1. THEME:
STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ENZYMES. THE
MECHANISM OF ENZYMES ACTION.
CLASSIFICATION OF ENZYMES. ISOENZYMES.

2. Definition
Enzymes are protein catalysts for
biochemical reactions in living cells
 They are among the most remarkable
biomolecules known because of their
extraordinary specificity and catalytic
power, which are far greater than those of
man-made catalysts.

3. Naming
The name enzyme (from Greek word "in yeast")
was not used until 1877,
but much earlier it was suspected that
biological catalysts
are involved in the fermentation of sugar
to form alcohol
(hence the earlier name "ferments").

4. Naming and Classification of
Enzymes
 Many enzymes have been named by adding the
suffix -ase to the name of the substrate, i.e., the
molecule on which the enzyme exerts catalytic
action.
 For example, urease catalyzes hydrolysis of
urea to ammonia and CO2, arginase catalyzes
the hydrolysis of arginine to ornithine and
urea, and phosphatase the hydrolysis of
phosphate esters.

5. Classification of enzymes
 Oxido-reductases (oxidation-reduction
reaction).
 Transferases (transfer of functional groups).
 Hydrolases (hydrolysis reaction).
 Lyases (addition to double bonds).
 Isomerases (izomerization reactions).
 Ligases (formation of bonds with ATP
cleavage).

6. The structure of enzymes
 Protein part + Non- protein part
 Apoenzyme + Cofactor = Holoenzyme
 Function of apoenzyme:
 It is responsible for the reaction
 Function of cofactor:
 It is responsible for the bonds formation between
enzyme and substrate
 Transfer of functional groups
 Takes plase in the formation of tertiary structure of
protein part

7. Cofactor
 1. Prosthetic group (when cofactor is very
tightly bound to the apoenzyme and has
small size )
 2. Metal ion
 3. Coenzyme(organic molecule derived
from the B vitamin which participate
directly in enzymatic reactions)

8. Prosthetic group
 1. Heme group of cytochromes
 2. Biothin group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase

9. Metal ions
 Fe - cytochrome oxidase, catalase
 Cu - cytochrome oxidase, catalase
 Zn - alcohol dehydrogenase
 Mg - hexokinase, glucose-6-phosphatase
 K, Mg - pyruvate kinase
 Na, K – ATP-ase

10. Coenzyme
 B1
 TPP- Thiamine Pyro Phosphate
 B2
 FAD- Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
 FMN- Flavin Mono Nucleotide
 Pantothenic acid
 Coenzyme A (CoA)
 B5
 NAD – Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
 NADP- Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
Phosphate

11. Chemical Kinetics

12. The Michaelis-Menten Equation
 In 1913 a general theory of enzyme action and kinetics
was developed by Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten.

1. Point А.
2. Point В.
3. Point С.

13. Mechanism of enzyme reaction
 1. Formation of enzyme – substrate
complex
 E + S → ES
 2. Conversion of the substrate to the
product
 ES→ EP
 3. Release of the product from the enzyme
 EP → E+P

14. The Free Energy of
Activation
 Before a chemical reaction can take place, the
reactants must become activated.
 This needs a certain amount of energy which is
termed the energy of activation.
 It is defined as the minimum amount of energy
which is required of a molecule to take part in a
reaction.

15. The Free Energy of
Activation
 For example,decomposition of hydrogen
peroxide without a catalyst has an energy
activation about 18 000. When the enzyme
catalase is added, it is less than 2000.

16. The Free Energy of
Activation
 The rate of the reaction is proportional to
the energy of activation:
 Greater the energy of activation
 Slower will be the reaction
 While if the energy of activation is less,
 The reaction will be faster

17. Energy of Activation

18. Effect of pH on Enzymatic
Activity
Most enzymes have a characteristic pH at
which their activity is maximal (pH-
optimum);
 above or below this pH the activity
declines. Although the pH-activity profiles
of many enzymes are bell-shaped, they may
be very considerably in form.

19. Effect of pH on Enzymatic
Activity

20. Effect of Temperature on
Enzymatic Reactions
.The rate of enzyme catalysed reaction generally
increases with temperature range in which the
enzyme is stable. The rate of most enzymatic
reactions doubles for each 100 C rise in
temperature. This is true only up to about 500 C.
Above this temperature, we observe heat
inactivation of enzymes.
The optimum temperature of an enzyme is that
temperature at which the greatest amount of
substrate is changed in unit time.

21. Effect of Temperature on
Enzymatic Reactions

22. Enzyme Inhibition
1. Reversible inhibition
A. Competitive
B. Non-competitive
C. Uncompetitive
2. Irreversible inhibition

23. Competitive Inhibition

24. Usage competitive inhibition in
medicine
 The antibacterial effects of sulfanilamides
are also explained by their close
resemblance to para-amino-benzoic acid
which is a part of folic acid, an essential
normal constituent of bacterial cells. The
sulfanilamides inhibit the formation of folic
acid by bacterial cells and thus the bacterial
multiplication is prevented and they soon
die.

25. Non-competitive Inhibition
 In this case, there is no structural
resemblance between the inhibitor and the
substrate. The inhibitor does not combine
with the enzyme at its active site but
combines at some other site.
E + S = ES
 E + + I +I =ESI
ES S = ESI (INACTIVE COMPLEX)

26. Uncompetitive inhibition
 E + S +I =ESI (No active complex)

27. Irreversible Inhibition
 The inhibitor is covalently linked to the
enzyme.
 The example:
 Action of nerve gas poisons on
acetylcholinesterase,an enzyme that has an
important role in the transmission of nerve
impulse.

28. Isoenzymes
These are the enzymes from the same
organism which catalyse the same reaction
but are chemically and physically distinct
from each other.

29. Lactate dehydrogenase
 It occurs in 5 possible forms in the blood
serum:
 LDH1
 LDH2
 LDH3
 LDH4
 LDH5

30. Structure of LDH
Each contains 4 polypeptide chains which
are of 2 types: A and B which are usually
called M (muscle) and H (heart).
 LDH1 –H H H H
 LDH2 – H H H M
 LDH3 – H H M M
 LDH4 – H M M M
 LDH5 – M M M M

31. Clinical importance of LDH
 Acute myocardial infarction
 LDH1 and LDH2
 Acute liver damage
 LDH4 and LDH5

32. Creatine kinase
 It has 3 isoenzymes:
 CK1
 CK2
 CK3
 Clinical importance:
 When patient have acute myocardial infarction
CK appears in the blood 4 to 8 hours after onset of
infarction and reaches a peak in activity after 24
hours.

33. Enzyme-Activity Units
 The most widely used unit of enzyme activity is
international unit defined as that amount which
causes transformation of 1.0 mkmol of substrate
per minute at 25°C under
 The specific activity is the number of enzyme units
per milligram of protein.

34. Enzyme-Activity Units
 The molar or molecular activity, is the
number of substrate molecules transformed
per minute by a single enzyme molecule
 The katal (abbreviated kat), defined as the
amount of enzyme that transforms 1 mol
of substrate per 1 sec.