scholarly journals Kinetic evidence for a ‘mnemonical’ mechanism for rat liver glucokinase

1977 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
A C Storer ◽  
A Cornish-Bowden

Inhibition studies of glucokinase were carried out with the products of the reaction, glucose 6-phosphate and MgADP-, as well as with ADP3-, Mg2+ and ATP4-. The results of these, together with those of kinetic studies of the uninhibited reaction described previously [Storer & Cornish-Bowden (1976) Biochem. J. 159, 7-14], indicate that the enzyme obeys a ‘mnemonical’ mechanism. This implies that the co-operativity observed with glucose as substrate arises because glucose binds differentially to two forms of the free enzyme that are not in equilibrium under steady-state conditions. The mechanism predicts the decrease in glucose co-operativity observed at low concentrations of MgATP2-. The product-inhibition results suggest that glucose 6-phosphate is released first and that it is possibly displaced by MgATP2- in a concerted reaction.

1987 ◽  
Vol 242 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
K S De Jongh ◽  
P J Schofield ◽  
M R Edwards

The kinetic mechanism of the major sheep liver aldehyde reductase (ALR1) was studied with three aldehyde substrates: p-nitrobenzaldehyde, pyridine-3-aldehyde and D-glucuronate. In each case the enzyme mechanism was sequential and product-inhibition studies were consistent with an ordered Bi Bi mechanism, with the coenzymes binding to the free enzyme. Binding studies were used to investigate the interactions of substrates, products and inhibitors with the free enzyme. These provided evidence for the binding of D-glucuronate, L-gulonate and valproate, as well as NADP+ and NADPH. The enzyme was inhibited by high concentrations of D-glucuronate in a non-competitive manner, indicating that this substrate was able to bind to the free enzyme and to the E X NADP+ complex at elevated concentrations. Although the enzyme was inhibited by high pyridine-3-aldehyde concentrations, there was no evidence for the binding of this substrate to the free enzyme. Sheep liver ALR1 was inhibited by the ionized forms of alrestatin, sorbinil, valproate, 2-ethylhexanoate and phenobarbitone, indicating the presence of an anion-binding site similar to that described for the pig liver enzyme, which interacts with inhibitors and substrates containing a carboxy group. Sorbinil, valproate and 2-ethylhexanoate inhibited the enzyme uncompetitively at low concentrations and non-competitively at high concentrations, whereas phenobarbitone and alrestatin were non-competitive and uncompetitive inhibitors respectively. The significance of these results with respect to inhibitor and substrate binding is discussed.


1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 490-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Y. Chu ◽  
J. Frank Henderson

Initial velocity and product inhibition studies of phosphoribosyl-formylglycineamidine synthetase indicate that the reaction involves a fully ping pong mechanism in which glutamine binds to the free enzyme and glutamate is released before the addition of ATP. ADP is released, and phosphoribosyl-formylglycineamide then binds; the liberation of Pi is rapid, and phosphoribosyl-formylglycineamidine is the last product released from the enzyme. The Km values for glutamine, ATP, and phosphoribosyl-formylglycineamide are 1.1 × 10−4 M, 1.5 × 10−3 M, and 1.1 × 10−4 M, respectively. The Km value for ammonium chloride is 7.5 × 10−3 M, and the ratio of Vmax values with ammonium chloride and glutamine is 1/40. The inhibition constants for FGAM and Pi were calculated to be 1.3 × 10−4 M and 6.45 × 10−3 M, respectively.


1991 ◽  
Vol 278 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Askonas ◽  
J W Ricigliano ◽  
T M Penning

Rat liver 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha-HSD) (EC 1.1.1.50) is an NAD(P)(+)-dependent oxidoreductase that is potently inhibited at its active site by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Initial-velocity and product-inhibition studies performed in either direction at pH 7.0 are consistent with a sequential ordered Bi Bi mechanism in which pyridine nucleotide binds first and leaves last. This mechanism is supported by fluorescence titrations of the E-NADH complex, and by the failure to detect the binding of either [3H]androsterone or [3H]androstanedione to free enzyme by equilibrium dialysis. Dead-end inhibition studies with NSAIDs also support this mechanism. Initial-velocity studies with indomethacin show that this drug is an uncompetitive inhibitor against NAD+, but a potent competitive inhibitor against androsterone, indicating the ordered formation of an E.NAD+.indomethacin complex. Calculation of the individual rate constants reveals that the binding and release of pyridine nucleotide is rate-limiting and that isomerization of the central complex is favoured in the forward direction. Equilibrium dialysis experiments with [14C]indomethacin reveal the presence of two abortive NSAID complexes, a high-affinity ternary complex corresponding to E.NAD+.indomethacin (Kd = 1-2 microM for indomethacin) and a low-affinity binary complex corresponding to E.indomethacin (Kd = 22 microM for indomethacin). Since indomethacin has a low affinity for free enzyme, the formation of this abortive binary complex does not complicate kinetic measurements which are made in the presence of NAD+, but may contribute to the inhibition of the enzyme by NSAIDs. Using either pro-R-[4-3H]NADH or pro-S-[4-3H]NADH as cofactor, radiolabelled androsterone was formed only when the pro-R-[4-3H]NADH was used, confirming that purified 3 alpha-HSD is a Class A dehydrogenase.


1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
W L Gitomer ◽  
K F Tipton

Histamine N-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.8) was purified 1100-fold from ox brain. The native enzyme has an Mr of 34800 +/- 2400 as measured by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The enzyme is highly specific for histamine. It does not methylate noradrenaline, adrenaline, DL-3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 3-hydroxytyramine or imidazole-4-acetic acid. Unlike the enzyme from rat and mouse brain, ox brain histamine N-methyltransferase did not exhibit substrate inhibition by histamine. Initial rate and product inhibition studies were consistent with an ordered steady-state mechanism with S-adenosylmethionine being the first substrate to bind to the enzyme and N-methylhistamine being the first product to dissociate.


1994 ◽  
Vol 297 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y S Kim ◽  
S W Kang

Malonyl-CoA synthetase catalyses the formation of malonyl-CoA directly from malonate and CoA with hydrolysis of ATP into AMP and PP1. The catalytic mechanism of malonyl-CoA synthetase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum was investigated by steady-state kinetics. Initial-velocity studies and the product-inhibition studies with AMP and PPi strongly suggested ordered Bi Uni Uni Bi Ping Pong Ter Ter system as the most probable steady-state kinetic mechanism of malonyl-CoA synthetase. Michaelis constants were 61 microM, 260 microM and 42 microM for ATP, malonate and CoA respectively, and the value for Vmax, was 11.2 microM/min. The t.l.c. analysis of the 32P-labelled products in a reaction mixture containing [gamma-32P]ATP in the absence of CoA showed that PPi was produced after the sequential addition of ATP and malonate. Formation of malonyl-AMP, suggested as an intermediate in the kinetically deduced mechanism, was confirmed by the analysis of 31P-n.m.r. spectra of an AMP product isolated from the 18O-transfer experiment using [18O]malonate. The 31P-n.m.r. signal of the AMP product appeared at 0.024 p.p.m. apart from that of [16O4]AMP, indicating that one atom of 18O transferred from [18O]malonate to AMP through the formation of malonyl-AMP. Formation of malonyl-AMP was also confirmed through the t.l.c. analysis of reaction mixture containing [alpha-32P]ATP. These results strongly support the ordered Bi Uni Uni Bi Pin Pong Ter Ter mechanism deduced from initial-velocity and product-inhibition studies.


1986 ◽  
Vol 234 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
H G Nimmo

The inhibition of Escherichia coli isocitrate dehydrogenase by glyoxylate and oxaloacetate was examined. The shapes of the progress curves in the presence of the inhibitors depended on the order of addition of the assay components. When isocitrate dehydrogenase or NADP+ was added last, the rate slowly decreased until a new, inhibited, steady state was obtained. When isocitrate was added last, the initial rate was almost zero, but the rate increased slowly until the same steady-state value was obtained. Glyoxylate and oxaloacetate gave competitive inhibition against isocitrate and uncompetitive inhibition against NADP+. Product-inhibition studies showed that isocitrate dehydrogenase obeys a compulsory-order mechanism, with coenzyme binding first. Glyoxylate and oxaloacetate bind to and dissociate from isocitrate dehydrogenase slowly. These observations can account for the shapes of the progress curves observed in the presence of the inhibitors. Condensation of glyoxylate and oxaloacetate produced an extremely potent inhibitor of isocitrate dehydrogenase. Analysis of the reaction by h.p.l.c. showed that this correlated with the formation of oxalomalate. This compound decomposed spontaneously in assay mixtures, giving 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate, which was a much less potent inhibitor of the enzyme. Oxalomalate inhibited isocitrate dehydrogenase competitively with respect to isocitrate and was a very poor substrate for the enzyme. The data suggest that the inhibition of isocitrate dehydrogenase by glyoxylate and oxaloacetate is not physiologically significant.


2003 ◽  
Vol 371 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Octavio MONASTERIO ◽  
María Luz CÁRDENAS

The kinetic mechanism of rat liver hexokinase D ('glucokinase') was studied under non-co-operative conditions with 2-deoxyglucose as substrate, chosen to avoid uncertainties derived from the co-operativity observed with the physiological substrate, glucose. The enzyme shows hyperbolic kinetics with respect to both 2-deoxyglucose and MgATP2-, and the reaction follows a ternary-complex mechanism with Km = 19.2±2.3mM for 2-deoxyglucose and 0.56±0.05mM for MgATP2-. Product inhibition by MgADP- was mixed with respect to MgATP2- and was largely competitive with respect to 2-deoxyglucose, suggesting an ordered mechanism with 2-deoxyglucose as first substrate and MgADP- as last product. Dead-end inhibition by N-acetylglucosamine, AMP and the inert complex CrATP [the complex of ATP with chromium in the 3+ oxidation state, i.e. Cr(III)—ATP], studied with respect to both substrates, also supports an ordered mechanism with 2-deoxyglucose as first substrate. AMP appears to bind both to the free enzyme and to the E·dGlc complex. Experiments involving protection against inactivation by 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) support the existence of the E·MgADP- and E·AMP complexes suggested by the kinetic studies. MgADP-, AMP, 2-deoxyglucose, glucose and mannose were strong protectors, supporting the existence of binary complexes with the enzyme. Glucose 6-phosphate failed to protect, even at concentrations as high as 100mM, and MgATP2- protected only slightly (12%). The inactivation results support the postulated ordered mechanism with 2-deoxyglucose as first substrate and MgADP- as last product. In addition, the straight-line dependence observed when the reciprocal value of the inactivation constant was plotted against the sugar-ligand concentration supports the view that there is just one sugar-binding site in hexokinase D.


1973 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
pp. 797-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Gillham

1. The glutathione S-transferase that catalyses the reaction of 1-menaphthyl (naphth-1-ylmethyl) sulphate with GSH was purified 76-fold from rat liver. 2. The properties of the purified enzyme were studied by gel filtration and isoelectric focusing. 3. The initial-velocity pattern in the absence of products and the product-inhibition pattern have been determined. These are consistent with an Ordered Bi Bi mechanism in which the GSH adds to the enzyme before 1-menaphthyl sulphate and the products are released in the order SO42−followed by S-(1-menaphthyl)glutathione. 4. Dead-end-inhibition studies with p-aminobenzoic acid, which has been shown to be competitive with GSH and non-competitive with 1-menaphthyl sulphate, support the suggestion that an Ordered Bi Bi mechanism is operative. 5. Values were determined for some of the dissociation and Michaelis constants for the reaction of the substrates and products with the enzyme. 6. It appears that S-(1-menaphthyl)glutathione activates the enzyme when the concentration of GSH is saturating and that of 1-menaphthyl sulphate is low (of the order of its Michaelis constant).


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 380-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly A. Roginsky ◽  
Tatjana K. Barsukova ◽  
Gernot Bruchelt ◽  
Hartmut B. Stegmann

Abstract Comparative kinetic studies on the oxidation of catecholamines (CA) (dopamine (DA), epinephrine (EP). norepinephrine (NEP)) serving as a neuromediator in the sympathetic nervous system, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) and 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), a wellknown neurotoxic agent, were performed in the presence of ascorbate (AscH- ) in 50 mᴍ phosphate buffer, pH 7.40, at 37 °C by using a Clark electrode, EPR and the absorption spectroscopy. The oxidation of CA and DOPA alone was found to be a self-accelerating process, with quinone products (Q) acting as autocatalysts. The rate of oxygen consumption (Rox) increased with time and reached a steady-state level. A starting value of Rox increased in the order: EP < DOPA ≈ NEP ≪ DA ≪ 6-OHDA, whereas a steady-state value of Rox changed in the order: DOPA < DA < NEP ≪ EP ≪ 6-OHDA. The changes in Rox with time were found to correlate with the resistance of primary Q to the intramolecular cyclization. The effect of AscH- on CA oxidation depended dramatically on whether AscH- was added to non-oxidized or preoxidized CA. Added to non-oxidized CA and DOPA, AscH- inhibited their oxidation (but not that of 6-OHDA). For the case of DA, a pronounced lag period was observed by both a Clark electrode and spectrophotometrically. The addition of AscH- to preoxidized CA, DOPA and 6-OHDA induced an increase in Rox a steadystate concentration of the ascorbyl radical. The kinetic behaviour of the systems was determined by two major factors: 1) AscH- suppressed the formation of Q, a catalyst for CA oxidation, most likely due to the reaction of AscH- with the semiquinone formed from CA; 2) Q derived both from CA and 6-OHDA catalyzed AscH- oxidation. The elevated cytotoxicity of 6-OHDA was found to be in part caused by the condition that 6-OHDA oxidation was not inhibited by AscH- and by the high efficiency of 6-OHDA as a redox cycling agent in combination with A scH−. These observations explain the very pronounced and prolonged cytotoxicity of 6-OHDA even at low concentrations that increases at elevated concentrations of AscH- .


1976 ◽  
Vol 157 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
D F Brook ◽  
P J Large

1. Secondary-amine mono-oxygenase (proposed EC group 1.14.99.-) was partially purified from trimethylamine-grown Pseudomonas aminovorans by (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, gel filtration, hydrophobic chromatography on 5-aminopentylamino-Sepharose, and affinity chromatography on Sepharose-bound NADH. 2. Some problems in the affinity-chromatography step are discussed. 3. A steady-state kinetic analysis varying substrate, oxygen and electron-donor concentrations was performed, which, over the concentration range studied, gave a series of families of approximately parallel double-reciprocal plots. From secondary and tertiary plots, Michaelis constants of 0.160 mM, 0.086 mM and 0.121 mM were obtained for dimethylamine, NADPH and oxygen respectively. 4. Product-inhibition studies supported the postulated Hexa Uni Ping Pong (triple-transfer) reaction mechanism.


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