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Relaxometric determination of binding between Mn(II)-UDP and Mn(II)-UDP-glucose in aqueous solution

Farkas, Etelka; Szabó, Orsolya; Tircsó, Gyula; Somsák, László

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Please check his box i you ha e no co ec ions o make o he PDF ile G aphical abs ac pp xxx–xxxRelaxome ic de e mina ion o binding be ween Mn(II)–UDP and Mn(II)–UDP-glucose in aqueous solu ion E elka Fa kas * , O solya Szabó, Gyula Ti csó, László Somsák * O HO HO HO HO OPOPO O OHHO O O O O N NH O O Mn2+ O HO HO HO HO OPOPO O OHHO O O O O N NH O O Mn + log K=2.98 Δ G = -4.07 kcal/mol CAR 6348 No. o Pages 1, Model 5G 28 Decembe 2012 1 Relaxome ic de e mina ion o binding be ween Mn(II)–UDP and Mn(II)–UDP-glucose in aqueous solu ion E elka Fa kas a, ⇑ ,O solya Szabó a ,Gyula Ti csó a ,László Somsák b, ⇑ a Depa men o Ino ganic and Analy ical Chemis y, Uni e si y o Deb ecen, H-4010 Deb ecen, PO Box 21, Hunga y b Depa men o O ganic Chemis y, Uni e si y o Deb ecen, H-4010 Deb ecen, PO Box 20, Hunga y a icle in o A icle his o y: Recei ed 29 Sep embe 2012 Recei ed in e ised o m 28 No embe 2012 Accep ed 30 No embe 2012 A ailable online xxxx Keywo ds: 20 Relaxome y S abili y cons an Manganese(II) UDP-glucose Complex abs ac The applicabili y o elaxome y o he de e mina ion o o ma ion cons an s o Mn(II)–UDP (logK= 3.78) and Mn(II)–UDP-glucose (logK= 2.98) complexes is demons a ed. The ob ained alue indica es a well-defined in e ac ion be ween Mn(II) and UDP-glucose in aqueous solu ion (pH = 5.50) wi h D G= –4.07 kcal/mol. Ó2012 Else ie L d. All igh s ese ed. 1. In oduc ion Glycosyl ans e ases ca alyze he biosyn hesis o glycosidic linkages o p oduce oligo- and polysaccaha ides as well as a wide a ie y o o he na u al p oduc s by conjuga ing suga s o lipids, p o eins, nucleic acids, an ibio ics, o se e al ypes o o he small molecules. 1 The so-called Leloi - ype enzymes use suga diphos- 40 phonucleo ides (NDP-suga s, e.g., UDP-glucose 1) as hei glycosyl dono subs a es. In hese de i a i es he suga moie y, oge he wi h he accep o , is esponsible o he specifici y o he eac ion while he py ophospha e ac s as a lea ing g oup and also as a che- la o o he co ac o me al ion (usually Mg(II) o Mn(II)) in mos o he GT-A old s uc u es. 2 The me al ion acili a es depa u e o he nucleoside diphospha e by s abilizing he de eloping nega i e cha ge as isualized by a simplified ep esen a ion o a compu ed model o he ansi ion s a e (2) o a eac ion ca alyzed by an in e ing glycosyl ans e ase. 3 50 O HO HO HO HO OPOPO O OHHO OH OH O O N NH O O ð1Þ O HO HO HO HO O POPO O OHHO O O OO M2+ O-Accep o M = Mg o Mn OO H δ− δ+ δ+ δ+ δ−N NH O O ð2Þ Some da a on he in e ac ion o Mn(II) and UDP-suga s we e e- po ed in he se en ies. Thus, om e alua ion o ESR i a ion o Mn(II) wi h UDP-galac ose a K diss = 14.5 ± 1.1 mM alue (pH 8.0, 0.08 M N-me hylmo pholine (NMM) con aining 0.08 M KCl a 26 ± 2 °C) was ob ained. 4 In ha pape 4 aK diss 19 mM ob ained 60 o Mn(II)–UDP-glucose om p o on elaxa ion enhancemen expe imen s was ci ed om Re . 5 In ano he pape e e ence was 0008-6215/$ - see on ma e Ó2012 Else ie L d. All igh s ese ed. h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1016/j.ca es.2012.11.026 ⇑ Co esponding au ho s. Tel.: +36 52512900x22306; ax: +36 52512660 (E.F.); el.: +36 52512900x22348; ax: +36 52512744 (L.S.). E-mail add esses: [email p o ec ed] (E. Fa kas), [email p o ec ed]. hu (L. Somsák). Q1 Ca bohyd a e Resea ch xxx (2012) xxx–xxx Con en s lis s a ailable a SciVe se ScienceDi ec Ca bohyd a e Resea ch jou nal homepage: www.else ie .com/loca e/ca es CAR 6348 No. o Pages 6, Model 5G 28 Decembe 2012 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Fa kas, E.; e al. Ca bohyd . Res. (2012), h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1016/j.ca es.2012.11.026 made o unpublished obse a ions s a ing ha he appa en dissocia ion cons an o he Mn(II)–UDP-galac ose complex was 7.5 mM, howe e , de ails and ci cums ances o he de e mina ion we e no indica ed. 6 O he ESR s udies a 18 °C a pH = 7.4 allowed he de e mina ion o an associa ion (s abili y) cons an K= 58.3 M 1 o Mn(II)–UDP-glucose. 7 Since ha ime, o he bes o ou knowledge, he e has been only one epo on he in e ac ion o Mn(II) ions and diphospha e con aining molecules s udied by iso- 70 he mal i a ion calo ime y epo ing a s abili y cons an K= 169 M 1 o Mn(II)–UDP-glucose (in 100 mM HEPES bu e , pH 7.5 a 37 °C, ionic s eng h unknown). 8 The da a e e ing o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em we e con e ed in o compa able logK(s abili y cons an ) alues which a e collec ed in Table 1 (en ies 7–9). Gi en he a iance shown by he abo e da a we se ou o de e mine s abili y cons an s o he complex o Mn(II) wi h UDP-glucose by me hods o he han hose applied so a . Such da a can be use ul in mechanis ic e alua ions o glycosyl ans e ase ca - 80 alyzed eac ions. Fo compa ison, complex o ma ion be ween Mn(II) and UDP as a model sys em has been also in es iga ed. 2. Expe imen al 2.1. Reagen s UDP and UDP-glucose we e pu chased om Sigma–Ald ich and Ca bosyn h, espec i ely, and we e used wi hou u he pu ifica- ion. The concen a ions o hei s ock solu ions we e de e mined ia pH-po en iome y wi h he help o G an unc ions. 9 The Mn(II) s ock solu ion was p epa ed by dissol ing MnCl 2 4H 2 O (Reanal) in i-dis illed wa e , which con ained a 90 known amoun o HCl o minimize hyd olysis and oxida ion o he Mn(II). The Mn(II) concen a ion o he s ock solu ion was con- fi med by g a ime ic analysis ia p ecipi a ion as MnNH 4 PO 4 H 2 O, while pH-po en iome y was used o de e mine he acid concen a ion. 2.2. Po en iome ic s udies The pH-po en iome ic i a ions we e made wi h a Radiome e pHM 93 ins umen equipped wi h a Me ohm combined elec ode ( ype 6.0234.100). The i an was added om a Me ohm 715 Dos- ima au oma ic bu e e. The measu emen s we e ca ied ou a 100 25.0 °C and a an ionic s eng h o 0.2 M (KCl). Solu ions o HCl and ca bona e- ee KOH (ca. 0.2 M, used as he i an ) we e p e- pa ed om Me ck p oduc s and hei concen a ions we e de e - mined by pH i a ions. The elec ode sys em was calib a ed acco ding o I ing e al. 10 o con e pH eadings in o hyd ogen ion concen a ions. The pH-po en iome ic i a ions we e pe - o med a 2.0 6pH 611.0 (o un il p ecipi a ion occu ed). The li- gand concen a ion was 1 10 3 M and he me al- o-ligand a io anged om 1:1 o 1:5. The ini ial olume o he samples was 10.0 mL. The expe imen al esul s we e u ilized o es ablish he 110 s oichiome y o he species and o calcula e he s abili y con- s an s. Species s oichiome y and s abili y cons an s we e de e - mined wi h he compu e p og am PSEQUAD. 11 Volumes o he i an we e fi ed and he accep ed fi ings we e always below 110 2 mL. 2.3. Relaxome y Relaxome ic measu emen s 12 we e made on a B uke Minispec MQ-20 ins umen ope a ing a 20 MHz. The spin-la ice elaxa ion ime, T 1 , was measu ed wi h his echnique by he in e sion- eco - e y me hod. 120 The elaxi i y o he Mn(II)aqua was de e mined in a sepa a e expe imen using he published me hodology. 12 The olume o he samples was 1 mL, and he concen a ion o he me al ion a - ied in he ange 0.2 10 3 –20 10 3 M. Fo he in es iga ed sys ems, he olume o he samples was 0.5 mL, and he ionic s eng h was 0.2 M KCl a 25 °C. To se he pH NEP (N-e hyl-pipe azine wi h a logK 2 = 5.58 (0.02) a I = 1.0 M KCl and 25 °C, pH = 5.50) and HEPES (4-(2-hyd oxye hyl)-1-pipe- azinee hanesul onic acid, pH = 7.57) bu e solu ions we e used. The measu emen s on Mn(II)–UDP samples we e pe o med a 130 pH = 5.50 only, while a bo h pH alues on he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em. All s udies we e ca ied ou unde an ine a mosphe e (A ). Fo he Mn(II)–UDP and Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys ems he me al ion concen a ion in he samples was se o 2 10 3 M while he me al o ligand a io a ied in he ange o 1:(0.25–3) and 1:(0.25–6), espec i ely. Fo he Mn(II)–UDP sys em, he pH-dependence was also s udied a 4.9 6pH 66.6 a a me al- o-li- gand a io o 1:2. The Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em was also in es- iga ed by i a ing he samples wi h Mn(II), gi ing me al- o-ligand 140 a ios a ying om he ini ial 1:5 o 5:1. Relaxi i y alues we e calcula ed using he obse ed (1/T 1 ) al- ues and he equilib ium concen a ion o he complex calcula ed om: 12 ½MnH x L¼1=T Mn 1 ½Mn 1=T 0 1 1=T Mn 1 1=T MH x L 1 whe e 1/T 0 1 =1/T 1 1/T w and [Mn] = [Mn] + [MnH x L]. 1/T w = diamagne ic con ibu ion o he elaxa ion a e (1/T 1 in 150 he absence o Mn(II)). Table 1 Compa ison o s abili y cons an s o Mn(II)–UDP and Mn(II)–UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) complexes En y Equilib ium p ocess Cons an a (logK) Me hod Condi ions b Re . 1 Mn(II) + UDP 2 = [Mn(UDP)] 4.14(5) pH-me y 25 °C, 0.2 M KCl This wo k 2 4.07 pH-me y 25 °C, 0.1 M NaNO 3 13 3 3.45 Calo ime y 37 °C, 0.1 M HEPES, pH 7.5 8 4 3.51 ESR i a ion 18 °C, pH 7.4 7 5 3.94 Unknown c Unknown c 17 6 3.78 (2) Relaxome y 25 °C/0.2 M KCl, pH 5.50 This wo k 7 Mn(II) + UDP-Glc 2 = [Mn(UDP-Glc)] 2.23 Calo ime y 37 °C, 0.1 M HEPES (pH 7.5) 8 8 1.72 P o on elaxa ion enhancemen Unknown d 5 9 1.77 ESR i a ion 18 °C, pH 7.4 7 10 2.98 (7) Relaxome y 25 °C, 0.2 M KCl, 0.05 M NEP, pH 5.50 This wo k 11 3.57 (13) Relaxome y 25 °C, 0.2 M KCl, 0.04 M HEPES, pH 7.57 This wo k a S anda d de ia ions in he las significan digi a e gi en in pa en heses. b Abb e ia ions: HEPES: 4-(2-hyd oxye hyl)-1-pipe azinee hanesul onic acid, NEP: N-e hyl-pipe azine. c The e e ed book was una ailable o us, he e o e, he condi ions o he measu emen emained unknown. The gi en alue was ci ed in Re . 6. d The e e ed book was una ailable o us, he e o e, he condi ions o he measu emen emained unknown. The gi en alue was ci ed in Re . 4. 2E. Fa kas e al./ Ca bohyd a e Resea ch xxx (2012) xxx–xxx CAR 6348 No. o Pages 6, Model 5G 28 Decembe 2012 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Fa kas, E.; e al. Ca bohyd . Res. (2012), h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1016/j.ca es.2012.11.026 1/T 1Mn and 1/T 1MnHxL a e he elaxi i ies o he Mn(II) and he complex o med. x= 1 Mn{H(UDP)} x= 0 Mn(UDP-glucose). L = UDP o UDP-glucose. The compu e p og am PSEQUAD 11 was used o ob ain he s a- bili y cons an s om he calcula ed equilib ium concen a ions o he complexes. 3. Resul s and discussion 160 The main goal o his wo k was o de e mine he s eng h o in e ac ion be ween Mn(II) and UDP-glucose 1. The pH-me ic i a ion o UDP-glucose p o ided clea e idence o dissocia ion o a single p o on in he measu able pH- ange, which (based on chemical e idences and li e a u e suppo 13 ) belongs unambigu- ously o he dep o ona ion o he neu al N(3)H (see Cha 1)o he nucleobase esidue. Acco ding o his esul , he diphospha e moie y o 1 eleases a p o on in he e y acidic egion (pH 2) and he UDP-glucose 2 o m p edomina es om he beginning o he measu able pH- ange. As a consequence, any pH-e ec canno 170 belong o he me al–ion complexa ion o he diphospha e esidue and pH-po en iome y canno be applied o s udy complex o ma- ion be ween Mn(II) and UDP-glucose 1. Owing o he e y low in ensi y o he spin- o bidden d–d bands o he high-spin d 5 Mn(II) complexes UV– isible spec opho ome y could no be applied o his sys em ei he . 14 Howe e , o ma ion o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose complexes can be ollowed by measu ing he spin-la ice elaxa ion a e (1/T 1 ) o he wa e p o ons, since he complex o ma ion be ween he Mn(II) ion and he anionic li- gand educes he numbe o me al-coo dina ed wa e molecules, 180 hus p o iding a use ul echnique o quan i a i e analysis o he binding equilib ium. To check he applicabili y o his me hod o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em, a model sys em, Mn(II)–UDP, was s udied fi s . The dissocia ion cons an s o he species exis ing a pH 2o UDP-glucose 2 1and UDP 2 3(Cha 1) we e de e - mined by pH-po en iome y and he alues (which a e in e y good ag eemen wi h he li e a u e 13 ) a e shown in Cha 1. 3.1. Mn(II)–UDP model sys em S abili y cons an s o Mn(II)–UDP ound in he li e a u e a e lis ed in Table 1 (en ies 2–5). In his sys em he complex o ma- 190 ion is accompanied by a measu able pH-e ec , he eby, p io o he elaxome ic measu emen s, he s abili y cons an o he Mn(II)–UDP complex could be de e mined ia pH-po en iome y. Rep esen a i e i a ion cu es a e shown in Figu e 1. The calcula ed s abili y cons an o he Mn(II) + UDP 2 = [Mn(UDP)] p ocess (Table 1,en y 1) is in good ag eemen wi h he li e a u e alue, 13 also de e mined by pH-po en iome y (en y 2; exclusi e coo dina ion o UDP ia he diphospha e moie y was p o en in ha pape 13 ). The somewha bigge di e ence be ween ou alue and ha de e mined by iso he mal i a ion calo ime y 8 200 (en y 3) o ESR i a ion 7 (en y 4) is possibly due o he signifi- can ly di e en condi ions o empe a u e and ionic s eng h. The elaxi i y o 8.14 ± 0.03 mM 1 s 1 , de e mined om an indi idual measu emen , o Mn(II)aqua is in good ag eemen wi h he li e a u e. 14 The elaxi i y o 9.91 ± 0.58 mM 1 s 1 ob ained o [Mn(UDP)] was significan ly di e en , hus, he elaxi i y (wa e - p o on elaxa ion a e) is in p inciple applicable o he de e mina- ion o he s abili y cons an o he complex (Table 1,en y 6). A compa ison o he s abili y cons an s ob ained by elaxome y and by pH-po en iome y (en ies 1 and 6, espec i ely) shows 210 an accep able ag eemen , pa icula ly, i he somewha di e en condi ions (see Sec ion 2) a e also aken in o accoun . 3.2. Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em A e p o ing he applicabili y o he elaxome ic me hod o s abili y cons an de e mina ion in he model sys em, measu e- men s we e pe o med on he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose sys em. The expe imen al da a could be con incingly fi ed by assuming he exis ence o he complex [Mn(UDP-glucose)] (R [Mn(UDP-glucose)] = 8.82 ± 0.40 mM 1 s 1 a pH = 5.50; R [Mn(UDP-glucose)] = 8.91 ± 0.39 mM 1 s 1 a pH = 7.57). I is impo an o no e ha he esul 220 ob ained a pH = 7.57 ca ies a highe unce ain y as compa ed o ha a pH = 5.50, because a highe pH dep o ona ion o N(3)H akes place o a small ex en (ca. 2–3 %). Thus, in e molecula p o- o opic exchange p ocesses be ween he p o ona ed and dep o o- na ed species migh al e he elaxa ion a e o he wa e p o on and he elaxi i y, as well. The e o e, we hink ha he esul ob ained a pH 5.50 is mo e eliable. The loga i hmic s abili y cons an s ob ained o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose complex a e shown in Table 1,en ies 10 and 11. The di e ence be ween hese alues, appa en ly due o he change o pH, p obably eflec s he abo e 230 p ocesses. The s abili y cons an calcula ed o he [Mn(UDP-glucose)] (en- y 10) is lowe wi h ca. one log uni han ha o [Mn(UDP)] (en y 6). A simila di e ence be ween hese wo cons an s was also ound by calo ime y 8 (compa e en ies 3 and 7) and by ESR i a- ion 7 (en ies 4 and 9). This di e ence is p obably due o a dec ease in he basici y o he diphospha e moie y upon subs i u ion o he e minal OH-g oup by a ca bohyd a e esidue. The di ec co ela- ion be ween he basici y o a coo dina ed diphospha e esidue and he s abili y o he co esponding me al complex is de ailed 240 elsewhe e. 13 The s abili y o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose complex is mode a e, co esponding o a Gibbs ene gy change o D G= –4.07 kcal/mol. To demons a e his, he ex en o complex o ma ion has been calcula ed as a unc ion o he analy ical concen a ion o Mn(II). The solid line in Figu e 2 e e s o he 1:1 concen a ion a io o Mn(II) o UDP-glucose and shows ha O O HO HO HO HO OPOPO O OHHO O O O O N N(3)H O O pK = 9.43(2) HO POPO O OHHO O O O O N N(3)H O O pK = 6.18(7) pK = 9.30(1) Cha 1. UDP-glucose 2 1and UDP 2 3( he p edominan o ms o he compounds exis ing a he beginning o he measu able pH- ange, ca. pH 2). The pKs belonging o he neu al N(3)H esidues and he e minal OH g oup o 3a e shown wi h s anda d de ia ions in pa en heses. E. Fa kas e al./ Ca bohyd a e Resea ch xxx (2012) xxx–xxx 3 CAR 6348 No. o Pages 6, Model 5G 28 Decembe 2012 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Fa kas, E.; e al. Ca bohyd . Res. (2012), h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1016/j.ca es.2012.11.026 he ac ion o he complex ( a io o he complex o he o al con- cen a ion o he me al ion) is significan o analy ical concen a- ions abo e ca. 10 4 M. Fo ma ion o he complex becomes negligible below 10 4 M (pc is abo e 4) and is p ac ically ze o a 250 and below 10 5 M. Howe e , as is clea ly shown by he dashed line, i he Mn(II) concen a ion is dec eased only a a cons an con- cen a ion (1.0 mM) o UDP-glucose, a well defined a io (abou 50%) o he o al Mn(II) emains complexed e en a pc Mn(II) =6 (1.0 l M). Fo physiological (in acellula ) concen a ion o Mn(II) a ious alues can be ound in he li e a u e om 10 8 M 8 o 2–3  10 5 M, 15 while a be e conco d exis s o ha o UDP-glucose (2–4 10 4 M). 15,16 I ollows om he abo e conside a ion ha unde physiological condi ions o ma ion o he Mn(II)–UDP-glu- 260 cose complex is e y mino o e en negligible. The highe s abili y o he Mn(II)–UDP complex (ac ually one o he p oduc s o a eac ion ca alyzed by a glycosyl ans e ase) compa ed o ha o he Mn(II)–UDP-glucose complex (one o he subs a es o he eac ion) mus ha e implica ions o unde s and- ing he ca aly ic mechanism. The obse ed di e ence in he s abil- i ies ce ainly eflec s he enhanced lea ing abili y o UDP upon Mn(II) complexa ion. Howe e , in he en i onmen o he enzyme’s ac i e si e a mo e complica ed in e play o se e al o he ac o s (e.g., binding o he me al ion o addi ional complexing esidues 270 like he equen DXD mo i , geome y o he complex, in e ac ions o he ac i e si e esidues wi h o he pa s o he subs a e/p oduc , con o ma ional changes o he p o ein du ing he ca aly ic p ocess) ha e o be conside ed. In his espec a e y ecen s udy sugges s highe s abiliza ion o a glycosyl ans e ase upon simul aneous addi ion o UDP-glucose and Mn(II) as compa ed o ha o UDP and Mn(II). 15 Such issues need, no doub , u he expe imen al s udies and heo e ical analyses. In conclusion, as a esul o his wo k (i) he applicabili y o elaxome y o he de e mina ion o he s abili y cons an o he 280 Mn(II)–UDP-glucose complex has been demons a ed; (ii) as a con- sequence o he mode a e s abili y o ha complex, i manga- 7 9 11 pH UDP 1:5 1:3 1:2 3 5 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Base equi alen 1:1 Figu e 1. Po en iome ic (pH) i a ion cu es o UDP () and Mn(II)–UDP a me al- o-ligand a ios o : 1:5 (j), 1:3 (N), 1:2 (x) and 1:1 (s) wi h c ligand =110 3 mol dm 3 . Nega i e base equi alen s e e o acid solu ions. 0.6 0.5 0.4 ]glc)]DP-g(UD 0.3 Mn-n [Mc ioF ac 0.2 F 0.1 0 3 4 4 5 5.5 635 . 4.5 pc Mn(II) Figu e 2. F ac ion o complexed Mn(II) as a unc ion o [Mn(II)] a 1:1 Mn(II) o UDP-glucose a io (solid line) and a cons an 1.0 mM UDP-glucose concen a ion, whe e he a io o Mn(II) o UDP-glucose is a ied om 1:1 o 1:1000 (dashed line). 4E. Fa kas e al./ Ca bohyd a e Resea ch xxx (2012) xxx–xxx CAR 6348 No. o Pages 6, Model 5G 28 Decembe 2012 Please ci e his a icle in p ess as: Fa kas, E.; e al. Ca bohyd . Res. (2012), h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1016/j.ca es.2012.11.026 nese(II) and UDP-glucose a e p esen a equimola concen a ion in he sample, he complex is o med in measu able ac ion only abo e an analy ical concen a ion o 10 5 M; (iii) a high ligand ex- cess a la ge ac ion o Mn(II) is complexed e en a mic omola concen a ions o he me al ion. Acknowledgemen s Financial suppo o his wo k was p o ided by he Hunga ian Scien ific Resea ch Fund (OTKA CK77712) and by TÁMOP 4.2.1/B- 290 09/1/KONV-2010-0007 and TÁMOP-4.2.2./B-10/1-2010-0024 p o- jec s co-financed by he Eu opean Union and he Eu opean Social Fund. G.T. hanks he Hunga ian Academy o Sciences o he awa d o a János Bolyai Resea ch Schola ship. D . Glenn He e is hanked o linguis ic checking o he manusc ip . Re e ences 1. Weadge, J. T.; Palcic, M. M. In Encyclopedia o Chemical Biology; Begley, P., Ed.; Wiley, 2008; pp 198–211. 2. Lai son, L. L.; Hen issa , B.; Da ies, G. J.; Wi he s, S. G. Annu. Re . Biochem. 2008, 77, 521–555. 3003. T a oška, I. 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