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Type 2 isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (IDI-2), whichcatalyzes the interconversion of isopentenyl diphosphate anddimethylallyl diphosphate, contains a tightly bound moleculeof FMN. To probe the mechanism of the reaction, cyclopropyl and epoxy substrate analogues, designed to bemechanism-based irreversible inhibitors, were synthesizedand evaluated with IDI-2 from
Thermus thermophilus. Thecyclopropyl analogues were alternative substrates. The epoxyanalogue was an irreversible inhibitor, with
kI = 0.37 ± 0.07min
-1 and
KI = 1.4 ± 0.3
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M. LC-MS studies revealedformation of an epoxide-FMN adduct.