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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