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Mechanism of Inactivation of Ornithine Transcarbamoylase by N δ-(N′-Sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine, a True Transition State Analogue?: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CATALYTIC MECHANISM

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Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275 (26): 20012-20019 (2000)
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M000585200

Abstract

The crystal structure is reported at 1.8 Å resolution of Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase in complex with the active derivative of phaseolotoxin fromPseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola,N δ-(N′-sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine. Electron density reveals that the complex is not a covalent adduct as previously thought. Kinetic data confirm thatN δ-(N′-sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine exhibits reversible inhibition with a half-life in the order of ∼22 h and a dissociation constant of K D = 1.6 × 10−12 m at 37 °C and pH 8.0. Observed hydrogen bonding about the chiral tetrahedral phosphorus of the inhibitor is consistent only with the presence of the R enantiomer. A strong interaction is also observed between Arg57 Nε and the P-N-S bridging nitrogen indicating that imino tautomers ofN δ-(N′-sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine are present in the bound state. An imino tautomer ofN δ-(N′-sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine is structurally analogous to the proposed reaction transition state. Hence, we propose thatN δ-(N′-sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-l-ornithine, with its three unique N-P bonds, represents a true transition state analogue for ornithine transcarbamoylases, consistent with the tight binding kinetics observed.

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