title: Catabolism of bis(5'-nucleosidyl) oligophosphates in Escherichia coli: metal requirements and substrate specificity of homogeneous diadenosine-5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase.
abstract: Diadenosine-5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase (diadenosinetetraphosphatase) from Escherichia coli strain EM20031 has been purified 5000-fold from 4 kg of wet cells. It produces 2.4 mg of homogeneous enzyme with a yield of 3.1%. The enzyme activity in the reaction of ADP production from Ap4A is 250 s-1 [37 degrees C, 50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, pH 7.8, 50 microM Ap4A, 0.5 microM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and 50 microM CoCl2]. The enzyme is a single polypeptide chain of Mr 33K, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis and high-performance gel permeation chromatography. Dinucleoside polyphosphates are substrates provided they contain more than two phosphates (Ap4A, Ap4G, Ap4C, Gp4G, Ap3A, Ap3G, Ap3C, Gp3G, Gp3C, Ap5A, Ap6A, and dAp4dA are substrates; Ap2A, NAD, and NADP are not). Among the products, a nucleoside diphosphate is always formed. ATP, GTP, CTP, UTP, dATP, dGTP, dCTP, and dTTP are not substrates; Ap4 is. Addition of Co2+ (50 microM) to the reaction buffer containing 0.5 microM EDTA strongly stimulates Ap4A hydrolysis (stimulation 2500-fold). With 50 microM MnCl2, the stimulation is 900-fold. Ca2+, Fe2+, and Mg2+ have no effect. The Km for Ap4A is 22 microM with Co2+ and 12 microM with Mn2+. The added metals have similar effects on the hydrolysis of Ap3A into ADP + AMP. However, in the latter case, the stimulation by Co2+ is small, and the maximum stimulation brought by Mn2+ is 9 times that brought by Co2+. Exposure of the enzyme to Zn2+ (5 microM), prior to the assay or within the reaction mixture containing Co2+, causes a marked inhibition of Ap4A hydrolysis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plateau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fromant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brevet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gesquière
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanquet
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D004492:Edetic Acid; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; C036849:bis(5'-nucleosyl)tetraphosphatase (symmetrical)