Nzymes: Lecturer: Prof. Allan N. Soriano

Thermodynamics Research Laboratory
Mapa Institute of Technology

Chung Yuan Christian University
School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
ENZYMES II
Lecturer: Prof. Allan N. Soriano, Ph.D. Ch.E.
Email: allannsoriano@yahoo.com
Outline
Enzyme Kinetics
- Models for More Complex Enzyme Kinetics
- Effects of pH and Temperature
- Insoluble Substrates
Immobilized Enzyme Systems:
- Methods of Immobilization
- Diffusional Limitations in Immobilized
Enzyme Systems
Enzyme Kinetics: Models for More
Complex Enzyme Kinetics
Some enzymes have more than one substrate binding site.
The binding of one substrate to the enzyme facilitates binding
of other substrate molecules this behavior is known as
allostery or cooperative binding, and regulatory enzymes
show this behavior.
The rate expression in this case is
Allosteric Enzymes
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| |
n
m
n
m
K
V
dt
d
v
S
S S
"
+
= =
Where n = cooperativity coefficient and n > 1 indicates positive cooperativity.
Models for More Complex Enzyme Kinetics (Cont.)
Allosteric Enzymes
The cooperativity coefficient can be determined by plotting ln
[v/(V
m
-v)] versus ln[S] as
| |
"
ln S ln ln
m
m
K n
v V
v
=
Inhibited Enzyme Kinetics

Certain compounds may bind to enzymes and reduce their
activity these compounds are known to be enzyme inhibitors.
Enzyme inhibitions may be irreversible or reversible.
Irreversible inhibitors such as heavy metals (lead, cadium,
mercury, and others) form a stable complex with enzyme and
reduce enzyme activity.
Reversible inhibitors may dissociate more easily from the
enzyme after binding.
- The three major classes of reversible enzyme inhibitions are
competitive, noncompetitive, and uncompetitive inhibitions.
Competitive inhibitors
- are usually substrate analogs and compete with substrate for
the active site of the enzyme.
- its enzyme inhibition scheme can be described as
S E+

1
k

1
k

2
k
ES P E+
+
EI I
I

K
- assuming rapid equilibrium and with the definition of
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| | | | | | | | | | ES and EI ES E E
EI
I E
,
ES
S E
2 0
I
'
k v
K K
m
= + + =
= =
- we can develop the following equation for the rate of
enzymatic conversion:
| |
| | ( ) | | | |
| |
| | S
S
or
S / I 1
S
'
app , I
'
+
=
+ +
=
m
m
m
m
K
V
v
K K
V
v
- The net effect of competitive inhibition is an increased value
of K
m,app
and, therefore, reduced reaction rate.
- Competitive inhibition can be overcome by high
concentrations of substrate.
m
V
1
Intercept =
V
1
] [
1
S
I = 0
I > 0
m
K / 1
app ,
/ 1
m
K
Noncompetitive inhibitors
- are not substrate analogs and bind on sites other than the
active site and reduce enzyme affinity to the substrate.
- its enzyme inhibition can be described as follows:
S E+

'
m
K

2
k
ES P E+
+
I
+
I
ESI S EI
'
+
m
K

K
I

- with the definition of
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| | | | | | | | | | | | ES and ESI EI ES E E
ESI
I ES
EI
I E
,
ESI
S EI
ES
S E
2 0
I
'
k v
K K
m
= + + + =
= = = =
- we can develop the following rate equation:
| |
| | | |
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
=
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
=
S
1
or
S
1
I
1
'
app ,
'
I
m
m
m
m
K
V
v
K
K
V
v
- The net effect of noncompetitive inhibition is a reduction in V
m
.
- High substrate concentrations would not overcome
noncompetitive inhibition; other reagents need to be added to
block binding of the inhibitor to the enzyme.
- In some forms of noncompetitive inhibition V
m
is reduced and
K
m
is increased (occurs if the complex ESI can form product).
m
K / 1
V
1
] [
1
S
I = 0 I > 0
m
V / 1
app ,
/ 1
m
V
Uncompetitive inhibitors
- bind to the ES complex only and have no affinity for the
enzyme itself.
- the scheme for uncompetitive inhibition is:
S E+

'
m
K

2
k
ES P E+
+
ESI I
I

K
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| |
| | | | | | | | | | ES and ESI ES E E
ESI
I ES
,
ES
S E
2 0
I
'
k v
K K
m
= + + =
= =
- we can develop the following for the rate of reaction:
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | S
S
or
S
I
1
I
1
S
'
app ,
app ,
I
'
I
+
=
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
=
m
m
m
m
K
V
v
K
K
K
V
v
- The net effect of uncompetitive inhibition is a reduction in
both V
m
and K
m
values.
- Reduction in V
m
has a more pronounced effect than the
reduction in K
m
and the net result is a reduction in reaction rate.
V
1
] [
1
S
I = 0
I > 0
m
K / 1
app ,
/ 1
m
K
m
V / 1
app ,
/ 1
m
V
Substrate inhibition
- high substrate concentration may cause inhibition in some
enzymatic reactions, known as substrate inhibition.
- it is graphically described as
V
] [S
max
S
Reaction rate with same V
m

and K
m
if no substrate
inhibition present
Substrate
Inhibition
No
Inhibition
Uncompetitive Substrate inhibition
- the reaction scheme for uncompetitive substrate inhibition is
S E+

'
m
K

2
k
ES P E+
+
2
ES S
1
S

K
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| |
| || |
| | ES
E S
,
ES
ES S
'
2
1
= =
m S
K K
- the assumption of rapid equilibrium yields
| |
| | | |
1
/ S S
S
2
'
S m
m
K K
V
v
+ +
=
- a double reciprocal plot describing substrate inhibition is
given as
V
1
] [
1
S
m
K / 1
m
V / 1
- At low substrate concentrations, [S]
2
/K
S1
<< 1, and inhibition
effect is not observed, the rate is
- At high substrate concentrations, K
m
/[S] << 1, and inhibition
is dominant, the rate is
| |
| |
m m
m
m
m
V V
K
v
K
V
v
1
S
1 1
or
S
1
'
'
+ =
(
+
=
| |
| |
m m S
S
m
V V K v
K
V
v
1 S 1
or
S
1
1
1
+ =
(
(
+
=
- The substrate concentration resulting in the maximum reaction
rate can be determined by setting dv/d[S] = 0, the [S]
max
is
given by
| |
1
'
max
S
S m
K K =
Enzyme Kinetics: Effects of pH and Temperature
Certain enzymes have ionic groups on their active sites, and
these ionic groups must be in a suitable form (acid or base) to
function.
Variations in the pH of the medium result in changes in the
ionic form of the active site and changes in the activity of the
enzyme and hence the reaction rate.
Changes in pH may also alter the three-dimensional shape of
the enzyme.
For these reasons, enzymes are only active over a certain pH
range.
The pH of the medium may affect the maximum reaction rate,
K
m
, and the stability of the enzyme; in some cases, the substrate
may contain ionic groups, and the pH of the medium affects the
affinity of the substrate to the enzyme.
pH effects
Effects of pH and Temperature (Cont.)
The following scheme may be used to describe pH dependence
of the enzymatic reaction rate for ionizing enzymes.
pH effects
S EH+

'
m
K

2
k
EHS P EH+
+
+
H
+
2
EH

K
1

K
2

+
+ H E
pH effects
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| | | | | | | | | | | | EHS , EHS EH EH E E
EH
H E
,
EH
H EH
,
EHS
S EH
2 2 0
2
2
1
'
k v
K K K
m
= + + + =
= = =
+
+
+
+
- we can derive the following expression:
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| |
| |
| |
| |
| | S
S
or
S
H
H
1
S
'
app ,
1
2
'
+
=
+
(
+ +
=
+
+
m
m
m
m
K
V
v
K
K
K
V
v
- As a result of this behavior, the pH optimum of the enzyme is
between pK
1
and pK
2
.
For the case of ionizing substrate, the following scheme and
rate expression can be developed:
pH effects
E SH +
+

'
m
K

2
k +
ESH
+
+HP E
+
+ H S

K
1

| |
| |
| | S
H
1
S
1
'
+ |
.
|
\
|
+
=
+
K
K
V
v
m
m
Theoretical prediction of the pH optimum of enzymes requires
a knowledge of the active site characteristics of enzymes,
which are very difficult to obtain.
The pH optimum for an enzyme is usually determined
experimentally.
pH effects
The rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions increases with
temperature up to a certain limit.
Above a certain temperature, enzyme activity decreases with
temperature because of enzyme denaturation.
Temperature effects
Temperature,
o
C
0
100
%

M
a
x
i
m
a
l

A
c
t
i
v
i
t
y

10 60
The rate varies according to the Arrhenius equation in this
region (temperature activation).
Temperature effects
| | E k v
2
=
RT E
a
Ae k
/
2

=
Where E
a
is the activation energy and [E] is the active enzyme concentration.
The plot of ln v versus 1/T results in a line of slope E
a
/R.
The kinetics of thermal denaturation can be expressed as
Temperature effects
| |
| | | | | | E E or E
E
0
t k
d
d
e k
dt
d

= =
Where [E
0
] is the initial enzyme concentration and k
d
is the denaturation constant.
k
d
also varies with temperature according to the Arrhenius
equation.
RT E
d d
d
e A k
/
=
Where E
d
is the deactivation energy.
Consequently,
t k RT E
d a
e Ae v

=
0
/
E
The activation energies of enzyme-catalyzed reactions are
within the 4 to 20 kcal/gmol range (mostly about 11 kcal/gmol).
Deactivation energies vary between 40 and 130 kcal/gmol
(mostly about 70 kcal/gmol)
That is, enzyme denaturation by temperature is much faster
than enzyme activation.
A rise in temperature from 30
o
to 40
o
C results in a 1.8-fold
increase in enzyme activity, but a 41-fold increase in enzyme
denaturation.
Variations in temperature may affect both V
m
and K
m
values of
enzymes.
Temperature effects
Enzymes are often used to attack large, insoluble substrates
such as wood chips or cellulosic residues from agriculture.
- in these cases, access to the reaction site on these
biopolymers by enzymes is often limited by enzyme diffusion.
- the number of potential reactive sites exceeds the number of
enzyme molecules.
This situation is opposite that of the typical situation with
soluble substrates, where access to the enzymes active site
limits reaction.

Enzyme Kinetics: Insoluble Substrates
Insoluble Substrates (Cont.)
If we consider initial reaction rates and if the reaction is first
order with respect to the concentration of enzyme bound to
substrate (i.e., [ES]), then we can derive a rate expression:
| |
| | E
E
eq
S max,
+
=
K
V
v
| |
0 2 S max,
S where k V =
ads des eq
/ and k k K =
The above equation assumes slow binding of enzyme (i.e., [E] ~ [E
0
]),
S
0
is the number of substrate bonds available initially for breakage,
and k
des
and k
ads
refer to rates of enzyme desorption and adsorption
onto the insoluble matrix, respectively.
Immobilized Enzyme Systems
The restriction of enzyme mobility in a fixed space is known as
enzyme immobilization.
Immobilization of enzymes provides important advantages,
such as (1) enzyme reutilization, (2) elimination of enzyme
recovery and purification processes, and (3) may provide a
better environment for enzyme activity.
- since enzyme is expensive, catalyst reuse is critical for many
processes.
- since some of the intracellular enzymes are membrane bound,
immobilized enzymes provide a model system to mimic and
understand the action of some membrane-bound intracellular
enzymes.
- product purity is usually improved, and effluent handling
problems are minimized by immobilization.
Immobilized Enzyme Systems (Cont.)
The two major categories are entrapment and surface
immobilization.
Methods of immobilization
Entrapment
The physical enclosure of enzymes in a small space.
Matrix entrapment and membrane entrapment, including micro
encapsulation, are the two major methods of entrapment.
- matrices used for enzyme immobilization are usually
polymeric materials (e.g., Ca-alginate, agar, k-carrageenin,
polyacrylamide, and collagen).
- however, some solid matrices (e.g., activated carbon, porous
ceramic, and diatomaceous earth) can also be used for this
purpose.
Entrapment
Matrix entrapment
- matrices can be a particle, a membrane, or a fiber.
Membrane entrapment
- hollow fiber membrane have already been used to entrap
enzyme solution between thin, semipermeable membranes.
- membranes of nylon, cellulose, polysulfone, and polyacrylate
are commonly used.
- configurations, other than hollow fiber, are possible, but in all
cases, a semipermeable membrane is used to retain high-
molecular-weight compounds (enzyme), while allowing small-
molecular-weight compounds (substrate or products) access to
the enzyme.
Entrapment
Membrane entrapment
- a special form of membrane entrapment is microencapsulation
- in this technique, microscopic hollow spheres are formed.
- the spheres contain the enzyme solution, while the sphere is
enclosed within a porous membrane.
- the membrane can be polymeric or an enriched interfacial
phase formed around a microdrop.
Entrapment
Enzyme entrapment may have its inherent problems such as
- enzyme leakage into solution (can be overcome by reducing
MW cutoff of membranes or pore size of solid matrices)
- significant diffusional limitations (can be eliminated by
reducing the particle size of matrices and/or capsules)
- reduced enzyme activity and stability (due to unfavorable
microenvironmental conditions, which are difficult to control)
- lack of control of microenvironmental conditions (by using
different matrices and chemical ingredients, by changing
processing conditions, and by reducing particle size or capsule
size, more favorable microenvironmental conditions can be
obtained)
Surface immobilization
The two major types of immobilization of enzymes on the
surfaces of support materials are adsorption and covalent
bonding.
Adsorption
- the attachment of enzymes on the surfaces of support particles
by weak physical forces, such as van der Waals or dispersion
forces.
- the active site of the adsorbed enzyme is usually unaffected,
and nearly full activity is retained upon adsorption but
desorption of enzymes is a common problem, especially in the
presence of strong hydrodynamic forces, since binding forces
are weak.
Adsorption
- adsorption of enzymes may be stabilized by cross-linking with
glutaraldehyde (which denature some proteins).
- support materials used for enzyme adsorption can be
inorganic materials (e.g., alumina, silica, porous glass,
ceramics, diatomaceous earth, clay, bentonite) or organic
materials (e.g., cellulose, starch, actvated carbon), and ion-
exchange resins (e.g., Amberlite, Sephadex, Dowex).
- the surfaces of the support materials may need to be
pretreated (chemically or physically) for effective
immobilization.
Covalent bonding
- the retention of enzymes on support surfaces by covalent bond
formation in which enzyme molecules bind to support material
via certain functional groups (like amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl,
and sulfhydryl group).
- functional groups on support material are usually activated by
using chemical reagents (like cyanogen bromide, carbodiimide,
glutaraldehyde).
- binding groups on the protein molecule are usually side
groups (R) or the amino or carboxyl groups of polypeptide
chain.
Covalent bonding
- the cross-linking of enzyme molecules with each other
using agents (like glutaraldehyde, bis-diazobenzidine, 2,2-
disulfonic acid) is another method of enzyme immobilization.
- cross-linking can be achieved in several different ways:
(1) enzymes can be cross-linked with glutaraldehyde to
form an insoluble aggregate.
(2) adsorbed enzymes may be cross-linked, or cross-
linking may take place following the impregnation of porous
support material with enzyme solution.
- cross-linking may cause significant changes in the active site
of enzymes, and also severe diffusion limitations may result.
The most suitable support material and immobilization method
vary depending on the enzyme and particular application.
Two major criteria used in the selection of support material are
(1) the binding capacity of the support material, which is a
function of charge density, functional groups, porosity, and
hydrophobicity of the support surface, and
(2) stability and retention of enzymatic activity, which is a
function of functional groups on support material and
microenvironmental conditions
Diffusional resistances may be observed at different levels in
immobilized systems.
There resistances vary depending on (1) the nature of the support
material (porous or nonporous), (2) hydrodynamical conditions
surrounding the support material, and (3) distribution of enzyme
inside or on the surface of the support material.
Whether diffusion resistance has a significant effect on the rate of
enzymatic reaction rate depends on the relative rate of the
reaction rate and diffusion rate, which is characterized by the
Damkhler number (Da).
Diffusional limitations in immobilized enzyme systems
| |
b L
m
S k
V
'
diffusion of rate maximum
reaction of rate maximum
Da = =
Where [S
b
] is substrate concentration in bulk liquid and k
L
is the mass-
transfer coefficient.
The rate of enzymatic conversion may be limited by diffusion of
the substrate or reaction, depending on the value of Da.
- for Da >> 1, the diffusion rate is limiting
- for Da << 1, the reaction rate is limiting
- for Da ~ 1, the diffusion and reaction resistances are
comparable.
Diffusion and enzymatic reactions may be simultaneous, with
enzymes entrapped in a solid matrix, or may be two consecutive
phenomena for adsorbed enzymes.
Diffusional limitations in immobilized enzyme systems
Diffusion effects in surface-bound enzymes on
nonporous support materials
Assumptions:
- enzymes are bound and evenly
distributed on the surface of a
nonporous support material
- all enzyme molecules are
equally active
- substrate diffuses through a thin
liquid film surrounding the
support surface to reach the
reactive surfaces
- the process of immobilization
has not altered the protein
structure
- the intrinsic kinetic parameters
(V
m
, K
m
) are unaltered.
Nonporous
solid
support
Enzyme
Film thickness, o
S
S
= Substrate
Concentration at
Surface
S
b

Bulk Substrate
Concentration
Substrate
concentration
profile in a
liquid film
around
adsorbed
enzymes.
At steady state, the reaction rate is equal to the mass-transfer
rate:
| | | | ( )
| |
| |
S
S
'
S S
S
S
S S
+
= =
m
m
b L
K
V
k J
- Where V
m
is the maximum reaction rate per unit of external surface
area and k
L
is the liquid mass-transfer coefficient.
This equation is quadratic in [S
S
], the substrate concentration at
the surface which can be solved analytically, but the solution is
cumbersome and the value of [S
S
] is not amenable to direct
experimental observation.
It can also be solved graphically (such plot makes it easy to
visualize the effects of parameter changes such as stirring rate,
cahnges in bulk substrate concentration, or enzyme loading) as
depicted below:
S
S
J

o
r

V

(A)

(B)

(B)

Curve A results from a knowledge of
the intrinsic solution-based kinetic
parameters and the surface loading of
enzyme.
Lines B and B are the mass transfer
equations.
The intersection of the two lines is the
reaction rate, v, that can be sustained in
the system,
When the system is strongly mass-transfer limited, [S
S
] ~ 0,
since the reaction is rapid compared to mass transfer, and
| | 1) Da (for , S >> ~
b L
k v
The system behaves as pseudo first order.
When the system is reaction limited (Da << 1), the reaction rate
is often expressed as
| |
| |
b m
b m
K
V
v
S
S
app ,
'
+
=
Where:
| | ( )
)
`
+
+ =
m b L
m
m m
K k
V
K K
S
1
'
app ,
- Under these circumstances, K
m,app
is a function of stirring speed.
- Usually K
m,app
is estimated experimentally as the value of [S
b
], giving
one-half of the maximal reaction rate.
Diffusion effects in enzymes immobilized in a porous
matrix
When enzymes are immobilized on internal pore surfaces of a
porous matrix, substrate diffuses through the tortous pathway
among pores and reacts with enzyme immobilized on pore
surfaces.
Diffusion and reaction are simultaneous in this case, as depicted
below:
E
E E
E E
E
E
E
E
E E
E
E
E E
E
E
E
E
E
S
r2
S
S
r = 0

r = R

Substrate concentration profile
in a porous support particle
containing immobilized
enzymes.
It is assumed that no external substrate
limitation exists so that the bulk and
surface concentrations are the same.
matrix
Assumptions:
- enzyme is uniformly
distributed in a spherical
support particle
- the reaction kinetics are
expressed by Michaelis-
Menten kinetics
- there is no partitioning of
the substrate between the
exterior and interior of the
support
- diffusion rate is equal to
reaction at steady state.
| | | | | |
| | S
S S 2 S
"
2
2
+
=
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
m
m
e
K
V
dr
d
r dr
d
D
With boundary conditions:
[S] = [S
S
] at r = R and
d[S]/dr = 0 at r = 0.

Where V
m
is the maximum reaction
rate per unit volume of support, and
D
e
is the effective diffusivity of
substrate within the porous matrix.
matrix
| | | | | |
| | S
S S 2 S
"
2
2
+
=
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
m
m
e
K
V
dr
d
r dr
d
D
The above equation can be written in dimensionless form by
defining the following dimensionless variable:
| |
| | | |
S S
S
, ,
S
S
m
K
R
r
r S = = = |
) / ( 1
2
or
2
2
2
2 " 2
2
2
|
|
| S
S
r d
S d
r
r d
S d
S
S
D S
V R
r d
S d
r
r d
S d
e S
m
+
= +
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
= +
modulus Thiele
/
Where
"
= =
e
m m
D
K V
R |
matrix
) / ( 1
2
or
2
2
2
2 " 2
2
2
|
|
| S
S
r d
S d
r
r d
S d
S
S
D S
V R
r d
S d
r
r d
S d
e S
m
+
= +
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
= +
, 0 at 0 / and 1 at 1 of conditions boundary With = = = = r r d S d r S
the above equation can solved numerically to determine the
substrate profile inside the matrix.
The rate of substrate consumption is equal to the rate of
substrate transfer through the external surface of the support
particle at steady-state into the sphere.
| |
R r
e S S
dr
d
D R N r
=
= =
S
4
2
t
matrix
Under diffusion limitations, the rate per unit volume is usually
expressed in terms of the effectiveness factor as follows:
| |
| |
S
S
"
S
S
+
=
m
m
S
K
V
r
The effectiveness factor is defined as the ratio of the reaction
rate with diffusion limitation (or diffusion rate) to the reaction
rate with no diffusion limitation.
The value of the effectiveness factor is a measure of the extent
of diffusion limitation.
- for q < 1, the conversion is diffusion limited, whereas for q ~ 1
values, conversion is limited by the reaction rate and diffusion
limitations are negligible.
matrix
The effectiveness factor is a function of | and | as depicted
below:
THIELE MODULUS, |

E
F
F
E
C
T
I
V
E
N
E
S
S

F
A
C
T
O
R
,

q

0

1

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

100

40

20

10

| = 10

1

0.1

0.01

Theoretical relationship between the effectiveness factor and first-order
Thiele modulus for a spherical porous immobilized particle for various
values of |, where | is the dimensionless Michaelis constant.
matrix
For a zero-order reaction rate (| 0), q ~ 1 for a large range of
Thiele modulus values such as 1 < | < 100.
For a first-order reaction rate (| ), q = (|, |) and q is
approximated to the following equation for high values of |.
(
=
| | |
1
tanh
1 3


Learning Task No. 3
(Group Reporting)
Major Metabolic Pathways
Topic Assignments
Group 1: Bioenergetics; Glucose Metabolism
Group 2: Respiration; Aerobic Glucose Metabolism
Group 3: Role of ATPs; Role of coenzymes FAD and
NAD; Electron transport chain; Role of
mitochondria; How ATPs are produced in the
electron transport chain
Group 4: Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds;
Nitrogen Fixation;
Group 5: Metabolism of Hydrocarbons; Overview of
Biosynthesis;
Group 6: Overview of Anaerobic Metabolism;
Overview of Autotrophic Metabolism
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