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Query: EC:3.4.21.1 (chymotrypsin)
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The dissolution behavior of N-acetylphenylalanine ethyl ester (1) and N-benzoyltyrosine ethyl ester (2) from a rotating disk into aqueous solutions containing the enzyme alpha-chymotrypsin was investigated. The effect of the bulk enzymatic reaction on the dissolution rates is modeled using the continuity equation where the reaction term is considered a constant throughout the reaction zone. Dimensional analysis on the continuity equation defines the important parameter R* = KcatE0h2/(CsD) which is the ratio of the diffusion time to the reaction time. This parameter correctly predicted the fact that the enzymatic reaction had only a slight impact on the dissolution of the highly soluble 1 while the effect on the less soluble 2 was large. Also predicted by R* is the dissolution dependence on the catalytic rate constant. The variation of this rate constant with pH is consistent with the dependence on pH found for the dissolution rate of 2. It is further demonstrated that the decrease in dissolution rate with solubility can be significantly reduced when the dissolving compound is an enzyme substrate. For the two compounds used in this study the dissolution rate decreased with the square root of solubility, as predicted by the theoretical analysis in the presence of enzyme. Other experiments included the variation of the enzyme concentration and the rotational speed of the spinning disk. All experiments were designed to show how R* could correctly predict the relative importance of the convective, diffusive, and reactive processes.
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PMID:The effect of enzymatic reaction on dissolution rate: theoretical analysis and experimental test. 395 33

1. The optically pure p-nitrophenyl esters of the d and l enantiomers of N-acetyl-tryptophan, N-acetylphenylalanine and N-acetyl-leucine, and the p-nitrophenyl ester of N-acetylglycine, have been prepared. 2. These materials are all substrates of alpha-chymotrypsin, and the rates of deacylation of the corresponding acyl-alpha-chymotrypsins have been determined. 3. As the size of the amino acid side chain increases, the l series deacylate progressively faster than the N-acetylglycyl-enzyme, and the d series progressively more slowly. 4. The results are interpreted in terms of a three-locus model of the enzyme's active site, which accounts for the interrelationship between substrate specificity and stereospecificity observed. 5. The concepts of negative specificity and of specificity saturation are introduced.
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PMID:Specificity and stereospecificity of alpha-chymotrypsin. 604 79

X-ray diffraction studies suggested that the tetrahedral intermediate formed during the catalysis by serine and thiol proteinases can be stabilized by hydrogen bonds from the protein to the oxyanion of the intermediate [cf. Kraut, J. (1977) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 46, 331-358; Drenth, J., Kalk, K.H., & Swen, H.M. (1976) Biochemistry 15, 3731-3738]. To obtain evidence in favor or against this hypothesis, we synthesized thiono substrates (the derivatives of N-benzoyl-glycine methyl ester and N-acetylphenylalanine ethyl ester) containing a sulfur in place of the carbonyl oxygen atom of the scissile ester bond. We anticipated that this relatively subtle structural change specifically directed to the oxyanion binding site should produce serious catalytic consequences owing to the different properties of oxygen and sulfur if transition-state stabilization in the oxyanion hole is indeed important. In fact, while in alkaline hydrolysis the chemical reactivities of oxygen esters and corresponding thiono esters proved to be similar, neither chymotrypsin nor subtilisin hydrolyzed the thiono esters at a measurable rate. This result substantiates the crucial role of the oxyanion binding site in serine proteinase catalysis. On the basis of the similar values of the binding constants found for oxygen esters and their thiono counterparts, it can be concluded that the substitution of sulfur for oxygen significantly influences transition state stabilization but not substrate binding. The thiol proteinases papain and chymopapain react with the oxygen and thiono esters of N-benzoylglycine at similar rates. Apparently, in these reactions the above stabilizing mechanism is absent or not important, which is a major mechanistic difference between the catalyses by serine and thiol proteinases.
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PMID:Transition-state stabilization at the oxyanion binding sites of serine and thiol proteinases: hydrolyses of thiono and oxygen esters. 633 11

Transpeptidation reactions catalyzed by chymotrypsin, pepsin, leucine aminopeptidase and thermolysin have been studied in heavy oxygen water (H2 18O). The 18O incorporation into the peptide bond of transpeptidation products and into the non-hydrolyzed substrate has been measured. The rates of 18O exchange in the carboxylic groups of N-acetylphenylalanine and leucine, catalyzed by pepsin and leucine aminopeptidase, respectively, have also been determined. These rates have been compared with that of the exchange in the presence of amino compounds which reversibly form amide bonds with the above carboxyl-containing substances. The data obtained show that, in contrast to chymotrypsin, other enzymes studied do not form 'acyl-enzymes' but function by the mechanism of general-base catalysis. In other words, their catalytically active groups promote the abstraction of a proton from the water molecule, which attacks the susceptible bond of the substrate. The structure of intermediate compounds in this type of catalysis and the mechanism of the transpeptidation reaction are discussed.
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PMID:Studies on the mechanisms of action of proteolytic enzymes using heavy oxygen exchange. 679 Feb 82