The carboxypeptidase Y-catalysed hydrolysis of aryl trimethylacetates: The nature of the deacylation reaction of trimethylacetylcarboxypeptidase Y

Kenneth T. Douglas, Yasushi Nakagawa, Thomas Kaiser*

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Abstract

The identical kcat values obtained for the trimethylacetyl esters of 4-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, and 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol support the intermediacy of a trimethylacetyl enzyme in the esterase action of yeast carboxypeptidase Y, the deacylation of which depends on the ionization of an acidic species (pKapp = 5·1) with limiting kcat values of 0·9 × 10-2 s-1 and 2·2 × 10-2 s-1 in acidic and basic solutions, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)429-430
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1975

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