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Title: Dynamic /sup 13/C NMR investigations of substrate interaction and catalysis by cobalt(II) human carbonic anhydrase I

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6068358

Using /sup 13/C NMR spectroscopy, the authors further investigated the binding of HCO/sub 3//sup -/ in the active site of an artificial form of human carbonic anhydrase I in which the native zinc is replaced by Co(II). The Co(II) enzyme, unlike all other metal-substituded derivatives, has functional properties closely similar to those of the native zinc enzyme. By measuring the spin-lattice relaxation rate and the line width for both the CO/sub 2/ and HCO/sub 3//sup -/ at two field strengths, both the paramagnetic effects that reflect substrate binding and the exchange effects due to catalysis at chemical equilibrium were determined. The following are the results at 14 C and pH 6.3: HCO/sub 3//sup -/ is bound in the active site of the catalytically competent enzyme with the /sup 13/C of the HCO/sub 3//sup -/ located 3.22 + or - 0.02 A from the Co(II); the apparent equilibrium dissociation constant for the bound HCO/sub 3//sup -/ is 7.6 + or - 1.5 mM, determined by using the paramagnetic effects on the line widths,and 10 + or - 2 mM, determined by using the exchange effects; the lifetime of HCO/sub 3//sup -/ bound to the metal is (4.4 + or - 0.4) x .00001 the overall catalyzed reversible reaction CO/sub 2/ yields HCO/sub 3//sup -/ exchange rate constant of the Co(II) enzyme is (9.6 + or - 0.4) x 1,000/s the electron spin relaxation time of the Co(II), determined by using paramagnetic effects on the bound HCO/sub 3//sup -/, is (1.1 + or - 0.1) x 10/sup -11/ s.

Research Organization:
Naval Medical Research Inst., Bethesda, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
6068358
Report Number(s):
AD-A-162514/4/XAB; NMRI-85-24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English