Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 581, Issue 14, Pages 2733-2736Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.05.032
Keywords
glutamate dehydrogenase; 2-methyleneglutarate; methacrylate; competitive inhibitors
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Irrespective of their pyridine nucleotide specificity, all glutamate dehydrogenases; share a common chemical mechanism that involves an enzyme bound 'iminoglutarate' intermediate. Three compounds, structurally related to this intermediate, were tested for the inhibition of purified NADP-glutamate dehydrogenases from two Aspergilli, as also the bovine liver NAD(P)-glutamate dehydrogenase. 2-Methyleneglutarate, closely resembling iminoglutarate, was a potent competitive inhibitor of the glutamate dehydrogenase reaction. This is the first report of a non-aromatic structure with a better glutamate dehydrogenase inhibitory potency than aryl carboxylic acids such as isophthalate. A suitably located 2-methylene group to mimic the iminium ion could be exploited to design inhibitors of other amino acid dehydrogenases. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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