Functional Analyses of Tyr420 and Leu607 of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Squalene-Hopene Cyclase. Neoachillapentaene, a Novel Triterpene with the 1, 5, 6-Trimethylcyclohexene Moiety Produced through Folding of the Constrained Boat Structure(Organic Che

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The functions of Tyr420 and Leu607 were analyzed by constructing various site-directed mutants. The mutation at position 420 into Ala and Gly gave bicyclic α-and γ-polypodatetraene in significant amounts, but with a trace amount of tricyclic malabaricatriene. The kinetic data for and the product distribution of the Y420F mutant indicate that the major function of Tyr420 is to stabilize the 6/6-fused bicyclic cation. Mutation experiments on Leu607 demonstrate that the appropriate steric bulk size at position 607 is required to strongly bind with the product-like conformation formed during the polycyclization process. Introduction of the bulkiest Trp residue into 420 or 607 led to the production of a novel monocyclic triterpene having the (5R, 6R)-1,5,6-trimethylcyclohexene ring, named neoachillapentaene, indicating that the enzymatic cyclization proceeded via a constrained boat structure. Folding of the squalene molecule into a boat conformation by squalene cyclase has not been reported before.
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2002-08-23