title: Antagonistic binding of substrates to 3-phosphoglycerate kinase monitored by the fluorescent analogue 2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate.
abstract: The analogue of ATP, 2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate (TNP-ATP), binds tightly to pig muscle 3-phosphoglycerate kinase. A dissociation constant Kd of 0.0095 +/- 0.0015 mM was determined by fluorimetric titration on the basis of 1:1 stoichiometry. TNP-ATP is a strong competitive inhibitor towards MgATP and MgADP with a Ki of 0.008 +/- 0.001 mM for both substrates. It is also a mixed-type inhibitor towards 3-phosphoglycerate with similar inhibition constants. Binding of TNP-ATP to 3-phosphoglycerate kinase is accompanied by a tenfold intensity increase and a blue shift of about 20 nm in its fluorescence emission spectrum and a shift of the pK of its trinitrophenyl group towards a more acidic pH. These findings suggest that the negatively charged trinitrophenyl group of TNP-ATP significantly contributes to the binding of the analogue. By stepwise replacement of the fluorescent TNP-ATP, the dissociation constants (Kd) for ADP and MgADP binding were determined and found to be 0.78 +/- 0.08 and 0.048 +/- 0.006 mM respectively, which are consistent with the values previously determined by equilibrium dialysis [Molnár and Vas (1993) Biochem J. 293, 595-599]. In similar competitive-titration experiments, ATP and MgATP did not completely substitute for TNP-ATP. For the fraction of the analogue that could be substituted, the dissociation constants for MgATP and ATP were estimated to be 0.27 +/- 0.09 and 0.33 +/- 0.15 mM respectively, close to the values determined by equilibrium dialysis. Using the same method, a significant weakening of binding of both (Mg)ADP and (Mg)ATP could be detected in the presence of 3-phosphoglycerate: their respective Kd values became 0.34 +/- 0.04 and 0.51 +/- 0.22 mM. The reciprocal effect, i.e. weakening of 3-phosphoglycerate binding in the presence of the nucleotide substrates, has been observed previously [Vas and Batke (1984) Eur. J. Biochem. 139, 115-123]. Similarly, a much weaker binding of (Mg)ATP could be observed in the presence of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (Kd = 2.30 +/- 0.68 mM). The possible reason for the mutual weakening of substrate binding is discussed in the light of the available structural data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merli
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005988:Glyceric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005988:Glyceric Acids; C015891:glycerate 1,3-biphosphate; C045674:2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitro-cyclohexadienylidine)adenosine 5'-triphosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; C005156:3-phosphoglycerate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase