title: Nucleophilic behavior of lysine-501 of the alpha-polypeptide of sodium and potassium ion activated adenosinetriphosphatase consistent with a role in binding adenosine triphosphate.
abstract: An immunoadsorbent specific for the carboxy-terminal sequence -GAPER, which comprises residues 502-506 of the alpha-polypeptide of ovine sodium and potassium ion activated adenosinetriphosphatase [(Na+ + K+)-ATPase], was used to isolate the products of the reaction between the lysine immediately preceding this sequence in the intact protein and either [3H]acetic anhydride or fluorescein 5'-isothiocyanate. Changes in the apparent nucleophilicity of this lysine, Lys501, were observed with both reagents when ATP was bound by the intact, native enzyme poised in the E1 conformation or when the structure of the enzyme was changed from the E1 conformation into the E2-P conformation. With both reagents, a decrease of more than 4-fold in the yield of incorporation occurred during the former change, but a decrease of only 2-fold occurred during the latter. Because a much larger decrease occurred when ATP was bound in the absence of a conformational change than occurred when a major conformational change took place in the absence of the occupation of the active site, these changes in the incorporation of [3H]acetyl suggest that Lys501 from the alpha polypeptide is directly involved in binding ATP within the active site of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. The immunochemical reactions between the specific polyclonal antibodies raised against the sequence-GAPER and denatured or enzymically active (Na+ + K+)-ATPase were also investigated. Western blots and the inhibition of enzymic activity caused by the antibody have shown that it can bind to both the denatured and the native form of the alpha-polypeptide, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kyte
mesh_terms: D000089:Acetic Anhydrides / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004285:Dogs; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D000089:Acetic Anhydrides; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014316:Tritium; C031800:acetic anhydride; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D014357:Trypsin; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D008239:Lysine