The Enzymatic Formation of Novel Bile Acid Primary Amides

Autor: Marion Kirk, Kathleen A. Merkler, Uta Glufke, Lawrence King, John C. Vederas, Benjamin J. Wilcox, David J. Merkler, Stephen Barnes, Matthias E. Henz
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 374:107-117
ISSN: 0003-9861
DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1611
Popis: Bifunctional peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyzes the copper-, ascorbate-, and O 2 -dependent cleavage of C-terminal glycine-extended peptides and N -acylglycines to the corresponding amides and glyoxylate. The α-amidated peptides and the long-chain acylamides are hormones in humans and other mammals. Bile acid glycine conjugates are also substrates for PAM leading to the formation of bile acid amides. The ( V MAX / K m ) app values for the bile acid glycine conjugates are comparable to other known PAM substrates. The highest ( V MAX / K m ) app value, 3.1 ± 0.12 × 10 5 M −1 s −1 for 3-sulfolithocholylglycine, is 6.7-fold higher than that for d -Tyr–Val–Gly, a representative peptide substrate. The time course for O 2 consumption and glyoxylate production indicates that bile acid glycine conjugate amidation is a two-step reaction. The bile acid glycine conjugate is first converted to an N -bile acyl-α-hydroxyglycine intermediate which is ultimately dealkylated to the bile acid amide and glyoxylate. The enzymatically produced bile acid amides and the carbinolamide intermediates were characterized by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional 1 H– 13 C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR.
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