Deamination and γ-Addition Reactions of Vinylglycine Catalyzed by Yeast Kynurenine Aminotransferase, and Suicidal Inactivation of the Enzyme during Its Processing(Biological Chemistry)

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Kynurenine aminotransferase from yeast, Hansenula schneggii, has been found to catalyze the deamination of an olefinic amino acid, L-vinylglycine, to form α-ketobutyrate and ammonia. The maximum rate of deamination was 0.17 μmol/mg/min at 25℃ (pH 80.), which is approximately 1% of the rate of transamination between L-kynurenine and α-ketoglutarate. Concomitantly with the catalysis, the enzyme lost both the deaminase and aminotransferase activities in a time-dependent manner. The inactivation was irreversible and followed pseudo-first-order kinetics at various concentrations of L-vinylglycine. The Michaelis constant for L-vinylglycine in the inactivation reaction was essentially the same as that in the deamination. These results indicate that the two reactions proceed through a common intermediary complex, and L-vinylglycine acts as a suicide inactivator for the enzyme. The apoenzyme neither catalyzed the deamination nor was inactivated by L-vinylglycine. The enzyme also catalyzes the γ-addition reaction of L-vinylglycine in the presence of alkanethiols producing the corresponding S-substituted homocysteines.
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1988-11-23