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. 1994 Jul 15;301(Pt 2):503–508. doi: 10.1042/bj3010503

Zinc and barium inhibit the phospholipase A2 from Naja naja atra by different mechanisms.

M Mezna 1, T Ahmad 1, S Chettibi 1, D Drainas 1, A J Lawrence 1
PMCID: PMC1137109  PMID: 8042995

Abstract

The mode of inhibition of the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzyme from the Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra) by Zn2+ is qualitatively different from inhibition by Ba2+. Inhibition by Ba2+ shows the kinetic characteristics of a conventional competitive inhibitor acting to displace Ca2+ from a single essential site, but Zn2+ has the paradoxical property of being more inhibitory at high than at low Ca2+ concentration. Kinetic analysis of the Ca(2+)-dependence of enzymic activity shows a bimodal response, indicating the presence of two Ca(2+)-binding sites with affinities of 2.7 microM and 125 microM respectively, and we propose that these can be identified with the two Ca(2+)-binding sites revealed by crystallographic analysis [White, Scott, Otwinowski, Gleb and Sigler (1990) Science 250, 1560-1563]. The results are consistent with the model that the enzyme is activated by two Ca2+ ions, one that is essential and can be displaced by Ba2+, and one that modulates the activity by a further 5-10-fold and which can be displaced by Zn2+. An alternative model is also presented in which the modulating Zn(2+)-binding site is a phenomenon of the lipid/water interface.

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