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Published on: April 4, 2014
Isothermal titration calorimetric study of RNase-A kinetics (cCMP --> 3'-CMP) involving end-product inhibition
Shawn D Spencer1, Robert B Raffa
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
Purpose:
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and progress curve analysis was used to measure the enzyme kinetic parameters (KM and kcat) of the hydrolysis of cCMP by RNase-A, a reaction that includes end-product competitive inhibition by 3'-CMP.
Methods:
The heat generated from injection of 9-15 microl cCMP (20 mM) into bovine pancreatic RNase-A (600 nM) in 50 mM Na+ acetate buffer (pH 5.5; 37 degrees C) was monitored for 1500-2000 s. Thermal power (dQ/dt), equal to (1)/deltaH(app) x d(cCMP)/dt was recorded every 1 s. The end-product inhibition constant (Kp) and enthalpy of the inhibitor binding interaction was obtained from the saturation data of 60 sequential injections of 3'-CMP (1.2 mM) into 0.05 mM RNase-A. The data of the plot of -d[cCMP]/dt against [cCMP] were fitted to kinetic equations incorporating Kp to yield KM and kcat.
Results:
DeltaH(app) for each run was obtained by integration of the progress curve. The plot of -d[cCMP]/dt against [cCMP] yielded the kinetic parameters KM = 105.3 microM, 121.6 microM, and 131.3 microM; kcat = 1.63 s(-1), 1.56 s(-1), and 1.71 s(-1). The end-product bound with 1:1 stoichiometry and Kp = 53.2 microM.
Conclusions:
The combination of progress curve analysis and ITC allowed rapid and facile measurement of the kinetic parameters for catalytic conversion of cCMP to 3'-CMP by RNase-A, a reaction complicated by end-product inhibition.
