PMID: 2498341Jun 15, 1989Paper

A calorimetric and equilibrium investigation of the hydrolysis of lactose

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
R N Goldberg, Y B Tewari

Abstract

The thermodynamics of the hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose have been investigated using both high pressure liquid chromatography and heat-conduction microcalorimetry. The reaction was carried out over the temperature range 282-316 K and in 0.1 M sodium acetate buffer at a pH of 5.65 using the enzyme beta-galactosidase to catalyze the reaction. For the process lactose(aq) + H2O(liq) = glucose(aq) + galactose(aq), delta G0 = -8.72 +/- 0.20 kJ.mol-1, K0 = 34 +/- 3, delta H0 = 0.44 +/- 0.11 kJ.mol-1, delta S0 = 30.7 +/- 0.8 J.mol-1.K-1, and delta Cop = 9 +/- 20 J.mol-1.K-1 at 298.15 K. The standard state is the hypothetical ideal solution of unit molality. Thermochemical cycle calculations using enthalpies of combustion and solution, entropies, solubilities, activity coefficients, and apparent molar heat capacities have also been performed. These calculations indicate large discrepancies which are attributable primarily to errors in literature data on the enthalpies of combustion and/or third law entropies of the crystalline forms of the substrates.

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