title: Role of Mg2+ in nucleoside diphosphate kinase autophosphorylation.
abstract: Nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase is a ubiquitous enzyme that has been described to have regulatory functions. In addition to its classical enzymatic activity, NDP kinases have been characterized as inhibitors of metastasis, as a factor stimulating gene transcription, and as a protein kinase. In this report we show some characteristics of the autophosphorylation of homogeneous NDP kinase and make a comparison with that of other proteins in crude extracts. By using labeled substrates and fluorescence quenching analysis, we prove that Mg2+ is indeed necessary for the two steps of the ping-pong reaction to take place and present evidence that NTPs or NDPs, when uncomplexed to divalent cations, may not bind the active site in a comparable way to NTP . Mg2+ and NDP . Mg2+. However, even extremely small concentrations of Mg2+ suffice for maximal autophosphorylation which is obtained with Mg2+ in the nanomolar range and 100 microM ATP using homogeneous enzyme. Moreover, lower autophosphorylation levels were observed with increasing concentrations of Mg2+. The autophosphorylation equilibrium varied from 0.19 to 1.6 upon the inclusion of 10 mM EDTA to produce low Mg2+ concentrations. Under optimal conditions (low Mg2+ concentrations and short incubation times) NDP kinase was the only protein phosphorylated in crude extracts from Candida albicans, indicating that the autophosphorylation properties of the enzyme are very singular.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CIBYF (CONICET), Avenida San Martín 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Passeron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Passeron
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000201:enzymology; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000201:enzymology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015636:Magnesium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004492:Edetic Acid; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D008274:Magnesium