title: Purification and kinetic mechanism of the major glutathione S-transferase from bovine brain.
abstract: The major glutathione S-transferase isoenzyme from bovine brain was isolated and purified approx. 500-fold. The enzyme has a pI of 7.39 +/- 0.02 and consists of two non-identical subunits having apparent Mr values of 22,000 and 24,000. The enzyme is uniformly distributed in brain, and kinetic data at pH 6.5 with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) as substrate suggest a random rapid-equilibrium mechanism. The kinetics of inhibition by product, by GSH analogues and by NADH are consistent with the suggested mechanism and require inhibitor binding to several different enzyme forms. Long-chain fatty acids are excellent inhibitors of the enzyme, and values of 1nKi for hexanoic acid, octanoic acid, decanoic acid and lauric acid form a linear series when plotted as a function of alkyl chain length. A free-energy change of -1900 J/mol (-455 cal/mol) per CH2 unit is calculated for the contribution of hydrophobic binding energy to the inhibition constants. The turnover number of the purified enzyme dimer is approx. 3400/min. When compared with the second-order rate constant for the reaction between CDNB and GSH, the enzyme is providing a rate acceleration of about 1000-fold. The role of entropic contributions to this small rate acceleration is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Briedis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics
chemical_list: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D007527:Isoenzymes; D005982:Glutathione Transferase