title: E2P phosphoforms of Na,K-ATPase. II. Interaction of substrate and cation-binding sites in Pi phosphorylation of Na,K-ATPase.
abstract: In this investigation the effects of alkali cations on the transient kinetics of Na,K-ATPase phosphoenzyme formation from either ATP (E2P) or Pi (E'2P) were characterized by chemical quench methods as well as by stopped-flow RH421 fluorescence experiments. By combining the two methods it was possible to characterize the kinetics of Na, K-ATPase from two sources, shark rectal glands and pig kidney. The rate of the spontaneous dephosphorylation of E2P and E'2P was identical with a rate constant of about 1.1 s-1 at 20 degreesC. However, whereas dephosphorylation of E2P formed from ATP was strongly stimulated by K+, dephosphorylation of E'2P formed from Pi in the absence of alkali cations was K+-insensitive, although in pig renal enzyme K+ binding to E'2P could be demonstrated with RH421 fluorescence. It appears, therefore, that in pig kidney enzyme the rapid binding of K+ to E'2P was followed by a slow transition to a nonfluorescent form. For shark enzyme the K+-induced decrease of RH421 fluorescence of Pi phosphorylated enzyme was due to K+ binding to the dephosphoenzyme (E1), thus shifting the equilibrium away from E'2P. When Pi phosphorylation was performed with enzyme equilibrated with K+ or its congeners Tl+, Rb+, and Cs+ but not with Na+ or Li+, both the phosphorylation and the dephosphorylation rates were considerably increased. This indicates that binding of cations modifies the substrate site in a cation-specific way, suggesting an allosteric interaction between the conformation of the cation-binding sites and the phosphorylation site of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Denmark. fc@biophys.au.dk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.forename: N U
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Fedosova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klodos
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000468:Alkalies / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002414:Cations, Monovalent / Q000378:metabolism; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D012754:Sharks; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013343:Styrenes / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D002414:Cations, Monovalent; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010710:Phosphates; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D013343:Styrenes; C070534:RH 421; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase