title: Interaction of adenylosuccinate synthetase with F-actin.
abstract: Both crude and purified preparations of adenylosuccinate synthetase from muscle were found to combine with, and dissociate from, muscle debris precipitated from a homogenate of the muscle with water. The binding and dissociation depended on ionic strength. Further study showed that the muscle enzyme was adsorbed to F-actin, but not to G-actin or myosin. The muscle-type enzyme from the liver also associated with F-actin, but the liver-type enzyme from the liver did not. In the absence of KCl the molar ratio of adenylosuccinate synthetase from skeletal muscle to actin monomer in F-actin in the complex formed was 1 to 4. From a Scatchard plot the dissociation constant was calculated to be 0.72 micrometer. The binding was maximal at pH 5.5-7 in 30 mM potassium phosphate buffer. The complex was completely dissociated in the presence of 0.21 M KCl. The physiological significance of this binding is discussed on the basis of these findings.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate; D007700:Kinetics; D008025:Ligases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000596:Amino Acids; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D008025:Ligases