Shoham G, Rees D C, Lipscomb W N
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Dec;81(24):7767-71. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.24.7767.
High-resolution crystal structures are described for carboxypeptidase A (EC 3.4.17.1) in crystals grown at pH 8.5, 9.0, and 9.5 and compared with the structure at pH 7.5. The comparison shows that in the pH range of 7.5-9.5 the enzyme structure is practically unchanged, and, most importantly, that the flexible side chain of Tyr-248 remains exclusively in the "up" position, away from the Zn atom, throughout the pH range. There is no evidence for binding of Tyr-248 to Zn at any of these pH values. We conclude that the interaction of Tyr-248 with Zn is not an essential part of the mechanism of carboxypeptidase A and that its occurrence is an artifact of chemical modification of Tyr-248. It is also suggested that Tyr-248 is not uniquely associated with the observed high pK of the enzymatic hydrolysis.
描述了在pH 8.5、9.0和9.5条件下生长的晶体中羧肽酶A(EC 3.4.17.1)的高分辨率晶体结构,并与pH 7.5时的结构进行了比较。比较结果表明,在7.5 - 9.5的pH范围内,酶的结构基本不变,最重要的是,在整个pH范围内,Tyr - 248的柔性侧链始终仅处于“向上”位置,远离锌原子。没有证据表明在这些pH值中的任何一个下Tyr - 248与锌结合。我们得出结论,Tyr - 248与锌的相互作用不是羧肽酶A作用机制的必要部分,其出现是Tyr - 248化学修饰的假象。还表明Tyr - 248与观察到的酶促水解的高pK值并非唯一相关。