1v1d
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NUCLEOPHILIC AND GENERAL ACID CATALYSIS AT PHYSIOLOGICAL PH BY A DESIGNED MINIATURE ESTERASE
Overview
A 31-residue peptide (Art-Est) was designed to catalyse the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters through histidine catalysis on the solvent exposed face of the alpha-helix of bovine pancreatic polypeptide. NMR spectroscopy indicated that Art-Est adopted a stable 3-dimensional structure in solution. Art-Est was an efficient catalyst with second order rate constants of up to 0.050 M(-1) s(-1). The activity of Art-Est was a consequence of the increased nucleophilicity of His-22, which had a reduced pK(a) value of 5.5 as a consequence of its interaction with His-18 and the positively charged Arg-25 and Arg-26. Mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy confirmed that the Art-Est catalysed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters proceeded through an acyl-enzyme intermediate. A solvent kinetic isotope effect of 1.8 indicated that the transition state preceding the acyl intermediate was stabilised through interaction with the protonated side-chain of His-18 and indicated a reaction mechanism similar to that generally observed for natural esterases. The involvement in the reaction of two histidine residues with different pK(a) values led to a bell-shaped dependence of the reaction rate on the pH of the solution. The catalytic behaviour of Art-Est indicated that designed miniature enzymes can act in a transparent mechanism based fashion with enzyme-like behaviour through the interplay of several amino acid residues.
About this Structure
1V1D is a Single protein structure of sequence from [1]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Nucleophilic and general acid catalysis at physiological pH by a designed miniature esterase., Nicoll AJ, Allemann RK, Org Biomol Chem. 2004 Aug 7;2(15):2175-80. Epub 2004 Jul 8. PMID:15280952
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