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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
Transient and steady-state kinetics have been examined for dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) from a number of sources. Rates of hydride transfer at pH 7.65 cover a wide range, from 7 s-1 for DHFR from a strain of Lactobacillus casei (LCDHFR1) to 3000 s-1 for recombinant human DHFR (rHDHFR). In all cases as the pH is increased from 7 to 10, Vmax for the steady-state reaction decreases, and DVmax, the primary isotope effect, increases. This indicates a decrease in the rate of hydride transfer with increasing pH. The cross-over points, at which rates of product release and hydride transfer become equal, were calculated to occur at DVmax = 2.34. The higher the rate of hydride transfer at pH 7.65, the higher the pH of the cross-over point. For LCDHFR1 the low rate of hydride transfer results in this process being partially rate-limiting for the steady-state reaction even at pH 5, with a cross-over point at about pH 7. At pH 7.65 the burst phase associated with the initial conversion of enzyme-bound substrates to enzyme-bound products has an isotope effect of 3 or higher for LCDHFR and for DHFR from Escherichia coli (ECDHFR). In contrast, the vertebrate DHFRs (bovine, BDHFR; chicken, CDHFR; and rHDHFR) exhibit a burst of product formation which is only partially limited by hydride transfer at this pH (Dkb: 2.3, 2.2, and 2.1, respectively). An obligatory isomerization of the ternary substrate complex or of the ternary product complex is postulated to be partially rate-limiting for the vertebrate enzymes. At pH 5 LCDHFR1 and ECDHFR also exhibit evidence of such a rate-limiting obligatory conformational transition of the substrate or product ternary complex.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9391-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Hydride transfer by dihydrofolate reductase. Causes and consequences of the wide range of rates exhibited by bacterial and vertebrate enzymes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemical and Clinical Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't