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SUBMITTER: Radisky ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC124911 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radisky Evette S ES Koshland Daniel E DE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020725 16
A classical peptide inhibitor of serine proteases that is hydrolyzed approximately 10(7) times more slowly than a good substrate is shown to form an acyl-enzyme intermediate rapidly. Despite this quick first step, further reaction is slowed dramatically because of tight and oriented binding of the cleaved peptide, preventing acyl-enzyme hydrolysis and favoring the reverse reaction. Moreover, this mechanism appears to be common to a large class of tight-binding serine protease inhibitors that mim ...[more]