of recrossing trajectories on the transition state dividing surface. Since the variant enzyme is less well set up to catalyze the reaction, a higher degree of active site reorganization is needed to reach the TS. Although millisecond active site motions are lost in the variant, there is greater flexibility on the femtosecond time scale. The "dyn

SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Pernia JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3949409 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature