Brocklehurst K, Baines B S, Mushiri M S
Biochem J. 1980 Jul 1;189(1):189-29. doi: 10.1042/bj1890189.
The active centres of chymopapains A and B (jointly designated EC 3.4.22.6) and papaya (Carica papaya L.) peptidase A were investigated by using 2,2'-dipyridyl disulphide and 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) as thiol-specific reactivity probes. Whereas the first active-centre pKa values for chymopapain B and papaya peptidase A are less than 5, is as the case for papain (EC 3.4.22.2) and ficin (EC 3.4.22.3), that for chymopapain A is about 6.8. The reason why the reactions of thiols of pKa approx. 6.5 with 2.2'-dipyridyl disulphide are essentially pH-independent in the pH range around the thiol pKa is delineated. The value of the Brønsted coefficient (beta nuc.) for the reactions of thiolate ions with the 2,2'-dipyridyl disulphide monocation appears to be smaller than its value for the corresponding reactions with the neutral disulphide.
使用2,2'-二吡啶二硫化物和5,5'-二硫代双(2-硝基苯甲酸)作为硫醇特异性反应探针,对凝乳蛋白酶A和B(联合指定为EC 3.4.22.6)以及木瓜(番木瓜)蛋白酶A的活性中心进行了研究。凝乳蛋白酶B和木瓜蛋白酶A的第一个活性中心pKa值小于5,与木瓜蛋白酶(EC 3.4.22.2)和无花果蛋白酶(EC 3.4.22.3)的情况一样,而凝乳蛋白酶A的该值约为6.8。阐述了pKa约为6.5的硫醇与2,2'-二吡啶二硫化物的反应在硫醇pKa附近的pH范围内基本与pH无关的原因。硫醇负离子与2,2'-二吡啶二硫化物单阳离子反应的布伦斯特系数(βnuc.)值似乎小于其与中性二硫化物相应反应的值。