Alanine Racemase Free Energy Profiles from Global Analyses of Progress Curves
- 27 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 126 (24) , 7464-7475
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja049579h
Abstract
Free energy profiles for alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus have been determined at pH 6.9 and 8.9 from global analysis of racemization progress curves. This required a careful statistical design due to the problems in finding the global minimum in mean square for a system with eight adjustable parameters (i.e., the eight rate constants that describe the stepwise chemical mechanism). The free energy profiles obtained through these procedures are supported by independent experimental evidence: (1) steady-state kinetic constants, (2) solvent viscosity dependence, (3) spectral analysis of reaction intermediates, (4) equilibrium overshoots for progress curves measured in D2O, and (5) the magnitudes of calculated intrinsic kinetic isotope effects. The free energy profiles for the enzyme are compared to those of the uncatalyzed and the PLP catalyzed reactions. At pH 6.9, PLP lowers the free energy of activation for deprotonation by 8.4 kcal/mol, while the inclusion of apoenzyme along with PLP additionally lowers it by 11 kcal/mol.Keywords
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