“…For example, studies with site-directed mutants have shown that Tyr-52, Phe-22, and Phe-106 participate in substrate binding (Dupureur et al, 1992a,b); that Asp-99 affects k cat * (Sekar et al, 1997); that the N-terminal residues contribute to the binding of the enzyme to the interface (Maliwal et al, 1994;Liu et al, 1995); and that the C-terminal segment participates in coupling of the chemical step to the anionic charge at the interface (Huang et al, 1996). Scheme 1 also accommodates kinetics with anionic micelles, where PLA2 binds with high affinity, substrate exchange with excess micelles is rapid, and the catalytic turnover is limited by the chemical step (Jain & Rogers, 1989;Rogers et al, 1996). Also, direct vesicle to vesicle exchange of phospholipid mediated by peptides and proteins provides a kinetic basis for rationalizing nonspecific inhibition (Jain & Berg, 1989) and the apparent activation of PLA2 under conditions leading to increased substrate replenishment (Jain et al, 1991c;Cajal et al, 1996aCajal et al, ,b, 1997.…”