Kinetic Model for the Reversible Hydration of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by Human Carbonic Anhydrase II

Four variants of the two-step Ping Pong mechanism for the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate catalyzed by free human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA II) in solutions were derived and their goodness-of-fit to match measured initial hydration rates tested. The pseudo (i.e., no central complex) random Quad Quad Iso Ping Pong mechanism with one transitory complex was retained which implied a possible competitive intermolecular proton transfer step by the CO2/HCO3− pair with respect to external buffer. The model suggests this role could be emphasized in product inhibition conditions at high bicarbonate/buffer concentration ratios. A 4-parameter kinetic model was derived to complement the existing single- (intra- or intermolecular) limiting-step models for HCA II catalyzed hydration of CO2 in which were accounted for altogether the enzyme isomerization and CO2/HCO3− proton transfer via a [CO2]·[HCO3−] coupling, the CO2/HCO3− proton transfer via [HCO3−]2 and [CO2]·[HCO3−]2 couplings, and an enzyme−...