dc.contributor.author | Shin, Inchul | |
dc.contributor.author | Ambler, Brett R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wherritt, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffith, Wendell P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maldonado, Amanda C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Altman, Ryan A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Aimin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-26T19:36:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-26T19:36:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-03-28 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Shin, I., Ambler, B. R., Wherritt, D., Griffith, W. P., Maldonado, A. C., Altman, R. A., & Liu, A. (2018). Stepwise O atom Transfer in Heme-Based Tryptophan Dioxygenase: Role of Substrate Ammonium in Epoxide Ring Opening. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(12), 4372–4379. http://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b00262 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26379 | |
dc.description | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of the American Chemical Society, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b00262. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Heme-based tryptophan dioxygenases are established immunosuppressive metalloproteins with significant biomedical interest. Here, we synthesized two mechanistic probes to specifically test if the α-amino group of the substrate directly participates in a critical step of the O atom transfer during catalysis in human tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO). Substitution of the nitrogen atom of the substrate to a carbon (probe 1) or oxygen (probe 2) slowed the catalytic step following the first O atom transfer such that transferring the second O atom becomes less likely to occur, although the dioxygenated products were observed with both probes. A monooxygenated product was also produced from probe 2 in a significant quantity. Analysis of this new product by HPLC coupled UV–vis spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HSQC, HMBC, and infrared (IR) spectroscopies concluded that this monooxygenated product is a furoindoline compound derived from an unstable epoxyindole intermediate. These results prove that small molecules can manipulate the stepwise O atom transfer reaction of TDO and provide a showcase for a tunable mechanism by synthetic compounds. The product analysis results corroborate the presence of a substrate-based epoxyindole intermediate during catalysis and provide the first substantial experimental evidence for the involvement of the substrate α-amino group in the epoxide ring-opening step during catalysis. This combined synthetic, biochemical, and biophysical study establishes the catalytic role of the α-amino group of the substrate during the O atom transfer reactions and thus represents a substantial advance to the mechanistic comprehension of the heme-based tryptophan dioxygenases. | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Stepwise O atom Transfer in Heme-Based Tryptophan Dioxygenase: Role of Substrate Ammonium in Epoxide Ring Opening | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Ambler, Brett R. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Maldonado, Amanda C. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Medicinal Chemistry | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/jacs.8b00262 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |