Denaturation hydrochloric acid

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Proteins are first denatured by the stomach s hydrochloric acid (see p. 270), making them more susceptible to attack by the endopeptidases (proteinases) present in gastric and pancreatic juice. The peptides released by endopeptidases are further degraded into amino acids by exopeptidases. Finally, the amino acids are resorbed by the intestinal mucosa in cotransport with Na"" ions (see p. 220). There are separate transport systems for each of the various groups of amino acids. 

The hydrochloric acid in gastric juice is important for digestion. It activates pepsinogen to form pepsin (see below) and creates an optimal pH level for it to take effect. It also denatures food proteins so that they are more easily attacked by proteinases, and it kills micro-organisms. 

Hydrochloric acid Stomach acid is too dilute (pH 2 to 3) to hydrolyze proteins. The acid functions instead to kill some bacte ria and to denature proteins, thus making them more susceptible to subsequent hydrolysis by proteases. 

In the stomach, hydrochloric acid denatures dietary proteins, making them more susceptible to proteases. Pepsin, an enzyme secreted in zymogen form by the serous cells of the stomach, releases peptides and a few free amino acids from dietary proteins. 

The hydrochloric acid lowers the pH of the stomach contents to pH2, which kills most microorganisms and denatures proteins, making their peptide bonds more accessible to enzymatic hydrolysis. 

A similar difference is found if the sera are tested with pepsin in dilute solutions of hydrochloric acid. The higher protein waves in the normal sera, in comparison with carcinomatic sera, indicate higher content of polarographically active groups liberated through denaturation or peptic cleavage. 

In the case of beakers, the cleaning is simple abrasive powders, soap and water, and a brush or metal spatula carefully handled can remove most residues. In flasks, particularly distilling flasks, the cleaning often presents a difficult problem. If the residue is not tightly-adhering tarry carbon, it can often be removed by washing with denatured alcohol, acetone, kerosene, or other cheap solvent. If the residue is not easily removed, warming with dilute hydrochloric acid or 10 per cent sodium hydroxide may be of aid. Finally,... 

Hydrochloric acid in the demineralizing compartment dissolves the bone mineral and denatures exposed collagen fibers for hydrolysis by cathepsin K. This lysosomal endopro-tease (Fig. 10.4a and b) has a cysteine thiol group at its catalytic center (Table 7.1 Fig. 10.4c). Cathepsin K is secreted in larger amounts than other lysosomal proteases and its specificity is due to unique amino acid residues around the peptide binding site. The enzyme hydrolyzes a) ) and a2(I) polypeptides from incompletely denatured fibers in the demineralizing compartment, leaving the cross-linked, telopeptide ends (Sect. 4.2.2). 

Although the cytoplasm of the cell and the fluids that bathe the cells have a pH that is carefully controlled so that it remains at about pH 7, there are environments within the body in which enzymes must function at a pH far from 7. Protein sequences have evolved that can maintain the proper three-dimensional structure under extreme conditions of pH. For instance, the pH of the stomach is approximately 2 as a result of the secretion of hydrochloric acid by specialized cells of the stomach lining. The proteolytic digestive enzyme pepsin must effectively degrade proteins at this extreme pH. In the case of pepsin the enzyme has evolved in such a way that it can maintain a stable tertiary structure at a pH of 2 and is catalytically most active in the hydrolysis of peptides that have been denatured by very low pH. Thus pepsin has a pH optimum of 2. 

Depending upon use and stability, commercial enzymes are marketed as liquid or solid preparations. It was found that the enzyme could be recovered as a solid product by the conventional method of alcohol precipitation employed for other solid commercial enzyme products. The most efficient process was found to be evaporation of the clear filtrate to one-third original volume, adjustment of pH to 3.2 by addition of hydrochloric acid, and addition of 3.5 volumes of cold special denatured alcohol, formula 35A. The precipitate was allowed to settle, clear supernatant decanted, the precipitate washed with an equal volume of alcohol, and filtered in a filter press. The solid was washed in the press with anhydrous alcohol, blown with dry air, and finally dried in a vacuum oven at 36°C. 

Hydrochloric acid (HCl), also called gastric acid, is secreted by parietal cells of the stomach into the stomach lumen, where the strong acidity denatures ingested proteins so they can be degraded by digestive enzymes. When the stomach contents are released into the lumen of the small intestine, gastric acid is neutralized by bicarbonate secreted from pancreatic cells and by cells in the intestinal lining. 

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Pspsin (EC 3.4.23.1) a protease in the stomach of all vertebrates with the exception of stomachless fish (e.g. carp). Purified P. shows maximal activity at pH 1-2, but in the stomach the optimal pH is 2-4. Above pH 6, P. is inactivated by denaturation. It preferentially catalyses hydrolysis of peptide bonds between two hydrophobic amino acids (Phe-Leu, Phe-Phe, Phe-TyrT With the exception of protamines, keratin, mucin, ovomucoid and other carbohydrate-rich proteins, most proteins are attacked by P. The products of P. action are peptone, i. e. mixtures of peptides in the M range 300-3,000. P. is a highly acidic (pi 1), single chain phosphoprotein (327 amino acid residues of known primary sequence, M, 34,500), which is released from its zymogen (pepsinogen, 42,500) by autocatalysis in the presence of hydrochloric acid. 

An especially pure HA product for medical use, particularly for ophthalmology, was obtained in 1980 by Swedish company Pharmacia under the name Healon [4]. The production method includes the following stages. The grounded animal tissue was treated with 95% ethanol denaturated with chloroform for 24h. Treatment was repeated several times until the solution stayed colourless and transparent. Then HA was extracted with mixture of water and chloroform 20 1. The mixture was stirred and let to stay without stirring for 24h at 4-25°C, the mixture filtered, and the extraction repeated twice. Aqueous sodium chloride and chloroform 1 1 were added to combined extracts and a mixture was stirred for 3-5 h at 4-25°C. Then the mixture was kept until full fractions separated and organic fraction was isolated. The aqueous fraction was treated with hydrochloric acid till pH 4-5 and the equal volume of chloroform was added again. The procedure was repeated until the chloroform layer became transparent. 

The major role of proteins is to provide amino acids for the synthesis of new proteins for the body and nitrogen atoms for the synthesis of compounds such as nucleotides. In stage 1, the digestion of proteins begins in the stomach, where hydrochloric acid (HCl) at pH 2 denatures the proteins and activates enzymes such as pepsin that begin to hydrolyze peptide bonds. Polypeptides move out of the stomach into the small intestine, where trypsin and chymotrypsin complete the hydrolysis of the peptides to amino acids. The amino acids are absorbed through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream for transport to the cells (seeFigure 18.5). 

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