scholarly journals Rapid and Controllable Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange on Aromatic Rings of α-Amino Acids and Peptides

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (23) ◽  
pp. 5111-5116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Murai ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Katsuyoshi Masuda ◽  
Yasuko Sakihama ◽  
Yasuyuki Hashidoko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Aromatic Rings ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium

scholarly journals The stereospecificity and catalytic efficiency of the tryptophan synthase-catalysed exchange of the α-protons of amino acids

2004 ◽  
Vol 381 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Máire E. NíBEILLIÚ ◽  
J. Paul G. MALTHOUSE
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Catalytic Efficiency ◽  
Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Tryptophan Synthase ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Pka Values ◽  
First Order ◽  
Hydrogen Deuterium

13C-NMR has been used to follow the tryptophan synthase (EC 4.2.1.20) catalysed hydrogen–deuterium exchange of the pro-2R and pro-2S protons of [2-13C]glycine at pH 7.8. 1H-NMR has also been used to follow the tryptophan-synthase-catalysed hydrogen–deuterium exchange of the α-protons of a range of L- and D-amino acids at pH 7.8. The pKa values of the α-protons of these amino acids have been estimated and we have determined whether or not their exchange rates can be predicted from their pKa values. With the exception of tryptophan and norleucine, the stereospecificities of the first-order α-proton exchange rates are independent of the size and electronegativity of the amino acid R-group. Similar results are obtained with the second-order α-proton exchange rates, except that both L-tryptophan and L-serine have much higher stereospecificities than all the other amino acids studied.

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