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I am trying to understand what are the catalytic histidine residues acting as a base and...

I am trying to understand what are the catalytic histidine residues acting as a base and the histidine residue acting as an acid. For the Chymotrypsin mechanism. Please explain.

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There are 3 different proteases that have catalytic triad ,that are chymotrypsin ,trypsin and elastase. In chymotrypsin the catalytic triad is made from serine 195, histidine57 and aspatatae102.The side chain of serine is bonded with the imidazole ring of histidine residue.

Here histidine residue accept a proton from serine to from a strong alkoxide nucleophile, so the histidine acts as best proton accepter. Hence it act as a base.

Again after aspartate deprotonation ,deprotonation of histidine takes place, proton transfor from histidine to aspartate. So here histidine acts as an acid.

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