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type Journal Article
authors Tanizawa, K.; Soda, K.
title The mechanism of kynurenine hydrolysis catalyzed by kynureninase
journal J Biochem (Tokyo)
Activity 3.7.1.3
ui 80094355
year (1979)
volume 86
number 5
pages 1199-209.
 
keywords Hydrolases/*metabolism
abstract Several kynurenine analogs have been prepared and examined for their susceptibility to hydrolytic cleavage by bacterial kynureninase. In addition to L-kynurenine, 4-fluoro- and 5-fluoro-L-kynurenines were hydrolyzed rapidly. 3-Hydroxy-, 5-hydroxy-, 5-methyl-, and N'-formyl-L- kynurenines, and beta-benzoyl-DL-alanine were hydrolyzed slowly, whereas D-kynurenine, S-benzyl-L-cysteine, and L-asparagine were not hydrolyzed. Kinetic parameters for these kynurenine analogs indicate that a substituent on the benzene ring of kynurenine does not greatly affect the affinity of the enzyme for the substrate but does markedly affect the rate of hydrolysis. gamma-(o-Aminophenyl)-L-homoserine was converted into L-alanine and o-amino-benzaldehyde, suggesting that the sigma-bond electrons between the beta- and gamma-carbon atoms of this kynurenine analog remain in the alanyl moiety during the enzyme reaction. Aromatic compounds such as o-aminobenzaldehyde and o- aminoacetophenone strongly inhibited the kynurenine hydrolysis. It was shown that kynurenic acid is not produced by kynureninase by the use of isotopically labeled substrate. A small amount of pyruvate was definitely formed in the kynureninase reaction. On the basis of these results, a reaction mechanism is proposed for the enzymatic kynurenine cleavage, involving hydrolysis of the alpha, gamma-diketone intermediate to give anthranilic acid and the pyruvate-pyridoxamine 5'- phosphate Schiff base, which is further converted into the alanine- pyridoxal 5'-phosphate Schiff base, or directly hydrolyzed to give pyruvate and the pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate form of the enzyme.
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