Kinetics and specificity of serine proteases in peptide synthesis catalyzed in organic solvents

H Gaertner, A Puigserver - European journal of biochemistry, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Initial rates of peptide‐bond synthesis catalyzed by poly (ethylene glycol)‐modified
chymotrypsin in benzene were determined using high‐performance liquid chromatography …

Peptide synthesis by proteases in organic solvents: Medium effect on substrate specificity

T Nagashima, A Watanabe, H Kise - Enzyme and microbial technology, 1992 - Elsevier
The substrate specificities of α-chymotrypsin and subtilisins for peptide synthesis in
hydrophilic organic solvents were investigated. Chymotrypsin exhibited high specificity to …

Peptide synthesis catalyzed by the serine proteinases chymotrypsin and trypsin

L Riechmann, V Kasche - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Protein …, 1985 - Elsevier
The ratio of the initial rates of aminolysis and hydrolysis in peptide semisynthesis catalyzed
by chymotrypsin (EC 3.4. 21.1) and trypsin (EC 3.4. 21.4) was found to depend non-linearly …

Chymotrypsin modified with polyethylene glycol catalyzes peptide synthesis reaction in benzene

A Matsushima, M Okada, Y Inada - FEBS letters, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Chymotrypsin was modified in the zymogen form with 2, 4‐bis (O‐methoxypolyethylene
glycol)‐6‐chloro‐s‐triazine (activated PEG2), followed by activation with trypsin. The …

Peptide synthesis catalyzed by polyethylene glycol‐modified chymotrypsin in organic solvents

HF Gaertner, AJ Puigserver - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Chymotrypsin modified with polyethylene glycol was successfully used for peptide synthesis
in organic solvents. The benzene‐soluble modified enzyme readily catalyzed both …

Kinetic studies on the mechanism and the specificity of peptide semisynthesis catalyzed by the serine proteases α-chymotrypsin and β-trypsin

L Riechmann, V Kasche - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 1984 - Elsevier
The mechanism of peptide semisynthesis catalyzed by α-chymotrypsin and β-trypsin has
been investigated. The dependence of the apparent ratio of the second order rate constants …

Protease-catalyzed synthetic reactions and immobilization-activation of the enzymes in hydrophilic organic solvents

H Kise, A Hayakawa, H Noritomi - Journal of Biotechnology, 1990 - Elsevier
The catalytic feature of serine proteases for synthetic reactions in hydrophilic organic
solvents and effects of immobilization by complexation with polysaccharides are described …

A search for peptide ligase: cosolvent-mediated conversion of proteases to esterases for irreversible synthesis of peptides

CF Barbas, JR Matos, JB West… - Journal of the American …, 1988 - ACS Publications
Serineand cysteine proteases (trypsin, chymotrypsin, papain, subtilisin) in the presence of
certain concentrations of water-miscible organic solvents express no amidase activities. The …

Active‐site titration of serine proteases in organic solvents

PP Wangikar, D Carmichael, DS Clark… - Biotechnology and …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Calculation of kinetic constants of an enzymatic reaction in organic solvents requires
knowledge of the functional active‐site concentration in organic solvents, and this can be …

Kinetic properties of tripeptide lysyl chloromethyl ketone and lysyl p-nitroanilide derivatives towards trypsin-like serine proteinases

D Collen, HR Lijnen, F De Cock, JP Durieux… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 1980 - Elsevier
The steady-state kinetic parameters of the tripeptides d-Val-Leu-Lys-, Ala-Phe-Lys-, and<
Glu-Phe-Lys-in which the free carboxyl group was substituted with p-nitroaniline (substrate) …