Direct Evidence That the Reaction Intermediate of Metallo-β-lactamase L1 Is Metal Bound

Authors

James D. Garrity, Miami University - Oxford
Brian Bennett, Marquette UniversityFollow
Michael W. Crowder, Miami University - Oxford

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

1-25-2005

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Source Publication

Biochemistry

Source ISSN

0006-2960

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1021/bi048385b

Abstract

In an effort to probe the structure of the reaction intermediate of metallo-β-lactamase L1 when reacted with nitrocefin and other β-lactams, time-dependent absorption and rapid-freeze-quench (RFQ) EPR spectra were obtained using the Co(II)-substituted form of the enzyme. When using nitrocefin as the substrate, time-dependent absorption spectra demonstrate that Co(II)-substituted L1 utilizes a reaction mechanism, similar to that of the native Zn(II) enzyme, in which a short-lived intermediate forms. RFQ-EPR spectra of this intermediate demonstrate that the binding of substrate results in a change in the electronic properties of one or both of the Co(II)'s in the enzyme that is consistent with a change in the coordination sphere of this metal ion. This observation provides evidence that the reaction intermediate is a metal-bound species. RFQ-EPR studies also demonstrate that other β-lactams, such as cephalothin, meropenem, and penicillin G, proceed through an electronically similar complex and that the role of metal is similar in all cases. EPR spectroscopy has also identified distinct product-bound species of L1, indicating that reversible product binding must be considered in all future kinetic mechanisms. Consideration of the time-dependent optical and EPR studies in light of available crystallographic information indicates the intimate involvement of the metal ion in the Zn₂-binding site of L1 in the hydrolytic reaction.

Comments

Accepted version. Biochemistry, Vol. 44, No. 3 (January 25, 2005): 1078-1087. DOI. © 2005 American Chemical Society Publications. Used with permission.

Brian Bennett was affiliated with Medical College of Wisconsin at the time of publication.

Recommended Citation

Garrity, James D.; Bennett, Brian; and Crowder, Michael W., "Direct Evidence That the Reaction Intermediate of Metallo-β-lactamase L1 Is Metal Bound" (2005). Physics Faculty Research and Publications. 30.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/physics_fac/30