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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
27
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Presteady-state and steady-state kinetic studies performed on human glutathione transferase P1-1 (EC 2.5.1.18) with 1-chloro-2, 4-dinitrobenzene as co-substrate indicate that the rate-determining step is a physical event that occurs after binding of the two substrates and before the final sigma-complex formation. It may be a structural transition involving the ternary complex. This event can be related to diffusion-controlled motions of protein portions as kcat degrees /kcat linearly increases by raising the relative viscosity of the solution. Similar viscosity dependence has been observed for Km GSH, while Km CDNB is independent. No change of the enzyme structure by viscosogen has been found by circular dichroism analysis. Thus, kcat and Km GSH seem to be related to the frequency and extent of enzyme structural motions modulated by viscosity. Interestingly, the reactivity of Cys-47 which can act as a probe for the flexibility of helix 2 is also modulated by viscosity. Its viscosity dependence parallels that observed for kcat and Km GSH, thereby suggesting a possible correlation between kcat, Km GSH, and diffusion-controlled motion of helix 2. The viscosity effect on the kinetic parameters of C47S and C47S/C101S mutants confirms the involvement of helix 2 motions in the modulation of Km GSH, whereas a similar role on kcat cannot be ascertained unequivocally. The flexibility of helix 2 modulates also the homotropic behavior of GSH in these mutants. Furthermore, fluorescence experiments support a structural motion of about 4 A occurring between helix 2 and helix 4 when GSH binds to the G-site.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16187-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Dinitrochlorobenzene, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Mathematics, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Models, Theoretical, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Spectrometry, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:8663072-Viscosity
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural flexibility modulates the activity of human glutathione transferase P1-1. Role of helix 2 flexibility in the catalytic mechanism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," 00133 Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't