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  • Title: A study of the stabilization of the oxyanion of tetrahedral adducts by trypsin, chymotrypsin and subtilisin.
    Author: O'Connell TP, Malthouse JP.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1995 Apr 15; 307 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):353-9. PubMed ID: 7733869.
    Abstract:
    Subtilisin and delta-chymotrypsin have been alkylated using 2-13C-enriched benzyloxycarbonylglycylglycylphenylalanylchloromethane. A single signal due to the 13C-enriched carbon was detected in both the intact subtilisin and delta-chymotrypsin derivatives. The signal titrated from 98.9 p.p.m. to 103.6 p.p.m. with a pKa value of 6.9 in the subtilisin derivative and it is assigned to a tetrahedral adduct formed between the hydroxy group of serine-221 and the inhibitor. The signal in the delta-chymotrypsin derivative titrated from 98.5 p.p.m. to 103.2 p.p.m. with a pKa value of 8.92 and it is assigned to a tetrahedral adduct formed between the hydroxy group of serine-195 and the inhibitor. In both derivatives the titration shift is assigned to the formation of the oxyanion of the tetrahedral adduct. delta-Chymotrypsin has been inhibited by benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanylchloromethane and two signals due to 13C-enriched carbons were detected. One of these signals titrated from 98.8 p.p.m. to 103.6 p.p.m. with a pKa value of 9.4 and it was assigned in the same way as in the previous delta-chymotrypsin derivative. The second signal had a chemical shift of 204.5 +/- 0.5 p.p.m. and it did not titrate from pH 3.5 to 9.0. This signal was assigned to alkylated methionine-192. We discuss how subtilisin and chymotrypsin could stabilize the oxyanion of tetrahedral adducts.
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