poster abstractBenzoylformate decarboxylase (BFDC), a thiamine diphosphate dependent enzyme,
catalyzes decarboxylation of benzoylformate to benzaldehyde and CO2. The BFDC
reaction proceeds through at least four individual chemical steps and, recently, NMR
spectroscopy has been used to measure the ratios of intermediates in the overall reaction.
This method permits calculation of rate constants for formation of the first intermediate,
mandelylThDP (k2) and its subsequent decarboxylation (k3), as well as the combined
breakdown of the enamine and product release (k4). As part of a study of the
contributions of the active site residues, Ser26, His70 and His281, to the individual
catalytic steps several Ser26 variants were expressed and purified. Initially, the variants
were characterized using steady-state kinetics. Subsequently, the enzymes were mixed
with benzoylformate and the mixture immediately acid quenched to trap intermediates of
the reaction. NMR spectroscopy was used to identify and quantitate individual catalytic
intermediates. Rate constants for the formation of these intermediates were then
determined and compared to those of the wild-type enzyme. Here we report those results
and discuss their implications for the role of Ser26 in the BFDC reaction mechanism
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