Abstract:
:The reaction between chymotrypsin and N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide has been studied at subzero temperatures in fluid aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide solvent. Following initiation of the reaction at temperatures as low as -90 degrees C, a series of four reactions prior to the normal rate-limiting step (acylation) was detected spectrophotometrically. Various experimental observations have led to the following interpretation of these reactions. Reaction 1 corresponds to the binding of substrate yielding the initial Michaelis complex. Reactions 2 and 3 are two pH-independent reactions, ascribed to substrate-induced changes in the positions of active-site groups. Reaction 4 is a pH-dependent reaction (pK = 5.9) which involves the imidazole of His-57 but which is not the formation of a tetrahedral intermediate, oxazolinone, or acyl enzyme. The slowest detected step corresponded to the acylation reaction. No evidence for the accumulation of a tetrahedral intermediate was obtained. Spectral, kinetic, and thermodynamic data for these reactions are presented, as is justification for the relevance of these findings to the reaction under physiological conditions. These results demonstrate the utility of subzero temperatures in enzyme mechanism studies, especially with regard to allowing the accumulation of intermediates which may be quite stable at appropriate values of pH and low temperature.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Fink ALdoi
10.1021/bi00652a031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1976-04-06 00:00:00pages
1580-6issue
7eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
15pub_type
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