Kinetic enzyme reaction

Reversibly fonned micelles have long been of interest as models for enzymes, since tliey provide an amphipatliic environment attractive to many substrates. Substrate binding (non-covalent), saturation kinetics and competitive inliibition are kinetic factors common to botli enzyme reaction mechanism analysis and micellar binding kinetics. 

Kinases (Section 28 3) Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of phosphate from ATP to some other molecule Kinetically controlled reaction (Section 10 10) Reaction in which the major product is the one that is formed at the fastest rate... 

End Point vs Kinetic Methods. Samples may be assayed for enzymes, ie, biocatalysts, and for other substances, all of which are referred to as substrates. The assay reactions for substrates and enzymes differ in that substrates themselves are converted into some detectable product, whereas enzymes are detected indirectly through their conversion of a starting reagent A into a product B. The corresponding reaction curves, or plots of detector response vs time, differ for these two reaction systems, as shown in Eigure 2. Eigure 2a illustrates a typical substrate reaction curve Eigure 2b shows a typical enzyme reaction curve (see Enzyme applications). 

The response of the immobilized enzyme electrode can be made independent of the enzyme concentration by using a large excess of enzyme at the electrode surface. The electrode response is limited by the mass transport of the substrate. Using an excess of enzyme often results in longer electrode lifetimes, increased linear range, reduced susceptibiUty to pH, temperature, and interfering species (58,59). At low enzyme concentrations the electrode response is governed by the kinetics of the enzyme reaction. 

For a somewhat more extensive exposure to enzyme reaction kinetics, consult standard biochemistry texts and also Dixon, M. and E. C. Webb, Enzymes, 2d ed.. Academic Press, 1964 Segal, I. H., Enzyme Kinetics, Wiley, 1975 Gacesa, P. and J. Hubble, Enzyme Technology, Open University Press, England, 1987. 

This chapter solely reviews tlie kinetics of enzyme reactions, modeling, and simulation of biochemical reactions and scale-up of bioreactors. More comprehensive treatments of biochemical reactions, modeling, and simulation are provided by Bailey and Ollis [2], Bungay [3], Sinclair and Kristiansen [4], Volesky and Votruba [5], and Ingham et al. [6]. 

On the other hand, for an enzyme that obeys Michaelis-Menten kinetics, the reaction is viewed as being first-order in S at low S and zero-order in S at high S. (See Chapter 14, where this distinction is discussed.)... 

It is not unusual for the full chemical potential of a reaction to be diminished by slower transport processes (i.e., to be transport limited). In fast liquid phase enzyme reactions, mechanical stirring rates can have a strong influence on the observed kinetics that may be limited by the rate of contacting of the reactants and enzymes. Most heterogeneous catalytic reactions take... 

Each of the processes shown in Figure 2.8 can be described by a Michaelis-Menten type of biochemical reaction, a standard generalized mathematical equation describing the interaction of a substrate with an enzyme. Michaelis and Men ten realized in 1913 that the kinetics of enzyme reactions differed from the kinetics of conventional... 

Enzyme reaction kinetics were modelled on the basis of rapid equilibrium assumption. Rapid equilibrium condition (also known as quasi-equilibrium) assumes that only the early components of the reaction are at equilibrium.8-10 In rapid equilibrium conditions, the enzyme (E), substrate (S) and enzyme-substrate (ES), the central complex equilibrate rapidly compared with the dissociation rate of ES into E and product (P ). The combined inhibition effects by 2-ethoxyethanol as a non-competitive inhibitor and (S)-ibuprofen ester as an uncompetitive inhibition resulted in an overall mechanism, shown in Figure 5.20. 

The kinetics of enzyme reactions were first studied by the German chemists Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten in the early part of the twentieth century. They found that, when the concentration of substrate is low, the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction increases with the concentration of the substrate, as shown in the plot in Fig. 13.41. However, when the concentration of substrate is high, the reaction rate depends only on the concentration of the enzyme. In the Michaelis-Menten mechanism of enzyme reaction, the enzyme, E, and substrate, S, reach a rapid preequilibrium with the bound enzyme-substrate complex, ES ... 

Other analyzers such as the Gilford Automated Enzyme Analyzer and the LKB-8600 Reaction Rate Analyzer analyze discrete samples one at a time. These instruments provide kinetic analyses, digital data reduction at the time each sample is analyzed, and excellent electronic and optical characteristics. Recently, Atwood has developed kinetic enzyme analyzers which require only 9 seconds for measuring an enzyme activity, using highly stable and sensitive electronic circuits (12). This short read out time allows a large number of samples to be processed by one instrument in an automated mode. 

Enzyme linked electrochemical techniques can be carried out in two basic manners. In the first approach the enzyme is immobilized at the electrode. A second approach is to use a hydrodynamic technique, such as flow injection analysis (FIAEC) or liquid chromatography (LCEC), with the enzyme reaction being either off-line or on-line in a reactor prior to the amperometric detector. Hydrodynamic techniques provide a convenient and efficient method for transporting and mixing the substrate and enzyme, subsequent transport of product to the electrode, and rapid sample turnaround. The kinetics of the enzyme system can also be readily studied using hydrodynamic techniques. Immobilizing the enzyme at the electrode provides a simple system which is amenable to in vivo analysis. 

Equations (2.10) and (2.12) are identical except for the substitution of the equilibrium dissociation constant Ks in Equation (2.10) by the kinetic constant Ku in Equation (2.12). This substitution is necessary because in the steady state treatment, rapid equilibrium assumptions no longer holds. A detailed description of the meaning of Ku, in terms of specific rate constants can be found in the texts by Copeland (2000) and Fersht (1999) and elsewhere. For our purposes it suffices to say that while Ku is not a true equilibrium constant, it can nevertheless be viewed as a measure of the relative affinity of the ES encounter complex under steady state conditions. Thus in all of the equations presented in this chapter we must substitute Ku for Ks when dealing with steady state measurements of enzyme reactions. 

We can now relate the kinetic constants kCM, Ku, and kcJKM to specific portions of the enzyme reaction mechanism. From our discussions above we have seen that the term kCM relates to the reaction step of ES conversion to ES. Hence experimental perturbations (e.g., changes in solution conditions, changes in substrate identity, mutations of the enzyme, and the presence of a specific inhibitor) that exclusively affect kCM are exerting their effect on catalysis at the ES to ES transition step. The term KM relates mainly to the dissociation reaction of the encounter complex ES returning to E + S. Conversely, the reciprocal of Ku (1IKU) relates to the association step of E and S to form ES. Inhibitors and other perturbations that affect the... 

Figure 2.8 Relationship between steady state kinetic constants and specific portions of the enzyme reaction pathway.

In this chapter we have seen that enzymatic catalysis is initiated by the reversible interactions of a substrate molecule with the active site of the enzyme to form a non-covalent binary complex. The chemical transformation of the substrate to the product molecule occurs within the context of the enzyme active site subsequent to initial complex formation. We saw that the enormous rate enhancements for enzyme-catalyzed reactions are the result of specific mechanisms that enzymes use to achieve large reductions in the energy of activation associated with attainment of the reaction transition state structure. Stabilization of the reaction transition state in the context of the enzymatic reaction is the key contributor to both enzymatic rate enhancement and substrate specificity. We described several chemical strategies by which enzymes achieve this transition state stabilization. We also saw in this chapter that enzyme reactions are most commonly studied by following the kinetics of these reactions under steady state conditions. We defined three kinetic constants—kai KM, and kcJKM—that can be used to define the efficiency of enzymatic catalysis, and each reports on different portions of the enzymatic reaction pathway. Perturbations... 

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M. Stoytcheva, Electrochemical evaluation of the kinetic parameters of a heterogeneous enzyme reaction in presence of metal ions. Electroanalysis 14, 923-927 (2002). 

Nannipieri P, Gianfreda L (1999) Kinetics of enzyme reactions in soil environments. In Huang PM, Senesi N, Buffle J (eds) Structure and surface reactions of soil particles, vol 4, IUPAC series on analytical and physical chemistry of environmental systems. Wiley Chichester UK, pp 449-479... 

The most well-studied enzyme catalyzes the reaction S P. The kinetic question is how time influences the amount of S and P. In the absence of enzyme, the conversion of S to P is slow and uncontrolled. In the presence of a specific enzyme (S-to-Pase1), S is converted swiftly and specifically to product. S-to-Pase is specific it will not convert A to B or X to Y. Enzymes also provide a rate acceleration. If you compare the rate of a chemical reaction in solution with the rate of the same reaction with the reactants bound to the enzyme, the enzyme reaction will occur up to 1014 times faster. 

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