scholarly journals The mechanism of rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase at pH8

1985 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Merry ◽  
H G Britton
Keyword(s):  
Ternary Complex ◽  
Enzyme Reaction ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Rabbit Muscle ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Phosphate Flux ◽  
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphate ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of

The mechanism of rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase was investigated by measurement of fluxes, isotope trapping and steady-state velocities at pH8 in triethanolamine/HCl buffer with 4 mM free Mg2+. Most observations were made at I0.2. The ratio Flux of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-fructose 6-phosphate/Flux of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-ATP at zero ATP concentration increased hyperbolically from unity to about 3.2 as the concentration of fructose 6-phosphate was increased. Similarly, the ratio Flux of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-ATP/Flux of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-fructose 6-phosphate at zero fructose 6-phosphate concentration increased from unity to about 1.4 as the concentration of ATP was increased. The addition of substrates must therefore be random, whatever the other aspects of the reaction. Further, from the plateau values of the ratios, it follows that the substrates dissociate very infrequently from the ternary complex and that at a low substrate concentration 72% of the reaction follows the pathway in which ATP adds first to the enzyme. Isotope-trapping studies with [32P]ATP confirmed that ATP can bind first to the enzyme in rate-limiting step and that dissociation of ATP from the ternary complex is slow in relation to the forward reaction. No isotope trapping of [U-14C]-fructose 6-phosphate could be demonstrated. The ratios Flux of ATP-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate/Flux of ATP-ADP measured at zero ADP concentration and the reciprocal of the ratio measured at zero fructose 1,6-bisphosphate concentration did not differ significantly from unity. Calculated values for these ratios based on the kinetics of the reverse reaction and assuming ordered dissociations of products or a ping-pong mechanism gave values very significantly greater than unity. These findings exclude an ordered dissociation or a substantial contribution from a ping-pong mechanism, and it is concluded that the reaction is sequential and that dissociation of products is random. Rate constants were calculated for the steps in the enzyme reaction. The results indicate a considerable degree of co-operativity in the binding between the two substrates. The observations on phosphofructokinase are discussed in relation to methods of measurement and interpretation of flux ratios and in relation to the mechanism of other kinase enzymes.

scholarly journals Mechanism of the 2,3-diphosphoglycerate-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase from rabbit muscle

1972 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Britton ◽  
J. B. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Equilibrium ◽  
Phosphoglycerate Mutase ◽  
Rabbit Muscle ◽  
Kinetic Measurements ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Sequential Mechanism ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Intramolecular Transfer

1. The properties and kinetics of the 2,3-diphosphoglycerate-dependent phosphoglycerate mutases are discussed. There are at least three possible mechanisms for the reaction: (i) a phosphoenzyme (Ping Pong) mechanism; (ii) an intermolecular transfer of phosphate from 2,3-diphosphoglycerate to the substrates (sequential mechanism); (iii) an intramolecular transfer of phosphate. It is concluded that these mechanisms cannot be distinguished by conventional kinetic measurements. 2. The fluxes for the different mechanisms are calculated and it is shown that it should be possible to distinguish between the mechanisms by appropriate induced-transport tests and by comparing the fluxes of 32P- and 14C-labelled substrates at chemical equilibrium. 3. With 14C-labelled substrates no induced transport was found over a wide concentration range, and with 32P-labelled substrates co-transport occurred that was independent of concentration over a twofold range. 14C-labelled substrates exchange at twice the rate of 32P-labelled substrates at chemical equilibrium. The results were completely in accord with a phosphoenzyme mechanism and indicated a rate constant for the isomerization of the phosphoenzyme of not less than 4×106s−1. The intramolecular transfer of phosphate (and intermolecular transfer between two or more molecules of substrate) were completely excluded. The intermolecular transfer of phosphate from 2,3-diphosphoglycerate would have been compatible with the results only if the Km for 2-phosphoglycerate had been over 7.5-fold smaller than the observed value and if an isomerization of the enzyme-2,3-diphosphoglycerate complex had been the major rate-limiting step in the reaction. 4. The very rapid isomerization of the phosphoenzyme that the experiments demonstrate suggests a mechanism that does not involve a formal isomerization. According to this new scheme the enzyme is closely related mechanistically and perhaps evolutionarily to a 2,3-diphosphoglycerate diphosphatase.

Kinetics of cyclization of S-ethoxycarbonylmethylisothiouronium chloride to 2-imino-4-thiazolidone

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Said A. El-bahai ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba
Keyword(s):  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Dilute Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Base Catalysis ◽  
General Base ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Limiting Step ◽  
Kinetics Of Formation ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of

Kinetics of formation of 2-imino-4-thiazolidone from S-ethoxycarbonylmethylisothiouronium chloride has been studied in aqueous buffers and dilute hydrochloric acid. The reaction is subject to general base catalysis, the β value being 0.65. Its rate limiting step consists in acid-catalyzed splitting off of ethoxide ion from dipolar tetrahedral intermediate. At pH < 2 formation of this intermediate becomes rate-limiting; rate constant of its formation is 2 . 104 s-1.

Kinetics and mechanism of cyclization of N-(2-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-N’-methylsulphonamide to 3-methyl-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1701-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kaválek ◽  
Vladimír Macháček ◽  
Miloš Sedlák ◽  
Vojeslav Štěrba
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Hydroxide ◽  
Acid Catalysis ◽  
Potassium Hydroxide Solution ◽  
Hydroxide Solution ◽  
General Base ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Limiting Step ◽  
Cyclization Kinetics ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of

The cyclization kinetics of N-(2-methylcarbonylphenyl)-N’-methylsulfonamide (IIb) into 3-methyl-(1H)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (Ib) has been studied in ethanolamine, morpholine, and butylamine buffers and in potassium hydroxide solution. The cyclization is subject to general base and general acid catalysis. The value of the Bronsted coefficient β is about 0.1, which indicates that splitting off of the proton from negatively charged tetrahedral intermediate represents the rate-limiting and thermodynamically favourable step. In the solutions of potassium hydroxide the cyclization of dianion of the starting ester IIb probably becomes the rate-limiting step.

High field 1H NMR Studies of Sol-Gel Kinetics

1986 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Kay ◽  
Roger A. Assink
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium Distribution ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Nmr Studies ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Rate Of Hydrolysis ◽  
Acid Catalyzed ◽  
Product Species ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of

ABSTRACTHigh resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy at high magnetic fields is employed to study the reaction kinetics of the Si(OCH3)4:CH3OH:H2O sol-gel system. Both the overall extent of reaction as a function of time and the equilibrium distribution of species are measured. In acid catalyzed solution, condensation is the rate limiting step while in base catalyzed solution, hydrolysis becomes rate limiting. A kinetic model in which the rate of hydrolysis is assumed to be independent of the adjacent functional groups is presented. This model correctly predicts the distribution of product species during the initial stages of the sol-gel reaction.

scholarly journals Exploitation of the IDO Pathway in the Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis

2013 ◽  
Vol 6s1 ◽  
pp. IJTR.S11737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard O. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Anthranilic Acid ◽  
Kynurenine Pathway ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Tryptophan Metabolites ◽  
Synthetic Derivative ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Draining Lymph Nodes

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is the first and rate-limiting step along the kynurenine pathway and is thought to play a key role in immune homeostasis through depletion of tryptophan and accumulation of kynurenines. In this review we summarize recent research into the possibility of harnessing the IDO pathway for the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Inhibition of IDO activity, or knockout of the gene encoding IDO, was shown to cause an increase in the severity of collagen-induced arthritis, an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis. The increased severity of disease was associated with elevated numbers of pathogenic Th1 and Th17 cells in the joints and draining lymph nodes. In another study, analysis of the kinetics of expression of downstream kynurenine pathway enzymes during the course of arthritis revealed a potential role for tryptophan metabolites in resolution of arthritis. Furthermore, the therapeutic administration of L-kynurenine or [3,4-dimethoxycinnamonyl]-anthranilic acid (a synthetic derivative of 3-hydroxy-anthranilic acid) significantly reduced both clinical and histological progression of experimental arthritis. These findings raise the possibility of exploiting the IDO pathway for the therapy of autoimmune disease.

scholarly journals Substrate specificity of sheep liver sorbitol dehydrogenase

1998 ◽  
Vol 330 (1) ◽  
pp. 479-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Rune LINDSTAD ◽  
Peter KÖLL ◽  
John S. McKINLEY-McKEE
Keyword(s):  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Ternary Complex ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Sorbitol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Enzyme Active Site ◽  
Sheep Liver ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Steady State Kinetics ◽  
Rate Limiting

The substrate specificity of sheep liver sorbitol dehydrogenase has been studied by steady-state kinetics over the range pH 7-10. Sorbitol dehydrogenase stereo-selectively catalyses the reversible NAD-linked oxidation of various polyols and other secondary alcohols into their corresponding ketones. The kinetic constants are given for various novel polyol substrates, including L-glucitol, L-mannitol, L-altritol, D-altritol, D-iditol and eight heptitols, as well as for many aliphatic and aromatic alcohols. The maximum velocities (kcat) and the substrate specificity-constants (kcat/Km) are positively correlated with increasing pH. The enzyme-catalysed reactions occur by a compulsory ordered kinetic mechanism with the coenzyme as the first, or leading, substrate. With many substrates, the rate-limiting step for the overall reaction is the enzyme-NADH product dissociation. However, with several substrates there is a transition to a mechanism with partial rate-limitation at the ternary complex level, especially at low pH. The kinetic data enable the elucidation of new empirical rules for the substrate specificity of sorbitol dehydrogenase. The specificity-constants for polyol oxidation vary as a function of substrate configuration with D-xylo > d-ribo > L-xylo > d-lyxo ≈ l-arabino > D-arabino > l-lyxo. Catalytic activity with a polyol or an aromatic substrate and various 1-deoxy derivatives thereof varies with -CH2OH >-CH2NH2 >-CH2OCH3 ≈-CH3. The presence of a hydroxyl group at each of the remaining chiral centres of a polyol, apart from the reactive C2, is also nonessential for productive ternary complex formation and catalysis. A predominantly nonpolar enzymic epitope appears to constitute an important structural determinant for the substrate specificity of sorbitol dehydrogenase. The existence of two distinct substrate binding regions in the enzyme active site, along with that of the catalytic zinc, is suggested to account for the lack of stereospecificity at C2 in some polyols.

scholarly journals The amine oxidases of human placenta and pregnancy plasma

1974 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Bardsley ◽  
M. James C. Crabbe ◽  
Ian V. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Diamine Oxidase ◽  
Amine Oxidase ◽  
Enzyme System ◽  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Amine Oxidases ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Limiting Step ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Rate Limiting

1. The purification of monoamine oxidase and diamine oxidase from normal human term placental tissue is described. 2. The properties of these enzymes are reported and compared with the properties of unpurified human pregnancy plasma. 3. This comparison shows that the amine oxidase of pregnancy plasma has properties corresponding to purified placental diamine oxidase, suggesting a placental origin for the plasma enzyme system. 4. Detailed kinetic study of the purified placental diamine oxidase suggests that it has a Ping Pong sequence, a mechanism of action and rate-limiting step similar to the diamine oxidase of pig kidney. 5. It is suggested that the enzyme system is important in protecting the foeto-placental unit from excesses of biogenic amines.

Kinetic analysis of segmentation gene interactions in Drosophila embryos

Development ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 126 (7) ◽  
pp. 1515-1526 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nasiadka ◽  
H.M. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Target Genes ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Potential Interactions ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Synthesis And Degradation ◽  
Drosophila Embryos

A major challenge for developmental biologists in coming years will be to place the vast number of newly identified genes into precisely ordered genetic and molecular pathways. This will require efficient methods to determine which genes interact directly and indirectly. One of the most comprehensive pathways currently under study is the genetic hierarchy that controls Drosophila segmentation. Yet, many of the potential interactions within this pathway remain untested or unverified. Here, we look at one of the best-characterized components of this pathway, the homeodomain-containing transcription factor Fushi tarazu (Ftz), and analyze the response kinetics of known and putative target genes. This is achieved by providing a brief pulse of Ftz expression and measuring the time required for genes to respond. The time required for Ftz to bind and regulate its own enhancer, a well-documented interaction, is used as a standard for other direct interactions. Surprisingly, we find that both positively and negatively regulated target genes respond to Ftz with the same kinetics as autoregulation. The rate-limiting step between successive interactions (&lt;10 minutes) is the time required for regulatory proteins to either enter or be cleared from the nucleus, indicating that protein synthesis and degradation rates are closely matched for all of the proteins studied. The matching of these two processes is likely important for the rapid and synchronous progression from one class of segmentation genes to the next. In total, 11 putative Ftz target genes are analyzed, and the data provide a substantially revised view of Ftz roles and activities within the segmentation hierarchy.

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