Acetylcholinesterase-catalyzed acetate - water oxygen exchange studied by /sup 13/C-NMR
The kinetics of the oxygen exchange reaction between (l-/sup 13/C,/sup 18/O/sub 2/)acetate and H/sub 2//sup 16/O catalyzed by homogeneous acetyl-cholinesterase from the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, was studied using the /sup 18/O-isotope-induced shift on /sup 13/C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Pseudo-first-order rate constants for the exchange reactions were determined at pH values from 4.5 to 8. The exchange reaction exhibits a maximum at pH 5.8. The apparent catalytic rate constant for the exchange reaction is 10/sup 2/ to 10/sup 4/ times smaller than that for the deacylation of the acetyl-enzyme intermediate over the pH range tested. Oxygen exchange occurs by a random sequential pathway rather than by multiple (coupled) exchange. The inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by sodium acetate showed a sigmoidal dependence on pH, with K/sub i/ increasing 2.5 orders of magnitude over the pH range. Protonation of an active site residue having an apparent pKa of 6.8 is associated with an increase in acetate binding. Deacylation also exhibits a sigmoidal dependence on (H/sup +/). The experimental data fits titration curves with inflection points at 5.0 +/- 0.3 and 6.7 +/-0.1. Results support the role of histidine in acetylation of the active site serine, but the conjugate base of another active site residue with a pKa of 5.0 appears necessary for maximal catalytic activity in both the deacylation and exchange reactions.
- Research Organization:
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
- OSTI ID:
- 5179523
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8606151-
- Journal Information:
- Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:6; Conference: 76. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, Washington, DC, USA, 8 Jun 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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