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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography2014

Adherence to Bürgi-Dunitz stereochemical principles requires significant structural rearrangements in Schiff-base formation: insights from transaldolase complexes.

Samuel H Light, George Minasov, Mark-Eugene Duban, Wayne F Anderson

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Arabinose 5-phosphate covalently inhibits transaldolase.Journal of structural and functional genomics · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel H LightCenter for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, USA.
George MinasovCenter for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, USA.
Mark-Eugene DubanCenter for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, USA.
Wayne F AndersonCenter for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, USA.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200700058CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201200026C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Bürgi-Dunitz angle (αBD) describes the trajectory of approach of a nucleophile to an electrophile. The adoption of a stereoelectronically favorable αBD can necessitate significant reactive-group repositioning over the course of bond formation. In the context of enzyme catalysis, interactions with the protein constrain substrate rotation, which could necessitate structural transformations during bond formation. To probe this theoretical framework vis-à-vis biocatalysis, Schiff-base formation was analysed in Francisella tularensis transaldolase (TAL). Crystal structures of wild-type and Lys→Met mutant TAL in covalent and noncovalent complexes with fructose 6-phosphate and sedoheptulose 7-phosphate clarify the mechanism of catalysis and reveal that substrate keto moieties undergo significant conformational changes during Schiff-base formation. Structural changes compelled by the trajectory considerations discussed here bear relevance to bond formation in a variety of constrained enzymic/engineered systems and can inform the design of covalent therapeutics.

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Bacterial ProteinsBinding SitesBiocatalysisCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliFrancisella tularensisFructosephosphatesModels, MolecularMutationProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant ProteinsSchiff BasesStereoisomerismSubstrate SpecificitySugar PhosphatesBacterial Proteinsfructose-6-phosphateFructosephosphatesRecombinant ProteinsSchiff Basessedoheptulose 7-phosphateSugar PhosphatesTransaldolaseBürgi–Dunitz angleiminesinduced fitnucleophilespentose phosphate pathwaySchiff bases

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PMID24531488
PMCPMC3940192
OpenAlexW1997268606

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