在循环素中酸单水解
Randy B Stockbridge1, Richard Wolfenden
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 24, 2009
概括
酶催化酸单水解具有挑战性. 将基质从水转移到环素大大提高了水解速率,主要是由于激活的度增加.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 化学动力学 化学动力学
- 酶催化酶的催化作用
背景情况:
- 酸单水解是一种困难的反应,通常由酶催化.
- 酶催化可能涉及从水溶液中提取基质.
- 酸酶是催化酸的解的酶.
研究的目的:
- 研究将酸单基质从水转移到有机溶剂对水解速率的影响.
- 为了确定基质提取是否影响在酸酶活性中观察到的催化效应.
主要方法:
- 合成了neopentyl酸盐的四甲基盐.
- 在潮湿的环素中溶解盐,以达到可测量的水解速率.
- 在有机溶剂中测量了水解的第二阶速常数.
主要成果:
- 在可测量的度下溶解在湿的环素中的甲基酸的甲基盐.
- 在从水转移到环素时,基的解速率常数大约增强了2 x 10 12 倍.
- 这种速度增强是由于激活的度增加.
结论:
- 从水中提取酸单基质,将其提取到非极性溶剂中,可显著提高水解速率.
- 观察到的速率提升主要是由转移时有利的变化驱动的.
- 这一发现支持了基质分离在酸酶的催化效率中起着至关重要的作用的假设.
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