Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
4086870 
Journal Article 
Coenzyme A hemithioacetals as easily prepared inhibitors of CoA ester-utilizing enzymes 
Schwartz, B; Vogel, KW; Drueckhammer, DG 
1996 
Yes 
Journal of Organic Chemistry
ISSN: 0022-3263
EISSN: 1520-6904 
61 
26 
9356-9361 
WOS:A1996WC12000042 
Hemithioacetals are formed by reactions of coenzyme A (CoA) with aldehydes in aqueous solution. Equilibria for hemithioacetal formation with four commercially available aldehydes and rate constants for hemithioacetal dissociation have been studied. The hemithioacetals are viewed as acyl-CoA analogs having a tetrahedral center in place of the planar trigonal thioester carbonyl carbon. These compounds may serve as mimics of the tetrahedral intermediate or transition state in the reactions of acyl-CoA dependent acyltransferase enzymes. The hemithioacetal generated by reaction of CoA with formaldehyde is a poor inhibitor of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, with a K-i more than B-fold higher than the K-m for the substrate acetyl-CoA. The hemithioacetals formed by reaction of CoA with acetaldehyde and trifluroacetaldehyde are substantially better inhibitors, with K-i values approximately 2.4-fold and 10-fold lower than the K-m values for acetyl-CoA, respectively. The hemithioacetal formed by reaction of CoA with succinic semialdehyde inhibits succinic thiokinase, with a K-i 4-fold lower than the K-m for the substrate succinyl-CoA. The CoA hemithioacetals provide a novel readily accessible new class of acyl-CoA analogs for use in mechanistic and structural studies of CoA ester-utilizing enzymes.