title: The binding of glucose and nucleotides to hexokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The binding of glucose, ADP and AdoPP[NH]P, to the native PII dimer and PII monomer and the proteolytically-modified SII monomer of hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was monitored at pH 6.7 by the concomitant quenching of protein fluorescence. The data were analysed in terms of Qmax, the maximal quenching of fluorescence at saturating concentrations of ligand, and [L]0.5, the concentration of ligand at half-maximal quenching. No changes in fluorescence were observed with free enzyme and nucleotide alone. In the presence of saturating levels of glucose, Qmax induced by nucleotide was between 2 and 7%, and [L]0.5 was between 0.12 and 0.56 mM, depending on the nucleotide and enzyme species. Qmax induced by glucose alone was between 22 and 25%, while [L]0.5 was approx. 0.4 mM for either of the monomeric hexokinase forms and 3.4 for PII dimer. In the presence of 6 mM ADP or 2 mM AdoPP[NH]P, Qmax for glucose was increased by up to 4% and [L]0.5 was diminished 3-fold for hexokinase PII monomer, 6-fold for SII monomer, and 15-fold for PII dimer. The results are interpreted in terms of nucleotide-induced conformational change of hexokinase in the presence of glucose and synergistic binding interactions between glucose and nucleotide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of York, U.K.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Woolfitt
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kellett
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hoggett
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006593:Hexokinase; D005947:Glucose