PHASE SEPARATION AND REACTIVITY CHANGES OF PHENYL ESTER SUBSTRATE AND IMIDAZOLE CATALYST IN THE DIALKYLAMMONIUM BILAYER MEMBRANE
PHASE SEPARATION AND REACTIVITY CHANGES OF PHENYL ESTER SUBSTRATE AND IMIDAZOLE CATALYST IN THE DIALKYLAMMONIUM BILAYER MEMBRANE
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苯酯底物和咪唑催化剂在二烷基铵双层膜中的相分离和反应性变化
DOI:
10.1002/chin.198351068
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发表时间:
1983
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通讯作者:
Y. Okahata
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作者:
T. Kunitake;H. Ihara;Y. Okahata
A phenylester substrate and an imidazole catalyst that possess the azobenzene chromophore and are capable of bilayer formation were synthesized. Distribution of these amphiphiles in the dialkylammonium bilayer matrix was examined by using blue shifts due to cluster formationof the azobenzene chromophore. Formation of the substrate cluster was promoted by increased concentrations in the matrix and by the liquid crystal-to-crystal phase transition of the matrix. Formation of the catalyst cluster was promoted, in addition to these factors, by neutralizationof the anionic histidine head group due to the change of the medium pH or due to complexation with Cu2+ ion. The rate of alkaline hydrolysis of the clustered substrate was smaller than that of the isolated (monomeric) substrate:*/i9 at 10 C, pH 11.8. The Arrhenius plots show inflection regions near the phase transitionof the matrix due to changing monomer-cluster ratios. The activation energy of the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl/V-carbobenzoxy-L-phenylalaninate was 27 kcal/mol in the partially rigid bilayer matrix but decreased to 14 kcal/mol in the fluid matrix. This change was attributed to the formation of the catalyst cluster in the rigid matrix. The present study provides the first example of the reaction control by phase separation.The physiological function of the biomembrane is closely related to the mode of distribution and the corresponding activity change of membrane enzymes. 1-6 In spite of the overriding physiological importance of the regulation of activity of these enzymes, its molecular understanding is lagging because of the inherent dif-ficulty arising from the complexity of the system. Thus, the molecular mechanism of regulation may be tested more readily by using simplified, synthetic systems.