title: Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in mouse pancreatic islets. ATP-induced changes in sensitivity to Mn2+ activation.
abstract: The presence of high phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (EC 4.1.1.32) activity in mouse islet cytosol has been demonstrated. The enzyme was activated by Mn2+ with a Ka of 100 X 10(-6) mol/l. The mean total activity of the Mn2+-stimulated phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in islet cytosol estimated at 22 degrees C with saturating concentrations of the substrates oxaloacetate and ITP was 146 pmol/min per micrograms DNA. Km was calculated to be 6 X 10(-6) mol/l for oxaloacetate and 140 X 10(-6) mol/l for ITP. The islet phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity was not increased after starvation of the animals for 48 h. Preincubation of the cytosol at 4 degrees C with Fe2+, quinolinate, ATP, Pi, glucose 6-phosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, NAD+, NADH, oxaloacetate, ITP, cyclic AMP and Ca2+ had no effect on the enzyme activity. However, preincubation of the cytosol at 37 degrees C with ATP-Mg inhibited the Mn2+-stimulated phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity progressively with time and in a concentration-dependent manner. A similar but weaker inhibitory effect was observed with p[NH]ppA, whereas p[CH2]ppA, ADP, AMP, adenosine and Pi had no effect. It is tentatively suggested that ATP and p[NH]ppA either by adenylation or otherwise affect the interaction between islet phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and the recently discovered Mr = 29000 protein modulator of the enzyme in such a way - perhaps by causing a dissociation between them - that phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase loses its sensitivity to Mn2+ activation.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D006019:Glycolysis; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate; D008345:Manganese; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP); D002118:Calcium