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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
The reactions of papain (EC 3.4.22.2) with substrate-derived diazomethyl ketones reported by Leary, Larsen, Watanabe & Shaw [Biochemistry (1977) 16, 5857--5861] are unusual in that (i) these reagents fail to react with low-molecular-weight thiols and (ii) the rate of reaction with the papain thiol group does not decrease to near-zero values across a pKa of 4 as the pH is decreased. Existing data are shown to suggest an interpretation involving neighbouring-group participation via transient thiohemiketal formation, rate-determining protonation by imidazolium ion and alkylation on sulphur via a three-membered cyclic transition state. Implications for (a) the difference in site-specificity exhibited by halomethyl ketones in their reactions with serine proteinases and cysteine proteinases and (b) stereoelectronic requirements in the mechanism of papain-catalysed hydrolysis are discussed. The possibility of two tetrahedral intermediates between adsorptive complex and acyl-enzyme is indicated.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
761-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of the reaction of papain with substrate-derived diazomethyl ketones. Implications for the difference in site specificity of halomethyl ketones for serine proteinases and cysteine proteinases and for stereoelectronic requirements in the papain catalytic mechanism.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article