J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 255, Issue 24, 11732-11736, Dec, 1980

Interaction of L- and D-3-amino-1-chloro-2-pentanone with gamma- glutamylcysteine synthetase

RL Beamer, OW Griffith, JD Gass, ME Anderson and A Meister

The optical isomers of 3-amino-1-chloro-2-pentanone, which are the alpha-chloroketone analogs of L- and D-alpha-aminobutyrate, were synthesized and found to be highly potent irreversible inactivators of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. These chloroketones are 20 to 30 times more active than L-2-amino-4-oxo-5-chlorpentanoate. L- and D- Glutamate, in the presence of Mg2+ or Mn2+, protect the enzyme against inactivation. The enzyme is almost completely inhibited by cystamine under conditions in which 0.5 mol of this compound is bound/mol of enzyme. Treatment of the enzyme with cystamne, which produces inhibition that is reversible by dithiothreitol, prevents the interaction of the new chloroketones, L-2-amino-4-oxo-5- chloropentanoate and methionine sulfoximine with the enzyme. The findings suggest that a sulfhydryl group at the active site interacts with the chloroketones and with cystamine and that the chloroketone inhibitors and cystamine bind to the enzyme as glutamine analogs. The data also suggest that a gamma-glutamyl-S-enzyme intermediate may be formed in the reaction catalyzed by this enzyme.
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