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  • Title: Human cathepsin B is a metastable enzyme stabilized by specific ionic interactions associated with the active site.
    Author: Turk B, Dolenc I, Zerovnik E, Turk D, Gubensek F, Turk V.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1994 Dec 13; 33(49):14800-6. PubMed ID: 7993907.
    Abstract:
    The effect of neutral or alkaline pH on cathepsin B activity and structure was investigated. An irreversible loss of activity, accompanied by large structural changes, was observed at pH > or = 7.0. The high activation energy of 183.5 kJ mol-1, calculated for the inactivation process, is in good agreement with structural changes observed by circular dichroism. Both the pH-induced inactivation and the pH-induced unfolding of cathepsin B were found to be first-order processes, exponentially increasing with increasing pH of the solution. The good agreement of the rate constants of inactivation and unfolding of the enzyme indicates an important structure-function relationship. Cathepsin B was also found to be destabilized both by increasing ionic strength and organic solvent content.
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