Manohar R, Appaji Rao N
Biochem J. 1984 Dec 15;224(3):703-7. doi: 10.1042/bj2240703.
Chemical modification of amino acid residues with phenylglyoxal, N-ethylmaleimide and diethyl pyrocarbonate indicated that at least one residue each of arginine, cysteine and histidine were essential for the activity of sheep liver serine hydroxymethyltransferase. The second-order rate constants for inactivation were calculated to be 0.016 mM-1 X min-1 for phenylglyoxal, 0.52 mM-1 X min-1 for N-ethylmaleimide and 0.06 mM-1 X min-1 for diethyl pyrocarbonate. Different rates of modification of these residues in the presence and in the absence of substrates and the cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate as well as the spectra of the modified protein suggested that these residues might occur at the active site of the enzyme.
用苯乙二醛、N-乙基马来酰亚胺和焦碳酸二乙酯对氨基酸残基进行化学修饰表明,精氨酸、半胱氨酸和组氨酸各自至少有一个残基对绵羊肝脏丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶的活性至关重要。计算得出苯乙二醛的二级失活速率常数为0.016 mM-1·min-1,N-乙基马来酰亚胺为0.52 mM-1·min-1,焦碳酸二乙酯为0.06 mM-1·min-1。在有和没有底物以及辅因子磷酸吡哆醛存在的情况下,这些残基的修饰速率不同,以及修饰后蛋白质的光谱表明这些残基可能位于酶的活性位点。