Lipase: Difference between revisions

== '''Lipase Catalytic Mechanism''' ==

Lipase activation at the lipid-water interface of triacylglycerides, in the presence of colipase and bile salts, is known as interfacial activation.  For the hydroloysis reaction to take place, colipase anchors lipase to the lipid-water membrane of the micelle which causes a surface change on lipase.  Colipase's four hydrophobic loops interact with the hydrophobic atmosphere of the triacylglyceride. This initiates active site binding to the lipid, and lid opening to reveal a more hydrophobic environment for the triacylglycerol.  This in turn, allows the triacylglycerol to interact with key active site residues like the catalytic triad.  A diverse array of lipase enzymes can be found in nature. Though the different forms occupy diverse protein scaffolds, most are built upon an alpha/beta hydrolase fold<ref>PMID: 1678899</ref><ref>PMID:1409539 </ref>  and possess a [[chymotrypsin]]-like <scene name='Lipase/Catalytic_site_outerview/1'>catalytic triad </scene>comprised of an acidic residue, a histidine, and a serine nucleophile. In the case of horse pancreatic lipase, the catalytic triad is comprised of <scene name='Lipase/Catalytic_triad/4'>Ser 152, Asp 176 and His 263. </scene><ref>PMID:8182745</ref>.  This catalytic triad functions like most found in nature. First, aspartic acid forms a hydrogen bond with His 263, increasing the pKa of the histidine imidazole nitrogen. This allows the histidine to act as a powerful general base and deprotonate the serine. The deprotonated serine then can serve as a nucleophile and attack the ester carbonyl of one of the fatty acids on the 1 or 3 carbons of the glycerol backbone of the lipid substrate.  Upon attacking the lipid, a negatively charged tetrahedral intermediate is formed (Reaction 1).  It is stabilized in the oxyanion hole by two residues:  <scene name='Lipase/Catalytic_triad_with_oxyanion/2'>Phe 77 and Leu 153</scene>.   

The carbonyl reforms with the glycerol backbone segment acting as the leaving group (Reaction 2).   

A water molecule then donates a proton to the histidine, creating a reactive hydroxyl anion. The hydroxyl anion can then attack the carbonyl carbon of the lipid, forming another negatively charged tetrahedral intermediate which is stabilized in the oxyanion hole (Reaction 3).   

Upon reformation of the carbonyl, the catalytic serine is released and monoglyceride and fatty acid monomers diffuse away (Reaction 4).   

== '''Inhibition of Pancreatic Lipase''' ==