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Design of a conformationally restricted analogue of the antiepilepsy drug Vigabatrin that directs its mechanism of inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase

Choi, Sun and Storici, Paola and Schirmer, Tilman and Silverman, Richard B.. (2002) Design of a conformationally restricted analogue of the antiepilepsy drug Vigabatrin that directs its mechanism of inactivation of gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 124, H. 8. pp. 1620-1624.

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Abstract

The antiepilepsy drug vigabatrin (1, 4-aminohex-5-enoic acid, gamma-vinylGABA) is known to be a mechanism-based inactivator of the pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme gamma-aminobutyric acid aminotransferase (GABA-AT). Inactivation has been shown to proceed by two divergent mechanisms (Nanavati, S. M.; Silverman, R. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 9341-9349). The major pathway involves gamma-proton removal, tautomerization into the PLP ring, followed by Michael addition of an active site lysine residue at the conjugated vinyl group to give a stable covalent adduct with the protein (Scheme 2, pathway a). The minor inactivation mechanism also involves gamma-proton removal, but tautomerization occurs through the vinyl group, followed by an enamine rearrangement that leads to attachment of the inactivator to the PLP, which is bound to the protein (Scheme 2, pathway b). The cause for the two different inactivation pathways was hypothesized to be potential overlap of the incipient carbanion with the pi-orbitals of both the PLP and the vinyl group. With use of the crystal structure data for GABA-AT recently reported (Storici, P.; Capitani, C.; De Biase, D.; Moser, M.; John, R. A.; Jansonius, J. N.; Schirmer, T. Biochemistry 1999, 38, 8628-8634) a computer model of vigabatrin bound to the PLP was constructed and energy minimized. This model indicated that the major Michael addition pathway could only occur if the vinyl group were allowed to rotate by 180 degrees. A conformationally rigid analogue of vigabatrin, cis-3-aminocyclohex-4-ene-1-carboxylic acid (9), was designed to prevent bond rotation and block the Michael addition pathway. A detailed study of the mechanism of inactivation of GABA-AT by 9 revealed that it inactivates by a single mechanism, the enamine pathway.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Structural Biology (Schirmer)
UniBasel Contributors:Schirmer, Tilman
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Chemical Society
ISSN:0002-7863
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:20

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