Methodological review reveals limitations in determining intrinsic pKa values from enzyme kinetics, highlighting the need for direct titration and elementary step analysis.
The assumptions implicit in the deductions made from the pH-dependence of rate measurements of enzyme-catalyzed reactions are summarized, and the limitations of such determinations are discussed nonalgebraically. The following types of pH-profile are considered (in order of increasing utility): pH-"activity" curves at fixed [S] o;pH-dependences of kcat, Km, kcat/Km, and Ki; pH-dependences of kmodification (by specific reagents) and of competitive labeling (by nonspecific reagents); pH-dependences of elementary steps; and the direct observation of a titrating group.
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