scholarly journals A proton-magnetic-resonance study of hydrogen-exchange reactions of yeast tryptophan synthase

1991 ◽  
Vol 273 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-610
Author(s):  
C J Bailey ◽  
J P G Malthouse

1H n.m.r. was used to observe tryptophan formation from indole and L-serine, proton exchange at C-2 of L-tryptophan, and proton exchange at C-2 of L-serine, catalysed by yeast tryptophan synthase in the presence of 2H2O. Tryptophan synthesis took place with compulsory replacement of C-2 hydrogen by solvent hydrogen. The exponential decay rate (kobs) of the serine exchange reaction was insensitive to serine concentration in the range 2-20mM and was used to calculate kcat./Km values. However, kobs. was very sensitive to pH* values in the range 6.5-8.5 and the data require that the free enzyme is active in the base form resulting from two inseparable ionizations of pKa 7.3, and inactive after a third ionization controlled by a pKa of 7.5. Initial rates measured by u.v. absorbance and colorimetric procedures were used to calculate kinetic parameters of the tryptophan synthesis reaction. From pH 6.5 to 7, kcat./Km values for L-serine in the tryptophan synthesis and hydrogen exchange reactions were indistinguishable and increased rapidly under the control of two acid-base groups of pKa 6.7 and 7.2. Above pH 7, this equivalence breaks down because the exchange reaction alone is responsive to the third pKa value of the free enzyme. The pH dependence of the catalytic constant for tryptophan synthesis was qualitatively similar to that of the kobs. for serine exchange. A mechanism to explain the results is contrasted with recent proposals for the Escherichia coli system.

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 2645-2649 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Fletcher ◽  
G. R. Freeman

The overall exchange reactions[Formula: see text]have been initiated by radiolysis and measured by a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic method. The reactions occur by a chain mechanism, with a chain length of ~ 104 in a 1 M solution of hydrogen chloride in cyclohexane. The mechanism is complex.The exchange reaction can also be initiated by the photolysis of chlorine or of hydrogen chloride.A chain exchange reaction does not occur between c-C6H12 and DI, D2S, or ND3. These results are consistent with the suggestion that the exchange reaction in the cyclohexane – hydrogen chloride system occurs by a free radical chain mechanism.This type of exchange reaction can cause difficulties in isotopic tracer studies.


2002 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kuhn ◽  
F. García-Alvarado ◽  
H. Bashir ◽  
A. L. Dos Santos ◽  
J. L. Acosta

ABSTRACTTTB-type NaNbWO6 has been used to perform sodium-proton exchange reactions by using nitric acid as an exchanging agent. The characterisation of the exchange reaction products, performed by means of chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, indicate that the exchange reaction takes place topotactically. The following formula is proposed for the obtained phase of variable composition: Na1-xHxNbWO6 (0<x<0.46).


1995 ◽  
Vol 311 (3) ◽  
pp. 1015-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Milne ◽  
J P G Malthouse

13C-NMR has been used to follow the tryptophan synthase (EC 4.2.1.20)-catalysed hydrogen-deuterium exchange of the pro-2R and pro-2S protons of [2-13C]glycine. The first- and second-order rate constants for exchange when the alpha 2 beta 2 enzyme complex is or is not saturated with glycine have been determined at pH 7.0 and 7.8. At pH 7.8 the effects of binding the allosteric effector, DL-alpha-glycerol 3-phosphate, and of removing the alpha-subunits have been examined. The beta-subunits preferentially catalyse the exchange of the pro-2R proton of glycine, but adding alpha-subunits decreases the stereospecificity of the exchange reactions. Likewise, binding of DL-alpha-glycerol 3-phosphate to the alpha 2 beta 2 enzyme complex causes a further decrease in the stereospecificity of this reaction. The stereospecificity of the second-order exchange reaction catalysed by the beta-subunits is 136-fold larger than that of the alpha 2 beta 2 enzyme complex in the presence of DL-alpha-glycerol 3-phosphate, while there is only a 5-fold decrease in the stereospecificity of the first-order exchange reaction under the same conditions. We discuss how these results relate to current theories which attempt to explain how the alpha-subunits and DL-alpha-glycerol 3-phosphate modify the catalytic properties of tryptophan synthase.


1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wesdemiotis ◽  
H. Schwarz ◽  
C. C. Van de Sande ◽  
F. Van Gaever

Abstract The investigation of several 13carbon and deuterium labelled n-butyl and n-pentyl benzenes demonstrate that chemical ionization (reagent gas: methane) induces specific carbon-carbon bond cleavages of the alkyl group. The extent of competing reaction channels as for instance direct alkene elimination versus dealkylation/reprotonation is analyzed. Partial hydrogen exchange processes between reagent ions and substrate molecules are restricted to the phenyl ring. Intramolecular exchange reactions between the side chain and the aromatic ring which are typical for the open shell molecular ions of alkyl benzenes are not observed for analogous closed shell cations.


1978 ◽  
Vol 253 (10) ◽  
pp. 3702-3707
Author(s):  
B.E. Hedlund ◽  
P.E. Hallaway ◽  
B.E. Hallaway ◽  
E.S. Benson ◽  
A. Rosenberg

Synthesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Desaintjean ◽  
Fanny Danton ◽  
Paul Knochel

A wide range of polyfunctionalized di(hetero)aryl- and dialkenyl-magnesium reagents were prepared in toluene within 10 to 120 min between −78 °C and 25 °C via an I/Mg- or Br/Mg-exchange reaction using reagents of the general formula R2Mg (R = sBu, Mes). Highly sensitive functional groups, such as a triazene or a nitro group, were tolerated in these exchange reactions, enabling the synthesis of various functionalized (hetero)arenes and alkenes derivatives after quenching with several electrophiles including allyl bromides, acyl chlorides, aldehydes, ketones, and aryl iodides.


1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 529 ◽  
Author(s):  
IT Ernst ◽  
JL Garnett ◽  
WA Sollich-Baumgartner

The formation of paramagnetic species on catalyst surfaces at room temperature through the interaction of polynuclear aromatics in solid, liquid, or solute form with hydrated platinum oxide (PtO2,2H2O) is reported. The results are attributed to the formation of charge-transfer complexes, where the transferred electrons couple weakly, forming essentially a "diradicaloid" complex with a low-lying, thermally populated, triplet state. The effect of solvent, particle size, oxygen, water of crystallization, and temperature on the generation and stability of these e.s.r. active species has been investigated. The possible importance of these paramagnetic species in catalytic self-activation and hydrogen exchange reactions has been discussed. The following Group VIII transition metal oxides gave no e.s.r. spectra under relatively severe reaction conditions such as 1 hr at 120�: PdO; Ru02,2H20; RuO2; Rh2O3; IrO2,2H2O; ReO2; and NiO.


2008 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 435-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING LI ◽  
XIAOYAN XIE ◽  
YUXIANG BU ◽  
WEIHUA WANG ◽  
NANA WANG ◽  
...  

The coupling interactions and self-exchange reaction mechanisms between NO and ONH (NOH) have been systematically investigated at the B3LYP/6-311++G** level of theory. All the equilibrium complexes are characterized by the intermolecular H-bonds and co-planar geometries. The cisoid NOH/ON species is the most stable one among all the complexes considered due to the formation of an N – N bond. Moreover, all the cisoid complexes are found to be more stable than the corresponding transoid ones. The origin of the blueshifts occurring in the selected complexes has been explored, employing the natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations. Additionally, the proton transfer mechanisms for the self-exchange reactions have been proposed, i.e. they can proceed via the three-center proton-coupled electron transfer or five-center cyclic proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism.


1965 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Garnett ◽  
WA Sollich

Activation procedures and hydrogen exchange reactions with six Group VIII transition metal catalysts (Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Ir, Ni) are reported for three characteristic reaction systems: (i) deuterium oxide/benzene, (ii) deuterium oxide/naphthalene, and (iii) deuterium oxide/n-octane. Results of these exchange reactions indicate that both π-complex adsorption and the dissociative π-complex substitution mechanism previously established for platinum are applicable to other Group VIII transition metal catalysts. For general catalytic labelling with isotopic hydrogen, platinum was found to be the most efficient of the catalysts investigated.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (26) ◽  
pp. 13047-13051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gül Bekçioğlu ◽  
Christoph Allolio ◽  
Maria Ekimova ◽  
Erik T. J. Nibbering ◽  
Daniel Sebastiani

We investigate the acid–base proton exchange reaction in a microsolvated bifunctional chromophore by means of quantum chemical calculations.


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