Kinetics of acetylcholinesterase immobilized on polyethylene tubing

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1200-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. T. Ngo ◽  
K. J. Laidler ◽  
C. F. Yam

Acetylcholinesterase was covalently attached to the inner surface of polyethylene tubing. Initial oxidation generated surface carboxylic groups which, on reaction with thionyl chloride, produced acid chloride groups; these were caused to react with excess ethylenediamine. The amine groups on the surface were linked to glutaraldehyde, and acetylcholinesterase was then attached to the surface. Various kinetic tests showed the catalysis of the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine iodide to be diffusion controlled. The apparent Michaelis constants were strongly dependent on flow rate and were much larger than the value for the free enzyme. Rate measurements over the temperature range 6–42 °C showed changes in activation energies consistent with diffusion control.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1061-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Narinesingh ◽  
T. T. Ngo ◽  
K. J. Laidler

β-Galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) has been attached covalently to the inner surface of nylon tubing. An experimental study has been made of the flow kinetics for the hydrolysis of o-nitrophenylgalactose, the substrate concentration and flow rate being varied. The results were analyzed in the light of the theoretical treatment of Kobayashi and Laidler, three different methods of analysis being employed. It is concluded that at the lower substrate concentrations and flow rates employed, the reactions are largely diffusion controlled; with increase in flow rate and substrate concentration the width of the Nernst diffusion layer decreases, and there is found to be less diffusion control. The values of Km(app) vary with flow rate VF, being linear in VF−1/3, and the value extrapolated to very high flow rate agrees well with the Km value for β-galactosidase in free solution. The theory and results are shown to provide guidelines for the design of open tubular heterogeneous enzyme reactors for industrial, biomedical, and analytical applications.



1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Neil B. Madsen ◽  
Jules Tuba

The kinetics of intestinal alkaline phosphatase action on sodium β-glycerophosphate, glucose 6-phosphate, and egg lecithin have been studied and compared. The Michaelis constants indicate that the enzyme shows considerably less affinity for lecithin than for the other two substrates, and the approximate ratio of activity with lecithin, glucose 6-phosphate, and sodium β-glycerophosphate is 11 : 78.5 : 100. The energies of activation for the hydrolysis of the three substrates do not differ appreciably and the average energy of activation is 14,500 calories per gram-mole. The similarity of the energies of activation together with results from inhibition studies indicate that in all probability the same enzyme is responsible for the release of inorganic phosphorus from each of the three substrates.



2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 1594-1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA More O'Ferrall ◽  
D M O'Brien ◽  
D G Murphy

Equilibrium constants Kadd = 440 and Kox = 3.0 × 108 for formation of a carbinolamine adduct and oxime, respectively from 9-formylfluorene and hydroxylamine, and pKa = –1.62 for protonation of the oxime, have been evaluated at 25°C in aqueous solution, based on measurements in hydroxylamine buffers, acetic acid buffers, and dilute HCl. Rate constants for hydrolysis of the oxime have been measured in the acidity range pH 4–12 M HClO4. At the highest acidities, a reaction pathway via protonated carbinolamine has been identified: evidence is presented that the reverse of this reaction involves rate-determining attack of hydroxylamine upon protonated 9-formylfluorene. By assuming that the attack of hydroxylamine is diffusion-controlled, with rate constant 3 × 109 M –1 s–1, a pKa for O-protonation of the aldehyde (–4.5) is derived. Taking account of the equilibrium constant for enolization of 9-formylfluorene (KE = 16.6), a pKa for for C-protonation of the enol tautomer ((–5.7) may also be obtained. Comparison of this pKa with that of the enol of acetophenone shows that the enol of 9-formylfluorene is less basic by a factor of 1010. By combining pKas for protonation of the aldehyde and oxime with measured or estimated equilibrium constants for addition of water, hydroxide ion, and hydroxylamine to 9-formylfluorene, it is also possible to obtain values of pKR = –5.3, 4.1, and 12.25 for the protonated 9-formylfluorene, protonated oxime, and 9-formylfluorene, respectively. The usefulness of pKR in providing a general measure of equilibrium constants for electrophile-nucleophile combination reactions is discussed.Key words: oxime, formyfluorene, hydrolysis, protonation, diffusion-control.



1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (23) ◽  
pp. 3955-3960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian B. Hasinoff

The kinetics of the reaction of ferroprotoporphyrin IX with CO have been studied in mixed glycerol–water solvents of high viscosity in order that the simultaneous influence of chemical activation and diffusion control of the reaction might be observed. Analyses of curved Arrhenius plots indicated that in the low temperature high viscosity limits the reaction is largely diffusion controlled. The deviation of the second order diffusion rate constants, from that predicted by simple theory for reaction between uniformly reactive spheres of equal radii, is a factor of 0.3 to 0.9, depending upon the solvent composition. A couple of other models for diffusion controlled reaction, ascribing these deviations to changes of steric requirements, were also examined.



1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Zon ◽  
H. Fernandez ◽  
L. Sereno ◽  
J. J. Silber

The kinetics of the Electron Donor–Acceptor (EDA) complex between N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and m-dinitrobenzene in acetonitrile has been studied by the temperature-jump technique. The magnitude of the rate constants of association and dissociation, although relatively large, is well below the diffusion control values. The calculated rates closely coincide with those obtained by chronoamperometry. An entropy control is suggested for this reaction. The results obtained in this work are useful to demonstrate that the concept about EDA complexes being formed by diffusion-controlled reactions should not be generalized. Keywords: electron donor–acceptor complexes, m-dinitrobenzene, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, T-jump, kinetics.



1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. d'Heurle ◽  
P. Gas

The kinetics of silicide growth are classified into three different categories: (a) diffusion controlled, (b) nucleation controlled, (c) others (reaction rate controlled). These are analyzed with the aim of understanding both the phenomenology of growth and the specific atomic mechanisms of phase formation. Diffusion-controlled growth is discussed with respect to the Nernst-Einstein equation. Stress relaxation is considered as a possible cause of reaction-rate control. The relative merits of two different types of marker experiments are compared. A few silicides are discussed in terms of what can be inferred about diffusion mechanisms. The competition between reaction-rate and diffusion control phenomena is shown to have specific effects on the sequence of phase formation; it is also related to the formation of some amorphous compounds. Reactions between silicon and alloyed metal films are used to illustrate the respective influences of mobility and driving force factors on the kinetics of silicide growth; they can also be used to underline the dominance of nucleation over diffusion in some silicide formation processes.



1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2873-2882
Author(s):  
Vladislav Holba ◽  
Ján Benko

The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of succinic acid monomethyl and monopropyl esters were studied in mixed aqueous-nonaqueous media at various temperatures and ionic strengths. The results of measurements are discussed in terms of electrostatic and specific interactions between the reactants and other components of the reaction mixture. The kinetic parameters in the media under study are related to the influence of the cosolvent on the solvation sphere of the reactants.



1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 2375-2382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ľubica Adamčíková ◽  
Peter Ševčík

Glycerol causes chemical oscillations in Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction in a closed system as well as in a reaction solution bubbled with nitrogen. Since the oxidation of glycerol with bromate ions does not proceed autocatalytically and bromine in the oxidation state 0 or +1 in the absence of light does not react with glycerol, hydrolysis of bromine is the probable source of bromide ions in the studied oscillation system.



1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Balej ◽  
Milada Thumová

The rate of hydrolysis of S2O82- ions in acidic medium to peroxomonosulphuric acid was measured at 20 and 30 °C. The composition of the starting solution corresponded to the anolyte flowing out from an electrolyser for production of this acid or its ammonium salt at various degrees of conversion and starting molar ratios of sulphuric acid to ammonium sulphate. The measured data served to calculate the rate constants at both temperatures on the basis of the earlier proposed mechanism of the hydrolysis, and their dependence on the ionic strength was studied.



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