title: Pressure effects on the binding of vanadate to the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-transport enzyme.
abstract: The effect which hydrostatic pressure exerts on the binding of vanadate to the calcium-transport enzyme was determined. The recent unavailability of radioactive vanadate prevented direct measurements of vanadate binding. The vanadate-free enzyme fraction was instead monitored by phosphorylating it with ATP according to Medda and Hasselbach [Medda, P. & Hasselbach, W. (1983) Eur. J. Biochem. 137, 7-14]. Vanadate binding is reduced with rising pressure at first markedly and subsequently, above 30 MPa, relatively little. The biphasic pressure-binding relationship was analysed by applying a biexponential fitting procedure to the experimental data. The biphasicity of the pressure-binding relationship indicates that the description of vanadate binding requires at least a two-step reaction sequence. The volume increments which predominate at lower pressure values, range from 200-400 ml.mol-1 depending on the composition of the reaction medium containing 5 microM and 20 microM vanadate and no or 15% (by vol.) Me2SO. The binding volumes deduced for the higher pressure range amount to 20-40 ml.mol-1. Vanadate binding is reduced in the presence of 30 microM calcium, and simultaneously both binding volumes are diminished by 100 ml.mol-1 and 20 ml.mol-1 for the low and high pressure values, respectively, as one can expect for mutual interactions between the two ligands of the transport enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Abteilung Physiologie, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ronzani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hasselbach
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011312:Pressure; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014638:Vanadates; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium