Kinetic isotope effects in the oxidation of isotopically labeled NAD(P)H by bacterial flavoprotein monooxygenases

Abstract
Three bacterial flavoprotein monooxygenases (p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, orcinol hydroxylase [from Pseudomonas putida] and salicylate hydroxylase) were examined for steady-state kinetic isotope effects with (4R)-[4-2H]NAD(P)H and (4R)-[4-3H]NAD(P)H. The observed isotope selections are for deuterium, DV = 1.8-3.5 and D(V/K) = 1.7-5.1, and for tritium, T(V/K) = 5-19. For both orcinol hydroxylase and p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, reduction of enzyme-bound FAD by (4R)-[4-2H]NAD(P)H in presteady-state assays reveals intrinsic deuterium isotope effects of 10 .+-. 2 on this redox step. These values are at the upper end of substrate deuterium effects seen in enzymatic reactions. Suppression of .apprx. 83% of the intrinsic isotope effects in the overall reaction rate (e.g., kH/kD = 10 down to DV = 2.5) corroborates earlier kinetic data on p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase and suggests that these bacterial phenolic monooxygenases balance out internal transition states such that no single barrier is fully rate limiting.

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