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Enhanced Co2+ activation and inhibitor binding of carboxypeptidase M at low pH. Similarity to carboxypeptidase H (enkephalin convertase).

ABSTRACT: Carboxypeptidases H and M differ in their distribution and other properties, but both are activated by Co2+ and inhibited by guanidinoethylmercaptosuccinic acid. The higher degree of activation or inhibition of carboxypeptidase H by these agents at acid pH has been employed to identify this enzyme in tissues. We found that the activation or inhibition of both purified and plasma-membrane-bound human carboxy-peptidase M depends on the pH of the medium. CoCl2 activated over 6-fold at pH 5.5, but less than 2-fold at pH 7.5. Guanidinoethylmercaptosuccinic acid inhibited the membrane-bound carboxypeptidase M more effectively than the purified enzyme, and the IC50 was about 25-30 times lower at pH 5.5. As purified human plasma carboxypeptidase N and pancreatic carboxypeptidase B were also activated more at pH 5.5, we conclude that the increased activation by CoCl2 is due to the enhanced dissociation of Zn2+ below the pKa of the ligands that co-ordinate the cofactor in the protein. Thus increased activation or inhibition at acid pH would not differentiate basic carboxypeptidases.

SUBMITTER: Deddish PA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1138816 | biostudies-other | 1989 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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