Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Studies on the mechanism of synergistic activation by nucleotides

Smith, T. E. ; Balasubramanian, K. A. ; Beezley, A. (1980) Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Studies on the mechanism of synergistic activation by nucleotides Journal of Biological Chemistry, 255 . pp. 1635-1642. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Kinetic studies were done to obtain a quantitative estimation of the synergistic interactions that occur between phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (orthophosphate:oxaloacetate carboxylase (phosphorylating) E.C. 4.1.1.31) from Escherichia coli K12 and various combinations of its primary substrate, P-enolpyruvate, and the activators acetylcoenzyme A, CDP, GTP, and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. The analysis involves the evaluation of apparent K values, KS for P-enolpyru;ate and KA for activators, as a function of the concentration of P-enolpyruvate or another activator in the case of KA determinations. Methods are presented which allow the determination of dissociation constants for P-enolpyruvate and activators from binary, ternary, and quaternary complexes of enzyme with substrates or activators, or both. It was observed that synergistic activation occurs with acetyl coenzyme A and all of the coactivators but not with fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and the other co-activators. The enhancement of binding from the binary enzyme substrate (or activator) complex to the ternary or quaternary complexes is in the range of 100-fold. The dissociation constants for P-enolpyruvate, acetyl coenzyme A, CDP, and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate are the same from any active enzyme species. Synergistic activation by multiple activators reflects the ability of co-activators to shift the equilibrium concentrations of active enzyme species away from the inactive forms via a modified "cascade" scheme, thus decreasing the probability that dissociation of any one activator will yield an inactive enzyme species.

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