Direct FeS cluster involvement in generation of a radical in lysine 2,3-aminomutase - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2000 Dec 26;39(51):15668-73.

doi: 10.1021/bi0022184.

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Direct FeS cluster involvement in generation of a radical in lysine 2,3-aminomutase

N J Cosper et al. Biochemistry. 2000.

Abstract

Lysine 2,3-aminomutase (KAM) belongs to a class of enzymes that use FeS clusters and S-adenosyl-L-methionine to initiate radical-dependent chemistry. Selenium K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopic analysis of KAM poised at various stages of catalysis, in the presence of selenomethionine or Se-adenosyl-L-selenomethionine, reveals that the cofactor is cleaved only in the presence of dithionite and the substrate analogue trans-4,5-dehydrolysine. A new Fourier transform peak at 2.7 A, assigned as a Se-Fe interaction, appears concomitant with this cleavage. This is the first demonstration of a direct interaction of S-adenosyl-L-methionine, or its cleavage products, with the FeS cluster in this class of enzymes.

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