Evidence for histidine in the active site of papain.
S S Husain, G Lowe
Index: Biochem. J. 108(5) , 855-9, (1968)
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Abstract
Papain was irreversibly inhibited by 1,3-dibromoacetone, a reagent designed to react first with the active-site cysteine residue and subsequently with a second nucleophile. The molecular weight of the inhibited enzyme was indistinguishable from that of papain itself, and no evidence of dimeric or oligomeric species was found. The optical-rotatory-dispersion curves of chloroacetone-inhibited papain and 1,3-dibromoacetone-inhibited papain were essentially similar. Amino acid analysis of the 1,3-dibromo[2-(14)C]acetone-inhibited enzyme and the performic acid-oxidized material clearly showed that a cysteine and histidine residue had been alkylated through the thiol and N-1 of the imidazole group respectively. These groups must therefore be within 5å of each other in the tertiary structure of papain. Possible mechanistic implications are briefly discussed.
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