pH dependence of the equilibrium constant for the hydrolysis of the Arg63-Ile reactive-site peptide bond in soybean trypsin inhibitor (Kunitz)

Biochemistry ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2239-2245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Mattis ◽  
Michael Laskowski
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium Constant ◽  
Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Reactive Site ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Cathepsin B and aminopeptidase in the posterior midgut of Phymata wolffii Stål (Hemiptera: Phymatidae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1288-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon G. Houseman ◽  
P. E. Morrison ◽  
A. E. R. Downe
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Aminopeptidase Activity ◽  
Chloromethyl Ketone ◽  
Posterior Midgut ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The posterior midgut of the phymatid Phymata wolffii Stål contains cathepsin B and aminopeptidase activity. Identification of cathepsin B was based on maximal hydrolysis of benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamide and benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide at pH 5.8 and 5.5, respectively. Cathepsin B hydrolysis of the tested substrates was activated by thiol chemicals and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and inhibited by tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, iodoacetamide, and soybean trypsin inhibitor. Aminopeptidase hydrolyzed leucine-p-nitroanilide maximally at pH 7.8 and hydrolysis of the substrate was activated by magnesium and inhibited by EDTA, dithiothreitol, glutathione, and cysteine. The molecular weight of cathepsin B was 40 000 and was greater than 150 000 for aminopeptidase.

Purification and characterization of trypsin from the Greenland cod (Gadus ogac). 1. Kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 894-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Simpson ◽  
N. F. Haard
Keyword(s):  
Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Thermodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Turnover Number ◽  
Bovine Trypsin ◽  
Hydrolytic Reaction ◽  
Entropy Of Activation ◽  
Sepharose 4B ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Trypsinogen was isolated from the pyloric ceca of Greenland cod by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by acetone precipitation, and the trypsin(ogen) thus obtained was purified by affinity chromatography on soybean trypsin inhibitor – Sepharose 4B. The purified trypsin migrated as a single zone during polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and its identity as trypsin (EC 3,4.21.4) was established by its catalytic specificity for amide or ester bonds involving the carboxyl group of arginine, its sensitivity to serine protease inhibitors and soybean trypsin inhibitor, and its molecular weight of 23 500. With tosylarginine methyl ester (TAME) as substrate, the turnover number of the hydrolytic reaction was about three times greater for the cod trypsin than for bovine trypsin at 5 °C. The Michaelis–Menten constant (Km,app) for cod trypsin and TAME increased from 0.14 mM at 5 °C to 0.26 mM at 35 °C, while the Km,app for bovine trypsin – TAME was about 0.05 mM at all assay temperatures. The free energy of activation (ΔG*) for the hydrolysis of TAME was about 600 cal/mol (1 cal = 4.1868 J) lower for the cod trypsin than for bovine trypsin at 5 °C. The contribution of enthalpy of activation (ΔH*) and entropy of activation (ΔS*) to ΔG* differed considerably for the two enzymes. The "physiological efficiency" (Vmax/Km,app) of the two enzymes with TAME was similar at 5 °C, but was much greater for bovine trypsin than cod trypsin at warmer temperatures. With N-α-benzoylarginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPA) as substrate, the turnover number was about eight times greater for the cod trypsin at 25 °C. The Km,app for cod trypsin – BAPA increased from 1.67 mM at 25 °C to 1.84 mM at 35 °C, whereas the Km,app for bovine trypsin – BAPA decreased from 0.97 mM at 25 °C to 0.90 mM at 35 °C. The ΔG* for hydrolysis of BAPA was about 1800 cal/mol lower for cod trypsin than it was for bovine trypsin at 25 °C. Vmax/Km,app was three to four times greater for cod trypsin than for bovine trypsin at 25 and 35 °C. These results show that Greenland cod trypsin is a better catalyst than bovine trypsin at low temperatures and that catalysis by the fish trypsin is less responsive to temperature change than is catalysis by bovine trypsin.

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