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Measuring In Vitro ATPase Activity for Enzymatic Characterization
Published on: August 23, 2016
アルカリリン・フォスファターゼ触媒は,活性部位間の亜鉛イオンに封じ込められた電荷に対して超敏感です
Ivana Nikolic-Hughes1, Patrick J O'brien, Daniel Herschlag
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 30, 2005
まとめ
エシェリキア・コリ菌のアルカリリンフォスファターゼ (AP) は,反応を触媒化するために二金属活性部位を使用します. その触媒効率は基板の電荷と強く相関しており,非常に敏感な静電環境を示しています.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 酵素の動力学について
- タンパク質の静電学
背景:
- エシェリキア・コリ菌のアルカリ性リン酸ファスファターゼ (AP) は,リン酸モノエステル水解に不可欠なバイメタロ酵素です.
- 活性部位には2つのZn2+イオンが含まれており,これは触媒作用に不可欠です.
- 移行状態は,基板の酸素原子とZn2+金属群との相互作用を伴う.
研究 の 目的:
- 基質の酸素原子とAP双金属群の相互作用のエネルギー的重要性を調査する.
- 基板負荷とAPの触媒能力の関係を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- 基板の橋渡ししない酸素原子の電荷の系統的な変化.
- 異なる電荷を持つ様々な基板でAPの触媒活性を測定する.
- 触媒能力と酸素原子の電荷を相関させる.
主要な成果:
- 強い線形相関 (R2 = 0.98) が,APの触媒能力と,橋渡しでない酸素原子の電荷の間に観察され,8桁の大きさに及ぶ.
- 触媒能力は,この充電単位に対して (31 ± 2 kcal/mol/単位充電) とてつもなく高い依存性を示した.
- これは,異なる電荷を持つ基板に対する重大な差別を示しています.
結論:
- APの活性部位は,高い触媒能力を達成するために,バイメタリッククラスターとの静電相互作用を利用している可能性が高い.
- 酵素の活性部位は,高い静電電位を持つため,溶解基質の電荷に対して非常に敏感です.
- この感受性は,酵素活性部位の環境を調査し,酵素の進化を理解するための強力な方法を提供します.
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