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Lack of Enantioselectivity in the SULT1A3‐catalyzed Sulfoconjugation of Normetanephrine Enantiomers: An In Vitro and Computational Study
Author(s) -
Grouzmann Eric,
Gualtierotti JeanBaptiste,
GerberLemaire Sandrine,
Abid Karim,
Brakch Noureddine,
Pedretti Alessandro,
Testa Bernard,
Vistoli Giulio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chirality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1520-636X
pISSN - 0899-0042
DOI - 10.1002/chir.22108
Subject(s) - normetanephrine , chemistry , enantiomer , cofactor , cooperativity , stereochemistry , in vitro , biochemistry , enzyme , urine
(1 R )‐Normetanephrine is the natural stereoisomeric substrate for sulfotransferase 1A3 (SULT1A3)‐catalyzed sulfonation. Nothing appears known on the enantioselectivity of the reaction despite its potential significance in the metabolism of adrenergic amines and in clinical biochemistry. We confronted the kinetic parameters of the sulfoconjugation of synthetic (1 R )‐normetanephrine and (1 S )‐normetanephrine by recombinant human SULT1A3 to a docking model of each normetanephrine enantiomer with SULT1A3 and the 3′‐phosphoadenosine‐5′‐phosphosulfate cofactor on the basis of molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of the stability of the complexes. The K M , V max , and k cat values for the sulfonation of (1 R )‐normetanephrine, (1 S )‐normetanephrine, and racemic normetanephrine were similar. In silico models were consistent with these findings as they showed that the binding modes of the two enantiomers were almost identical. In conclusion, SULT1A3 is not substrate‐enantioselective toward normetanephrine, an unexpected finding explainable by a mutual adaptability between the ligands and SULT1A3 through an “induced‐fit model” in the catalytic pocket. Chirality, 25:28‐34, 2012 .© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.