Autor: |
Terrone L. Rosenberry, Robert Haas, Mark A. Rosenberry, Elizabeth W. Adams |
Rok vydání: |
1992 |
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Zdroj: |
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Cholinesterase Functions ISBN: 9781461363286 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4615-3046-6_18 |
Popis: |
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) catalyzes the hydrolysis of its physiological substrate acetylcholine as well as of a number of other acetic acid esters. A key feature of AChE is its speed in cleaving substrates (Rosenberry, 1975a). The second order rate constant for acetylcholine hydrolysis (kcat/Kapp = 2 × 108 M-1s-1) approaches the value expected for a diffusion-controlled reaction. The turnover rate for acetylcholine (kcat = 2 x 104 s-1) is at the upper limit of reactions catalyzed by general acid-base catalysis. Quinn (1987) has noted that an enzyme with such a high catalytic efficiency is likely to have evolved to a point where the free energies of successive transition states are nearly matched and comparable to the diffusional barrier for substrate binding. |
Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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