[TRPA_SALTY] The alpha subunit is responsible for the aldol cleavage of indoleglycerol phosphate to indole and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. [TRPB_SALTY] The beta subunit is responsible for the synthesis of L-tryptophan from indole and L-serine.
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In the tryptophan synthase bienzyme complex, indole produced by substrate cleavage at the alpha-site is channeled to the beta-site via a 25 A long tunnel. Within the beta-site, indole and l-Ser react with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in a two-stage reaction to give l-Trp. In stage I, l-Ser forms an external aldimine, E(Aex1), which converts to the alpha-aminoacrylate aldimine, E(A-A). Formation of E(A-A) at the beta-site activates the alpha-site >30-fold. In stage II, indole reacts with E(A-A) to give l-Trp. The binding of alpha-site ligands (ASLs) exerts strong allosteric effects on the reaction of substrates at the beta-site: the distribution of intermediates formed in stage I is shifted in favor of E(A-A), and the binding of ASLs triggers a conformational change in the beta-site to a state with an increased affinity for l-Ser. Here, we compare the behavior of new ASLs as allosteric effectors of stage I with the behavior of the natural product, d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. Rapid kinetics and kinetic isotope effects show these ASLs bind with affinities ranging from micro- to millimolar, and the rate-determining step for conversion of E(Aex1) to E(A-A) is increased by 8-10-fold. To derive a structure-based mechanism for stage I, X-ray structures of both the E(Aex1) and E(A-A) states complexed with the different ASLs were determined and compared with structures of the ASL complexes with the internal aldimine [Ngo, H., Harris, R., Kimmich, N., Casino, P., Niks, D., Blumenstein, L., Barends, T. R., Kulik, V., Weyand, M., Schlichting, I., and Dunn, M. F. (2007) Biochemistry 46, 7713-7727].
Allosteric regulation of substrate channeling in tryptophan synthase: modulation of the L-serine reaction in stage I of the beta-reaction by alpha-site ligands.,Ngo H, Kimmich N, Harris R, Niks D, Blumenstein L, Kulik V, Barends TR, Schlichting I, Dunn MF Biochemistry. 2007 Jul 3;46(26):7740-53. Epub 2007 Jun 9. PMID:17559232[1]
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↑Ngo H, Kimmich N, Harris R, Niks D, Blumenstein L, Kulik V, Barends TR, Schlichting I, Dunn MF. Allosteric regulation of substrate channeling in tryptophan synthase: modulation of the L-serine reaction in stage I of the beta-reaction by alpha-site ligands. Biochemistry. 2007 Jul 3;46(26):7740-53. Epub 2007 Jun 9. PMID:17559232 doi:10.1021/bi7003872
