scholarly journals Allosteric interactions of glycogen phosphorylase b. A crystallographic study of glucose 6-phosphate and inorganic phosphate binding to di-imidate-cross-linked phosphorylase b

1984 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lorek ◽  
K S Wilson ◽  
M S P Sansom ◽  
D I Stuart ◽  
E A Stura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Glycogen Phosphorylase ◽  
Phosphate Binding ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
Alpha Helices ◽  
Allosteric Effector ◽  
Glycogen Phosphorylase B

The binding to glycogen phosphorylase b of glucose 6-phosphate and inorganic phosphate (respectively allosteric inhibitor and substrate/activator of the enzyme) were studied in the crystal at 0.3 nm (3A) resolution. Glucose 6-phosphate binds in the alpha-configuration at a site that is close to the AMP allosteric effector site at the subunit-subunit interface and promotes several conformational changes. The phosphate-binding site of the enzyme for glucose 6-phosphate involves contacts to two cationic residues, Arg-309 and Lys-247. This site is also occupied in the inorganic-phosphate-binding studies and is therefore identified as a high-affinity phosphate-binding site. It is distinct from the weaker phosphate-binding site of the enzyme for AMP, which is 0.27 nm (2.7A) away. The glucose moiety of glucose 6-phosphate and the adenosine moiety of AMP do not overlap. The results provide a structural explanation for the kinetic observations that glucose 6-phosphate inhibition of AMP activation of phosphorylase b is partially competitive and highly co-operative. The results suggest that the transmission of allosteric conformational changes involves an increase in affinity at phosphate-binding sites and relative movements of alpha-helices. In order to study glucose 6-phosphate and phosphate binding it was necessary to cross-link the crystals. The use of dimethyl malondi-imidate as a new cross-linking reagent in protein crystallography is discussed.

Phosphate Binding to Isolated Chloroplast Coupling Factor (CF1)

1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Huchzermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Phosphate Binding ◽  
Chloroplast Coupling Factor ◽  
Single Binding Site ◽  
Site Binding

A single binding site for phosphate was found on isolated chloroplast coupling factor in the absence of nucleotides. In our experiments the phosphate binding site showed a Kd of 170 μᴍ. We did not observe any differences whether the ATPase activity of CF] had been activated or not. If the enzyme was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP the amount of 32P bound per CF1 depended on the pretreatment of the enzyme: In the presence of ADP no ATP or phosphate was bound to CF,. After activation of ATPase activity one mol of ATP per mol CF, was rapidly bound and hydrolyzed while there was a slowly occurring binding of another phosphate without concomitant nucleotide binding. We conclude that there are two different types of phosphate binding observed in our experiments: 1) Inorganic phosphate can be bound by one catalytic site per mol of CF1 2) The γ-phosphate of ATP is able to bind to an ATP binding domain of the enzyme if this domain can exchange substrates with the incubation medium. This ATP binding domain appears to differ from the site binding inorganic phosphate, because at least a portion of the coupling factor contains more than one labelled phosphate during our ATPase tests.

scholarly journals The nature of the binding site for aromatic compounds in glycogen phosphorylase b

1975 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Soman ◽  
G Philip
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Modification ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Glycogen Phosphorylase ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Rabbit Muscle ◽  
Substituent Constant ◽  
Chemically Modified ◽  
Glycogen Phosphorylase B ◽  
Hydrophobic Nature

The inhibition of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b (1,4-alpha-D-glucan--orthophosphate alpha-glucosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.1) by aromatic compounds was examined with 15 compounds. The relative effectiveness of the inhibitors correlated well with increasing substituent constant, pi, indicating the hydrophobic nature of the binding site. The inhibition was not affected by the ionic-strength variation of the assay mixtures. The results predict that the course of chemical modification of this enzyme and the properties of the derivatives depend on the nature of the reagent and on the incorporated groups. Many of the dissimilar and sometimes contradictory results reported for chemical-modification studies and for chemically modified phosphorylase b are explained by the findings presented in the paper.

scholarly journals Binding Studies of AICAR and Human Serum Albumin by Spectroscopic, Theoretical, and Computational Methodologies

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (22) ◽  
pp. 5410
Author(s):  
Shokoufeh Hashempour ◽  
Nahid Shahabadi ◽  
Aishat Adewoye ◽  
Brennen Murphy ◽  
Camaray Rouse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Flufenamic Acid ◽  
Drug Candidate ◽  
Protein Fluorescence ◽  
Binding Studies

The interactions of small molecule drugs with plasma serum albumin are important because of the influence of such interactions on the pharmacokinetics of these therapeutic agents. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAR) is one such drug candidate that has recently gained attention for its promising clinical applications as an anti-cancer agent. This study sheds light upon key aspects of AICAR’s pharmacokinetics, which are not well understood. We performed in-depth experimental and computational binding analyses of AICAR with human serum albumin (HSA) under simulated biochemical conditions, using ligand-dependent fluorescence sensitivity of HSA. This allowed us to characterize the strength and modes of binding, mechanism of fluorescence quenching, validation of FRET, and intermolecular interactions for the AICAR–HSA complexes. We determined that AICAR and HSA form two stable low-energy complexes, leading to conformational changes and quenching of protein fluorescence. Stern–Volmer analysis of the fluorescence data also revealed a collision-independent static mechanism for fluorescence quenching upon formation of the AICAR–HSA complex. Ligand-competitive displacement experiments, using known site-specific ligands for HSA’s binding sites (I, II, and III) suggest that AICAR is capable of binding to both HSA site I (warfarin binding site, subdomain IIA) and site II (flufenamic acid binding site, subdomain IIIA). Computational molecular docking experiments corroborated these site-competitive experiments, revealing key hydrogen bonding interactions involved in stabilization of both AICAR–HSA complexes, reaffirming that AICAR binds to both site I and site II.

scholarly journals The Ca2+-binding sequence in bovine brain S100b protein β-subunit. A spectroscopic study

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Baudier ◽  
R D Cole
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Bovine Brain ◽  
S100b Protein ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Fluorescence Measurements ◽  
Terbium Ion ◽  
Binding Sequence ◽  
Flow Dialysis

Conformational changes in the beta-subunit of the bovine brain Ca2+-binding protein S100b (S100-beta) accompanying Ca2+ binding were investigated by analysis of the spectroscopic properties of the single tyrosine residue (Tyr17 beta) and flow-dialysis binding experiments. S100-beta binds Ca2+ sequentially at two sites to change the conformation of the protein. The first Ca2+ ion binds to site II beta, a typical Ca2+-binding site in the C-terminal region, and it does not significantly perturb the proximal environment of Tyr17 beta. After the first site is occupied, another Ca2+ ion binds to the N-terminal Ca2+-binding site, I beta, and strengthens a hydrogen bond between Tyr17 beta and a neighbouring carboxylate acceptor group, which results in a large increase in the Tyr17 beta fluorescence spectrum half-width and a positive absorption and c.d. signal between 290 and 275 nm. Ca2+ binding to the S100b.Zn2+6 complex, studied by flow-dialysis and fluorescence measurements showed that, although Zn2+ ions increase the affinity of S100b protein for Ca2+, the Ca2+-binding sequence was not changed. Tb3+ (terbium ion) binding studies on the S100b.Zn2+6 complex proved that Tb3+ antagonizes only Ca2+ binding site II beta and confirmed the sequential occupation of Ca2+-binding sites on the S100b.Zn2+6 complex.

Sequence of the carboxyl-terminal 492 residues of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase including the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate binding site

Biochemistry ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (26) ◽  
pp. 5680-5695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koite Titani ◽  
Atsushi Koide ◽  
Lowell H. Ericsson ◽  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Jacques Hermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Muscle Glycogen ◽  
Glycogen Phosphorylase ◽  
Rabbit Muscle ◽  
Phosphate Binding ◽  
Carboxyl Terminal
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