title: ATP-induced conformational transition of denatured proteins.
abstract: Although the conformational change occurring in proteins upon ATP binding is important in many biological reactions, the mechanism by which ATP binding induces the conformational change is unknown. We found that ATP induces acid-unfolded (pH 2) ferricytochrome c or apomyoglobin to adopt a compact structure with a significant amount of alpha-helix and increased hydrophobicity. A very similar conformational transition was observed at neutral pH for an amphiphilic model polypeptide. The effectiveness of various adenine nucleotides in inducing the conformational transition was found to be proportional to their phosphate group contents, i.e., adenosine tetraphosphate greater than ATP greater than ADP greater than AMP. These results should be important when considering the mechanism of the ATP-induced conformational change in proteins during various biological reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aimoto
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006736:Horses; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011489:Protein Denaturation
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D010455:Peptides; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate