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. 1969 Sep;64(1):36–41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.64.1.36

EFFECT OF D2O ON THE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-CATALYZED HYDROLYSIS OF O-(trans-CINNAMOYL)-L-β-PHENYLLACTATE AND N-(N-BENZOYLGLYCYL)-L-PHENYLALANINE*

B L Kaiser 1,2,†, E T Kaiser 1,2,‡
PMCID: PMC286122  PMID: 5263018

Abstract

Solvent isotope effects have been examined for the action of the zinc-containing metalloenzyme carboxypeptidase A on ester and peptide substrates. The kinetic parameters for the carboxypeptidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester, O-(trans-cinnamoyl)-L-β-phenyllactate, in 0.05 M Tris-DCl buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl at pD 8.07 and 25° were compared with those obtained from measurements done in 0.05 M Tris-HCl buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl at pH 7.52 and 25°. A (kcat)H2O/(kcat)D2O ratio of approximately 2 was obtained. The value of the Michaelis constant Km was unaffected by the change in solvent as was the inhibition constant, Ki, found for the product, L-β-phenyllactate, which is a competitive inhibitor. These results indicate that a catalytic step involving general base catalysis is probably important in the carboxypeptidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester. A similar set of experiments carried out on the peptide substrate, N-(N-benzoylglycyl)-L-phenylalanine gave ambiguous results. The role of the zinc ion in the catalytic action of carboxypeptidase A can be considered in the light of these findings.

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