Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Huang, Xinyi
• Holden, Hazel M
• Raushel, Frank M

Titel

CHANNELING OF SUBSTRATES AND INTERMEDIATES IN ENZYME-CATALYZED REACTIONS

Ist Teil von

• Annual review of biochemistry, 2001-01, Vol.70 (1), p.149-180

Ort / Verlag

Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139: Annual Reviews

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The three-dimensional structures of tryptophan synthase, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase, and asparagine synthetase have revealed the relative locations of multiple active sites within these proteins. In all of these polyfunctional enzymes, a product formed from the catalytic reaction at one active site is a substrate for an enzymatic reaction at a distal active site. Reaction intermediates are translocated from one active site to the next through the participation of an intermolecular tunnel. The tunnel in tryptophan synthase is ∼25 Å in length, whereas the tunnel in carbamoyl phosphate synthetase is nearly 100 Å long. Kinetic studies have demonstrated that the individual reactions are coordinated through allosteric coupling of one active site with another. The participation of these molecular tunnels is thought to protect reactive intermediates from coming in contact with the external medium.