The enzymatic formation of novel bile acid primary amides.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-15-2000
Abstract
Bifunctional peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyzes the copper-, ascorbate-, and O(2)-dependent cleavage of C-terminal glycine-extended peptides and N-acylglycines to the corresponding amides and glyoxylate. The alpha-amidated peptides and the long-chain acylamides are hormones in humans and other mammals. Bile acid glycine conjugates are also substrates for PAM leading to the formation of bile acid amides. The (V(MAX)/K(m))(app) values for the bile acid glycine conjugates are comparable to other known PAM substrates. The highest (V(MAX)/K(m))(app) value, 3.1 +/- 0.12 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) for 3-sulfolithocholylglycine, is 6.7-fold higher than that for d-Tyr-Val-Gly, a representative peptide substrate. The time course for O(2) consumption and glyoxylate production indicates that bile acid glycine conjugate amidation is a two-step reaction. The bile acid glycine conjugate is first converted to an N-bile acyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine intermediate which is ultimately dealkylated to the bile acid amide and glyoxylate. The enzymatically produced bile acid amides and the carbinolamide intermediates were characterized by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional (1)H-(13)C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR.
Volume
374
Issue
2
First Page
107
Last Page
117
ISSN
0003-9861
Published In/Presented At
King, L., 3rd, Barnes, S., Glufke, U., Henz, M. E., Kirk, M., Merkler, K. A., Vederas, J. C., Wilcox, B. J., & Merkler, D. J. (2000). The enzymatic formation of novel bile acid primary amides. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 374(2), 107–117. https://doi.org/10.1006/abbi.1999.1611
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10666288
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article