title: A 10(10) Rate Enhancement of Phosphodiester Hydrolysis by a Dinuclear Aminopeptidase-Transition-State Analogues as Substrates?
abstract: Streptomyces dizinc aminopeptidase (sAP) shows a specific activity of 33.7 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) toward the hydrolysis of the transition-state analogue bis-p-nitrophenylphosphate with a rate constant of k(cat)/K(m)=100 M(-1) s(-1) and a first-order rate enhancement of about 10(10), which is much superior to several Zn chemical models and comparable to some phosphodiesterases. This study suggests that sAP can serve as a novel dinuclear model system to provide further insight into dinuclear hydrolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and, Institute for Biomolecular Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620-5250 (USA).
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ming