Synthesis and enzymatic evaluation of the guanosine analogue 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside (MESG): insights into the phosphorolysis reaction mechanism based on the blueprint transition state: SN1 or S N2?

Neto, Brenno A. D.; Lapis, Alexandre A. M.; Netz, Paulo Augusto; Spencer, John; Dias, Susana Oliveira; Tamborim, Silvia Margonei Mesquita; Basso, Luiz Augusto; Santos, Daniel Silas Veras dos; Dupont, Jaı̈rton

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“…Enzyme activity was determined by measuring the kinetics of P i release from the reaction catalyzed by EPSPS in the forward direction: phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) + 3-phosphoshikimate (S3P) ⇌ inorganic phosphate (P i ) + 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP). P i release was measured in a coupled assay with purine nucleoside phosphorylase from M. tuberculosis ( Mt PNP; EC 2.4.2.1) and 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside (MESG) ( 49 ), which was synthesized according to a published protocol ( 50 ) (Fig. S2).…”

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EPSP Synthase-Depleted Cells Are Aromatic Amino Acid Auxotrophs in Mycobacterium smegmatis

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We found that cells from Mycobacterium smegmatis , a model organism safer and easier to study than the disease-causing mycobacterial species, when depleted of an enzyme from the shikimate pathway, are auxotrophic for the three aromatic amino acids (AroAAs) that serve as building blocks of cellular proteins: l- tryptophan, l -phenylalanine, and l -tyrosine. That supplementation with only AroAAs is sufficient to rescue viable cells with the shikimate pathway inactivated was unexpected, since this pathway produces an end product, chorismate, that is the starting compound of essential pathways other than the ones that produce AroAAs.

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EPSP Synthase-Depleted Cells Are Aromatic Amino Acid Auxotrophs in Mycobacterium smegmatis

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“…Recombinant Ms EPSPS enzymes were assayed in the forward direction, using a continuous spectrophotometric rate assay [31, 32]. Enzyme activity was measured in a coupled assay with purine nucleoside phosphorylase from M. tuberculosis ( Mt PNP; EC 2.4.2.1), and 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside (MESG), which was synthesized according to a published protocol [33] (Supplemental Material - Fig. S1).…”

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EvaluatingaroAgene essentiality and EPSP synthase vulnerability inMycobacterium smegmatisunder different nutritional conditions

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26The epidemiological importance of bacteria from the genus Mycobacterium is 27 indisputable and the necessity to find new molecules that can inhibit their growth 28 is urgent. The shikimate pathway, required for the synthesis of important 29 metabolites in bacteria, represents a target for inhibitors of Mycobacterium 30 tuberculosis growth. The aroA-encoded 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate 31 synthase (EPSPS) enzyme catalyzes the sixth step of the shikimate pathway. In 32 this study, we combined gene knockout, gene knockdown and kinetic assays to 33 evaluate aroA gene essentiality and the vulnerability of its protein product, 34 EPSPS synthase from Mycobacterium smegmatis (MsEPSPS), under different 35 nutritional conditions. We demonstrate by an allelic exchange-based gene 36 knockout approach the essentiality of MsEPSPS under rich and poor nutritional 37 conditions. By performing gene complementation experiments with wild-type 38 (WT) and point mutant versions of aroA gene, together with kinetic assays using 39 WT and mutant recombinant proteins, we show that aroA gene essentiality 40 depends on MsEPSPS activity. To evaluate MsEPSPS vulnerability, we 41 performed gene knockdown experiments using the Clustered Regularly 42 Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats interference (CRISPRi) system. The 43 experiments were performed in both rich and defined (poor) media, using three 44 different repression forces for aroA gene. We only observed growth impairment 45 when bacteria were grown in defined medium without supplementation of 46 aromatic amino acids, thereby indicating that MsEPSPS vulnerability depends on 47 catalyzes the sixth step of the shikimate pathway, the aroA-encoded 5-51 enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase from Mycobacterium smegmatis 52 (MsEPSPS). Combining gene knockout experiments and kinetic assays, we 53 established a causal link between aroA gene essentiality and the biological 54 function of EPSPS protein, which we advocate is an indispensable step for target 55 validation. Moreover, we characterized MsEPSPS vulnerability under different 56 nutritional conditions and found it is a vulnerable target only when M. smegmatis 57 is grown under poor nutritional conditions without supplementation with aromatic 58 amino acids. Based on our findings, we suggest that gene essentiality information 59 should be obtained from gene knockout experiments and not knockdown 60 approaches, as even low levels of a protein after gene silencing can lead to a 61 different growth phenotype when compared to that under its complete absence, 62 as was the case with aroA and MsEPSPS in our study. 63 64 Keywords 65 Gene silencing, Chorismate, Essentiality, Vulnerability, CRISPRi, Molecular 66 genetics. 67 68 69Human tuberculosis (TB) is an important infectious disease that continues 71 to be a public health threat worldwide. Despite the joint global efforts to lower TB 72 burden, which resulted in a 6.3% and 11% cumulative decline in incidence and 73 mortality, respectively, between 2015 and 2018, the End TB...

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Charge-Tagged Acetate Ligands As Mass Spectrometry Probes for Metal Complexes Investigations: Applications in Suzuki and Heck Phosphine-Free Reactions

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An acetate anion bearing an imidazolium cation as its charge tag was reacted with M(OAc)(2) complexes (where M = Ni, Cu, and Pd; in situ reaction) to form members of a new class of charge-tagged metal complexes. The formation of these unprecedented precatalysts with potential for cross-coupling reactions was confirmed by electrospray ionization (and tandem) mass spectrometry. The catalytic performance of the palladium complex was tested in Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, often with superior activity and yields as compared with Pd(OAc)(2).

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Synthesis and enzymatic evaluation of the guanosine analogue 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside (MESG): insights into the phosphorolysis reaction mechanism based on the blueprint transition state: SN1 or S N2?

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EPSP Synthase-Depleted Cells Are Aromatic Amino Acid Auxotrophs in Mycobacterium smegmatis

EPSP Synthase-Depleted Cells Are Aromatic Amino Acid Auxotrophs in Mycobacterium smegmatis

EvaluatingaroAgene essentiality and EPSP synthase vulnerability inMycobacterium smegmatisunder different nutritional conditions

Charge-Tagged Acetate Ligands As Mass Spectrometry Probes for Metal Complexes Investigations: Applications in Suzuki and Heck Phosphine-Free Reactions

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