Pyridoxamine phosphat

Hydrolysis of the a-keto acid imine by nucleophilic addition of water to the C=M bond gives the transamination products pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP) and a-keto acid. 

PMP a-keto acid Pyridoxamine phosphate or-Keto acid... 

Pyridoxamine phosphate serves as a coenzyme of transaminases, e.g., lysyl oxidase (collagen biosynthesis), serine hydroxymethyl transferase (Cl-metabolism), S-aminolevulinate synthase (porphyrin biosynthesis), glycogen phosphoiylase (mobilization of glycogen), aspartate aminotransferase (transamination), alanine aminotransferase (transamination), kynureninase (biosynthesis of niacin), glutamate decarboxylase (biosynthesis of GABA), tyrosine decarboxylase (biosynthesis of tyramine), serine dehydratase ((3-elimination), cystathionine 3-synthase (metabolism of methionine), and cystathionine y-lyase (y-elimination). 

In nature, aminotransferases participate in a number of metabolic pathways [4[. They catalyze the transfer of an amino group originating from an amino acid donor to a 2-ketoacid acceptor by a simple mechanism. First, an amino group from the donor is transferred to the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate with formation of a 2-keto add and an enzyme-bound pyridoxamine phosphate intermediate. Second, this intermediate transfers the amino group to the 2-keto add acceptor. The readion is reversible, shows ping-pong kinetics, and has been used industrially in the production ofamino acids [69]. It can be driven in one direction by the appropriate choice of conditions (e.g. substrate concentration). Some of the aminotransferases accept simple amines instead of amino acids as amine donors, and highly enantioselective cases have been reported [70]. 

Figure 3. Addition, of the GOT coenzymes pyridoxal and pyridoxamine phosphates in concentrations up to 200 /tg/ml lias no effect on human serum GOT but activates bu 45% the pig heart GOT activity of VersatoUE, a commercial reference serum...

The steroids aldosterone, cortisone, cortisol, 11-P-hydroxyandrostenedione, corticosterone, and rostenedione, 11-desoxycorticosterone, 17-hydroxy-progesterone, and progesterone have been performed on Ultrasphere ODS using methanokwater.19 Ranitidine N-[2-[[[5-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-2-furanyl]-methyl]thio]ethyl]-N1-methyl-2-nitro-l,l-ethenediamine has been separated using a p-Bondapak C18 column operated with acetoni-trile methanol water buffered with triethylamine phosphate.117 Pyridoxal-5 -phosphate and other B6 vitamers, including pyridoxamine phosphate, pyri-doxal, pyridoxine, and 4-pyridoxic acid, were separated as bisulfite adducts... 

Identification of pyridoxal phosphate as coenzyme suggested the aldehyde group on pyridoxine might form an intermediate Schiff s base with the donor amino acid. Pyridoxamine phosphate thus formed would in turn donate its NH2 group to the accepting a-ketonic acid, a scheme proposed by Schlenk and Fisher. 15N-labeling experiments and, later, the detection of the Schiff s base by its absorption in UV, confirmed the overall mechanism. Free pyridoxamine phosphate however does not participate in the reaction as originally proposed. Pyridoxal phosphate is invariably the coenzyme form of pyridoxine. 

Reprotonation then produces a new imine (keti-mine), and also restores aromaticity in the pyridine ring. However, because of the conjugation, it allows protonation at a position that is different from where the proton was originally lost. The net result is that the imine double bond has effectively moved to a position adjacent to its original position. Hydrolysis of this new imine group generates a keto acid and pyridoxamine phosphate. The remainder of the sequence is now a reversal of this process. This now transfers the amine function from pyridoxamine phosphate to another keto acid. 

Pyridoxal phosphate (4) is the most important coenzyme in amino acid metabolism. Its role in transamination reactions is discussed in detail on p. 178. Pyridoxal phosphate is also involved in other reactions involving amino acids, such as decarboxylations and dehydrations. The aldehyde form of pyridoxal phosphate shown here (left) is not generally found in free form. In the absence of substrates, the aldehyde group is covalently bound to the e-amino group of a lysine residue as aldimine ( Schiffs base ). Pyridoxamine phosphate (right) is an intermediate of transamination reactions. It reverts to the aldehyde form by reacting with 2-oxoacids (see p. 178). 

The ketimine (3) is hydrolyzed to yield the 2-oxoacid and pyridoxamine phosphate (4). 

In the second part of the reaction (see A, lb), these steps take place in the opposite direction pyridoxamine phosphate and the second 2-oxoacid form a ketimine, which is isomerized into aldimine. Finally, the second amino acid is cleaved and the coenzyme is regenerated. 

Among the NH2 transfer reactions, transaminations (1) are particularly important. They are catalyzed by transaminases, and occur in both catabolic and anabolic amino acid metabolism. During transamination, the amino group of an amino acid (amino acid 1) is transferred to a 2-oxoacid (oxoacid 2). From the amino acid, this produces a 2-oxo-acid (a), while from the original oxoacid, an amino acid is formed (b). The NH2 group is temporarily taken over by enzyme-bound pyridoxal phosphate (PLP see p. 106), which thus becomes pyridoxamine phosphate. 

Amino Acid Systems Glutamine binding sites, 46, 414 labeling of the active site of r-aspartate /3-decarboxylase with yS-chloro-r-ala-nine, 46, 427 active site of r-asparaginase reaction with diazo-4-oxonorvaline, 46, 432 labeling of serum prealbumin with N-bro-moacetyl-L-thyroxine, 46, 435 a pyridoxamine phosphate derivative, 46, 441. 

Pyridoxine (B ) Pyridoxal phosphate Pyridoxamine phosphate Amino acid transformations... 

Whole milk contains, on average, 0.06 mg B6 per 100 g, mainly in the form of pyridoxal (80%) the balance is mainly pyridoxamine (20%), with trace amounts of pyridoxamine phosphate. Concentrations in raw ovine and pasteurized caprine milks are similar to those in cows milk (0.08 and 0.06 mg per 100 g, respectively). The concentration of B6 varies during lactation colostum contains lower levels than mature milk. Seasonal variation in the concentration of vitamin B6 has been reported in Finnish milk levels were higher (14%) when cattle were fed outdoors than when they were fed indoors. Mature human milk contains about 0.01 mg B6 per 100 g. 

Cyclic interconversion of pyridoxal phosphate and pyridoxamine phosphate during the aspartate aminotransferase reaction. 

The intermediate (32), produced upon decarboxylation of (31) may protonate at the a-carbon of the substrate (path a, Scheme 9), or at the 4 -carbon of PLP (path b). The hydrolysis of the aldimine produced by the former path accounts for the products of a-decarboxylation (equation 13). The hydrolysis of the aldimine produced in path (b) yields an aldehyde and pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP) (35). Note that this latter reaction, a decarboxylation-dependent transamination, may be classified as a redox process (reductive amination of PLP to PMP). 

Figure 3-30 Spectra of the pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), pyridoxamine phosphate (PMP) and apoenzyme forms of pig cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase at pH 8.3, 21 °C. Some excess apoenzyme is present in the sample of the PMP form. Spectra were recorded at 500 MH2. Chemical shift values are in parts per million relative to that of HzO taken as 4.80 ppm at 22°C. Peak A is from a proton on the ring nitrogen of PLP or PMP, peaks B and D are from imidazole NH groups of histidines 143 and 189 (see Fig. 14-6), and peaks C and D are from amide NH groups hydrogen bonded to carboxyl groups.

The binding of a symmetric chromophore to a protein or nucleic acid often induces CD in that chromophore. For example, the bands of enzyme-bound pyridoxal and pyridoxamine phosphates shown in Fig. 14-9 are positively dichroic in CD, but the band of the quinonoid intermediate at 20,400 cm-1 (490 nm) displays negative CD. When "transimination" occurs to form a substrate Schiff base (Eq. 14-26), the CD is greatly diminished. While the coenzyme ring is known to change its orientation (Eq. 14-39 Fig. 14-10), it is not obvious how the change in environment is related to the change in CD. 

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