Studies on ligand binding to bovine liver uridine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase
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A procedure for the preparation of crystalline UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is described. K(s) values for UDP-glucose and UTP were determined as 7 and 20 muM respectively, the latter being confirmed by three methods. By assuming an octameric structure, 1 mol of enzyme subunit bound 1 mol of substrate. The metal-ion activator, Mg2+, did not affect the equilibrium between nucleotide and enzyme. A substrate analogue, alphabeta-methylene-UTP, was synthesized and had the same K(s) value as UTP. In its presence, the K(s) for glucose 1-phosphate decreased by two orders of magnitude, thus confirming a compulsory binding order and excluding an uridylated enzyme intermediate. The results are discussed with respect to their implications in vivo.
1967 ◽
Vol 242
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pp. 1354-1356
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1986 ◽
Vol 246
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pp. 301-305
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1969 ◽
Vol 244
(11)
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pp. 2990-2995
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1962 ◽
Vol 237
(6)
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pp. 1772-1777
1968 ◽
Vol 243
(8)
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pp. 1692-1697
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