The formation of N-butyrylhomoserine lactone catalyzed by RhlI has been investigated by transient-state kinetic methods. A single intermediate, assigned to N-butyryl- S-adenosylmethionine, was observed. Under single-turnover conditions, the intermediate formed with a rate constant of 4.0 +/- 0.2 s (-1) and decayed with a rate constant of 3.7 +/- 0.2 s (-1). No other intermediates were detected, demonstrating that the RhlI reaction proceeds via acylation of S-adenosylmethionine, followed by lactonization. S-Adenosylhomocysteine acted as a pseudosubstrate, in that it did not undergo either acylation or lactonization but did induce the deacylation of butyryl-acyl carrier protein. The K m for S-adenosylhomocysteine was approximately 15-fold higher than the K m for S-adenosylmethionine. The reactivities of acylated and unacylated sulfonium ions that were analogues of S-adenosylmethionine were investigated by computational methods. The calculations indicated that acylation of the substrate amino group activated the substrate for lactonization, by allowing the carboxyl group oxygen to approach more closely the methylene carbon to which it adds. This observation provides a satisfying chemical rationale for the order of the individual reactions in the catalytic cycle.
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