title: Functional consequences of mutation Asn326-->Leu in the 4th transmembrane segment of the alpha-subunit of the rat kidney Na+, K(+)-ATPase.
abstract: Site-specific mutagenesis was used to replace Asn326 in transmembrane segment M4 of the ouabain-insensitive alpha 1-isoform of rat kidney Na+, K(+)-ATPase. Mutant Asn326-->Leu was functional as demonstrated by the ability of COS cells expressing the mutant enzyme to grow in the presence of ouabain. In three independent assays encompassing Na+ titrations of Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity, Na(+)-ATPase activity, and phosphorylation from ATP, the Asn326-->Leu mutant displayed a reduced apparent affinity for Na+. By contrast, this mutant exhibited a slightly increased apparent affinity for K+ relative to the wild-type enzyme. In the presence of Na+ without K+, the Asn326-->Leu mutant hydrolyzed ATP at a high rate corresponding to 32% of the maximal Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity, and the rate of dephosphorylation of the phosphoenzyme intermediate was enhanced in the mutant relative to that of the wild-type enzyme. Oligomycin, known to stabilize the Na(+)-occluded phosphoenzyme intermediate, reduced the dephosphorylation rate of the mutant and increased the steady-state phosphoenzyme level formed by the mutant at least 3-fold, whereas an increase in the steady-state phosphoenzyme level of only 10-15% was determined for the wild-type enzyme. The molecular turnover number for the Na+,K(+)-ATPase reaction, calculated when the steady-state phosphoenzyme level obtained in the presence of oligomycin was taken as a measure of the concentration of active sites, was slightly reduced relative to that of the wild-type enzyme. The data are discussed in terms of a role for Asn326 in binding of cytoplasmic Na+ and in mediation of inhibition of dephosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vilsen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001216:Asparagine; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D015870:Gene Expression; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D007930:Leucine; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001216:Asparagine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D007930:Leucine; D011188:Potassium