title: Study of the fast-reacting cysteines in phosphoglycerate kinase using chemical modification and site-directed mutagenesis.
abstract: Horse muscle phosphoglycerate kinase, like other mammalian phosphoglycerate kinases, contains seven cysteine residues of which two react rapidly with 5,5'-dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoate) (Nbs2) following second-order kinetics (k = 640 M-1.s-1). Selective cyanylation of the fast-reacting cysteines, followed by chemical cleavage and subsequent sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the resulting polypeptides, suggested that these cysteines are at positions 378 and 379. Cysteine residues were introduced into yeast phosphoglycerate kinase by site-directed mutagenesis. Mutant enzymes, each containing only one cysteine residue at position 364, 376, or 377, were constructed from a mutant devoid of cysteine (Cys97----Ala). In the last two mutants, the cysteines were at positions corresponding to Cys378 and Cys379, respectively, in the horse muscle enzyme. The chemical reactivity of the cysteine groups in these latter two yeast mutant enzymes was similar to that of the fast-reacting cysteines in the horse muscle enzyme. Furthermore, they were similarly modified upon substrate binding. All these data demonstrate unambiguously that the fast-reacting cysteines in the horse muscle enzyme are Cys378 and Cys379.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique associé à l'Université de Paris-Sud, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desmadril
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ballery
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perahia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mouawad
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003545:Cysteine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006736:Horses; D007700:Kinetics; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*; D009154:Mutation; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase; D003545:Cysteine