Abstract
The nucleotide substrate specificity of human glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase, a chemotherapeutic target, has been examined. The enzyme accepts the sarcosyl analog of glycinamide ribonucleotide, carbocyclic glycinamide ribonucleotide, and two phosphonate derivatives of carbocyclic glycinamide ribonucleotide with V/K values, relative to that obtained for β- glycinamide ribonucleotide, of 1, 27, 1.4, and 2.9%, respectively. Several other analogs of carbocyclic glycinamide ribonucleotide, namely a truncated phosphonate and 2',3'-dideoxy- and 2',3'-dideoxy-2',3'-didehydro-carbocyclic glycinamide ribonucleotide, were inhibitors of the enzyme, competitive against glycinamide ribonucleotide, with K(i) values approximately 100 times higher than the K(m) for β-glycinamide ribonucleotide. Although the results of the present study parallel those obtained previously with the avian enzyme (V. D. Antle, D. Liu, B. R. McKellar, C. A. Caperelli, M. Hua, and R. Vince (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 6045-6049), quantitative differences between the two enzyme species have been uncovered.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 231-235 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
| Volume | 370 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 15 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:1 This research was supported by NIH Grants GM42663 to C.A.C. and CA23263 to R.V. 2Current address: MDS Panlabs, Bothell, WA. 3Current address: Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH. 4Current address: M. D. Anderson, Houston, TX. 5To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax (513) 558-0978. E-mail: [email protected].
Keywords
- Human folate enzyme
- Purine biosynthesis