title: 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase mechanism: evidence for allosteric modulation by substrate.
abstract: The reductive carboxylation of ribulose-5-phosphate (Ru5P) by 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH) from Candida utilis was investigated using kinetic isotope effects. The intrinsic isotope effect for proton abstraction from Ru5P was found at 4.9 from deuterium isotope effects on V and V/K and from tritium isotope effects on V/K. The presence of 6-phosphogluconate (6PG) in the assay mixture changes the magnitude of the observed isotope effects. In the absence of 6PG (D)(V/K) and (D)(V) are 1.68 and 2.46, respectively, whereas the presence of 6PG increases (D)(V/K) to 2.84 and decreases (D)(V) to 1.38. A similar increase of (T)(V/K) is observed as 6PG builds up in the reaction mixture. These data indicate that in the absence of 6PG, a slow step, which precedes the chemical process, is rate-limiting for the reaction, whereas in the presence of 6PG, the rate-limiting step follows the isotope-sensitive step. Kinetic analysis of reductive carboxylation shows that 6PG at low concentrations decreases the K(m) of Ru5P, whereas at higher concentrations, the usual competitive pattern is observed. These data indicate that full activity of 6PGDH is achieved when one subunit carries out the catalysis and the other subunit carries an unreacted 6PG. Thus, 6PG is like an allosteric activator of 6PGDH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. hns@unife.it
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanau
authors.forename: Katy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Montin
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cervellati
authors.forename: Morena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dallocchio
mesh_terms: D000495:Allosteric Site; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D002175:Candida / Q000201:enzymology; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D019281:Dimerization; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005942:Gluconates / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005942:Gluconates; D002244:Carbon; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; C008884:6-phosphogluconic acid
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