Willenbrock F, Brocklehurst K
Biochem J. 1984 Sep 15;222(3):805-14. doi: 10.1042/bj2220805.
Cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1) from bovine spleen and the analogous enzyme from rat liver were investigated at 25 degrees C at I0.1 in acidic media by kinetic study of (a) the reactions of their catalytic-site thiol groups towards the two-protonic-state reactivity probe 2,2'-dipyridyl disulphide and (b) their catalysis of the hydrolysis of N-alpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-arginyl-L-arginine 2-naphthylamide. Reactivity-probe kinetics showed that nucleophilic character is generated in the sulphur atom of cathepsin B by protonic dissociation with pKa 3.4, presumably to form an S-/ImH+ ion-pair. Substrate-catalysis kinetics showed that ion-pair formation is not sufficient to generate catalytic competence in cathepsin B, because catalytic activity is not generated as the pH is raised across pKa 3.4 but rather as it is raised across pKa 5-6 (5.1 for kcat; 5.6 for kcat./Km for the bovine spleen enzyme and 5.8 for kcat./Km for the rat liver enzyme). The implications of these results and of known structural differences between the catalytic sites of the rat liver enzyme and papain (EC 3.4.22.2) for the mechanism of cysteine-proteinase-catalysed hydrolysis are discussed.
通过对(a)其催化位点硫醇基团与双质子态反应性探针2,2'-二吡啶二硫化物的反应以及(b)它们对N-α-苄氧羰基-L-精氨酰-L-精氨酸2-萘酰胺水解的催化作用进行动力学研究,在25℃、离子强度I0.1的酸性介质中对牛脾脏组织中的组织蛋白酶B(EC 3.4.22.1)和大鼠肝脏中的类似酶进行了研究。反应性探针动力学表明,组织蛋白酶B的硫原子通过pKa为3.4的质子解离产生亲核特性,推测形成S⁻/ImH⁺离子对。底物催化动力学表明,离子对的形成不足以使组织蛋白酶B产生催化活性,因为在pH值跨越pKa 3.4升高时不会产生催化活性,而是在pH值跨越pKa 5 - 6升高时产生催化活性(牛脾脏酶的kcat为5.1;kcat./Km为5.6;大鼠肝脏酶的kcat./Km为5.8)。讨论了这些结果以及大鼠肝脏酶和木瓜蛋白酶(EC 3.4.22.2)催化位点之间已知的结构差异对半胱氨酸蛋白酶催化水解机制的影响。