Explanation of the non-hyperbolic kinetics of the glutathione S-transferases by the simplest steady-state random sequential Bi Bi mechanism

Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Jun 15;39(12):1999-2004. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90621-q.

Abstract

We have demonstrated that the simplest steady-state random sequential Bi Bi mechanism is sufficient to explain the previously reported non-hyperbolic kinetics of glutathione S-transferase 3-3 [Pabst MJ et al., J Biol Chem 249: 7140-7150, 1974; Jakobson I et al., Biochem J 177: 861-868, 1979]. The metabolism of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene by rat liver glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes 2-2 and 3-3 and of 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene by isoenzyme 3-4 was shown to exhibit non-hyperbolic kinetics, which are best fit by the simplest steady-state random sequential Bi Bi mechanism. Neither more complex steady-state mechanisms nor the superimposition of product inhibition or enzyme memory on the simplest steady-state mechanism was necessary to generate non-hyperbolic kinetics for the glutathione S-transferases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dinitrochlorobenzene / pharmacology
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism*
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / enzymology*
  • Nitrobenzenes / pharmacology
  • Rats

Substances

  • Dinitrochlorobenzene
  • Isoenzymes
  • Nitrobenzenes
  • 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene
  • Glutathione Transferase