Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections (2nd Edition)
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Chapter 8, Problem 16P
Enalapril is an anti-hypertension “pro-drug" (i.e., a drug precursor) that is inactive until the ethyl ester (arrow in figure) is hydrolyzed by esterases present in blood plasma. The active drug is the dicarboxylic acid (“enalaprilat") that results from this hydrolysis reaction.
a. Enalapril is administered in pill form, but enalaprilat must be administered intravenously. Why do you suppose enalapril works as a pill but enalaprilat does not?
b. Enalaprilat is a competitive inhibitor of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which cleaves the blood-pressure regulating peptide angiotensin I. ACE has a KM = 521 µM for angiotensin I, which is present in plasma at a concentration of 75 µM When enalaprilat is present at 2.4 nM, the activity of ACE in plasma is 10% of its uninhibited activity. What is the value of KI for enalaprilat?
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Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections (2nd Edition)
Ch. 8 - Prob. 1PCh. 8 - The enzyme urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea...Ch. 8 - An enzyme contains an active site aspartic acid...Ch. 8 - The folding and unfolding rate constants for a...Ch. 8 - In some reactions, in which a protein molecule is...Ch. 8 - Would you expect an “enzyme” designed to bind to...Ch. 8 - The initial rate for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction...Ch. 8 - a. If the total enzyme concentration in Problem 7...Ch. 8 - Prob. 9PCh. 8 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 8 - The following data describe the catalysis of...Ch. 8 - At 37 oC, the serine protease subtilisin has kcat...Ch. 8 - The accompanying figure shows three...Ch. 8 - The steady-state kinetics of an enzyme are studied...Ch. 8 - The same enzyme as in Problem 14 is studied in the...Ch. 8 - Enalapril is an anti-hypertension “pro-drug"...Ch. 8 - Initial rate data for an enzyme that obeys...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18PCh. 8 - Suggest the effects of each of the following...Ch. 8 - The inhibitory effect of an uncompetitive...Ch. 8 - Prob. 21PCh. 8 - Prob. 22PCh. 8 - Prob. 23PCh. 8 - In kinetics experiments, the hydrolysis of the...
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