Abstract：
:Serine proteases are present in virtually all organisms and function both inside and outside the cell; they exist as two families, the 'trypsin-like' and the 'subtilisin-like', that have independently evolved a similar catalytic device characterized by the Ser, His, Asp triad, an oxyanion binding site, and possibly other determinants that stabilize the transition state (Fig. 1). For Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin, these functional elements impart a total rate enhancement of at least 10(9) to 10(10) times the non-enzymatic hydrolysis of amide bonds. We have examined the catalytic importance and interplay between residues within the catalytic triad by individual or multiple replacement with alanine(s), using site-directed mutagenesis of the cloned B. amyloliquefaciens subtilisin gene. Alanine substitutions were chosen to minimize unfavourable steric contacts and to avoid imposing new charge interactions or hydrogen bonds from the substituted side chains. In contrast to the effect of mutations in residues involved in substrate binding, the mutations in the catalytic triad greatly reduce the turnover number and cause only minor effects on the Michaelis constant. Kinetic analyses of the multiple mutants demonstrate that the residues within the triad interact synergistically to accelerate amide bond hydrolysis by a factor of approximately 2 X 10(6).
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Naturejournal_title
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Carter P,Wells JAdoi
10.1038/332564a0subject
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1988-04-07 00:00:00pages
564-8issue
6164eissn
0028-0836issn
1476-4687journal_volume
332pub_type
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