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{{short description|Digestive enzyme}}
{{enzyme
| Name = Chymotrypsin
| EC_number = 3.4.21.1
| CAS_number = 9004-07-3
| IUBMB_EC_number = 3/4/21/1
| GO_code = 0004263
| image = ChymotrypsinA1.jpg
| width = 
| caption = Crystallographic structure of [[Bos taurus]] chymotrypsinogen<ref name="pmid5442169">{{PDB|1CHG}}; {{cite journal |vauthors=Freer ST, Kraut J, Robertus JD, Wright HT, Xuong NH | title = Chymotrypsinogen: 2.5-angstrom crystal structure, comparison with alpha-chymotrypsin, and implications for zymogen activation | journal = Biochemistry | volume = 9 | issue = 9 | pages = 1997–2009 |date=April 1970 | pmid = 5442169 | doi = 10.1021/bi00811a022}}</ref>
}}
{{enzyme
| Name = Chymotrypsin C
| EC_number = 3.4.21.2
| CAS_number = 9036-09-3
| IUBMB_EC_number = 3/4/21/2
| GO_code =
| image = 
| width = 
| caption = 
}}
 
'''Chymotrypsin''' ({{EC number|3.4.21.1}}, chymotrypsins A and B, alpha-chymar ophth, avazyme, chymar, chymotest, enzeon, quimar, quimotrase, alpha-chymar, alpha-chymotrypsin A, alpha-chymotrypsin) is a [[digestive enzyme]] component of [[pancreatic juice]] acting in the [[duodenum]], where it performs [[proteolysis]], the breakdown of proteins and polypeptides.<ref name="Wilcox_1970">{{cite book | author = Wilcox PE | year = 1970 | title = Chymotrypsinogens — chymotrypsins | chapter = &#91;5&#93; Chymotrypsinogens—chymotrypsins | volume = 19 | pages = 64–108 | doi = 10.1016/0076-6879(70)19007-0 | series = Methods in Enzymology | isbn = 978-0-12-181881-4}}</ref> Chymotrypsin preferentially cleaves peptide amide bonds where the side chain of the amino acid N-terminal to the scissile amide bond (the P<sub>1</sub> position) is a large [[hydrophobic]] [[amino acid]] ([[tyrosine]], [[tryptophan]], and [[phenylalanine]]). These amino acids contain an [[aromatic]] ring in their [[substituent|side chain]] that fits into a [[hydrophobe|hydrophobic]] pocket (the S<sub>1</sub> position) of the enzyme. It is activated in the presence of [[trypsin]]. The hydrophobic and shape complementarity between the peptide [[enzyme substrate|substrate]] P<sub>1</sub> side chain and the enzyme S<sub>1</sub> binding cavity accounts for the substrate specificity of this enzyme.<ref name="pmid3555886">{{cite journal | author = Appel W | title = Chymotrypsin: molecular and catalytic properties | journal = Clin. Biochem. | volume = 19 | issue = 6 | pages = 317–22 |date=December 1986 | pmid = 3555886 | doi = 10.1016/S0009-9120(86)80002-9}}</ref><ref name="pmid4399049">{{cite journal |vauthors=Berger A, Schechter I | s2cid = 6877875 | title = Mapping the active site of papain with the aid of peptide substrates and inhibitors | journal = Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. | volume = 257 | issue = 813 | pages = 249–64 |date=February 1970 | pmid = 4399049 | doi = 10.1098/rstb.1970.0024 | bibcode = 1970RSPTB.257..249B | doi-access = free }}</ref>  Chymotrypsin also hydrolyzes other amide bonds in peptides at slower rates, particularly those containing [[leucine]] and [[methionine]] at the P<sub>1</sub> position.

Structurally, it is the archetypal structure for its [[superfamily (molecular biology)|superfamily]], the [[PA clan]] of proteases.

== Activation ==

Chymotrypsin is [[protein biosynthesis|synthesized]] in the pancreas.  Its [[wiktionary:Precursor|precursor]] is [[chymotrypsinogen]]. Trypsin activates chymotrypsinogen by cleaving peptidic bonds in positions Arg15 – Ile16 and produces π-chymotrypsin. In turn, aminic group (-NH3<sup>+</sup>) of the Ile16 residue interacts with the side chain of Asp194, producing the "oxyanion hole" and the hydrophobic "S1 pocket". Moreover, chymotrypsin induces its own activation by cleaving in positions 14–15, 146–147, and 148–149, producing α-chymotrypsin (which is more active and stable than π-chymotrypsin).{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} The resulting molecule is a three-[[peptide|polypeptide]] molecule interconnected via [[disulfide bond]]s.

== Mechanism of action and kinetics ==
[[File:062821 Chymotrypsin Tetrahedral Intermediates.pdf|left|420px|alt=Chymotrypsin tetrahedral intermediates|thumb|Molecular mechanism of chymotrypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of [[peptide bond]]. One key aspect is the tetrahedral intermediate Tet 1.]]
{{See also|Catalytic triad}}
''In vivo'', chymotrypsin is a proteolytic enzyme ([[serine protease]]) acting in the digestive systems of many organisms. It facilitates the cleavage of peptide bonds by a [[hydrolysis]] reaction, which despite being thermodynamically favorable, occurs extremely slowly in the absence of a catalyst. The main substrates of chymotrypsin are peptide bonds in which the amino acid N-terminal to the bond is a tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine, or leucine. Like many proteases, chymotrypsin also hydrolyses amide bonds ''in vitro'', a virtue that enabled the use of substrate analogs such as N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine p-nitrophenyl amide for enzyme assays.

Chymotrypsin cleaves peptide bonds by attacking the unreactive carbonyl group with a powerful nucleophile, the [[serine]] 195 residue located in the active site of the enzyme, which briefly becomes covalently bonded to the substrate, forming an enzyme-substrate intermediate. Along with [[histidine]] 57 and [[aspartic acid]] 102, this serine residue constitutes the [[catalytic triad]] of the active site.
These findings rely on inhibition assays and the study of the kinetics of cleavage of the aforementioned substrate, exploiting the fact that the enzyme-substrate intermediate [[4-Nitrophenol|''p''-nitrophenolate]] has a yellow colour, enabling  measurement of its concentration by measuring light absorbance at 410&nbsp;nm.

Chymotrypsin catalysis of the hydrolysis of a protein substrate (in red) is performed in two steps.  First, the nucleophilicity of Ser-195 is enhanced by general-base catalysis in which the proton of the serine hydroxyl group is transferred to the imidazole moiety of His-57 during its attack on the electron-deficient carbonyl carbon of the protein-substrate main chain (k1 step). This occurs via the concerted action of the three-amino-acid residues in the catalytic triad. The buildup of negative charge on the resultant tetrahedral intermediate is stabilized in the enzyme’s active site’s oxyanion hole, by formation of two hydrogen bonds to adjacent main-chain amide-hydrogens.

The His-57 imidazolium moiety formed in the k1 step is a general acid catalyst for the k-1 reaction.  However, evidence for similar general-acid catalysis of the k2 reaction (Tet2)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fersht|first1=A.R.|last2=Requena|first2=Y.|date=1971|title=Mechanism of the -Chymotrypsin-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Amides. pH Dependence of kc and Km.|journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|volume=93|issue=25|pages=7079–87|doi=10.1021/ja00754a066|pmid=5133099}}</ref> has been controverted;<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zeeberg|first1=B.|last2=Caswell|first2=M.|last3=Caplow|first3=M.|date=1973|title=Concerning a reported change in rate-determining step in chymotrypsin catalysis|journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|volume=95|issue=8|pages=2734–5|doi=10.1021/ja00789a081|pmid=4694533}}</ref> apparently water provides a proton to the amine leaving group.

Breakdown of Tet1 (via k3) generates an acyl enzyme, which is hydrolyzed with His-57 acting as a general base  (kH2O) in formation of a tetrahedral intermediate, that breaks down to regenerate the serine hydroxyl moiety, as well as the protein fragment with the newly formed carboxyl terminus.

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== Isozymes ==

{|
|- valign="top"
|{{infobox protein
| Name = Chymotrypsinogen B1
| caption = 
| image = 
| width = 150 px
| HGNCid = 2521
| Symbol = CTRB1
| AltSymbols =
| EntrezGene = 1504
| OMIM = 118890
| RefSeq = NM_001906
| UniProt = P17538
| PDB = 
| MEROPS = S01.152
| ECnumber = 3.4.21.1
| Chromosome = 16
| Arm = q
| Band = 23.1
| LocusSupplementaryData = 
}}
|{{infobox protein
| Name = Chymotrypsinogen B2
| caption = 
| image = 
| width = 
| HGNCid = 2522
| Symbol = CTRB2
| AltSymbols = 
| EntrezGene = 440387
| OMIM = 
| RefSeq = NM_001025200
| UniProt = Q6GPI1
| PDB = 
| ECnumber = 3.4.21.1
| Chromosome = 16
| Arm = q
| Band = 22.3
| LocusSupplementaryData = 
}}
|{{infobox protein
| Name = [[Chymotrypsin-C|Chymotrypsin C (caldecrin)]]
| caption = 
| image = 
| width = 
| HGNCid = 2523
| Symbol = [[Chymotrypsin-C|CTRC]]
| AltSymbols = 
| EntrezGene = 11330
| OMIM = 601405
| RefSeq = NM_007272
| UniProt = Q99895
| MEROPS = S01.157
| PDB = 
| ECnumber = 3.4.21.2
| Chromosome = 1
| Arm = p
| Band = 36.21
| LocusSupplementaryData = 
}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Trypsin]]
*[[PA clan]] of proteases

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |vauthors=Stryer L, Berg JM, Tymoczko JL | title = Biochemistry | publisher = W.H. Freeman | location = San Francisco | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-7167-4684-0 }}
* {{cite book |vauthors=Grisham CM, Reginald H | title = Biochemistry | publisher = Thomson Brooks/Cole | location = Australia | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-534-49033-6 }}
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==External links==
* The [[MEROPS]] online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: [http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/cgi-bin/merops.cgi?id=S01.001 S01.001]
* {{MeshName|Chymotrypsin}}

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[[Category:EC 3.4.21]]
[[Category:Proteases]]