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Wait R Griswold1, Joan Nieto Castro, Andrew J Fisher, Michael D Toney.
Abstract
Binding isotope effects for l-aspartate reacting with the inactive K258A mutant of PLP-dependent aspartate aminotransferase to give a stable external aldimine intermediate are reported. They provide direct evidence for electronic ground-state destabilization via hyperconjugation. The smaller equilibrium isotope effect with deazaPLP-reconstituted K258A indicates that the pyridine nitrogen plays an important role in labilizing the Cα-H bond.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22551424 PMCID: PMC3425665 DOI: 10.1021/ja302809e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419