Suicide inhibition of alpha-oxamine synthases: structures of the covalent adducts of 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase with trifluoroalanine

Dmitriy Alexeev, Robert L Baxter, Dominic J Campopiano, Olivier Kerbarh, Lindsay Sawyer, Nicholas Tomczyk, Rory Watt, Scott P Webster

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Abstract

The irreversible inhibition of 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase by trifluoroalanine involves decarboxylative defluorination of the inhibitor-PLP aldimine followed by attack of the conjugated imine by the amino group of the active site lysine to afford a covalently bound difluorinated intermediate which can subsequently undergo further HF losses and hydrolysis to afford a 2-(pyridoximine phosphate) acetoyl protein adduct.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1209-12
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic & Biomolecular chemistry
Volume4
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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