The S41A mutant of riboflavin synthase from Escherichia coli catalyzes the formation of riboflavin from 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine at a very low rate. Quenching of presteady-state reaction mixtures with trifluoroacetic acid afforded a compound with an absorption maximum at 412 nm (pH 1.0) that can be converted to a mixture of riboflavin and 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine by treatment with wild-type riboflavin synthase. The compound was shown to qualify as a kinetically competent intermediate of the riboflavin synthase-catalyzed reaction. Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, using various 13C- and 15N-labeled samples, revealed a pentacyclic structure arising by dimerization of 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine. Enzyme-catalyzed fragmentation of this compound under formation of riboflavin can occur easily by a sequence of two elimination reactions.
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