Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol,1,2,7,7-tetramethyl-, (1R,2R,4R)-rel-

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CAS: 2371-42-8
MF: C11H20O
MW: 168.2759
Synonyms: Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol,1,2,7,7-tetramethyl-, (1R,2R,4R)-rel-

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Chao Chen

Tsinghua University
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Wei Liu

The University of Science and Technology of China
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Zhaoguang Yang

Central South University
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HaiPu Li

Central South University
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Li Li

Shanghai University
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Kevin E. O'Shea

Florida International University
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C. Dale Poulter

University of Utah
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David E. Cane

Brown University
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Co-reporter: Mustafa Köksal, Wayne K. W. Chou, David E. Cane, and David W. Christianson
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Publication Date(Web):July 11, 2013
DOI: 10.1021/bi400797c
The crystal structure of 2-methylisoborneol synthase (MIBS) from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) has been determined in its unliganded state and in complex with two Mg2+ ions and 2-fluoroneryl diphosphate at 1.85 and 2.00 Å resolution, respectively. Under normal circumstances, MIBS catalyzes the cyclization of the naturally occurring, noncanonical 11-carbon isoprenoid substrate, 2-methylgeranyl diphosphate, which first undergoes an ionization–isomerization–ionization sequence through the tertiary diphosphate intermediate 2-methyllinalyl diphosphate to enable subsequent cyclization chemistry. MIBS does not exhibit catalytic activity with 2-fluorogeranyl diphosphate, and we recently reported the crystal structure of MIBS complexed with this unreactive substrate analogue [Köksal, M., Chou, W. K. W., Cane, D. E., Christianson, D. W. (2012) Biochemistry51, 3011–3020]. However, cocrystallization of MIBS with the fluorinated analogue of the tertiary allylic diphosphate intermediate, 2-fluorolinalyl diphosphate, reveals unexpected reactivity for the intermediate analogue and yields the crystal structure of the complex with the primary allylic diphosphate, 2-fluoroneryl diphosphate. Comparison with the structure of the unliganded enzyme reveals that the crystalline enzyme active site remains partially open, presumably due to the binding of only two Mg2+ ions. Assays in solution indicate that MIBS catalyzes the generation of (1R)-(+)-camphor from the substrate 2-fluorolinalyl diphosphate, suggesting that both 2-fluorolinalyl diphosphate and 2-methyllinalyl diphosphate follow the identical cyclization mechanism leading to 2-substituted isoborneol products; however, the initially generated 2-fluoroisoborneol cyclization product is unstable and undergoes elimination of hydrogen fluoride to yield (1R)-(+)-camphor.

Andrea Buettner

Friedrich-Alexander-Universit?t Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
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Jeroen S. Dickschat

University of Bonn
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