... conditions) The carbon bound tothe oxygen atoms uses sp hybridization: it forms a bond tothe other carbon, a bond to each oxygen atom, and one bond to one of the oxygen atoms Thus, one oxygen atom ... hydrogen atom is shared by two electronegative atoms The atom to which the hydrogen is covalently bonded is referred to as the hydrogen bond donor, and the other atom is referred to as the hydrogen ... atoms involved, r is the distance between them, and D is the dielectric constant of the medium in which the two atoms come together Since D appears in the denominator, the attractive force...
... equal tothe total ligand concentration added tothe binding mixture, [L] If, however, the affinity of the ligand for the receptor is very strong, so that the K is similar in magnitude tothe ... described how these amino acids can be linked together to form a polypeptide chain, and how these chains fold into regular patterns of secondary and tertiary structureThe folding of an enzyme into ... In some cases, however, the cofactors are covalently bonded tothe polypeptide of the enzyme For example, the heme group of the electron transfer protein cytochrome c, is bound tothe protein through...
... is the substrate for the next in the cascade Because of the proximity of the enzymes in the membrane, the product leaves the active site of one enzyme and is presented tothe active site of the ... K for K in the steady state treatment It is therefore easy to confuse these terms and to treat K as if it were the thermodynamic dissociation constant for the ES complex However, the two constants ... value for the free species and another value for the bound species If the spectroscopically active species is the receptor, then the concentration of receptor can be fixed, and the signal...
... complementary The insertion of the substrate into the static enzyme active site is analogous to a key fitting into a lock, or a jigsaw piece fitting into the rest of the puzzle: the best fits occur with the ... 6.3, the enzyme is committed tothe transfer of the specific pro-R hydrogen atom because of its relative proximity tothe NAD> cofactor The three-point attachment hypothesis is often invoked to ... dynamic Therefore, one hypothesis that has emerged is that conformational adjustments are used to distort the substrate, the enzyme, or both to bring the system toward the transition state structure...
... can either be the enzyme or the substrate The choice of the initiating component will depend on the details of the assay format and the stability of the enzyme sample tothe conditions of the assay ... significant noise in thedata may result, and in severe cases there will appear to be an additional kinetic component of thedataThe best way to avoid these complications is to ensure that the sample ... (both referred to hereafter as the acceptor molecule) is also incorporated into the peptide on the other side of the scissile bond When the peptide is intact, the donor and acceptor molecules...
... in the transfer step As a rule, the largest kinetic isotope effects occur when the pK of the general base is well matched to that of the carbon ? acid of the proton donor; the magnitude of the ... uses the redox cofactor ubiquinone to catalyze the conversion of dihydroorotate to orotic acid As is true of many other dehydrogenases, it is possible to couple the activity of this enzyme tothe ... concentration stock solution of the pH-adjusted buffer in the laboratory that will be diluted to prepare the final reaction mixture It is important to measure the final solution pH to determine the extent...
... complexes The factor reflects the effect of inhibitor on the affinity of the enzyme for its substrate, and likewise the effect of the substrate on the affinity of the enzyme for the inhibitor The factor ... Uncompetitive Inhibitors Uncompetitive inhibitors bind exclusively tothe ES complex, rather than tothe free enzyme form The apparent effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor is to decrease V and to actually ... inhibitor screening At the beginning of this chapter we mentioned that some inhibitors not block completely the ability of the enzyme to turnover when bound tothe inhibitor These partial inhibitors...
... inhibitors is to preincubate the enzyme with the inhibitor for a long time period relative tothe rate of inhibitor binding, and to then initiate the reaction by diluting the enzyme—inhibitor solution ... in which the dissociation constant of the inhibitor is similar tothe total concentration of enzyme in the sample These inhibitor offer a special challenge tothe enzymologist, because they cannot ... from the origin that is equal tothe total enzyme concentration, [E] Dixon goes on to show that in the case of a noncompetitive inhibitor ( : 1), the spacing value K is equal tothe inhibitor...
... cell Under these conditions the Trp operon must be functional, and thus the Trp repressor must not bind tothe DNA The crystal structures of the tryptophan-depleted protein shows that the -helical ... which B is the first substrate to bind tothe enzyme and BX is the last product to be released If this is the case, the rate of radiolabel incorporation into BX will initially increase as the concentrations ... substrate, B, binds tothe E—X form of the enzyme (in this mechanism, B cannot bind tothe free enzyme form) The group, X, is then transferred (i.e., the second displacement reaction) tothe bound substrate,...
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