scholarly journals Inhibition Effect of Ca2+ Ions on Sucrose Hydrolysis Using Invertase

Author(s):  
Hargono Hargono ◽  
Bakti Jos ◽  
Abdullah Abdullah ◽  
Teguh Riyanto

Fermentable sugar for bioethanol production can be produced from molasses due to its high sucrose content but Ca2+ ions found in the molasses may affect the hydrolysis. Therefore, this paper was focused to study the effect of Ca2+ ions as CaO on sucrose hydrolysis using invertase and to obtain the kinetic parameters. The kinetic parameters (KM and Vmax) were obtained using a Lineweaver-Burk plot. The value of KM and Vmax parameters were 36.181 g/L and 21.322 g/L.h, respectively. The Ca2+ ions act as competitive inhibitor in sucrose hydrolysis using invertase. Therefore, the inhibition mechanism was followed the competitive inhibition mechanism. The value of inhibition constant was 0.833 g/g. These parameters were obtained from the non-substrate inhibition process because this study used the low substrate concentrations which means the fermentable sugar production was low. Hence, there were still more challenges to studying the simultaneous effect of substrate and Ca2+ on sucrose hydrolysis to produce high fermentable sugar. Copyright © 2019 BCREC Group. All rights reserved 

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Murphy ◽  
John W. Bunting

The dependence of initial velocity upon substrate concentration has been examined in the carboxypeptidase A catalyzed hydrolysis of the following hippuric acid esters (at pH 7.5, 25°, ionic strength O.5): C6H5CONHCH2CO2CHRCO2H: R=CH3; CH2CH3;(CH2)2CH3; (CH2)3CH3; (CH2)5CH3; CH(CH3)2; CH2CH(CH3)2; C6H5; CH2C6H5. All of these esters display marked substrate inhibition of their enzymic hydrolyses. With the exception of R=CH3, the velocity-substrate concentration profiles for each of these esters can be rationalized by the formation of an E.S2 complex which, independent of the alcohol moiety of the ester, reacts approximately 25 times more slowly than the E.S complex. For most of these esters, the formation of E.S2 approximates ordered binding of the substrate molecules at the catalytic and inhibitory sites. While binding at the catalytic site is markedly dependent on the nature of the R group, binding of a second substrate molecule to E.S is not significantly affected by the nature of the R side chain. For R=C6H5, the D ester is neither a substrate nor a competitive inhibitor of the hydrolysis of the L-ester but can replace the L-ester at the binding site which is responsible for substrate inhibition. The kinetic analysis suggests that this behavior of D and L -enantiomers is also typical of the other esters examined (except possibly R=CH3). For R=CH3 only, substrate activation also seems to occur prior to the onset of substrate inhibition at higher substrate concentrations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (26) ◽  
pp. 8708-8724
Author(s):  
Van Dung Pham ◽  
Tuan Anh To ◽  
Cynthia Gagné-Thivierge ◽  
Manon Couture ◽  
Patrick Lagüe ◽  
...  

Mammalian acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is well-studied, being important in both cholinergic brain synapses and the peripheral nervous systems and also a key drug target for many diseases. In contrast, little is known about the structures and molecular mechanism of prokaryotic acetylcholinesterases. We report here the structural and biochemical characterization of ChoE, a putative bacterial acetylcholinesterase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Analysis of WT and mutant strains indicated that ChoE is indispensable for P. aeruginosa growth with acetylcholine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. The crystal structure of ChoE at 1.35 Å resolution revealed that this enzyme adopts a typical fold of the SGNH hydrolase family. Although ChoE and eukaryotic AChEs catalyze the same reaction, their overall structures bear no similarities constituting an interesting example of convergent evolution. Among Ser-38, Asp-285, and His-288 of the catalytic triad residues, only Asp-285 was not essential for ChoE activity. Combined with kinetic analyses of WT and mutant proteins, multiple crystal structures of ChoE complexed with substrates, products, or reaction intermediate revealed the structural determinants for substrate recognition, snapshots of the various catalytic steps, and the molecular basis of substrate inhibition at high substrate concentrations. Our results indicate that substrate inhibition in ChoE is due to acetate release being blocked by the binding of a substrate molecule in a nonproductive mode. Because of the distinct overall folds and significant differences of the active site between ChoE and eukaryotic AChEs, these structures will serve as a prototype for other prokaryotic acetylcholinesterases.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Valera-Vera ◽  
Chantal Reigada ◽  
Melisa Sayé ◽  
Fabio A. Digirolamo ◽  
Facundo Galceran ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe enzyme arginine kinase from Trypanosoma cruzi (TcAK) catalyzes the interconversion of arginine and phosphoarginine to maintain the ATP/ADP cell balance, and is involved in the parasites energetic homeostasis and stress responses. Using virtual screening approaches, some plant-derived polyphenolic pigments such as anthocyanidins, were predicted to inhibit TcAK activity. In this work, it was demonstrated that the anthocyanidin delphinidin showed a non-competitive inhibition mechanism of TcAK in vitro (Ki arginine = 1.32 μM and Ki ATP = 500 μM). Molecular docking simulations predicted that delphinidin occupies a hydrophobic pocket close to the ATP/ADP binding site. Delphinidin also exerted trypanocidal activity over T. cruzi trypomastigotes with a calculated IC50 of 19.51 μM. Anthocyanidins are low-toxicity natural products which can be exploited for the development of trypanocidal drugs with less secondary effects than those currently used for the treatment of Chagas disease.


1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 364-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C Hemker ◽  
P. W Hemker

SummaryThe enzyme kinetics of competitive inhibition under conditions prevailing in clotting tests are developed and a method is given to measure relative amounts of a competitive inhibitor by means of the t — D plot.


1966 ◽  
Vol 16 (01/02) ◽  
pp. 277-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Silver ◽  
M Murray

SummaryVarious investigators have separated the coagulation products formed when fibrinogen is clotted with thrombin and identified fibrinopeptides A and B. Two other peaks are observed in the chromatogram of the products of coagulation, but these have mostly been dismissed by other workers. They have been identified by us as amino acids, smaller peptides and amorphous material (37). We have re-chromatographed these peaks and identified several amino acids. In a closed system of fibrinogen and thrombin, the only reaction products should be fibrin and peptide A and peptide B. This reasoning has come about because thrombin has been reported to be specific for the glycyl-arginyl peptide bond. It is suggested that thrombin also breaks other peptide linkages and the Peptide A and Peptide B are attacked by thrombin to yield proteolytic products. Thrombin is therefore probably not specific for the glycyl-arginyl bond but will react on other linkages as well.If the aforementioned is correct then the fibrinopeptides A and B would cause an inhibition with the coagulation mechanism itself. We have shown that an inhibition does occur. We suggest that there is an autoinhibition to the clotting mechanism that might be a control mechanism in the human body.The experiment was designed for coagulation to occur under controlled conditions of temperature and time. Purified reactants were used. We assembled an apparatus to record visually the speed of the initial reaction, the rate of the reaction, and the density of the final clot formed after a specific time.The figures we derived made available to us data whereby we could calculate and plot the information to show the mechanism and suggest that such an inhibition does exist and also further suggest that it might be competitive.In order to prove true competitive inhibition it is necessary to fulfill the criteria of the Lineweaver-Burk plot. This has been done. We have also satisfied other criteria of Dixon (29) and Bergman (31) that suggest true competitive inhibition.


1974 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Lübbert ◽  
K. Pollow ◽  
R. Wagner ◽  
J. Hammerstein

ABSTRACT The effects of ethanol on kinetic parameters of placental Δ5-3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase were studied. In the presence of high pregnenolone concentrations (50 μm, [S] > Km) the microsomal enzyme preparation exhibited an almost linear increase in activity as the ethanol concentration in the medium was raised from 2.5 to 15 % (v/v). At lower substrate concentrations ([S] << Km) ethanol caused inhibition. Other effects of ethanol were: linearity of product formation with time was prolonged; the maximal velocity was markedly increased; the Km for pregnenolone slightly decreased with increasing ethanol concentrations (2.5 to 10 %, v/v) whereas the Km for NAD remained the same. The pH and temperature optima of the reaction were unaffected by ethanol. Other organic solvents caused similar effects.


1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Ghole ◽  
P. S. Damle ◽  
W. H.-P. Thiemann

A homogeneous magnetic field of 1.1 T strength exhibits a significant influence on the activity of the enzyme ascorbic acid oxidase in vitro. A Lineweaver-Burk plot of the reaction shows the typical pattern of a mixed-type inhibition, i.e. a larger rate of reaction at low substrate concentrations and a smaller rate of reaction at high substrate concentration than that of the control without magnetic field applied.


1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Aleksandrowicz

The effects of Mg2+ and bicarbonate on the kinetics of ITP hydrolysis by soluble ATPase (F1) from human placental mitochondria were studied. Increasing amounts of Mg2+ at fixed ITP concentration, caused a marked activation of F1 followed by inhibition at higher Mg2+ concentration. The appropriate substrate for the mitochondrial F1 seems to be the MgITP complex as almost no ITP was hydrolysed in the absence of magnesium. Mg2+ behaved as a competitive inhibitor towards the MgITP complex. In this respect the human placental enzyme differ from that from other sources such as yeast, beef liver or rat liver. The linearity of the plot presenting competitive inhibition by free Mg2+ of MgITP hydrolysis (in the presence of activating bicarbonate anion) suggests that both Mg2+ and MgITP bind to the same catalytic site (Km(MgITP) = 0.46 mM, Ki(Mg) = 4 mM). When bicarbonate was absent in the ITPase assay, placental F1 exhibited apparent negative cooperativity in the presence of 5 mM Mg2+, just as it did with MgATP as a substrate under similar conditions. Bicarbonate ions eliminated the negative cooperativity with respect to ITP (as the Hill coefficient of 0.46 was brought to approx. 1), and thus limited inhibition by free Mg2+. The results presented suggest that the concentration of free magnesium ions may be an important regulatory factor of the human placental F1 activity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 2260-2269
Author(s):  
Luiz Claudio Ferreira Pimentel ◽  
Lucas Villas Boas Hoelz ◽  
Henayle Fernandes Canzian ◽  
Frederico Silva Castelo Branco ◽  
Andressa Paula de Oliveira ◽  
...  

The enzyme tyrosine kinase BCR-Abl-1 is the main molecular target in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and can be competitively inhibited by tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as imatinib. New potential competitive inhibitors were synthesized using the (phenylamino)pyrimidine-pyridine (PAPP) group as a pharmacophoric fragment, and these compounds were biologically evaluated. The synthesis of twelve new compounds was performed in three steps and assisted by microwave irradiation in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to obtain 1,2,3-triazole derivatives substituted on carbon C-4 of the triazole nucleus. All compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activities against a chronic myeloid leukemia cell line (K562) that expresses the enzyme tyrosine kinase BCR-Abl-1 and against healthy cells (WSS-1) to observe their selectivity. Three compounds showed promising results, with IC50 values between 1.0 and 7.3 μM, and were subjected to molecular docking studies. The results suggest that such compounds can interact at the same binding site as imatinib, probably sharing a competitive inhibition mechanism. One compound showed the greatest interaction affinity for BCR-Abl-1 in the docking studies.


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