Kinetics of N-glutaryl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide hydrolysis catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin in aqueous solutions of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide

The rate of hydrolysis of N-glutaryl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide (GPNA) catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin (alpha-CT) has been measured in aqueous solutions of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) at concentrations below and above the critical micelle concentration, as well as in the absence of surfactant. Under all the conditions employed, the reaction follows a Michaelis-Menten mechanism. The presence of the surfactant leads to superactivity below and above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), with a maximum reaction rate taking place near the CMC when the results are treated in terms of the analytical concentration of the substrate. A similar behavior was observed by working with the enzyme partially deactivated in the presence of 4 M urea. After correction to take into account the partitioning of the substrate between the micelles and the external media, the activity of the enzyme tends to remain almost constant above the corresponding CMCs. This results from a compensation of a decrease in the catalytic constant (k(cat)) and a decrease in the Michaelis constant (K(M)). The behavior of alpha-CT in the hydrolysis of GPNA in DTAB solutions is at variance with that previously reported for the hydrolysis of 2-naphthyl acetate in solutions of the same surfactant (E. Abuin, E. Lissi, R. Duarte, Langmuir 19 (2003) 5374). An explanation of the different effects of the surfactant on the behavior of the enzyme with both substrates is advanced, taking into account the complexity of the mechanism of the alpha-CT-mediated reaction, more specifically, in terms of different rate-limiting steps for the formation of the measured products.     

阳离子表面活性剂金属胶束作为模拟磷酸酯水解酶的研究

在模拟水解酶的研究中,模拟模型中配体的功能已经受到普遍重视,冠醚是外腔疏水而内腔亲水的物质,因此已被用作模拟水解酶模型中的配体。这些模型可以分为两类,一是金属离子镶嵌在冠醚环中所形成的穴状配合物模型,二是以冠醚基作为支链的冠醚化Schiff碱配合物。穴状配合物模型作为模拟水解酶用于催化磷酸酯的研究已经取得了一定的进展。     

Combinatorial discovery of reusable noncovalent supports for enzyme immobilization and nonaqueous catalysis

A simple and effective method is described for the preparation of enzyme-containing materials that possess excellent catalytic activity, mechanical strength, and reusability. Uniform spherical beads were produced via the colyophilization of alpha-chymotrypsin with the support materials, leaving the active enzyme entrapped within the porous "ice-templated" support matrix. The composites were assayed for catalytic activity by monitoring a nonaqueous transesterification reaction. The mechanical strength for each composite was measured using a compression assay. Initial screens identified a set of six support materials that contributed favorably to either the enzyme activity or to the mechanical strength of the composite. A design of experiments (DoE) methodology was employed to screen 80 combinations of these six "base" materials. A model representing this formulation space was constructed which could be used to predict both the catalytic activity and mechanical strength with reasonable accuracy for any combination of the six base component materials. This model was used to predict optimized materials with an enzyme activity that was 50 times greater than that of the free enzyme. The model was also used to set a minimum acceptable mechanical stability for these composites, and the resulting materials were shown to be reusable for at least ten reaction cycles.     

双Schiff碱过渡金属配合物在胶束溶液中催化BNPP水解的研究

双Schiff碱过渡金属配合物和胶束形成的金属胶束作为模拟磷酸二酯水解酶用于催化BNPP水解，探讨了催化作用机理；提出了一种金属胶束催化BNPP水解的动力学数学模型。研究表明，本文所用的金属胶束在适当酸度、温度、介质的条件下对催化BNPP水解具有较高的活性。     

Laccase behavior in the microenvironment of water core within a biosurfactant‐based reversed micelles system rhamnolipid/n‐hexanol/isooctane/water

Compared with synthetic surfactants (cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, sodium bis(2‐ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate and Tween‐80), the properties of the aqueous core as well as the microenvironment behavior were investigated in water‐in‐oil microemulsions, which are formed by water and biosurfactant rhamnolipid (RL) in the solvent of isooctane/n‐hexanol (1:1, v/v). Besides, as a typical substrate of lignocellulose, guaiacol was used to detect the laccase activity in reversed micelles (RMs). The results were eventually confirmed that RL‐based RM system has higher solubilization ability, more friendly environmental compatibility and milder reaction microenvironment than the others. In this study, triangle phase diagram of surfactant/n‐hexanol/isooctane/water was constructed to analyze the variation of phase behavior between each RM system. For the RL‐based RM system, the effect of the molar ratio of water to surfactant (ω₀) on enzyme hydrolytic activity was also determined to be shown as a bell‐shaped curve and presented a maximum at ω₀ = 19; the O―H stretching vibrations of water in aqueous core was also studied by analyzing the IR spectrum over the region of 3050–3750 cm ^{? 1}. Moreover, kinetic studies showed that the catalytic efficiency of the laccase in RL‐based RM system was lower than in aqueous solution. Nevertheless, the RM system obtained the highest hydrolysis rate at RL concentration of 1.0CMC, which is 0.055 mM. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Highly sensitive method for determination of esterase activity of alpha-chymotrypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin-like enzymes using micro high-performance liquid chromatography

A new substrate, Dns-L-phenylalanine ethyl ester, with high UV absorption has been developed for the determination of the esterase activity of alpha-chymotrypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin-like enzymes. The product, generated by the enzyme action, Dns-L-phenylalanine, was clearly separated from the ester substrate by micro reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The substrate was highly stable under the enzyme assay conditions used. As little as 0.15 ng of alpha-chymotrypsin and 1.49 ng of subtilisin BPN' could be detected when a long reaction time was employed. Hydrolyses of the substrate by alpha-chymotrypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin-like enzymes were blocked by specific inhibitors of the enzymes.     

Hydrolysis of BNPP Catalyzed by the Crowned Schiff Base Co(II) Complexes in Micellar Solution

Two symmetrical double aza‐crowned Schiff base cobalt(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized, and the metallomicelle made up of the cobalt(II) complexes and surfactant, as mimic hydrolytic metalloenzyme, was used in catalytic hydrolysis of bis(4‐nitrophenyl) phosphate (BNPP). The analysis of specific absorption spectrums of the hydrolytic reaction systems indicated that key intermediates made up of BNPP and Co(II) complexes are formed in reaction processes of the BNPP catalytic hydrolysis. In this article, the mechanism of BNPP catalytic hydrolysis has been proposed based on the analytic result of specific absorption spectrum. A kinetic mathematical model, for the calculation of the kinetic parameter of BNPP catalytic hydrolysis has been established based on the mechanism proposed. The acid effect of reaction system, the structural effect of the complexes, the effect of surfactant micelles and the effect of temperature on the rate of BNPP hydrolysis catalyzed by the complexes have been discussed.     

阳离子表面活性剂存在下水/有机两相体系中双环戊二烯氢甲酰化

研究了在阳离子表面活性剂存在下水/有机两相中水溶性铑配合物RhCI(CO)(TPPTS)2(TPPTS:P(m-C6H4SO3Na)3)催化双环戊二烯氢甲酰化反应,考察了反应温度、催化剂浓度、不同水溶性膦配体TPPTS和TPPDS(C5H5P(m-C6H4SO3Na)2),以及表面活性剂结构对催化反应的影响.结果表明,...     

一种活性磷酸酯的分子内亲核取代反应动力学研究

合成和表征了大环过渡金属配合物NiL(L:高氯酸-5,7,7,12,14,14-六甲基-1,4,8,11-四氮杂环十四烷)。配合物NiL与表面活性剂组成的金属胶束作为模拟水解金属酶用于催化BNPP水解。提出了BNPP催化水解的机理;建立了用于计算动力学常数的动力学模型;计算了相关的动力学和热力学常数。结果表明,这种金属胶束表现出较高的催化活性;BNPP催化水解反应是分子内亲核取代反应;所提出的机理和建立的动力学模型是合理的。     

Study of the interaction and activation of lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens in surfactant monolayers and precipitates

The activation of lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (PFL) upon its immobilization in surfactant coprecipitates (hexadecane-1,2-diol (HDD), cetyl alcohol (CetOH), N-cetylacetamide (CetAA), and cetylamine (CetNH₂)) organized in monolayers at the interface were studied by the Langmuir—Blodgett monolayer technique. Incorporation of the enzyme into surfactant monolayers at the surface pressure = 10 mN m^–1 results in an apparent increase in the area per molecule. In the series of noncharged surfactants CetOH—HDD—CetAA, this effect increases in proportion to the amount of the enzyme incorporated in the monolayer. The catalytic activity of the lipase—surfactant coprecipitates in an organic solvent as regards esterification increases in the same sequence, indicating similarity of the interaction of lipase with surfactant monolayers and coprecipitates. For = 10 mN m^–1, the CetNH₂ monolayer with liquid-expanded state incorporates the largest amount of the enzyme (PFL : CetNH₂ = 1 : 290); the CetOH monolayer, which exists in the condensed state under the same conditions, incorporates the smallest amount (PFL : CetOH = 1 : 1700). The hydrolytic activity of PFL in mixed monolayers with surfactants increases 1.5—11-fold; the esterification activity in surfactant coprecipitates, 1.6—9-fold. The lipase activation effects are explained by facilitated transport of substrates into mixed monolayers and surfactant—enzyme precipitates in aqueous and organic media, respectively.     

环番作为人工受体和人工酶的研究进展

本文综述了水溶液和有机溶液中环番作为人工受体包结有机分子的行为,重点综述了功能化环番作为人工酶的研究进展。     

苯并氮杂冠醚-15-冠-5 Schiff碱钴(Ⅱ)配合物在胶束中催化BNPP水解研究

在催化磷酸二酯水解的模拟酶模型中,配合物配体结构扮演了非常重要的角色[1-2]。由于冠醚环具有主客体识别功能,在酶学理论中把它作为模拟酶的第一代生物有机体。镶嵌有过渡金属离子的冠醚配合物对催化磷酸二酯水解具有很好的活性[3];Schiff碱过渡金属离子配合物对催化磷酸二酯水解也具有很好的活性[4]。因此,冠醚Schiff碱过渡金属离子配合物对催化磷酸二酯水解也应具有很好的活性,这已有所报道[5]。但冠醚结构和过渡金属离子相同而取代基不同的配合物作为模拟酶催化磷酸二酯水解还未见报道。本文按文献设计合成了三种冠醚结构相同而取代基…     

Mechanisms of the Aspartoacylase Catalytic Activity Regulation According to the Computer Modeling Results

The results of molecular modeling allow us to associate the catalytic activity of aspartoacylase towards the hydrolysis of N-acetylaspartate with the dynamic properties of a dimeric molecule of the enzyme. The availability of the enzyme’s active site for the substrate is controlled by the conformational dynamics of the peptide loops that form a gate to the transport channel in one of the monomers. It is shown that this model explains the results of the experimental studies according to which the point mutation K213E does not affect the catalytic function of the enzyme.     

Enzyme activity and stability control by amphiphilic self-organizing systems in aqueous solutions

The interaction of surfactants with proteins in aqueous solutions has been the subject of many investigations to understand the interactions between membrane proteins and lipids, structurally similar to synthetic surfactants. The effect of surfactant on enzyme structure and activity is the result of chemically selective interactions that may be influenced both by the enzyme structure and by the chemistry of the surfactant. For many years, surfactants have been considered as non-specific denaturants of proteins, even if in the literature several of them are reported to enhance activity and/or stability of some enzymes: the detergent can interact with the enzyme and cause a conformational change to a more active form and/or stabilize its native folded structure. Although the surfactant head group seems to have a determining role, other structural features of the detergent are also important in influencing the catalytic properties of an enzyme, i.e. head group size and its hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance. Up to now it is very difficult to predict the molecular features of the surfactant and an extensive investigation on the relationship between the surfactant chemical structure and the catalytic properties of enzyme is still required.     

两相体系中钌膦配合物催化4—苯基—3—丁烯—2—酮加氢反应的研究

研究了水和有机物组成的两相催化体系中,由ＲｕＣｌ３－ＴＰＰＴＳ（ＴＰＰＴＳ：Ｐ（ｍ－Ｃ６Ｈ４ＳＯ３Ｎａ）３）原位反应生成的催化活性物种对４－苯基－３－丁烯－２－酮（又名苄叉丙酮）的催化加氢反应．考察了钌浓度（１．０×１０－３～６．０×１０－３ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）、氢压（１．０～６．０ＭＰａ）、反应温度（３０～７０℃）、配体浓度（１．２～７．２×１０－２ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）、阳离子表面活性剂（ＣＴＡＢ：十六烷基三甲基溴化铵）及反应时间等对加氢反应活性和选择性的影响,并与以配合物ＲｕＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）３为催化剂前体生成的催化活性物种对加氢反应的活性及选择性进行了比较．结果表明,分别由配合物ＲｕＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）３及ＲｕＣｌ３－ＴＰＰＴＳ原位反应生成的催化活性物种,都只催化４－苯基－３－丁烯－２－酮的Ｃ＝Ｃ键选择加氢．由配合物ＲｕＣｌ２（ＴＰＰＴＳ）３形成的催化体系的加氢活性及选择性均优于ＲｕＣｌ３－ＴＰＰＴＳ原位反应生成的催化活性物种．阳离子表面活性剂的加入,使加氢反应活性下降,选择性略有提高     

Effect of the addition of a nonaqueous polar solvent (glycerol) on enzymatic catalysis in reverse micelles. Hydrolysis of 2-naphthyl acetate by alpha-chymotrypsin

The kinetics of hydrolysis of 2-naphthyl acetate (2-NA) catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin (alpha-CT), in reverse micellar solutions formed by glycerol (GY)-water (38% v/v) mixture/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT)/n-heptane has been determined by spectroscopic measurements. To compare the efficiency of this reaction with that observed in micelles with water in the core, as well as in the corresponding homogeneous media, the reaction was also studied in water/AOT/n-heptane reverse micellar solutions and in both homogeneous media (water and GY-water, 38% v/v mixture). In every media, alpha-CT was characterized by the absorption and emission spectra, the fluorescence lifetimes, and the fluorescence anisotropy of its tryptophan residues. The effect of AOT concentration on the kinetic parameters obtained in the micellar systems was determined, at a constant molar ratio of the inner polar solvent and surfactant. Moreover, the data obtained allowed the evaluation of the 2-NA partition constant between the organic and the micellar pseudophase. It is shown that the addition of GY to the micelle interior results in an increase in the catalytic properties of alpha-CT. The fluorescence anisotropy studies in the different media show that the addition of GY increases the viscosity as compared with the aqueous systems. It seems that the GY addition to the reverse micellar aggregates results in a decrease of the conformational mobility of alpha-CT, which leads to an increase of the enzyme stability and activity.     

Promiscuous partitioning of a covalent intermediate common in the pentein superfamily

Many enzymes in the pentein superfamily use a transient covalent intermediate in their catalytic mechanisms. Here we trap and determine the structure of a stable covalent adduct that mimics this intermediate using a mutant dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase and an alternative substrate. The interactions observed between the enzyme and trapped adduct suggest an altered angle of attack between the nucleophiles of the first and second half-reactions of normal catalysis. The stable covalent adduct is also capable of further reaction. Addition of imidazole rescues the original hydrolytic activity. Notably, addition of other amines instead yields substituted arginine products, which arise from partitioning of the intermediate into the evolutionarily related amidinotransferase reaction pathway. The enzyme provides both selectivity and catalysis for the amidinotransferase reaction, underscoring commonalities among the reaction pathways in this mechanistically diverse enzyme superfamily. The promiscuous partitioning of this intermediate may also help to illuminate the evolutionary history of these enzymes.     

Effect of thermal processing on the flavonols rutin and quercetin

The current research involves the study of the thermal treatment of quercetin and rutin in an aqueous model system (cooking). These substances were heated and their degradation was followed by high-performance liquid chromatography/diode-array detection (HPLC/DAD). The influence of pH and the involvement of oxygen in the degradation were studied. HPLC/electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry (ESI-MS(n)) was used for the structural characterization of the compounds produced. The influence of the degradation of the phenolic compounds on their antioxidant properties was elucidated by a electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry study of the reaction samples mixed with the stabilized radical, Fremy's salt. Strong degradation of the model substances took place under weak basic and oxidative conditions. Quercetin showed the most intense degradation. Protocatechuic acid could be identified as a cleavage reaction product by analyzing its retention time and molar mass during the degradation of quercetin. The structure of a second cleavage product could be identified on the basis of ESI-MS(n) fragmentation data. Also, several structures for reaction products of oxidized quercetin are suggested. The ESR analysis showed a decrease in the antioxidant activity of the reaction samples after heat treatment in aqueous solution.     

Aminolysis ofO-alkylO-4-nitropyenyl chloromethylphosphonates in reverse micellar solutions of the nonionic surfactant

The reaction ofn-hexylamine withO-alkylO-4-nitrophenyl chloromethylphosphonates in toluene solutions of poly(ethylene glycol)-600 monolaurate (PM) has been studied by spectrophotometry. The reverse micelles of the nonionic surfactant increase more than tenfold the observed rate constant of aminolysis. The catalytic activity of the surfactant is practically independent of the alkyl radical length of phosphonate. An increase in the concentration of amine results in a decrease in the catalytic efficiency. The character of the dependence of the rate constant on the concentration of PM is affected by the alkyl chain length of the substrate. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1735–1738, September, 1998.     

Development of a liquid chromatography-based screening methodology for proteolytic enzyme activity

A new methodology for the detection and isolation of serine proteases in complex mixtures has been developed. It combines the characterization of crude samples by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) in a multi-substrate assay and the differentiated sensitive detection of the responsible enzymes by means of liquid chromatography hyphenated online to biochemical detection (BCD). First, active samples are identified in the multi-substrate assay monitoring the conversion of eight substrates in multiple reaction monitoring in parallel within 60 s. Hereby, the product patterns are investigated and the suitable peptide as substrate for BCD analysis is selected. Subsequently, the active proteases are identified online in the continuous-flow reactor serving as BCD after non-denaturing separation by size-exclusion chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. For BCD, the selected para-nitroaniline (pNA) labeled peptide is added post-column and is cleaved by eluting proteases under release of the coloured pNA in a reaction coil (reaction time 5 min). The method was optimized and the figures of merit were characterized with trypsin and chymotrypsin serving as the model proteases. For trypsin, a limit of detection in LC–BCD of 0.1 U/mL corresponding to an injected amount of 0.4 ng protein (∼18 fmol) was observed. The BCD signal remained linear for an injected enzyme concentration of 0.3–10 U/mL (1.3–42 ng enzyme). The method was applied to the characterization of the crude venom of the pit viper Bothrops moojeni and the extracellular protease of the pathogenic amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. In the two samples, fractions with proteolytic activity potentially interfering with the blood coagulation cascade were identified. The described methodology represents a tool for serine protease screening in complex mixtures by a fast ESI-MS/MS identification of active samples followed by the separation and isolation of active sample constituents in LC–BCD.