Steroids and steroidases. IX. Activation parameters and the mechanism of base- and enzyme-catalyzed isomerizations of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione. The nature of the active center of the Δ⁵ → Δ⁴-3-ketosteroid isomerase of Pseudomonas testosteroni

1 December 1969

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Vol. 47 (23) , 4459-4466
https://doi.org/10.1139/v69-735

Abstract

Determination of the activation parameters for the acid-, base-, and enzyme-catalyzed isomerizations of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione has revealed that the facility of the enzymic process is mainly due to an extremely low enthalpy of activation of 5.0 kcal mole⁻¹. Further circumstantial evidence regarding the nature of the reacting groups at the active center has also been obtained, and a mechanism of enzyme action is proposed employing tyrosine and histidine as the principal amino acids responsible for catalyzing the isomerization.

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Steroids and steroidases. IX. Activation parameters and the mechanism of base- and enzyme-catalyzed isomerizations of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione. The nature of the active center of the Δ5 → Δ4-3-ketosteroid isomerase of Pseudomonas testosteroni

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Steroids and steroidases. IX. Activation parameters and the mechanism of base- and enzyme-catalyzed isomerizations of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione. The nature of the active center of the Δ⁵ → Δ⁴-3-ketosteroid isomerase of Pseudomonas testosteroni