Selective thiol group modification renders fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase insensitive to fructose 2,6-bisphosphate inhibition.
Limited treatment of native pig kidney fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (50 microM enzyme subunit) with [14C]N-ethylmaleimide (100 microM) at 30 degrees C, pH 7.5, in the presence of AMP (200 microM) results in the modification of 1 reactive cysteine residue/enzyme subunit. The N-ethylmaleimide-modified fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase has a functional catalytic site but is no longer inhibited by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. The enzyme derivative also exhibits decreased affinity toward Mg2+. The presence of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate during the modification protects the enzyme against the loss of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate inhibition. Moreover, the modified enzyme is inhibited by monovalent cations, as previously reported (Reyes, A., Hubert, E., and Slebe, J.C. (1985) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 127, 373-379), and does not show inhibition by high substrate concentrations. A comparison of the kinetic properties of native and N-ethylmaleimide-modified fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase reveals differences in some properties but none is so striking as the complete loss of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate sensitivity. The results demonstrate that fructose 2,6-bisphosphate interacts with a specific allosteric site on fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, and they also indicate that high levels of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate inhibit the enzyme by binding to this fructose 2,6-bisphosphate allosteric site.
D000818:Animals; D003545:Cysteine; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005635:Fructosediphosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006598:Hexosediphosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D013552:Swine
D005635:Fructosediphosphates; D006598:Hexosediphosphates; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D003545:Cysteine; C029063:fructose-1,6-diphosphate; D005033:Ethylmaleimide