An apparent lack of stereospecificity in the reaction catalysed by deoxyribose 5-phosphate aldolase due to methyl-group rotation and enolization before product release. |
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| Authors: | D L Corina and D C Wilton |
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| Abstract: | In the reaction catalysed by deoxyribose 5-phosphate aldolase (2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate acetaldehyde-lyase, EC 4.1.2.4) from Salmonella typhimurium, almost complete equilibration of the methyl-group protons of the product, acetaldehyde, occurs before its release from the enzyme surface. This phenomenon does not allow the stereo-chemical course of the reaction to be determined by using hydrogen-isotope labelling of the methyl group to generate a chiral centre. |
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