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Understanding the transition states of phosphodiester bond cleavage: insights from heavy atom isotope effects
Adam G Cassano et al. Biopolymers. 2004 Jan.
Abstract
The nucleotides of DNA and RNA are joined by phosphodiester linkages whose synthesis and hydrolysis are catalyzed by numerous essential enzymes. Two prominent mechanisms have been proposed for RNA and protein enzyme catalyzed cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in RNA: (a) intramolecular nucleophilic attack by the 2'-hydroxyl group adjacent to the reactive phosphate; and (b) intermolecular nucleophilic attack by hydroxide, or other oxyanion. The general features of these two mechanisms have been established by physical organic chemical analyses; however, a more detailed understanding of the transition states of these reactions is emerging from recent kinetic isotope effect (KIE) studies. The recent data show interesting differences between the chemical mechanisms and transition state structures of the inter- and intramolecular reactions, as well as provide information on the impact of metal ion, acid, and base catalysis on these mechanisms. Importantly, recent nonenzymatic model studies show that interactions with divalent metal ions, an important feature of many phosphodiesterase active sites, can influence both the mechanism and transition state structure of nonenzymatic phosphodiester cleavage. Such detailed investigations are important because they mimic catalytic strategies employed by both RNA and protein phosphodiesterases, and so set the stage for explorations of enzyme-catalyzed transition states. Application of KIE analyses for this class of enzymes is just beginning, and several important technical challenges remain to be overcome. Nonetheless, such studies hold great promise since they will provide novel insights into the role of metal ions and other active site interactions.
Copyright 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 73: 110-129, 2004
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