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SUBMITTER: Wu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3162075 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Shanshan S Zhang Chunchun C Cao Ruyin R Xu Dingguo D Guo Hua H
The journal of physical chemistry. B 20110805 34
The dipeptide glycyl-L-tyrosine (GY) can be either a substrate for carboxypeptidase A (CPA) or an inhibitor, depending on pH. In this work, we investigate the pH-dependent reactivity of this dipeptide in CPA-catalyzed hydrolysis using a combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical method. It is shown that the monoionic form of the dipeptide, prevalent at high pH, chelates the active site zinc ion, rendering the enzyme inactive. This inhibitory form is consistent with an earlier X-ray str ...[more]