title: Analysis of rate constants governing the exchange of guanine nucleotides bound to EF-Tu catalysed by EF-Ts.
abstract: The kinetics of the heterologous exchange of GDP bound to EF-Tu by free GTP catalysed by EF-Ts have been analysed with a view to correlating results obtainable with different computational procedures. The affinity of EF-Ts for EF-Tu.GTP was found to be somewhat less than previously proposed by Romero et al. (Biochemistry 260, 6167:1985) though still greater than for EF-Tu.GDP. There is a close interrelationship between the constants for the binding of GTP to EF-Tu.EF-Ts and of EF-Ts to EF-Tu.GTP. The declining fractional rate of exchange observed by Romero et al. during displacement of GDP by GTP appears to be dependent on the ratio of the rate constants (k-1 + k-2)k4/k1k-2 as defined in the text, not on that of K4/K1 as they proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Manchester
mesh_terms: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu / Q000378:metabolism*; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; C023512:elongation factor Ts; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu