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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
It is known that His-48 is part of the active center in pancreatic phospholipase. To further elucidate the role of histidine-48 in the active center of pancreatic phospholipase A2, we have modified the enzyme with a number of bromo ketones and methyl benzenesulfonates. Rapid methylation occurred with methyl p-nitrobenzenesulfonate. Methylated phospholipase shows total loss of enzymatic activity whereas binding of substrate and the cofactor Ca2+ remains intact. Amino acid analysis of methylated equine phospholipase showed the loss of the single molecule of histidine and the formation of one molecule of 2-amino-3-(1-methyl-5-imidazolyl)propanoic acid (1-methylhistidine). Equine phospholipase was also modified by [13C]methyl p-nitrobenzenesulfonate and the methylated enzyme was studied by 13C NMR. The results indicate that the proton on the nitrogen in position 3 of the imidazole ring is involved in a strong interaction with a buried carboxylate group, thereby hindering rotation of the imidazole ring, and that the nitrogen in position 1 is involved in catalysis. These data are in full agreement with the three-dimensional structure at 1.7-A resolution of bovine pancreatic phospholipase. A catalytic mechanism is proposed in which a water molecule which is close to the nitrogen at position 1 of the imidazole ring of the Asp-99-His-48 couple acts as the nucleophile. A comparison is made between phospholipase A2 and the serine esterases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
743-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Methylation of histidine-48 in pancreatic phospholipase A2. Role of histidine and calcium ion in the catalytic mechanism.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article