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208 Chapter 8<br />

(5) Chorismic acid (see Figure 8.1) is a substrate for the three enzymes shown<br />

below: anthranilate synthase, para-aminobenzoate synthase <strong>and</strong> isochorismate<br />

synthase. The amino acid sequences of the three enzymes are similar,<br />

suggesting that they may follow a similar mechanistic course. Suggest<br />

intermediates <strong>and</strong> possible mechanisms for these three reactions.<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

OH<br />

isochorismate<br />

synthase<br />

O<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

anthranilate<br />

synthase<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

NH 2<br />

O<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

NH 3<br />

OH<br />

NH 3<br />

CO 2<br />

−<br />

p-aminobenzoate<br />

synthase<br />

NH 2<br />

Further reading<br />

General<br />

R.H. Abeles, P.A. Frey & W.P. Jencks (1992) Biochemistry. Jones & Bartlett, Bos<strong>to</strong>n.<br />

C. T. Walsh (1979) Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms. Freeman, San Francisco.<br />

Dehydratases<br />

J.R. Butler, W.L. Alworth, & M.J. Nugent (1974) Mechanism of dehydroquinase<br />

catalyzed dehydration. I. Formation of a SchiV base intermediate. J. Am. Chem.<br />

Soc., 96, 1617–18.<br />

H. Lauble, M.C. Kennedy, H. Beinert & C.D. S<strong>to</strong>ut (1992) Crystal structures of<br />

aconitase with isocitrate <strong>and</strong> nitroisocitrate bound. Biochemistry, 31, 2735–48.<br />

J.M. Schwab & B.S. Henderson (1990) <strong>Enzyme</strong>-catalysed allylic rearrangements. Chem.<br />

Rev., 90, 1203–45.<br />

M.J. Turner, B.W. Smith & E. Haslam (1975) The shikimate pathway. Part IV. The<br />

stereochemistry of the 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase reaction <strong>and</strong> observations on 3-<br />

dehydroquinate synthetase. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 1, 52–5.

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