Abstract
The reactions of 4-chloronitrosobenzene with pyruvate decarboxylase and transketolase were investigated by use of a new high-pressure liquid chromatography method to determine any differences between these two enzymes with respect to hydroxamic acid production. In addition to the previously established difference in the type of hydroxamic acid produced by the two enzymes, several new and interesting differences in their reaction with nitrosoaromatics were discovered. Most notable was the finding that pyruvate decarboxylase gave 4-chlorophenylhydroxylamine as the major product from 4-chloronitrosobenzene, while transketolase did not produce any detectable hydroxylamine. A redox mechanism was proposed to account for arylhydroxylamine production by pyruvate decarboxylase. This redox mechanism can also explain hydroxamic acid production by pyruvate decarboxylase; however, a previously proposed nucleophilic reaction mechanism occurring simultaneously could not be totally disproven. Either of the two mechanisms is equally likely for transktolase action in view of the present evidence. Another major difference between these enzymes is that the rate of 4-chloronitrosobenzene conversion was found to be much faster for pyruvate decarboxylase than for transketolase when each enzyme was subjected to its own optimal reaction conditions. Transketolase displayed typical enzyme saturation kinetics with 4-chloronitrosobenzene with a K m of 0.31 m M and V max of 0.033 μmol ml −1 min −1 unit −1 relative to 5 m M d-fructose 6-phosphate as sugar substrate. On the other hand, the reaction with pyruvate decarboxylase was first order in 4-chloronitrosobenzene with a combined rate constant of 2.0 min −1 unit −1 ml.
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