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Sphingosine-1-phosphate (SIP) is important for cell survival. The synthesis of SIP from sphingosine and ATP is catalyzed by the enzyme sphingosine kinase. An understanding of the kinetics of the sphingosine kinase reaction may be important in the development of drugs to treat cancer. The velocity of the sphingosine kinase reaction was measured in the presence and absence of threo-sphingosine, a stereoisomer of sphingosine that inhibits the enzyme. The results are shown below.

[Sphingosine]

(饾泹惭)

v鈧 (mg min鈦宦)

(no inhibitor)

v鈧 (mg min鈦宦)

(with threo-sphingosine)

2.5

32.3

8.5

3.5

40

11.5

5

50.8

14.6

10

72

25.4

20

87.7

43.9

50

115.4

70.8

Construct a Lineweaver-Burk plot to answer the following questions:

(a) What are the apparent KM and Vmax values in the presence and absence of the inhibitor?

(b) What kind of an inhibitor is threo-sphingosine? Explain.

Short Answer

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(a) Vmax values in the absence and presence of an inhibitor are 125mg min鈦宦 and 100mg min鈦宦, respectively. Similarly, KM in the absence and the presence of an inhibitor is 7.1碌M and 25碌M, respectively.

(b) Threo-sphingosine is a competitive inhibitor for the enzyme sphingosine kinase because threo-sphingosine and sphingosine are structurally similar.

Step by step solution

01

Tabulation of the Presence and Absence of the Inhibitor

The reciprocal of the substrate concentration and initial velocity are used to construct the Lineweaver-Burk plot.

1/[Sphingosine]

(渭惭鈦宦)

1/v鈧 (mg min鈦宦)

No inhibitor

1/v鈧 (mg min鈦宦)

With threo-sphingosine

0.4

0.03

0.12

0.3

0.02

0.08

0.2

0.01

0.06

1

0.01

0.03

0.05

0.01

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.01

02

Construction of Lineweaver-Burk plot

The resulting graph is a linear line, with the X-intercept and Y-intercept extrapolated until the X-axis. The initial velocity with and without the inhibitor is shown on the Y-axis and the substrate concentration on the X-axis.

03

Explanation for (a)  

In the absence of an inhibitor,

KM=-1xintercept=-10.14渭惭-1=7.1渭惭

Vmax=- 1yintercept=- 1- 0.008mg- 1min= 125mgmin- 1

In the presence of an inhibitor,

KMapp=-1xintercept=-1-0.04渭惭-1=25渭惭

Vmaxapp=- 1yintercept=- 10.01mg- 1min= 100mgmin- 1

04

Explanation for (b)

A competitive inhibitor refers to a chemical substance or a molecule that competes with the substrate for the active site of the enzyme. The 1/v0 axis is extremely close to the intersection of the lines in the Lineweaver-Burk plot. This indicates that threo-sphingosine is a competitive inhibitor.

Moreover, threo-sphingosine and sphingosine have a structural resemblance, implying that they would likely compete for the enzyme's substrate-binding site (active site), supporting the result of the graph.

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