CaII Binding Regulates and Dominates the Reactivity of a Transition‐Metal‐Ion‐Dependent Diesterase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The diesterase Rv0805 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a dinuclear metallohydrolase that plays an important role in signal transduction by controlling the intracellular levels of cyclic nucleotides. As Rv0805 is essential for mycobacterial growth it is a promising new target for the development of chemotherapeutics to treat tuberculosis. The in vivo metal‐ion composition of Rv0805 is subject to debate. Here, we demonstrate that the active site accommodates two divalent transition metal ions with binding affinities ranging from approximately 50 nm for Mn^II to about 600 nm for Zn^II. In contrast, the enzyme GpdQ from Enterobacter aerogenes, despite having a coordination sphere identical to that of Rv0805, binds only one metal ion in the absence of substrate, thus demonstrating the significance of the outer sphere to modulate metal‐ion binding and enzymatic reactivity. Ca^II also binds tightly to Rv0805 (K_d≈40 nm ), but kinetic, calorimetric, and spectroscopic data indicate that two Ca^II ions bind at a site different from the dinuclear transition‐metal‐ion binding site. Ca^II acts as an activator of the enzymatic activity but is able to promote the hydrolysis of substrates even in the absence of transition‐metal ions, thus providing an effective strategy for the regulation of the enzymatic activity.     

三吡啶胺和四齿链酚胺配体与Cu(Ⅱ)配位性质及其配合物催化酯水解研究

运用 ｐＨ电位滴定法,在 ２５±０．１℃　Ｔ, Ｉ＝０．１（ＫＮＯ_３）条件下,研究了 Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）与三吡啶胺（Ｌ’）和队（２’－羟基苄基）－二乙二胺（ＨＬ~２）的配位行为。结果表明,Ｌ’以二齿的形式和 Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）形成稳定的 ２：１（Ｌ： Ｍ）配合物。其配位水分子的离解常数 ｐ Ｋａ为 ７．５４。对于 ＨＬ~２,三个氮原子和酚氧负离子与 Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）配位,酚羟基离解常数 ｐ Ｋａ为４．４４。在２５±０．１℃,Ｉ＝０．１（ＫＮＯ_３）条件下,ｐＨ＝６～９（５０ｍｏｌ·Ｌ~（－１））范围内,用紫外、可见分光光度法研究了Ｌ~１的Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）配合物催化对－硝基苯酚乙酸酯（ＮＡ）水解动力学行为,发现配合物催化ＮＡ酯水解反应速率常数ｋ_（ＮＰ）与溶液 ｐＨ呈 Ｓｉｇｍｏｉｄａｌ型曲线, ｋ_（ＮＰ）最大值为 ２． ５３×１０~（－２）Ｌ· ｍｏｌ(－１)· ｓ(－１)。说明 Ｌ~１的 Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）配合物中的 Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）－ＯＨ~－是有效的亲核试剂,对底物ＮＡ酯的水解有较好的催化作用。     

Recent Advances in Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems Containing Metal Ions for Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis

Organophosphates are a class of organic compounds that are important for living organisms, forming the building blocks for DNA, RNA, and some essential cofactors. Furthermore, non-natural organophosphates are widely used in industrial applications, including as pesticides; in laundry detergents; and, unfortunately, as chemical weapons agents. In some cases, the natural degradation of organophosphates can take thousands of years; this longevity creates problems associated with handling and the storage of waste generated by such phosphate esters, in particular. Efforts to develop new catalysts for the cleavage of phosphate esters have progressed in recent decades, mainly in the area of homogeneous catalysis. In contrast, the development of heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrolysis of organophosphates has not been as prominent. Herein, examples of heterogeneous systems are described and the importance of the development of heterogeneous catalysts applicable to organophosphate hydrolysis is highlighted, shedding light on recent advances related to different solid matrices that have been employed.     

Two-Metal Ion Catalysis in Enzymatic Acyl- and Phosphoryl-Transfer Reactions

Numerous studies, both in enzymatic and nonenzymatic catalysis, have been undertaken to understand the way by which metal ions, especially zinc ions, promote the hydrolysis of phosphate ester and amide bonds. Hydrolases containing one metal ion in the active site, termed mononuclear metallohydrolases, such as carboxypeptidase. A and thermolysin were among the first enzymes to have their structures unraveled by X-ray crystallography. In recent years an increasing number of metalloenzymes have been identified that use two or more adjacent metal ions in the catalysis of phosphoryl-transfer reactions (R-OPO₃ + R′-OH → R′-OPO₃ + R-OH; in the case of the phosphatase reaction R′-OH is a water molecule) and carbonyl-transfer reactions, for example, in peptidases or other amidases. These dinuclear metalloenzymes catalyze a great variety of these reactions, including hydrolytic cleavage of phosphomono-, -di- and -triester bonds, phosphoanhydride bonds as well as of peptide bonds or urea. In addition, the formation of the phosphodiester bond of RNA and DNA by polymerases is catalyzed by a two-metal ion mechanism. A remarkable diversity is also seen in the structures of the active sites of these di- and trinuclear metalloenzymes, even for enzymes that catalyze very similar reactions. The determination of the structure of a substrate, product, stable intermediate, or a reaction coordinate analogue compound bound to an active or inactivated enzyme is a powerful approach to investigate mechanistic details of enzyme action. Such studies have been applied to several of the metalloenzymes reviewed in this article; together with many other biochemical studies they provide a growing body of information on how the two (or more) metal ions cooperate to achieve efficient catalysis.     

三吡啶胺和四齿链酚胺配体与Cu(Ⅱ)配位性质及其配合物催化酯水解研究

运用pH电位滴定法,在25±0.1℃ T,I=0.1(KNO₃)条件下,研究了Cu(Ⅱ)与三吡啶胺(L¹)和队(2'-羟基苄基)-二乙二胺(HL²)的配位行为。结果表明,L¹以二齿的形式和Cu(Ⅱ)形成稳定的2:1(L:M)配合物。其配位水分子的离解常数pKa为7.54.对于HL²,三个氮原子和酚氧负离子与Cu(Ⅱ)配位,酚羟基离解常数pKa为4.44.在25±0.1℃,I=0.1(KNO相似文献