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Merkler, D.J. et al.

The rate constant describing slow-onset inhibition of yeast AMP deaminase by coformycin analogues is independent of inhibitor structure.

(R)- and (S)-2'-deoxycoformycin, (R)-coformycin, and the corresponding 5'-monophosphates were compared as inhibitors of yeast AMP deaminase. The overall inhibition constants ranged from 4.2 mM for (S)-2'-deoxycoformycin to 10 pM for (R)-coformycin 5'-monophosphate, a difference of 3.8 x 10(8) in affinities. (R)-Coformycin, (R)-2'-deoxycoformycin 5'-monophosphate, and (R)-coformycin 5'-monophosphate exhibited both rapid and slow-onset inhibition. The S inhibitors and (R)-2'-deoxycoformycin exhibited classical competitive inhibition but no time-dependent onset of inhibition. The results indicate that the presence of the 2'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate and the R stereochemistry at the C-8 position of the diazepine ring are necessary for the optimum interaction of inhibitors with yeast AMP deaminase. This differs from the results for rabbit muscle AMP deaminase [Frieden C., Kurz, L. C., & Gilbert, H. R. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 5303-5309] and calf intestinal adenosine deaminase [Schramm, V. L., & Baker, D. C. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 641-646], in which a tetrahedral hydroxyl at C-8 in the R stereochemistry is sufficient for slow-onset inhibition with the coformycins. The results suggest that the transition state contains a tetrahedral carbon with the R configuration as a result of the direct attack of an oxygen nucleophile at C-6 of AMP. Slow-onset inhibition of yeast AMP deaminase is consistent with the mechanism [formula: see text] in which the combination of E and I is rapidly reversible. For these inhibitors, Ki varied by a factor of 3 x 10(3), and the overall inhibition constant (Ki*) varied by a factor of 2 x 10(5).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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The rate constant describing slow-onset inhibition of yeast AMP deaminase by coformycin analogues is independent of inhibitor structure. Merkler, D.J., Brenowitz, M., Schramm, V.L. Biochemistry (1990) [Pubmed]

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