Abstract
Benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFD) from Pseudomonas putida is a thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of benzoylformate. Here we report the discovery of a mechanism-based inhibitor of BFD that is unusual in that it covalently modifies the enzyme via active site phosphorylation. Incubation of BFD with benzoylphosphonate results in time- and concentration-dependent inactivation of the enzyme. X-ray crystallography reveals that the inactivation is due to the phosphorylation of an active site serine residue.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4120-4121 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 11 2007 |
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