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  • Title: Oxygen and sulfur esters of "inverse substrates": different responses of amidinophenol and amidinothiophenol in the activation of the rate of tryptic hydrolysis of the inverse esters.
    Author: Tanizawa K, Kanaoka Y.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1985 Jan; 97(1):275-80. PubMed ID: 3997793.
    Abstract:
    Kinetic parameters for the trypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of the oxygen and sulfur "inverse substrates," p-amidinophenyl and p-amidinothiophenyl acetates and trimethylacetates, have been compared. The results suggest that both series of compounds are hydrolyzed via an identical pathway. Appreciable differences, however, were observed in the efficiency of the acylation process in both series, possibly reflecting the spatial requirements of the enzyme's active site toward these substrates. As reported previously, acceleration in deacylation by a positively charged molecule is a characteristic feature of trypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of "inverse substrates." In the present investigation, it was shown that p-amidinothiophenol is ineffective as an activator, whereas its oxygen counterpart behaves as a potent activator toward oxygen and sulfur substrates. It is assumed that some ionic interaction between the enzyme and the ligand molecule could prevent the rate enhancement.
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