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Nucleophile specificity in α-chymotrypsin- and subtilisin-(Bacillus subtilis strain 72) catalyzed reactions

Gololobov, Mikhail Yu ; Voyushina, Tatyana L. ; Stepanov, Valentin M. and Adlercreutz, Patrick LU orcid (1992) In BBA - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology 1160(2). p.188-192
Abstract

Nucleophilic properties of amino-acids were studied systematically in acyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by α-chymotrypsin and subtilisin from Bacillus subtilis strain 72 (subtilisin 72) using Mal-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-PheOMe as the acyl-group donor. In α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed reactions, the nucleophile reactivities increase in the following order: d-AlaNH2 < GlyNH2 < l-AlaNH2 < l-ScrNH2 < l-ThrNH2 < l-HisNH2 < l-ValNH2 < l-LcuNH2 < l-TrpNH2 < l-MetNH2 < l-NvaNH2 < l-PheNH2 < l-IleNH2 < l-TyrNH2 < l-ArgNH2. In reactions catalyzed by... (More)

Nucleophilic properties of amino-acids were studied systematically in acyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by α-chymotrypsin and subtilisin from Bacillus subtilis strain 72 (subtilisin 72) using Mal-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-PheOMe as the acyl-group donor. In α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed reactions, the nucleophile reactivities increase in the following order: d-AlaNH2 < GlyNH2 < l-AlaNH2 < l-ScrNH2 < l-ThrNH2 < l-HisNH2 < l-ValNH2 < l-LcuNH2 < l-TrpNH2 < l-MetNH2 < l-NvaNH2 < l-PheNH2 < l-IleNH2 < l-TyrNH2 < l-ArgNH2. In reactions catalyzed by subtilisin 72, the reactivities increase as follows: l-LeuNH2 < l- IleNH2 < l-ThrNH2 < l-ArgNH2 < l-TrpNH2 < l-NvaNH2 < l-ValNH2 < l-MctNH2 < l-AlaNH2 < l-ScrNH2 < d-AlaNH2 < GlyNH2. In α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed reactions, hydrophobic interactions are entirely responsible for the differences between the reactivity of the nucleophiles for amides of all the amino-acids tested with the exception of d-AlaNH2, l-ArgNH2 and l-TyrNH2. In the reactions catalyzed by subtilisin 72, Amino-acid side-chain characteristics and the nucleophile reactivities are not related. The data obtained show the low selectivity of the S1′ subsite of subtilisin 72 and high specify of this subsite in α-chymotrypsin.

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Nucleophile specificity, Quantitative structure activity relationship, Substrate specificity, Subtilisin, α-chymotrypsin
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BBA - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology
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1160
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5 pages
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Elsevier
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0167-4838
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10.1016/0167-4838(92)90006-Y
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  abstract     = {{<p>Nucleophilic properties of amino-acids were studied systematically in acyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by α-chymotrypsin and subtilisin from Bacillus subtilis strain 72 (subtilisin 72) using Mal-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-PheOMe as the acyl-group donor. In α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed reactions, the nucleophile reactivities increase in the following order: d-AlaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; GlyNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-AlaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ScrNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ThrNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-HisNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ValNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-LcuNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-TrpNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-MetNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-NvaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-PheNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-IleNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-TyrNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ArgNH<sub>2</sub>. In reactions catalyzed by subtilisin 72, the reactivities increase as follows: l-LeuNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l- IleNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ThrNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ArgNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-TrpNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-NvaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ValNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-MctNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-AlaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; l-ScrNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; d-AlaNH<sub>2</sub> &lt; GlyNH<sub>2</sub>. In α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed reactions, hydrophobic interactions are entirely responsible for the differences between the reactivity of the nucleophiles for amides of all the amino-acids tested with the exception of d-AlaNH<sub>2</sub>, l-ArgNH<sub>2</sub> and l-TyrNH<sub>2</sub>. In the reactions catalyzed by subtilisin 72, Amino-acid side-chain characteristics and the nucleophile reactivities are not related. The data obtained show the low selectivity of the S<sub>1</sub>′ subsite of subtilisin 72 and high specify of this subsite in α-chymotrypsin.</p>}},
  author       = {{Gololobov, Mikhail Yu and Voyushina, Tatyana L. and Stepanov, Valentin M. and Adlercreutz, Patrick}},
  issn         = {{0167-4838}},
  keywords     = {{Nucleophile specificity; Quantitative structure activity relationship; Substrate specificity; Subtilisin; α-chymotrypsin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{188--192}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{BBA - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology}},
  title        = {{Nucleophile specificity in α-chymotrypsin- and subtilisin-(Bacillus subtilis strain 72) catalyzed reactions}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-4838(92)90006-Y}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0167-4838(92)90006-Y}},
  volume       = {{1160}},
  year         = {{1992}},
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