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Stereochemical Course of Thiophosphoryl Group Transfer Catalyzed by Mitochondrial Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase

  • Kwan Fu Sheu
  • , Paul Markovitz
  • , Merton F. Utter
  • , Lynn D. Nolan
  • , John P. Richard
  • , Hsu Tso Ho
  • , Perry A. Frey
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • The Burke Medical Research Institute

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Abstract

Guinea pig liver mitochondrial phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase catalyzes the conversion of (Rp)-guanosine 5’ -(3-thio[3-18O]triphosphate) and oxalacetate to (Sp)-[18O]thiophosphoenolpyruvate, GDP, and CO2 by a mechanism that involves overall inversion in the configuration of the chiral [18O]thiophosphate group. This result is most consistent with a single displacement mechanism in which the [18O] thiophosphoryl group is transferred from (Rp)-guanosine 5′-(3-thio[3-18O]triphosphate) bound at the active site directly to enolpyruvate generated at the active site by the decarboxylation of oxalacetate. In particular, this result does not indicate the involvement of a covalent thiophosphoryl-enzyme on the reaction pathway.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1779-1783
Number of pages5
JournalBiochemistry
Volume23
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1984

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