Triose Phosphate Isomerase
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| - | <scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/Glu_165/1'Glutamate 165</scene> plays the role of the general acid-base catalyst in a proton abstraction mechanism as it abstracts a proton from carbon 1, which then donates it to carbon 2. Glutamate 165 requires <scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/His95/1'>Histidine 95</scene>, the general acid | + | <scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/Glu_165/1'>Glutamate 165</scene>plays the role of the general acid-base catalyst in a proton abstraction mechanism as it abstracts a proton from carbon 1, which then donates it to carbon 2. Glutamate 165 requires <scene name='Triose_Phosphate_Isomerase/His95/1'>Histidine 95</scene>, the general acid |
[[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]] | [[Image:TPI mechanism.jpg]] | ||
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'Triose Phosphate Isomerase
Triose Phosphate Isomerase is a dimeric protein of two identical subunits. Each subunit contains surrounding 8 interior
Overview
(TPI or TIM) which catalyzes the reversible interconversion of the triose phosphate isomers dihydroxyacetone phosphate and D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, an essential process in the glycolytic pathway.
Mechanism
TPI catalyzes the transfer of a hydrogen atom from carbon 1 to carbon 2, an intramolecular oxidation-reduction. This isomerization of a ketose to an aldose proceeds through an enediol intermediate.<Biochemistry 6th Edition>
Acid Base Catalysis
TPI carries out the isomerization reaction through acid base chemistry involving
plays the role of the general acid-base catalyst in a proton abstraction mechanism as it abstracts a proton from carbon 1, which then donates it to carbon 2. Glutamate 165 requires , the general acid
Diagram .[1]
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