TY - JOUR
T1 - Organometallic Complex Formed by an Unconventional Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzyme
AU - Dong, Min
AU - Horitani, Masaki
AU - Dzikovski, Boris
AU - Pandelia, Maria Eirini
AU - Krebs, Carsten
AU - Freed, Jack H.
AU - Hoffman, Brian M.
AU - Lin, Hening
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2016/8/10
Y1 - 2016/8/10
N2 - Pyrococcus horikoshii Dph2 (PhDph2) is an unusual radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme involved in the first step of diphthamide biosynthesis. It catalyzes the reaction by cleaving SAM to generate a 3-amino-3-carboxypropyl (ACP) radical. To probe the reaction mechanism, we synthesized a SAM analogue (SAMCA), in which the ACP group of SAM is replaced with a 3-carboxyallyl group. SAMCA is cleaved by PhDph2, yielding a paramagnetic (S = 1/2) species, which is assigned to a complex formed between the reaction product, α-sulfinyl-3-butenoic acid, and the [4Fe-4S] cluster. Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) measurements with 13C and 2H isotopically labeled SAMCA support a π-complex between the C=C double bond of α-sulfinyl-3-butenoic acid and the unique iron of the [4Fe-4S] cluster. This is the first example of a radical SAM-related [4Fe-4S]+ cluster forming an organometallic complex with an alkene, shedding additional light on the mechanism of PhDph2 and expanding our current notions for the reactivity of [4Fe-4S] clusters in radical SAM enzymes.
AB - Pyrococcus horikoshii Dph2 (PhDph2) is an unusual radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme involved in the first step of diphthamide biosynthesis. It catalyzes the reaction by cleaving SAM to generate a 3-amino-3-carboxypropyl (ACP) radical. To probe the reaction mechanism, we synthesized a SAM analogue (SAMCA), in which the ACP group of SAM is replaced with a 3-carboxyallyl group. SAMCA is cleaved by PhDph2, yielding a paramagnetic (S = 1/2) species, which is assigned to a complex formed between the reaction product, α-sulfinyl-3-butenoic acid, and the [4Fe-4S] cluster. Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) measurements with 13C and 2H isotopically labeled SAMCA support a π-complex between the C=C double bond of α-sulfinyl-3-butenoic acid and the unique iron of the [4Fe-4S] cluster. This is the first example of a radical SAM-related [4Fe-4S]+ cluster forming an organometallic complex with an alkene, shedding additional light on the mechanism of PhDph2 and expanding our current notions for the reactivity of [4Fe-4S] clusters in radical SAM enzymes.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.6b04155
DO - 10.1021/jacs.6b04155
M3 - Article
C2 - 27465315
AN - SCOPUS:84981492541
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 138
SP - 9755
EP - 9758
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 31
ER -