title: Studies on the mechanism of orthophosphate regulation of bovine brain hexokinase.
abstract: An attempt was made to gain insight into the mechanism of orthophosphate attenuation of glucose-6-P inhibition of bovine brain hexokinase I (ADP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) from experiments of ligand binding and initial rate kinetics. Studies of glucose-6-P and phosphate binding to hexokinase reveal one binding site per hexokinase molecule. A model is presented which is consistent with the binding and kinetic data currently available on the alleviation of glucose-6-P inhibition of brain hexokinase by phosphate. The model implies that hexokinase may exist in equilibrium either as a free or phosphate-associated enzyme. The kinetic parameters of the two enzyme forms are similar except in their ability to bind glucose-6-P. It is suggested that the dissociation constant for glucose-6-P is relatively very high for hexokinase to which phosphate is bound. Phosphate appears to bind at an allosteric site on the enzyme, whereas glucose-6-P is associated either at the active site or at an allosteric site which overlaps the catalytic site.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000495:Allosteric Site; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005958:Glucosephosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D007700:Kinetics; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D005958:Glucosephosphates; D010710:Phosphates; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006593:Hexokinase; D005947:Glucose