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Transition-State Stabilization and Transition-State Analogs... 

Clearly, the oxyanion hole is now as significant a feature of the binding site of such acyl transfer abzymes as it is already for esterases and peptidases — and not without good reason. Knossow has analysed the structures of three esterase-like catalytic antibodies, each elicited in response to the same phosphonate TSA hapten (Charbonnier et al., 1997). Catalysis for all three is accounted for by transition state stabilization and in each case there is an... 

The intermediate can, however, also be trapped by an amine to form an amide although at pH 7 in aqueous solution primary amines are predominantly proto-nated and only poorly reactive. Intramolecularity will, however, improve the poor reactivity of a lysine residue towards an acyl intermediate provided that the His and the Lys residues are close in space. The net reaction under these conditions is therefore an amidation of the lysine side chain by the active ester that is more efficient than the direct acylation of a lysine residue by at least three orders of magnitude (Fig. 10). The lysine residue will also improve the reactivity of the His side chain by electrostatic transition state stabilization and the wasteful reaction with other His residues that gives rise to hydrolysis is therefore suppressed. 

Irradiation of pyridinium-3-olates gives a dimer of different structure (454). In a photochemical process the important frontier orbital interactions are those between HOMO-HOMO and LUMO-LUMO. Figure 6b demonstrates that for photodimerization, a different orientation favors transition-state stabilization and leads to the novel adduct 454. 

Bovine pancreatic chymotrypsin (Mr 25,191) is a protease, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of peptide bonds. This protease is specific for peptide bonds adjacent to aromatic amino acid residues (Trp, Phe, Tyr). The three-dimensional structure of chymotrypsin is shown in Figure 6-18, with functional groups in the active site emphasized. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme illustrates the principle of transition-state stabilization and also provides a classic example of general acid-base catalysis and covalent catalysis. 

The mechanisms for metal-catalyzed and organocatalyzed direct aldol addition reactions differ one from another, and resemble the mode of action of the type 11 and type I aldolases, respectively. Some metal-ligand complexes, for example, 1-4 and 9 are considered to have a bifunctional character [22], embodying within the same molecular frame a Lewis acidic site and a Bronsted basic site. Whereas base would be required to form the transient enolate species as an active form of the carbonyl donor, the Lewis acid site would coordinate the acceptor aldehyde carbonyl, increasing its electrophilicity. By this means, both transition state stabilization and substrates preorganization would be provided (see Scheme 5 for a proposal). 

Liu J, Wulff G (2008) Functional mimicry of carboxypeptidase A by a combination of transition state stabilization and a defined orientation of catalytic moieties in molecularly imprinted polymers. J Am Chem Soc 130 8044-8054... 

Ranaghan KE, L Ridder, B Szefczyk, WA Sokalski, JC Hermann, AJ Mulholland (2004) Transition state stabilization and substrate strain in enzyme catalysis ab initio QM/MM modelling of the chorismate mutase reaction. Organic Biomolecular Chemistry 2 (7) 968-980... 

The enzyme mechanism, however, remains elusive. Quantum mechanical models generally disfavor C6-protonation, but 02, 04, and C5-protonation mechanisms remain possibilities. Free energy computations also appear to indicate that C5-protonation is a feasible mechanism, as is direct decarboxylation without preprotonation O-protonation mechanisms have yet to be explored with these methods. Controversy remains, however, as to the roles of ground state destabilization, transition state stabilization, and dynamic effects. Because free energy models do take into account the entire enzyme active site, a comprehensive study of the relative energetics of pre-protonation and concerted protonation-decarboxylation at 02, 04, and C5 should be undertaken with such methods. In addition, quantum mechanical isotope effects are also likely to figure prominently in the ultimate identification of the operative ODCase mechanism. 

It is a major challenge to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the efficiencies of enzymes. Jencks (1) offered the following classification of the mechanisms by which enzymes achieve transition state stabilization and the resulting acceleration of the reactions proximity and orientation effects of reactants, covalent catalysis, general acid-base catalysis, conformational distortion of the reactants, and preorganization of the active sites for transition state complementarity. 

This argument goes by the name transition state stabilization and remains the dominant model in the enzymatic community today Amyes and Richard recently reviewed a selection of enzymes whose behaviors are well understood within this Pauling paradigm. 

Careful consideration of definitions is important in understanding the scope of transition state stabilization and alternatives. WarsheP accurately defined transition state stabilization to mean that the transition state (TS) in the enzyme will have a lower energy than that in water, with the reference defined as the energy of free enzyme and free substrate. This situation is often described in the literature by the energy diagram given in Figure 9.1a." ... 

Figure 9.1 Schematic energy diagram for enzyme activation showing (a) transition state stabilization and (b) the role of the Michaelis complex (E(S)).

Andrews, P. R. Smith, G. D. Yonng, I. G. Transition-state stabilization and enzymic catalysis. Kinetic and molecular orbital studies of the rearrangement of chorismate to prephenate, Biochemistry 1973,12, 3492-3498. 

Only one partially adjustable parameter is used to interpret all the results the sum of the bond distensions of the reactive bonds at the transition state, d. The changes in d are correlated with the transition state stabilization and can be predicted, for a series of structurally related reactions, from the knowledge of Ip, E or a. The d values are always consistent with their physical meaning and they range from 31 to 69 pm. When CT interactions are negligible, d... 

Le Noble has pointed out a similarity between Cieplak transition state stabilization and Win-stein s proposal of (T assistance in the formation of carbocations [8a, 51]. In the Cieplak model, neighbouring cr-electrons delocalise into the electrons delocalise into a vacant p orbital. 

Schowen, R. L. 2003 Biochemistry 42, 1900—1909 The catalytic strategy of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase Transition-state stabilization and the avoidance of abortive reactions. 

The structural similarities between the substrate and the template lead to an extraordinary rate enhancement of 10 -fold when compared to the uncatalyzed reaction ( cat/ uncat)- Rate enhancements of up to 4.1 x 10 -fold were observed if a second amidinium moiety was introduced in proximity to a single Cu + center in the binding cavity, and these values represent the highest obtained for MIP catalysts to date. This study served to illustrate the significance of a multifaceted approach to catalytic design. By themselves, transition-state stabilization and defining the orientation of the catalytic moieties can provide modest improvements in the reaction rate, but when employed together, the results obtained can be remarkable. 

In the uncatalyzed reaction, the rate-determining step was electrocycUza-tion in the catalyzed reaction, water loss and electrocycUzation faced equal barriers. The observed rate enhancement was ascribed to the transition-state stabilization and enhanced basicity, which originated from encapsulation within the metal-ligand self-assembled capsule. 

The migratory aptitude of a group in migrations to electron-deficient atoms (C, O, or N) depends on its abiiity to support a positive charge at the transition state. Stabilization and any irreversible reactions of the product are also important. 

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