A TEMPERATURE JUMP STUDY OF ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE . A REINVESTIGATION
A TEMPERATURE JUMP STUDY OF ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE . A REINVESTIGATION
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00858a031
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
HAMMES, GG
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作者:
FASELLA, P;HAMMES, GG
The interaction of the a subform of aspartate aminotransferase with its substrates was studied with the temperature jump technique. Three relaxation times are associated with the reaction of the enzyme and each amino-keto acid pair, glutamate-ketoglutarate and aspartate-oxalacetate. This implies at least 2 reaction intermediates exist in each half''-reaction; since spectral evidence suggests even more than 2 intermediates are present, the kinetic results are discussed in terms of a mechanism involving an arbitrary number of intermediates. The concentration dependence of the longest relaxation time for each half-reaction permits determination of specific rate and binding constants. Individual rate constants could not be obtained from the other relaxation times, but lower bounds of 10 -108 M-1 sec-1 and 105-106 sec-1 can be estimated for the rate constants associated with the bimolecular and dissociation processes involving amino acids; the corresponding lower bounds for the keto acids are 103 M-1 sec-1 and 104 sec-1. The wavelength dependence of the amplitudes of the relaxation effects over the range 300-500 mu was also investigated. The results obtained suggest intermediates with spectral peaks at 360, 430, and 490 m[mu] occur on one side of the slowest step in each ha If-reaction, while a spectral peak at 330 m[mu]. is associated with intermediates on the other side. The data obtained with the temperature jump method are consistent with equilibrium constants measured spectrophotometrically and with the results of steadystate kinetic studies.