scholarly journals Half-site reactivity in 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from human erythrocytes

1985 ◽  
Vol 227 (1) ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Dallocchio ◽  
M Matteuzzi ◽  
T Bellini
Keyword(s):  
Initial Rate ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Human Erythrocytes ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Apparent Dissociation Constant ◽  
Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Rate Kinetics ◽  
Inhibition Studies ◽  
Half Site

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from human erythrocytes was purified by an improved procedure. Binding studies showed that the dimeric enzyme binds 2 mol of NADP+/mol but only 1 mol of NADPH/mol, and that the bindings of oxidized and reduced coenzyme are mutually exclusive. From initial-rate kinetics and inhibition studies, a sequential random-order mechanism is proposed. Double-reciprocal plots with NADP+ as varied substrate show a downward curvature, indicating a negative co-operativity. We suggest that the negative co-operativity observed kinetically is a result of the half-site reactivity for the NADPH. The different binding stoichiometries for NADP+ and NADPH generate a non-linear relationship between the apparent dissociation constant for the NADPH and the concentrations of the NADP+, resulting in a regulatory mechanism highly sensitive to the changes in the NADP+/NADPH ratio.

scholarly journals Kinetic studies of the mechanism of pig kidney aldehyde reductase

1981 ◽  
Vol 193 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
F F Morpeth ◽  
F M Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Initial Rate ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Alcohol Oxidation ◽  
Aldehyde Reductase ◽  
Pig Kidney ◽  
Binary Complexes ◽  
Inhibition Studies ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Aldehyde Reduction

Initial-rate measurements were made of the oxidations of pyridine-3-methanol and glycerol by NADP+ and of the reduction of the corresponding aldehydes by NADPH catalysed by pig kidney aldehyde reductase. In addition, a brief survey of the specificity of the enzyme towards aldehyde substrates and its sensitivity to the inhibitors ethacrynic acid, sodium barbitone and warfarin was made. The detailed kinetic work indicates a compulsory mechanism for aldehyde reduction, with NADPH binding before aldehyde. For alcohol oxidation, however, it is necessary to postulate the formation of kinetically significant amounts of binary complexes of the type enzyme-alcohol to explain the results. Thus, for alcohol oxidation random-order addition of substrates may occur. Inhibition studies of the kinetics of aldehyde reduction in the presence of the corresponding alcohol product provide further evidence for the existence of enzyme-alcohol complexes. Finally, detailed kinetic studies were made of the inhibition of pyridine-3-aldehyde reduction by sodium barbitone. The mechanism of the inhibition is discussed.

scholarly journals Kinetic studies with the low-Km aldehyde reductase from ox brain

1985 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Ryle ◽  
K F Tipton
Keyword(s):  
Initial Velocity ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Binary Complex ◽  
Aldehyde Reductase ◽  
Apparent Dissociation Constant ◽  
Displacement Mechanism ◽  
Sequential Mechanism ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Initial-rate studies of the low-Km aldehyde reductase-catalysed reduction of pyridine-3-aldehyde by NADPH gave families of parallel double-reciprocal plots, consistent with a double-displacement mechanism being obeyed. Studies on the variation of the initial velocity with the concentration of a mixture of the two substrates were also consistent with a double-displacement mechanism. In contrast, the initial-rate data indicated that a sequential mechanism was followed when NADH was used as the coenzyme. Product-inhibition studies, however, indicated that a compulsory-order mechanism was followed in which NADPH bound before pyridine-3-aldehyde with a ternary complex being formed and the release of pyrid-3-ylcarbinol before NADP+. The apparently parallel double-reciprocal plots obtained in the initial-rate studies with NADPH and pyridine-3-aldehyde were thus attributed to the apparent dissociation constant for the binary complex between the enzyme and coenzyme being finite but very low.

scholarly journals The initial-rate kinetics of mouse glutathione S-transferase YfYf. Evidence for an allosteric site for ethacrynic acid

1991 ◽  
Vol 275 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Phillips ◽  
T J Mantle
Keyword(s):  
Ethacrynic Acid ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Activation Mechanism ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Allosteric Site ◽  
Computer Simulation Program ◽  
Rate Kinetics ◽  
A Subunit ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Mouse glutathione S-transferase GST YfYf (an orthologue of GST P or 7-7 in the rat and of GST pi in the human) was found to have a subunit Mr of 24,500 and cross-reacted with anti-(rat GST YfYf). N-Terminal analysis showed a close similarity to the rat, human and bovine orthologues. On isoelectric focusing the native enzyme had a pI of 8.3 and a pI of 7.3 in the presence of urea. Initial-rate studies with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) and GSH as substrates and inhibition studies with the product of the enzyme-catalysed conjugation of CDNB and GSH, S-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)glutathione, indicated a rapid-equilibrium random mechanism for the enzyme. The diuretic drug ethacrynic acid was found to be simultaneously a competitive inhibitor and an uncompetitive activator of the enzyme (with CDNB as the substrate whose concentration was varied). By using a computer simulation program (EKPLOT) a model was developed that would explain the experimental data. It is proposed that ethacrynic acid can compete with CDNB at the active site but simultaneously bind to an allosteric site on the enzyme, causing an elevation in the Vmax. for the conjugation of CDNB and GSH. The implications of such an activation mechanism for an enzyme potentially conjugating a range of xenobiotic compounds are discussed.

scholarly journals Integrated rate equations for enzyme-catalysed first-order and second-order reactions

1984 ◽  
Vol 223 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Boeker
Keyword(s):  
Initial Rate ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Rate Equations ◽  
First Order ◽  
Rate Kinetics

Generalized rate equations covering all mechanisms giving hyperbolic initial-rate kinetics with stoichiometry A in equilibrium P, A in equilibrium P + Q, A + B in equilibrium P and A + B in equilibrium P + Q were integrated. The results are regular and reasonably economical.

scholarly journals Purification and kinetic properties of ox brain histamine N-methyltransferase

1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
W L Gitomer ◽  
K F Tipton
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Mouse Brain ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Brain Histamine ◽  
Inhibition Studies

Histamine N-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.8) was purified 1100-fold from ox brain. The native enzyme has an Mr of 34800 +/- 2400 as measured by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The enzyme is highly specific for histamine. It does not methylate noradrenaline, adrenaline, DL-3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 3-hydroxytyramine or imidazole-4-acetic acid. Unlike the enzyme from rat and mouse brain, ox brain histamine N-methyltransferase did not exhibit substrate inhibition by histamine. Initial rate and product inhibition studies were consistent with an ordered steady-state mechanism with S-adenosylmethionine being the first substrate to bind to the enzyme and N-methylhistamine being the first product to dissociate.

scholarly journals Comparison of the active sites of the purified carnitine acyltransferases from peroxisomes and mitochondria by using a reaction-intermediate analogue

1993 ◽  
Vol 294 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Nic a′ Bháird ◽  
G Kumaravel ◽  
R D Gandour ◽  
M J Krueger ◽  
R R Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Active Sites ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Binding Domains ◽  
Cell Compartments ◽  
Mitochondrial Inner Membrane ◽  
Kinetic Mechanisms ◽  
Carnitine Acyltransferases ◽  
Inhibition Studies

The carnitine acyltransferases contribute to the modulation of the acyl-CoA/CoA ratio in various cell compartments with consequent effects on many aspects of fatty acid metabolism. The properties of the enzymes are different in each location. The kinetic mechanisms and kinetic parameters for the carnitine acyltransferases purified from peroxisomes (COT) and from the mitochondrial inner membrane (CPT-II) were determined. Product-inhibition studies established that COT follows a rapid-equilibrium random-order mechanism, but CPT-II follows a strictly ordered mechanism in which acyl-CoA or CoA must bind before the carnitine substrate. Hemipalmitoylcarnitinium [(+)-HPC], a prototype tetrahedral intermediate analogue of the acyltransferase reaction, inhibits CPT-II 100-fold better than COT. (+)-HPC behaves as an analogue of palmitoyl-L-carnitine with COT. In contrast, with CPT-II(+)-HPC binds more tightly to the enzyme than do substrates or products, suggesting that it is a good model for the transition state and, unlike palmitoyl-L-carnitine, (+)-HPC can bind to the free enzyme. The data support the concept of three binding domains for the acyltransferases, a CoA site, an acyl site and a carnitine site. The CoA site is similar in COT and CPT-II, but there are distinct differences between the carnitine-binding site which may dictate the kinetic mechanism.

Succinyl Coenzyme A Synthetase of Escherichia coli: Initial Rate Kinetics of Succinyl-CoA Cleavage and Isotope Exchange Studies

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Moffet ◽  
W. A. Bridger
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Exchange ◽  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Constant Ratio ◽  
Rate Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Succinyl Coenzyme A Synthetase

Initial rate kinetic studies of succinyl coenzyme A synthetase of E. coli in the direction of succinyl-CoA cleavage are consistent with the operation of a partially random sequential kinetic mechanism with initial binding of ADP followed by random association of succinyl-CoA and Pi. The mechanism is analogous to that proposed previously for the succinyl-CoA formation reaction, and thus the kinetic mechanism of the overall reversible succinyl-CoA synthetase reaction appears to be symmetrical.Studies of the kinetics of [Formula: see text] isotope exchange at equilibrium show that this partially random sequential kinetic mechanism is not an exclusive pathway. [Formula: see text] isotope exchange rates did not show complete substrate inhibition when CoA or succinate was varied in constant ratio with Pi. However, when CoA or succinate was varied in constant ratio with succinyl-CoA, nearly complete substrate inhibition was observed. These results can be interpreted in terms of a wide variety of minor pathways of substrate binding and product release available to the enzyme under various conditions.

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