Cycle direct mechanisms

Temkin (5,10,11) presented additional studies extending the original ideas of Horiuti to establish the number of routes or mathematically independent mechanisms consistent with a given initial choice of elementary steps. He showed that the algebra of reaction routes was consistent with the specification of the dimension of the space of such routes and that such a basis could include empty routes for which no net reaction occurs. However, instead of using such empty routes or cycles to generate the complete list of direct mechanisms as discussed in Section III,A, he assumed that such cycles could be disregarded in their effect on reaction mechanisms but not on kinetics. This is inconsistent with the treatment in this article since we assume that such cycles would not occur. 

In a chemical system there is a unique collection of mechanisms, called the direct mechanisms of the system, which will be shown to be the fundamental constituents of any mechanism. Milner (8) called them direct paths and Sellers (9)— cycle-free mechanisms. ... 

The extent to which any given direct mechanisms may be combined without cycle formation can be determined by noting whether such combinations contain irreducible cycles. The latter are the cycles with a minimal number of steps which characterize a given system. They can be determined by a procedure that is analogous to that for finding direct mechanisms [Sellers (9a). For a multiple overall reaction, the relative degrees of advancement for each of the simple overall reactions chosen as a basis introduce additional restrictions on the allowable cycle free combinations) [Sellers (9b)]. 

Let us find every direct mechanism for a given overall reaction r. Assume r to be of the general form given in Eq. (14) and of multiplicity R (R = Q - H), which means that an expression for it contains R parameters. Any mechanism for r is of the general form given in Eq. (13) and depends not only on the R parameters in its reaction, but on C additional parameters, where C is the dimension of the space of all cycles (R + C = S — H). Therefore, to determine a unique mechanism for r, we need to determine C parameters, and they can be chosen to make it a direct mechanism by the following reasoning ... 

To find each direct mechanism, expand m + nj + + cnc to a linear combination of steps, and set C coefficients equal to zero, where the choice of coefficients is made as follows The cycles are of the following form ... 

Such rate expressions are often termed Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson (LHHW) equations and are widely used in chemical engineering [see Froment and BischofT (79)]. The usual procedure is to postulate plausible mechanisms without considering cycles, as in Example 1. In such cases it may be desirable to develop the complete list of possible direct mechanisms even if further considerations can rule out some as being unlikely. The following example illustrates a typical case. 

Since there are no cycles in the system, the general mechanism (32) is a direct mechanism for a multiple overall reaction (33), where p and a are unrestricted... 

One other item is worth noting in this example. Since s4 and s7 appear only in the cycle, to omit either one from the choice of possible steps would reduce the system to a unique direct mechanism with a multiplicity of two. But it would not be possible to eliminate further steps and still obtain a reaction among all the terminal species as we were able to do in Example 5. 

The cycle matrix of Table XXII is a tabulation of mechanism (43) with p = 0, a = 0, and t = 0, and the row vector (51) consists of the coefficients in (43) with = 0, x = 0, and ij/ = 0. Any three independent cycles could have been chosen to generate Table XXII and any mechanism for the overall reaction could have been chosen to establish the row vector (45). The choices we made are arbitrary and depend on the diagonalization procedure used to find the matrix of Table XXI, which is far from unique. The important point is that the list of direct mechanisms we are looking for is unique and independent of how the above choices are made. 

MCS) remains uncoordinated. It is important to note that on the contrary to what is typically observed with most other complexes, the olefin does not form an adduct with the metal center, but reacts directly with the sulfur-based ligand. After reduction of complex 48 the olefin can be released and complex 46 recovered, thus closing the cycle. This mechanism of the trapping of ethylene probably involves thiy 1-radical ligands as intermediates. 

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Catalytic and single-turnover experiments with the R. sphaeroides DMSO reductase, 0-labeled DMSO and l,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane as an oxygen atom acceptor have been used to demonstrate that the enzyme is an oxotransferase. Complementary resonance Raman studies have been interpreted on the basis of a direct mechanism for OAT, with the active site cycling between mono-oxo-Mo(VI) and des-oxo-Mo(IV) forms via a DMSO-bound Mo(IV) intermediate. Both MPT dithiolene groups stay firmly attached to the molybdenum throughout the catalytic cycle. However, EPR and UV/visible spectroscopic evidence has been interpreted on the basis of the species formed upon the addition of DMS to oxidized... 

Ascorbic acid deficiency also reduces the activity of several dehydrogenases involved in the Krebs cycle. The mechanism by which the vitamin leads to such alteration is not clear, but the effect is reversed by insulin administration. Thus, miscellaneous observations on the effect of ascorbic acid on carbohydrate metabolism have been made, but they are difficult to interpret because no specific coenzyme effect of ascorbic acid has been demonstrated. Again, ascorbic acid is assumed to be directly involved in an electron transport chain that involves cytochrome and NAD. The vitamin may also affect the electron transport chain indirectly because a decrease in NADH concentration has been observed in vitamin C deficiency. But this decrease may also result from an interference with the insulin production because it is... 

Phosphoribulokinase, the other unique enzyme of the reductive pentose cycle together with RuDP carboxylase, is also located exclusively in the chloroplasts and is likewise subject to activation by light, but apparently by a diflerent and more direct mechanism. Kinetic studies by Gibbs and collaborators have shown that Ru5P kinase is activated 2-to 4-fold by illumination of intact chloroplast preparations, with a half-time of less than 15 seconds. The photoactivated state of the enzyme decays in the dark with a half-time of about 8 minutes. Since dark incubation of broken chloroplasts with dithiothreitol causes... 

The cycle was originally proposed as a mechanism for the terminal oxidation of carbohydrate. It was always obvious that it must also apply to parts of the protein molecule because several amino acids yield members of the cycle directly—glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and alanine—or indirectly—histidine, proline, arginine, and others. Work carried out during the last decade with the help of specially prepared tissue extracts and of isotopes has produced conclusive evidence in support of the conception that the tricarboxylic acid cycle is also the terminal mechanism of the oxidation of fatty acids and ketone bodies. These substances all form the same derivative of acetic acid—acetyl coenzyme A— which can condense with oxalacetate to form citrate. The pathway leading from various... 

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