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Stereoselectivity and regioselectivity of purified human glutathione transferases pi, alpha-epsilon, and mu with alkene and polycyclic arene oxide substrates. 1988

L A Dostal, and C Guthenberg, and B Mannervik, and J R Bend
Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm.

The stereoselectivities of three biochemically distinct human glutathione transferases, the acidic isoenzyme (pi) purified from placenta and the basic (alpha-epsilon) and the near-neutral (mu) isoenzymes purified from liver, were determined with (+/-)-benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide, pyrene-4,5-oxide, and (+/-)-styrene-7,8-oxide as substrates. Transferase mu was highly selective (greater than 95%) for reaction of glutathione with R-configured oxirane carbon atoms of (+/-)-benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide and pyrene-4,5-oxide, whereas transferase pi was highly stereoselective (greater than 95%) for S-configured epoxide carbon atoms of (+/-)-benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide and pyrene-4,5-oxide. The basic transferases (alpha-epsilon) showed relatively low stereoselectivity with these polycyclic arene oxide substrates; glutathione reaction at R-configured oxirane carbons was preferred, but only by about 2-fold. With (+/-)-benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide as substrate, transferases mu and alpha-epsilon were enantioselective for (4R,5S)-benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide (about 6-fold), whereas transferase pi showed little enantioselectivity. With (+/-)-styrene-7,8-oxide as substrate, transferases mu and pi were selective for (7S)-styrene-7,8-oxide, but this enantioselectivity was not great (1.3- to 1.8-fold); enantioselectivity could not be accurately determined with alpha-epsilon due to the low enzymatic turnover. Transferase pi selectively catalyzed the reaction of glutathione with the benzylic oxirane carbon (C-7) of (+/-)-styrene-7,8-oxide whereas alpha-epsilon preferentially catalyzed reaction with the terminal epoxide carbon (C-8) atom.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007527 Isoenzymes Structurally related forms of an enzyme. Each isoenzyme has the same mechanism and classification, but differs in its chemical, physical, or immunological characteristics. Alloenzyme,Allozyme,Isoenzyme,Isozyme,Isozymes,Alloenzymes,Allozymes
D011083 Polycyclic Compounds Compounds which contain two or more rings in their structure. Compounds, Polycyclic
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D005982 Glutathione Transferase A transferase that catalyzes the addition of aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic FREE RADICALS as well as EPOXIDES and arene oxides to GLUTATHIONE. Addition takes place at the SULFUR. It also catalyzes the reduction of polyol nitrate by glutathione to polyol and nitrite. Glutathione S-Alkyltransferase,Glutathione S-Aryltransferase,Glutathione S-Epoxidetransferase,Ligandins,S-Hydroxyalkyl Glutathione Lyase,Glutathione Organic Nitrate Ester Reductase,Glutathione S-Transferase,Glutathione S-Transferase 3,Glutathione S-Transferase A,Glutathione S-Transferase B,Glutathione S-Transferase C,Glutathione S-Transferase III,Glutathione S-Transferase P,Glutathione Transferase E,Glutathione Transferase mu,Glutathione Transferases,Heme Transfer Protein,Ligandin,Yb-Glutathione-S-Transferase,Glutathione Lyase, S-Hydroxyalkyl,Glutathione S Alkyltransferase,Glutathione S Aryltransferase,Glutathione S Epoxidetransferase,Glutathione S Transferase,Glutathione S Transferase 3,Glutathione S Transferase A,Glutathione S Transferase B,Glutathione S Transferase C,Glutathione S Transferase III,Glutathione S Transferase P,Lyase, S-Hydroxyalkyl Glutathione,P, Glutathione S-Transferase,Protein, Heme Transfer,S Hydroxyalkyl Glutathione Lyase,S-Alkyltransferase, Glutathione,S-Aryltransferase, Glutathione,S-Epoxidetransferase, Glutathione,S-Transferase 3, Glutathione,S-Transferase A, Glutathione,S-Transferase B, Glutathione,S-Transferase C, Glutathione,S-Transferase III, Glutathione,S-Transferase P, Glutathione,S-Transferase, Glutathione,Transfer Protein, Heme,Transferase E, Glutathione,Transferase mu, Glutathione,Transferase, Glutathione,Transferases, Glutathione
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000475 Alkenes Unsaturated hydrocarbons of the type Cn-H2n, indicated by the suffix -ene. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p408) Alkene,Olefin,Olefins,Pentene,Pentenes
D013237 Stereoisomerism The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Molecular Stereochemistry,Stereoisomers,Stereochemistry, Molecular,Stereoisomer
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities

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