Characterization of the Electrostatic Perturbation of a Catalytic Site (Cys)-S–/(His)-Im+H Ion-pair in One Type of Serine Proteinase Architecture by Kinetic and Computational Studies on Chemically Mutated Subtilisin Variants

Autor: Plou, Francisco J., Kowlessur, Devanand, Malthouse, Paul G. J., Mellor, Geoffrey W., Hartshorn, Michael J., Pinitglang, Surapong, Patel, Hasu, Topham, Christopher M., Thomas, Emrys W., Verma, Chandra, Brocklehurst, Keith
Zdroj: JMB Online (Journal of Molecular Biology); April 19, 1996, Vol. 257 Issue: 5 p1088-1111, 24p
Abstrakt: We have used two structurally well-characterized serine proteinase variants, subtilisins Carlsberg and BPN', to produce (Cys)-S−/(His)-Im+H ion-pairs by chemical mutation in well defined, different, electrostatic microenvironments. These ion-pairs have been characterized by pH-dependent rapid reaction kinetics using, as reactivity probes, thiol-specific, time dependent inhibitors, 2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide and 4,4'-dipyrimidyl disulfide, that differ in the protonation states of their leaving groups in acidic media, computer modelling and electrostatic potential calculations. Both ion-pairs possess nucleophilic character, identified by the striking rate maxima in their reactions with 2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide in acid media. In the Carlsberg enzyme, the (Cys220)-S−/(His63)-Im+H ion-pair is produced by protonic dissociation with pKa4.1 and its reactivity is not perturbed by any detectable electrostatic influence other than the deprotonation of His63 (pKa10.2). In the BPN' enzyme, the analogous, (Cys221)-S−/(His64)-Im+H ion-pair is produced by protonic dissociation with pKa5.1 and its reactivity is affected by an ionization with pKa3.5 in addition to the deprotonation of His64 (pKa≥10.35). It is a striking result that calculations using finite difference solutions of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation provide a value of the pKadifference between the two enzyme catalytic sites (0.97) in close agreement with the value (1.0) determined by reactivity probe kinetics when a protein dielectric constant of 2 is assumed and water molecules within 5 Å of the catalytic site His residue are included. The pKadifference is calculated to be 0.84 when the water molecules are not included and a protein dielectric constant of 20 is assumed. The calculations also identify Glu156 in the BPN' enzyme (which is Ser in the Carlsberg enzyme) as the main individual source of the pKashift. The additional kinetically influential pKaof 3.5 is assigned to Glu156 by examining the non-covalent interactions between the 2-pyridyl disulfide reactivity probe and the enzyme active centre region.
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