TY - JOUR
T1 - Inhibition of the Fe4S4-cluster-containing protein IspH (LytB)
T2 - Electron paramagnetic resonance, metallacycles, and mechanisms
AU - Wang, Ke
AU - Wang, Weixue
AU - No, Joo Hwan
AU - Zhang, Yonghui
AU - Zhang, Yong
AU - Oldfield, Eric
PY - 2010/5/19
Y1 - 2010/5/19
N2 - We report the inhibition of the Aquifex aeolicus IspH enzyme (LytB, (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl diphosphate reductase, EC 1.17.1.2) by a series of diphosphates and bisphosphonates. The most active species was an alkynyl diphosphate having IC50 = 0.45 μM (Ki - 60 nM), which generated a very large change in the 9 GHz EPR spectrum of the reduced protein. On the basis of previous work on organometallic complexes, together with computational docking and quantum chemical calculations, we propose a model for alkyne inhibition involving φ (or φ/δ) " metallacycle" complex formation with the unique fourth Fe in the Fe 4S4 cluster. Aromatic species had less activity, and for these we propose an inhibition model based on an electrostatic interaction with the active site E126. Overall, the results are of broad general interest since they not only represent the first potent IspH inhibitors but also suggest a conceptually new approach to inhibiting other Fe4S 4-cluster-containing proteins that are of interest as drug and herbicide targets.
AB - We report the inhibition of the Aquifex aeolicus IspH enzyme (LytB, (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl diphosphate reductase, EC 1.17.1.2) by a series of diphosphates and bisphosphonates. The most active species was an alkynyl diphosphate having IC50 = 0.45 μM (Ki - 60 nM), which generated a very large change in the 9 GHz EPR spectrum of the reduced protein. On the basis of previous work on organometallic complexes, together with computational docking and quantum chemical calculations, we propose a model for alkyne inhibition involving φ (or φ/δ) " metallacycle" complex formation with the unique fourth Fe in the Fe 4S4 cluster. Aromatic species had less activity, and for these we propose an inhibition model based on an electrostatic interaction with the active site E126. Overall, the results are of broad general interest since they not only represent the first potent IspH inhibitors but also suggest a conceptually new approach to inhibiting other Fe4S 4-cluster-containing proteins that are of interest as drug and herbicide targets.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja909664j
DO - 10.1021/ja909664j
M3 - Article
C2 - 20426416
AN - SCOPUS:77952404653
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 132
SP - 6719
EP - 6727
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 19
ER -