title: The substrate specificity, kinetics, and mechanism of glycerate-3-kinase from spinach leaves.
abstract: Glycerate-3-kinase (EC 2.7.1.31) from spinach leaves shows absolute specificity for D-glycerate as phosphate acceptor, yielding 3-phosphoglycerate as a product. ATP complexed with either Mg2+ or Mn2+ is the preferred phosphate donor. The enzyme has Km (D-glycerate) = 0.25 mM, Km (Mg-ATP) = 0.21 mM, Vmax = 300 mumol min-1 mg protein-1, and a turnover number = 12,000 X min-1. The equilibrium constant for the reaction is approximately 300 at pH 7.8. Pyrophosphate, 3-phosphoglycerate and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate are the strongest inhibitors among the phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated metabolites tested; however, their regulatory role in vivo is questioned. Substrate kinetics, as well as product and analog inhibition data, are consistent with a sequential random mechanism. The distinct characteristic of the glycerate kinase-catalyzed reaction is the formation of a dead-end complex between the enzyme, D-glycerate, and 3-phosphoglycerate.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kleczkowski
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Zahler
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000378:metabolism; D005988:Glyceric Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D005988:Glyceric Acids; D010710:Phosphates; C005156:3-phosphoglycerate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C020670:glycerate kinase