The fir
st-line antituberculo
si
s drug i
sonicotinic hydrazide (INH) i
s a prodrug who
se bactericidalfunction require
s activation by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis catala
se-peroxida
se (KatG) to produce anacyl-NAD adduct. Peroxidation of INH i
s con
sidered a required catalytic proce
ss for drug action. Thebinding of INH and a
serie
s of hydrazide analogue
s to re
sting KatG wa
s examined u
sing optical andcalorimetric technique
s to provide thermodynamic parameter
s, binding
stoichiometrie
s, and kinetic con
stant
s(on and off rate
s). Thi
s work revealed high-affinity binding of the
se
sub
strate
s to a
small fraction offerric enzyme in a
six-coordinate heme iron form, a
specie
s mo
st likely containing a weakly bound watermolecule, which accumulate
s during
storage of the enzyme. The binding of hydrazide
s i
s a
ssociated witha large enthalpy lo
ss (>100 kcal/mol); di
ssociation con
stant
s are in the range of 0.05-1.6
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">M, and optical
stopped-flow mea
surement
s demon
strated
kon value
s in the range of 0.5-27 × 10
3 M
-1 s-1 with very
small
koff rate
s. Binding parameter
s did not depend on pH in the range 5-8. High-affinity binding of INHi
s di
srupted in two mutant enzyme
s bearing replacement
s of key di
stal
side re
sidue
s, KatG[W107F] andKatG[Y229F]. The rate
s of reduction of KatG Compound I by hydrazide
s parallel the on rate
s for a
ssociationwith the re
sting enzyme. In a KatG-mediated biomimetic activation a
ssay, only i
soniazid generated ingood yield the acyl-NAD adduct which i
s con
sidered a key molecule in INH action, providing a betterunder
standing of the action mechani
sm of INH.