PMID:10978161
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Elssner, T, Hennig, L, Frauendorf, H, Haferburg, D and Kleber, HP (2000) Isolation, identification, and synthesis of gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA and crotonobetainyl-CoA, compounds involved in carnitine metabolism of E. coli. Biochemistry 39:10761-9 |
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| Abstract |
A still unknown low-molecular-mass cofactor essential for the activity of carnitine-metabolizing enzymes (e.g., L-carnitine dehydratase, crotonobetaine reductase) from E. coli has been purified to homogeneity from a cell-free extract of E. coli O44K74. The purity of the cofactor was confirmed by HPLC analysis. Biosynthesis of the unknown compound was only observed when bacteria were cultivated anaerobically in the presence of L-carnitine or crotonobetaine. The determined properties, together with results obtained from UV-visible, (1)H NMR, and mass spectrometry, indicate that the compound in question is a new CoA derivative. The esterified compound was suggested to be gamma-butyrobetaine-a metabolite of carnitine metabolism of E. coli. Proof of structure was performed by chemical synthesis. Besides gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA, a second new CoA derivative, crotonobetainyl-CoA, was also chemically synthesized. Both CoA derivatives were purified and their structures confirmed using NMR and mass spectrometry. Comparisons of structural data and of the chemical properties of gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA, crotonobetainyl-CoA, and the isolated cofactor verified that the unknown compound is gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA. The physical and chemical properties of gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA and crotonobetainyl-CoA are similar to known CoA derivatives. |
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Acyl Coenzyme A/biosynthesis; Acyl Coenzyme A/chemistry; Acyl Coenzyme A/isolation & purification; Acyltransferases; Betaine/analogs & derivatives; Betaine/chemistry; Betaine/metabolism; Carnitine/metabolism; Chemistry, Physical; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Hydro-Lyases/metabolism; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Weight; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Physicochemical Phenomena; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet |
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