title: Propagation of Acto-S-1 ATPase reaction-coupled conformational change in actin along the filament.
abstract: F-Actin was partially cross-linked to myosin subfragment-1 (S-1) at various molar ratios (r = S-1/actin) with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. The cross-linked acto-S-1 ATPase showed so called "super-activation," Vx. S-1 was added further to the cross-linked acto-S-1 and the ATPase activity, Vy, was measured. Since the added S-1 can interact only with the bare actin protomers within the cross-linked actin filament, the difference, delta V = Vy - Vx - Vs (where Vs is the ATPase activity of the additional S-1 alone), can indicate the state of the bare actin protomers while the cross-linked acto-S-1 is hydrolyzing ATP. With increasing r, delta V decreased much more rapidly than delta Vo(1 - r) (where delta Vo is delta V at r = 0) and reached a minimum around r = 0.15. As r increased further, delta V approached the level of delta Vo(1 - r). When SH1/SH2-blocked S-1 was cross-linked to F-actin, delta V decreased according to delta Vo(1 - r). Therefore, the large reduction of delta V, observed when intact S-1 was cross-linked, was coupled to the high ATPase activity of the cross-linked acto-S-1. Combining these data with other kinetic data, we could deduce that structural distortion in a cross-linked actin induced by the ATPase reaction of the S-1 partner propagated over several bare actin protomers along the filament and reduced their affinity for the S-1-ADP-Pi complex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D009218:Myosins