BB450 exam 2 Flashcards
proteases
enzymes that cleave peptide bonds
catalyze addition of water
chymotrypsin is a ___ protease
serine
catalytic triad
serine H - histidine - aspartic acid
catalysis of serine proteases
- binding of substrate
- conformational change –> alkoxide ion
- attack of alkoxide ion on carbonyl carbon of peptide bond –> unstable intermediate
- stabilization of intermediate –> breaking peptide bond (one side attached to serine, other side released)
- water enters active site
- activation of water by removal of proton from histidine
- attach of hydroxyl on carbonyl carbon attached to serine
- release of second peptide and regeneration of original active site
alkoxide ion formation
binding of substrate brings histidine closer to hydroxyl group of serine and extracting protein
oxyanion hole
stabilizes tetrahedreal intermediate that arises twice during catalysis, keeps intermediate from reacting with enzymes (adjacent to active site/catalytic triad)
S1 pocket
where substrate binds and catalysis occurs (adjacent to active site/catalytic triad)
determines serine protease’s specificity
S1 pocket of chymotrypsin
hydrophobic and relatively large (to bind to phenylalanine)
S1 pocket of trypsin
negatively charged to bind to lysine or arginine
chymotrypsin cuts at
adjacent to phenylalanine (and other hydrophobic aa)
aspartyl proteases
use 2 aspartic acid side chains to hold water in place; use ion to act as nucleophile to attach peptide bond
metalloproteases
use metal ion to hold water in place so can be ionized to act as nucleophile to attach peptide bond
Carbonic Anhydrase
enzyme that catalyzes joining of CO2 and water to form carbonic anhydrase
carbonic anhydrase process
zinc ion held by 3 histidines in active site bind water molecule
loss of proton my water –> catalysis
carbonic anhydrase max effective at
high pH - protons easily removed
limiting step in carbonic anhydrase
abstraction of proton from water
buffers and/or bases help facilitate this
restriction enzymes/endonucleases
bacterial enzymes that can cleave DNA by breaking phosphodiester bond between adjacent nucleotides
restriction enzymes are defense against ___
viruses
___ prevents restriction enzyme from cutting DNA
methyl group (mathylase puts methyl group on nucleotide) cellular, methylated DNA remains uncut, invading viral DNA (not methylated) gets cut and destroyed
Myosins
translate ATP energy into movement
ATCase catalyzes
1st reaction in CTP synthesis (pyrimidine synthesis)
*does not synthesize CTP
substrate of ATCase
aspartate - substrate at active site
indicates cell’s readiness to divide
hold in R state (active)
CTP inhibits
ATCase - feedback inhibition (mediated allosterically)
CTP locks it in T state (can’t flip to R anymore)
____ activates ATCase
ATP and aspartate
ATP and ATCase
activates
ATP is a purine, indicates high energy of cell–> cell is ready to divide
hold is R state (active)
structure of ATCase
12 subunits: 6 catalytic, 6 regulatory
ATP and CTP bound at regulatory subunit
aspartate bound at catalytic substrate at active site
PALA
binds to active site of ATCase covalently
suicide inhibitor
locks enzyme in R state, blocks access to active site
acts like aspartate (proves aspartate is causing to be in R state)
concerted model
ATCase can flip between R and T state all by itself, allosteric effects lock it in state
no cause/effect sequential model like hemoglobin
Protein Kinase A
attaches phosphates to serine or threonine
controlled by allosteric means
2 regulatory, 2 catalytic subunits: R2C2
control whether enzymes are active or inactive
when catalytic subunits bind to regulatory subunits of Protein Kinase A
cannot catalyze reactions
when cAMP binds to regulatory subunits of Protein Kinase A
catalytic subunits released and active
phosphatases
remove phosphates
cAMP
signaling molecule, activated Protein Kinase A
Protein Kinase A activates enzymes involved in…
breakdown of glycogen and synthesis of glucose
in liver
epinephrine–>cAMP–>protein kinase A–>phosphorylates enzymes–>activates production of glucose
phosphodiesterase
breaks down cAMP
stopping breakdown of glycogen and reducing blood glucose to normal
caffeine…
inhibitor of phosphodiesterase, favors high blood glucose levels
zymogens
enzymes that are synthesized in an inactive form
activation requires covalent modification, usually proteolytic cleavage
digestive enzymes
trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidase
proteolytic enzymes
break down proteins, needed for digestion
take ___ to activate a protease
another protease
pancreatitis
proteolytic enzymes attack pancreas (where they’re made) overly active, get activated closer to pancreas
___ is primary activator or proteolytic enzymes
trypsin
chymotrypsinogen –> chymotrypsin
requires trypsin
makes initial cleave between aa 15 and 16 (disulfide bonds keep them from coming completely apart)
becomes pi-chymotrypsin, cleaves itself to remove 2 dipeptides–> full chymotrypsin activity (3 polypeptide pieces held together by disulfide bonds)
pi-chymotrypsin
intermediately active form
after trypsin makes initial cleave between aa 15 and 16
alpha one antitrypsin
protease inhibitor that stops elastase in lungs from getting too active
(plugs up active site of trypsin, works better on elastase but already got name)
elastase
breaks down proteins we breath in
is elastase is too active –>
emphysema
smokers and alpha one antitrypsin
oxidize methionine in alpha one antitrypsin
prevents it from binding to elastase
elastase too active –> emphysema
blood clotting general
2 pathways possible
blood clot is self assembly of fibrin
blood clotting pathway
prothrombin bind to calcium and held at wound site
prothrombin –> thrombin
thrombin converts fibrinogen –> fibrin
fibrin polymer hardens by glutaminase
fibrinogen
alpha, beta, and gamma chains
dimer
alpha has A on end, beta has B on end
fibrinogen –> fibrin
thrombin clips A and B portions of alpha and beta of fibrinogen, polymerization
alpha left over fits into gamma
beta left over fits into hole on beta structure
transglutaminase (glutaminase)
hardens fibrin polymer
combines side chains of glutamine and lysine with covalent bond
covalent bond gives strength to clot
binding of prothrombin to calcium…
anchors prothrombrin in phospholipid membranes derived from blood platelets after injury
prothrombin converted to thrombin at this site
enable prothrombin to bind calcium…
glutamate resides must be carboxylated
this reaction catalyzed by enzyme that uses vitamin K as cofactor
block action of vitamin K…
anticlotter
how blood thinners works (Coumadin, warfarin)
competitive inhibitor: compete with vit. K for active site
plasmin
removal of blood clots
synthesized by plasminogen
t-PA
tissue type plasminogen activator
plasminogen –> plasmin
effective in inhibiting cascade to dissolve unwanted clot from stroke or heart attack
serine protease
glucose is an ___
aldohexose
most abundant sugar
glyceraldehyde
aldo-triose
simplest saccharide we call carb
dihydroxyacetone
keto-triose
simplest saccharide we call carb
D
2nd to last hydroxyl on right
most biological sugars
L
second to last hydroxyl on left
enantiomers
non superimposable mirror images
diasteriomers
differ in sterioisomeric configuration, not mirror images
epimers and anomers
epimer
differ in configuration of 1 carbon
anomer
differ in configuration of anomeric carbon
isomer
same formula, different structure
enantiomers and diasteriomers (epimers and anomers)
furanoses
5 carbon rings
pyranoses
6 carbon rings
ring structure arise from…
formation of hemiacetals or hemiketals
cyclization creates__
a new asymmetric carbon = anomeric carbon
carbon that was aldehyde or ketone
anomeric carbon can be ___
alpha (down) or beta (up) configuration
if hydroxyl group on anomeric carbon is unaltered
ring and linear forms can reversibly form
if hydroxyl group of anomeric carbon is altered (my methylation)
linear structure cannot form and flipping cannot occur
glycoside
altering hydroxyl group on anomeric carbon
commonly created during formation of disaccharides and longer carbs
form glycosidic bonds