Studies on the temperature-dependent autoinhibition of human plasma kallikrein I. |
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Authors: | P R Levison and G Tomalin |
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Abstract: | At 37 degrees C, human plasma kallikrein I follows Michaelis-Menten behaviour and exhibits a normal linear relationship between the initial velocity of hydrolysis of Ac-Pro-Phe-Arg-OMe,HCl and enzyme concentration in the range 0--150 pM. At temperatures of 30 degrees C and below substantial deviations from linearity are observed over the same enzyme concentration range. The temperature-dependent autoinhibition of kallikrein I activity is reversible and is not due to low-molecular-weight endogenous inhibitors or cofactors. The kinetic effect is apparently due to aggregation and can be abolished by the addition of sodium deoxycholate. |
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