title: Modeling the biochemical differences between rabbit muscle and human liver phosphorylase.
abstract: Glycogen phosphorylases catalyze the regulated breakdown of glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate. In mammals, glycogen phosphorylase occurs in three different isozymes called liver, muscle, and brain after the tissues in which they are preferentially expressed. The muscle isozyme binds and is activated cooperatively by AMP. In contrast, the liver enzyme binds AMP noncooperatively and is poorly activated. The amino acid sequence of human liver phosphorylase is 80% identical with rabbit muscle phosphorylase, and those residues which contact AMP are conserved. Using computer graphics software, we replaced side chains of the known rabbit muscle structure with those of human liver phosphorylase and interpreted the effects of these changes in order to account for the biochemical differences between them. We have identified two substitutions in liver phosphorylase potentially important in altering the cooperative binding and activation of this isozyme by AMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California 94143.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Newgard
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sprang
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fletterick
mesh_terms: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D006005:Phosphorylases