TY - JOUR
T1 - Oxygen-18 kinetic isotope effect studies of the tyrosine hydroxylase reaction
T2 - Evidence of rate limiting oxygen activation
AU - Francisco, Wilson A.
AU - Tian, Gaochao
AU - Fitzpatrick, Paul F.
AU - Klinman, Judith P.
PY - 1998/5/6
Y1 - 1998/5/6
N2 - Tyrosine hydroxylase converts tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine utilizing a tetrahydropterin cofactor and molecular oxygen. Previous deuterium isotope effect studies have raised the possibility that the activation of oxygen might be the rate-limiting step for this reaction. To test the validity of this proposal, we have measured the 18O kinetic isotope effects for the tyrosine hydroxylase reaction as a function of amino acid substrate, tetrahydropterin derivative, and pH. The measured 18O isotope effects are nearly constant in every condition tested with an average value of 1.0175 ± 0.0019. These results are consistent with a change in the bond order to oxygen in the rate determining step. Furthermore, the isotope effects measured with the coupled substrate 4-methoxyphenylalanine and the completely uncoupled substrate 4-aminophenylalanine are identical, implying the same rate determining step independent of whether oxygen activation is coupled to substrate hydroxylation. The results of these studies provide strong support for a rate limiting reductive activation of molecular oxygen, most likely via a one-electron transfer from the tetrahydropterin to form superoxide anion as the first reactive intermediate.
AB - Tyrosine hydroxylase converts tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine utilizing a tetrahydropterin cofactor and molecular oxygen. Previous deuterium isotope effect studies have raised the possibility that the activation of oxygen might be the rate-limiting step for this reaction. To test the validity of this proposal, we have measured the 18O kinetic isotope effects for the tyrosine hydroxylase reaction as a function of amino acid substrate, tetrahydropterin derivative, and pH. The measured 18O isotope effects are nearly constant in every condition tested with an average value of 1.0175 ± 0.0019. These results are consistent with a change in the bond order to oxygen in the rate determining step. Furthermore, the isotope effects measured with the coupled substrate 4-methoxyphenylalanine and the completely uncoupled substrate 4-aminophenylalanine are identical, implying the same rate determining step independent of whether oxygen activation is coupled to substrate hydroxylation. The results of these studies provide strong support for a rate limiting reductive activation of molecular oxygen, most likely via a one-electron transfer from the tetrahydropterin to form superoxide anion as the first reactive intermediate.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja973543q
DO - 10.1021/ja973543q
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032490094
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 120
SP - 4057
EP - 4062
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 17
ER -