Phosphodiester cleavage of BNPP can be accelerated by various degradative r
eceptors including enzymes. In the hydrolytic cleavage of BNPP, a bell-shap
ed receptor concentration-rate profile composed of a positive-catalysis pha
se at low receptor concentrations and a negative-catalysis phase at excess
receptor concentration was observed. The negative catalysis can be explaine
d by nonproductive binding, leading to an increase of the activation energy
barrier and a decrease of the reaction rate.