scholarly journals Negative co-operativity in glutamate dehydrogenase. Involvement of the 2-position in glutamate in the induction of conformational changes

1985 ◽  
Vol 225 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
E T Bell ◽  
C LiMuti ◽  
C L Renz ◽  
J E Bell
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Fluorescence Properties ◽  
Subunit Interactions ◽  
Oxidative Deamination ◽  
Substrate Analogues

The 2-position substituent on substrates or substrate analogues for glutamate dehydrogenase is shown to be intimately involved in the induction of conformational changes between subunits in the hexamer by coenzyme. These conformational changes are associated with the negative co-operativity exhibited by this enzyme. 2-Oxoglutarate and L-2-hydroxyglutarate induce indications of co-operativity similar to those induced by the substrate of oxidative deamination, glutamate, in kinetic studies. Glutarate (2-position CH2) does not. A comparison of the effects of L-2-hydroxyglutarate and D-2-hydroxyglutarate or D-glutamate indicates that the 2-position substituent must be in the L-configuration for these conformational changes to be triggered. In addition, glutarate and L-glutamate in ternary enzyme-NAD(P)H-substrate complexes induce very different coenzyme fluorescence properties, showing that glutamate induces a different conformation of the enzyme-coenzyme complex from that induced by glutarate. Although glutamate and glutarate both tighten the binding of reduced coenzyme to the active site, the effect is much greater with glutamate, and the binding is described by two dissociation constants when glutamate is present. The data suggest that the two carboxy groups on the substrate are required to allow synergistic binding of coenzyme and substrate to the active site, but that interactions between the 2-position on the substrate and the enzyme trigger the conformational changes that result in subunit-subunit interactions and in the catalytic co-operativity exhibited by this enzyme.

scholarly journals The binding of oxidized coenzymes by glutamate dehydrogenase and the effects of glutarate and purine nucleotides

1972 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Dalziel ◽  
R. R. Egan
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Equilibrium Dialysis ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Purine Nucleotides ◽  
Active Centre ◽  
Sodium Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
High Concentrations

1. The binding of NAD+ and NADP+ to glutamate dehydrogenase has been studied in sodium phosphate buffer, pH7.0, by equilibrium dialysis. Approximate values for the dissociation constants are 0.47 and 2.5mm respectively. For NAD+ the value agrees with that estimated from initial-rate results. 2. In the presence of the substrate analogue glutarate both coenzymes are bound more firmly, and there is one active centre per enzyme subunit. The binding results cannot be described in terms of independent and identical active centres, and binding is stronger at low coenzyme concentrations than at high concentrations. Either the six subunits of the oligomer are not identical or there are negative interactions between them in the binding of coenzymes in ternary complexes with glutarate. The latter explanation is favoured. 3. The binding studies support the conclusions drawn from earlier kinetic studies of the glutamate reaction. 4. ADP and GTP respectively decrease and increase the affinity of the enzyme for NAD+ and NADP+, in both the presence and absence of glutarate. The negative binding interactions in the presence of glutarate are abolished by ADP, which decreases the affinity for the coenzymes at low concentrations of the latter. 5. In the presence of glutarate, GTP and NAD+ or NADP+, the association of enzyme oligomers is prevented, and the solubility of the enzyme is decreased; the complex of enzyme and ligands readily crystallizes. 6. The results are discussed in relation to earlier kinetic studies.

scholarly journals Transient-kinetic studies of the adenosine triphosphatase activity of scallop heavy meromyosin

1988 ◽  
Vol 251 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
A P Jackson ◽  
C R Bagshaw
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Tryptophan Fluorescence ◽  
Adductor Muscle ◽  
Reverse Direction ◽  
Heavy Meromyosin ◽  
Thin Filaments ◽  
Adp Release ◽  
Atp Binding And Hydrolysis

Fluorescence stopped-flow experiments were performed to elucidate the elementary steps of the ATPase mechanism of scallop heavy meromyosin in the presence and in the absence of Ca2+. ATP binding and hydrolysis, as monitored by the change in tryptophan fluorescence, appear to be Ca2+-insensitive, whereas both Pi release and ADP release are markedly suppressed in the absence of Ca2+. Rate constants for Pi release are 0.2 s-1 and 0.002 s-1 and for ADP release are 6 s-1 and 0.01 s-1 in the presence and in the absence of Ca2+ respectively. Ca2+ binding to the specific site of the regulatory domain is rapid and its release occurs at 25 s-1, consistent with the time scale of a twitch of the striated adductor muscle. Nucleotide binding is a multi-step process requiring a minimum of three states. In such a model Ca2+ controls the rate of conformational changes at the active site in both the forward and the reverse direction, leading to a large dependence of the rate of nucleotide release, but a lesser effect on the overall equilibrium position. The kinetic trapping of nucleotides and Pi at the active site, in the absence of Ca2+, appears to be a fundamental step in suppressing the interaction of the myosin head with the thin filaments in relaxed molluscan muscle.

scholarly journals A steady-state random-order mechanism for the oxidative deamination of norvaline by glutamate dehydrogenase

1983 ◽  
Vol 211 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
C LiMuti ◽  
J E Bell
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Oxidative Deamination ◽  
Steady State Kinetics ◽  
Rapid Equilibrium ◽  
Good Agreement

The kinetic mechanism of glutamate dehydrogenase with the monocarboxylic substrate norvaline was examined by using initial-rate steady-state kinetics and inhibition kinetics. To a first approximation the reaction mechanism can be described as a rapid-equilibrium random-order one. Binding synergism between the monocarboxylic substrate and coenzyme is not observed. Dissociation constants for NAD+ and 2-oxoglutarate calculated from the kinetic data assuming a rapid-equilibrium random-order model are in good agreement with independently obtained estimates. Lineweaver-Burk plots with varied norvaline concentration are not strictly linear, and it is concluded that a steady-state random-order model more accurately reflects the observed kinetics with norvaline as substrate.

scholarly journals Kinetic studies of glutamate dehydrogenase. The reductive amination of 2-oxoglutarate

1970 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Engel ◽  
K. Dalziel
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Reductive Amination ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Dissociation Constants ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Order Type ◽  
Reverse Reaction ◽  
Enzyme Subunits ◽  
High Concentrations

1. Kinetic studies of the reductive amination of 2-oxoglutarate catalysed by glutamate dehydrogenase with NADH and NADPH as coenzyme were made at pH7.0 and pH 8.0. The concentrations of both substrates and coenzymes were simultaneously varied over wide ranges. Lineweaver–Burk plots with respect to each substrate and coenzyme were linear, except that with high concentrations of 2-oxoglutarate or coenzyme inhibition occurred. There was no evidence of the negative homotropic interactions between the enzyme subunits that were revealed in previous kinetic studies of the reverse reaction. 2. The initial-rate results are shown to be inconsistent with any of the six possible compulsory-order mechanisms for this three-substrate reaction, and it is concluded that a random-order mechanism is the most likely one. On the basis of this mechanism, the dissociation constants of all the binary, ternary and quaternary complexes of the enzyme and substrates are calculated from initial-rate parameters. 3. The results are discussed in relation to those of earlier workers who concluded that the mechanism is of the compulsory-order type.

scholarly journals The catalytic role of aspartate in the active site of glutamate dehydrogenase

1994 ◽  
Vol 301 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L E Dean ◽  
X G Wang ◽  
J K Teller ◽  
M L Waugh ◽  
K L Britton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Ammonium Ion ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Chromatographic Procedure ◽  
Catalytic Role ◽  
Ellman's Reagent

A putative catalytic aspartyl residue, Asp-165, in the active site of clostridial glutamate dehydrogenase has been replaced with serine by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant enzyme is efficiently overexpressed in Escherichia coli as a soluble protein and can be successfully purified by the dye-ligand chromatographic procedure normally employed for the wild-type enzyme. By several criteria, including circular dichroism spectrum, sulphydryl reactivity with Ellman's reagent, crystallization and mobility in non-denaturing electrophoresis, the enzyme appears to be correctly folded. NAD+ protects the D165S mutant against modification by Ellman's reagent, suggesting unimpaired binding of coenzyme. In standard assays the specific activity is decreased 10(3)-fold in the reductive amination reaction and 10(5)-fold for oxidative deamination. Kinetic studies show that apparent Km values for NADH and 2-oxoglutarate are almost unchanged. The large reduction in the reaction rate coincides with a weakening of the affinity for ammonium ion (Km > 300 mM, compared with 60 mM for the wild-type). The data are entirely consistent with the direct involvement of D165 in catalysis rather than in the binding of coenzyme or 2-oxoglutarate.

scholarly journals The kinetic mechanism of ox liver glutamate dehydrogenase in the presence of the allosteric effector ADP. The oxidative deamination of L-glutamate

1984 ◽  
Vol 223 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
D P Hornby ◽  
M J Aitchison ◽  
P C Engel
Keyword(s):  
Glutamate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Oxidative Deamination ◽  
Allosteric Effector ◽  
Steady State Kinetic ◽  
State Kinetic

In steady-state kinetic studies of ox liver glutamate dehydrogenase in 0.11 M-potassium phosphate buffer, pH7, at 25 degrees C, the concentration of ADP was varied from 0.5 to 1000 microM. Inhibition was observed except when the concentrations of both glutamate and coenzyme were high, when activation was seen. With NAD+ or NADP+ as coenzyme, 200 microM-ADP was sufficient to saturate the enzyme with respect to the major effect of this nucleotide. In the presence of 210 microM-ADP, widely varied concentrations of coenzyme give linear Lineweaver-Burk plots, in marked contrast with results obtained previously for kinetics without ADP. This has allowed evaluation for the reaction with NAD+, NADP+ and acetylpyridine-adenine dinucleotide (315 microM-ADP in the last case) of all four initial rate parameters, i.e. the phi coefficients in the equation: (Formula: see text) where A is coenzyme and B is glutamate. The relative constancy of phi B and of phi AB/phi A with the different coenzymes point to a compulsory-order mechanism with glutamate as the leading substrate. This conclusion, though unexpected, agrees well with various previous observations on the binding of oxidized coenzyme.

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