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  • Title: Catalytic properties of carbonyl reductase from rabbit liver for analogs of acetohexamide and 4-acetylpyridine.
    Author: Imamura Y, Koga T, Higuchi T, Otagiri M, Sugino E, Hibino S, Nagumo S, Akita H.
    Journal: Biochem Mol Biol Int; 1994 Aug; 33(5):893-9. PubMed ID: 7987258.
    Abstract:
    A correlation was observed between the values of specificity constant (kcat/Km) of carbonyl reductase from rabbit liver for acetohexamide analogs and their partition coefficients. This result indicates that the hydrophobicity in straight-chain alkyl groups of acetohexamide analogs plays an important role in the catalytic activity and substrate-binding capacity of the enzyme. Furthermore, the double logarithmic plots of kcat/Km values of the enzyme for 4-acetylpyridine analogs with a straight-chain alkyl group up to five carbon atoms against their partition coefficients gave a straight line. On the other hand, the plots for 4-acetylpyridine analogs with a straight-chain alkyl group over five carbon atoms and with a branched-chain alkyl group were away from the straight line. It is reasonable to postulate that a hydrophobic pocket is located in the substrate-binding domain of the enzyme.
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