Redox coenzymes coenzyme

As a rule, the anabolic pathway by which a substance is made is not the reverse of the catabolic pathway by which the same substance is degraded. The two paths must differ in some respects for both to be energetically favorable. Thus, the y3-oxidation pathway for converting fatty acids into acetyl CoA and the biosynthesis of fatty acids from acetyl CoA are related but are not exact opposites. Differences include the identity of the acvl-group carrier, the stereochemistry of the / -hydroxyacyl reaction intermediate, and the identity of the redox coenzyme. FAD is used to introduce a double bond in jS-oxidalion, while NADPH is used to reduce the double bond in fatty-acid biosynthesis. 

The water-soluble B vitamins supply important components of numerous coenzymes. Many coenzymes contain, in addition, the adenine, ribose, and phosphoryl moieties of AMP or ADP (Figure 7-2). Nicotinamide and riboflavin are components of the redox coenzymes... 

Apart from specific enzyme systems, the carbon dioxide reduction is mediated by a number of unusual coenzymes that can be categorized into two groups, namely Cj carriers and redox coenzymes [19]. The Cj carriers transport the Cl unit from the substrate carbon dioxide to the end-product methane, while the redox coenzymes provide the electrons that are required for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane. Members of the first group include methanofuran (MF) (11), tetrahydromethanopterin (H4MPT) (12), and the coenzyme M (CoM-SH) (13), while coenzyme F420 (14) and coenzyme B (CoB-SH) (15) belong to the second group. 

This review will explore some of the issues involved in developing novel peptides and proteins that integrate coenzyme functionaUty and highlights recent progress in this area. For the sake of depth, this review focuses specifically on the pyridoxal/pyridoxamine system, thiamine, and selected redox active coenzymes. These coenzymes and information on the transformations that they mediate are summarized in Fig. 1. 

All oxidoreductases (see p. 88) require coenzymes. The most important of these redox coenzymes are shown here. They can act in soluble form (S) or prosthetically (P). Their normal potentials E° are shown in addition to the type of reducing equivalent that they transfer (see p. 18). 

All of the complexes in the respiratory chain are made up of numerous polypeptides and contain a series of different protein bound redox coenzymes (see pp. 104, 106). These include flavins (FMN or FAD in complexes I and II), iron-sulfur clusters (in I, II, and III), and heme groups (in II, III, and IV). Of the more than 80 polypeptides in the respiratory chain, only 13 are coded by the mitochondrial genome (see p. 210). The remainder are encoded by nuclear genes, and have to be imported into the mitochondria after being synthesized in the cytoplasm (see... 

Riboflavin (from the Latin flavus, yellow) serves in the metabolism as a component of the redox coenzymes flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD see p. 104). As prosthetic groups, FMN and FAD are cofactors for various oxidoreductases (see p. 32). No specific disease due to a deficiency of this vitamin is known. 

An acyl-transfer and redox coenzyme containing two sulfhydryl groups that form a dithiolane ring in the oxidized (disulfide) form. The redox potential at pH 7 is -0.29 volts. Lipoic acid is attached to the e-amino group of lysyl residues of transacetylases (subunit of a-ketoacid dehydrogenase complexes), thereby permitting acyl... 

For each of the reactions in (a) through (f), determine whether the substrate has been oxidized or reduced or is unchanged in oxidation state (see Problem 2). If a redox change has occurred, balance the reaction with the necessary amount of NAD+, NADH, H+, and H20. The objective is to recognize when a redox coenzyme is necessary in a metabolic reaction. 

Two derivatives of nicotinamide (pyridine-3-carboxylic amide), one of the B2 vitamins, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP ), serve as redox coenzymes. Of the three heterocyclic ring systems found in these coenzymes, i.e. those of purine, ribose and pyridine, it is the pyridine portion that is reactive in redox reactions. Biologically, two oxidation states are important the oxidized form, NAD(P)+, and the 1,4-dihydro isomer of the two-electron reduced form, NAD(P)H (Scheme 1). Nicotinamide coenzymes interconvert between these two oxidation states in... 

The two oxidation states of (17) that are relevant in biopterin-dependent redox reactions are the four-electron and two-electron reduced forms, tetrahydrobiopterin (19) and p-quinonoid dihydrobiopterin (20), respectively. The oxidation state between these two, i.e. a radical, may also be relevant though it has not been detected as an intermediate in enzymatic reactions. Structurally, pteridines and flavins are rather similar and hence show similar chemical behavior in many respects. As a redox coenzyme, (19) is not encountered nearly as frequently as nicotinamides or flavins. It is, however, the cofactor of three very... 

TPP-dependent enzymes catalyze either simple decarboxylation of a-keto acids to yield aldehydes (i.e. replacement of C02 with H+), or oxidative decarboxylation to yield acids or thioesters. The latter type of reaction requires a redox coenzyme as well (see below). The best known example of the former non-oxidative type of decarboxylation is the pyruvate decarboxylase-mediated conversion of pyruvate to acetaldehyde and C02. The accepted pathway for this reaction is shown in Scheme 10 (69MI11002, B-70MI11003, B-77MI11001>. 

Flavins are very versatile redox coenzymes. Flavopro-teins are dehydrogenases, oxidases, and oxygenases that catalyze a variety of reactions on an equal variety of substrate types. Since these classes of enzymes do not consist exclusively of flavoproteins, it is difficult to define catalytic specificity for flavins. Biological electron acceptors and donors in flavin-mediated reactions can be two-electron acceptors, such as NAD+ or NADP+, or a variety of one-electron acceptor systems, such as cytochromes (Fe2+/ Fe3+) and quinones, and molecular oxygen is an electron acceptor for flavoprotein oxidases as well as the source of oxygen for oxygenases. The only obviously common aspect of flavin-dependent reactions is that all are redox reactions. 

CC536). Application of these results to model the role of the CONH2 group in redox coenzyme NAD(P) + /NAD(P)H seems promising (86CC536) (Scheme 103). 

Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) Redox coenzyme in mitochondrial electron transport chain... 

Riboflavin has a central role as a redox coenzyme in energy-yielding metabolism and a more recently discovered role as the prosthetic group of the cryptochromes in the eye - the blue-sensitive pigments that are responsible for day-length sensitivity and the setting of circadian rhythms. 

Several different amino acid side chains can act as nucleophiles in enzyme catalysis. The most powerful nucleophile is the thiol side chain of cysteine, which can be deproto-nated to form the even more nucleophilic thiolate anion. One example in which cysteine is used as a nucleophile is the enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, which uses the redox coenzyme NAD+. As shown in Fig. 10, the aldehyde substrate is attacked by an active site cysteine, Cys-149, to form a hemi-thioketal intermediate, which transfers hydride to NAD+ to form an oxidized thioester intermediate (7). Attack of phosphate anion generates an energy-rich intermediate 3-phosphoglycerate. 

The third case for likely enzymatic generation of an a-cyclopropyl radical or a cyclopropanone equivalent leading to target enzyme destruction is in the oxidation of cyclopropanol by certain bacterial alcohol dehydrogenases which have a novel type of redox coenzyme stoichiometrically bound and required for catalysis. The coenzyme has been termed pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) (174) or methoxatin and the trivial name... 

Ubiquinone Redox coenzyme in mitochondrial electron transport chain. 

Niacin and niacinamide (nicotinamide and nicotinic acid amide) are converted to the ubiquitous redox coenzymes nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD)" and nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP). ... 

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