... energy of the cofactoris sensitive to changes in the pKa of the lower axialbase [3]. This has led to speculation that proteinsmight modulate the pKa of the histidine via the hydrogen bond between ... site [18,19]. The correlation between the distortion of the adenosyl group and cleavage of the cobalt–carbon bond is still not clear.Although the precise mechanism remains obscure, the results ... volume of 100 lL containing 2 mm MgCl2,40mml-glutamate and 50 mm Tris buffer, pH 8.5. The Km and kcatfor Ado-Cbi were determined in the presence of 10, 25, 50, 75 and 120 lm cofactor, and the...