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The mechanism of the serine protease-catalyzed cleavage of amides (acylation) was examined in terms of the basicity of the functional groups participating in the catalysis. It is proposed that the reaction does not proceed through a stepwise pathway, as opposed to the cleavage of esters and anilides, which start with general base-catalyzed formation of the tetrahedral intermediate followed by its general acid-catalyzed breakdown. Instead, the proton abstracted from the hydroxyl group of the serine by the imidazolyl group of the histidine is donated to the nitrogen atom of the leaving group of the amide before the bond between the carbonyl carbon atom of the amide and the attacking serine oxygen atom is completed. Reactions proceed by a SN2-like reaction through the cooperation of acid catalysis by the imidazolyl cation and nucleophilic attack by the serine. The mechanisms of the enzymatic hydrolyses of anilides and esters proceed through a discrete tetrahedral intermediate, but the enzymatic hydrolyses of amides probably do not.

Do cleavages of amides by serine proteases occur through a stepwise pathway involving tetrahedral intermediates?