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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Jun 14;134(25):10436–10450. doi: 10.1021/ja3006463

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

The previously proposed mechanism for the reaction of proteasome with EPX. Nucleophilic attack by Thr1-Oγ on EPX results in hemiacetal formation, followed by subsequent cyclization of Thr1-Nz onto the epoxide, resulting in formation of the morpholino adduct. Candidate residues for H-B and B are the Thr1 amino terminus, a bound water molecule, and invariant Ser130.