The dynamics of the complex formation between pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and histidine in the presence of bacterial histidine deearboxylase was examined. Since PLP is able to form a cyclic product with histidine and histamine, the possibility of complex formation between PLP and histamine formed during a deearboxylation reaction was examined too. It was found that the cyclization reaction between PLP and histidine is equimolecular and the rate of cyclic product formation is not significantly influenced by the presence of enzyme. In the presence of bacterial histidine deearboxylase both the cyelization reaction and cyclic product formation were observed. Predominance of histamine or cyclic product formation was dependent on pH and substrate concentration. In the presence of histidine and enzymatic protein, histamine formed during the deearboxylation reaction was unable to form a cyclic product with PLP.Metabolism and catabolism of amines and/ or amino acids largely depends on PLP-enzymes. In these reactions Schiff's bases are formed between amino compound and pyridoxal, pyridoxal Y-phosphate (PLP) or PLP-enzymes. On the other hand it is known that under certain conditions Schiff's bases may be transformed into stable cyclic condensation products [1][2][3][4]. During studies on activity of different enzymes such as pyridoxal kinase [5], amino acid decarboxylase [6], aminotransferase [7] and histaminase [8], the possibility of complex compounds formation between substrates and PLP has been shown. On the basis of these investigations it was suggested that the formation of PLPcomplexes during an enzymatic reaction may lead to the inhibition of metabolic processes. It also has been found that an excess of substrate [9][10][11][12] or coenzyme [13, 14] may lead to a decrease in enzyme activity. Binding of PLP with a part of substrate and/or product into cyclic compound could apparently decrease enzyme activity. Therefore it should be expected that the formation of complex compound results in substrate or PLP deficiency and consequently can lead to a decrease of the PLP-dependent enzyme activity.The purpose of our investigations was to establish the dynamics of cyclic product formation between histidine (substrate) and PLP in the presence of bacterial histidine deearboxylase as well as to examine a possibility of formation of a cyclic compound between PLP and liistamine produced during decarboxylation reaction.
MethodsThe reaction between histidine (His) and PLP was carried out at: pH 5.0 (close to the optimum pH for the bacterial histidine decarboxylase activity) [15], pH 6.2 and pH 7.4 (optimal for complex formation) [16].Substrate concentrations from 10 -5 M to 10-~ M were used. Two kinds of experiments were performed: (1) Reaction of His with PLP in equimolecular ratio (1 : 1) in phosphate buffer; (2) reaction of His with PLP in ratio 1 : 1 in the presence of bacterial histidine decarboxylase from Clostridium Welchii. The mixture of His and PLP in phosphate buffer, and in the presence of enzyme, was incubat...