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. 1981 Jan 1;193(1):93–97. doi: 10.1042/bj1930093

The chemical reactivity of the histidine-195 residue in lactate dehydrogenase thiomethylated at the cysteine-165 residue.

D P Bloxham
PMCID: PMC1162580  PMID: 7305938

Abstract

The specific thiomethylation of cysteine-165 (insertion of a methylthio group, CH3-S-) in pig heart lactate dehydrogenase results in a decreased affinity for carbonyl ligands that is accompanied by a decreased nucleophilic reaction of histidine-195 with diethyl pyrocarbonate. The rate constants at 10 degrees C for the modification of native and thiomethylated lactate dehydrogenase by diethyl pyrocarbonate were 173 M-1 . s-1 and 8.7 M-1 . s-1 respectively. It was found that 0.86 +/- 0.07 histidine residue per subunit reacted with diethyl pyrocarbonate in thiomethylated lactate dehydrogenase. This reaction was not affected in the enzyme-NADH binary complex, but was diminished in the enzyme-NADH-oxamate ternary complex. In the enzyme-NADH complex the reaction of diethyl pyrocarbonate was controlled by two groups with pKa 6.8 and 7.9. The decreased reactivity of histidine-195 was selective in thiomethylated lactate dehydrogenase, since the reactivity of arginine and/or lysine residues was enhanced.

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