Brocklehurst K, Malthouse J P
Biochem J. 1980 Dec 1;191(3):707-18. doi: 10.1042/bj1910707.
The kinetics of the reactions of the active-centre thiol groups of papain (EC 3.4.22.2) and ficin (EC 3.4.22.3) with the two-protonic-state reactivity probes 2,2'-dipyridyl disulphide, n-propyl 2-pyridyl disulphide and 4-(N-aminoethyl 2'-pyridyl disulphide)- 7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (compound I) were studied over a wide range of pH. Differences between the reactivities of ficin and papain towards the cationic forms of the alkyl 2-pyridyl disulphide probes suggest that ficin contains a cationic site without exact analogue in papain, and the striking difference in the shapes of the pH-rate profiles for the reactions of the two enzymes with compound (1) suggests differences in the mobilities or dispositions of the active-centre histidine imidazole groups with respect to relevant hydrophobic binding areas. The evidence from reactivity-probe studies that the papain catalytic mechanism involves substantial repositioning of the active-centre imidazole group during the catalytic act does not apply also to ficin. If ficin contains an aspartic acid residue analogous to aspartic acid-158 in papain, the pKa of its carboxy group is probably significantly lower than the pKa of the analogous group in papain.
在较宽的pH范围内,研究了木瓜蛋白酶(EC 3.4.22.2)和无花果蛋白酶(EC 3.4.22.3)活性中心巯基与双质子态反应性探针2,2'-二吡啶二硫化物、正丙基2-吡啶二硫化物和4-(N-氨乙基2'-吡啶二硫化物)-7-硝基苯并-2-恶唑-1,3-二唑(化合物I)的反应动力学。无花果蛋白酶和木瓜蛋白酶对烷基2-吡啶二硫化物探针阳离子形式的反应性差异表明,无花果蛋白酶含有一个在木瓜蛋白酶中没有确切类似物的阳离子位点,并且两种酶与化合物(1)反应的pH-速率曲线形状的显著差异表明活性中心组氨酸咪唑基团相对于相关疏水结合区域的迁移率或位置存在差异。反应性探针研究表明木瓜蛋白酶催化机制在催化过程中涉及活性中心咪唑基团的大量重新定位,这一证据并不适用于无花果蛋白酶。如果无花果蛋白酶含有一个与木瓜蛋白酶中天冬氨酸-158类似的天冬氨酸残基,其羧基的pKa可能明显低于木瓜蛋白酶中类似基团的pKa。