Publication Date:
1988-03-04
Description:
Kinetic analysis and protein mutagenesis allow the importance of individual amino acids in ligand binding and catalysis to be assessed. A kinetic analysis has shown that the reaction catalyzed by dihydrofolate reductase is optimized with respect to product flux, which in turn is predetermined by the active-site hydrophobic surface. Protein mutagenesis has revealed that specific hydrophobic residues contribute 2 to 5 kilocalories per mole to ligand binding and catalysis. The extent to which perturbations within this active-site ensemble may affect catalysis is discussed in terms of the constraints imposed by the energy surface for the reaction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Benkovic, S J -- Fierke, C A -- Naylor, A M -- GM24129/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Mar 4;239(4844):1105-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3125607" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Binding Sites
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Catalysis
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Chemical Phenomena
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Chemistry
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Escherichia coli/enzymology
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Kinetics
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Lactobacillus casei/enzymology
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*Mutation
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Structure-Activity Relationship
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Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/genetics/*metabolism
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Thermodynamics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
