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Identification of interactions involved in the generation of nucleophilic reactivity and of catalytic competence in the catalytic site Cys/His ion pair of papain

Biochemistry, ISSN: 0006-2960, Vol: 50, Issue: 49, Page: 10732-10742
2011
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Understanding the roles of noncovalent interactions within the enzyme molecule and between enzyme and substrate or inhibitor is an essential goal of the investigation of active center chemistry and catalytic mechanism. Studies on members of the papain family of cysteine proteinases, particularly papain (EC 3.4.22.2) itself, continue to contribute to this goal. The historic role of the catalytic site Cys/His ion pair now needs to be understood within the context of multiple dynamic phenomena. Movement of Trp177 may be necessary to expose His159 to solvent with consequent decrease in its degree of electrostatic solvation of (Cys25)-S . Here we report an investigation of this possibility using computer modeling of quasi-transition states and pH-dependent kinetics using 3,3′-dipyridazinyl disulfide, its n-propyl and phenyl derivatives, and 4,4′-dipyrimidyl disulfide as reactivity probes that differ in the location of potential hydrogen-bonding acceptor atoms. Those interactions that influence ion pair geometry and thereby catalytic competence, including by transmission of the modulatory effect of a remote ionization with pK 4, were identified. A key result is the correlation between the kinetic influence of the modulatory trigger of pK 4 and disruption of the hydrogen bond donated by the indole N-H of Trp177, the hydrophobic shield of the initial "intimate" ion pair. This hydrogen bond is accepted by the amide O of Gln19-a component of the oxyanion hole that binds the tetrahedral species formed from the substrate during the catalytic act. The disruption would be expected to contribute to the mobility of Trp177 and possibly to the effectiveness of the binding of the developing oxyanion. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

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Hussain, Syeed; Khan, Akavish; Gul, Sheraz; Resmini, Marina; Verma, Chandra S; Thomas, Emrys W; Brocklehurst, Keith

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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