title: Residues in the H+ translocation site define the pKa for sugar binding to LacY.
abstract: A remarkably high pKa of approximately 10.5 has been determined for sugar-binding affinity to the lactose permease of Escherichia coli (LacY), indicating that, under physiological conditions, substrate binds to fully protonated LacY. We have now systematically tested site-directed replacements for the residues involved in sugar binding, as well as H+ translocation and coupling, in order to determine which residues may be responsible for this alkaline pKa. Mutations in the sugar-binding site (Glu126, Trp151, Glu269) markedly decrease affinity for sugar but do not alter the pKa for binding. In contrast, replacements for residues involved in H+ translocation (Arg302, Tyr236, His322, Asp240, Glu325, Lys319) exhibit pKa values for sugar binding that are either shifted toward neutral pH or independent of pH. Values for the apparent dissociation constant for sugar binding (K(d)(app)) increase greatly for all mutants except neutral replacements for Glu325 or Lys319, which are characterized by remarkably high affinity sugar binding (i.e., low K(d)(app)) from pH 5.5 to pH 11. The pH dependence of the on- and off-rate constants for sugar binding measured directly by stopped-flow fluorometry implicates k(off) as a major factor for the affinity change at alkaline pH and confirms the effects of pH on K(d)(app) inferred from steady-state fluorometry. These results indicate that the high pKa for sugar binding by wild-type LacY cannot be ascribed to any single amino acid residue but appears to reside within a complex of residues involved in H+ translocation. There is structural evidence for water bound in this complex, and the water could be the site of protonation responsible for the pH dependence of sugar binding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-7327, USA.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kasho
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Jun-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: H Ronald
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kaback
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism*; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009861:Onium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D011522:Protons; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D027981:Symporters / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C050221:LacY protein, E coli; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009861:Onium Compounds; D011522:Protons; D027981:Symporters; C027727:hydronium ion; D007785:Lactose
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