The Pseudouridine Synthases Proceed through a Glycal Intermediate

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• 作者：Govardhan Reddy Veerareddygari ; Sanjay K. Singh ; Eugene G. Mueller
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 29, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：138
• 期：25
• 页码：7852-7855
• 全文大小：271K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-5126

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The pseudouridine synthases isomerize (U) in RNA to pseudouridine (Ψ), and the mechanism that they follow has long been a question of interest. The recent elucidation of a product of the mechanistic probe 5-fluorouridine that had been epimerized to the arabino isomer suggested that the Ψ synthases might operate through a glycal intermediate formed by deprotonation of C2′. When that position in substrate U is deuterated, a primary kinetic isotope effect is observed, which indisputably indicates that the proposed deprotonation occurs during the isomerization of U to Ψ and establishes the mechanism followed by the Ψ synthases.