The effects of an acetate-sensitive anion binding site on NADPH binding in glutamate dehydrogenase.
The nature of a general anion binding site that regulates NADPH binding to L-glutamate dehydrogenase has been explored. Dissociation constants for the enzyme-NADPH complex were measured by difference spectroscopy in the presence of phosphate, pyrophosphate, ADP and acetate ions. Whereas two molecules of phosphate, binding in a cooperative fashion, raise the Kd of the enzyme-NADPH complex 50-fold from 2.3 microM, a single pyrophosphate raises the Kd only 23-fold, disproving the notion that the anion binding site is simply the pyrophosphate binding site of NADPH. ADP raises the Kd of the enzyme-NADPH complex 2-fold for a given phosphate concentration, and formation of the enzyme-ADP complex is itself interfered with by phosphate and pyrophosphate, indicating that these anions interact with the same anion binding site. Acetate ion acts in a manner opposite to that of phosphate, pyrophosphate and ADP and reverses the weakening effect that these ions exert on NADPH binding, returning the Kd of the enzyme-NADPH complex to 2.3 microM. In the absence of these anions, however, acetate exerts no measurable effect on the Kd, suggesting an allosteric mechanism.[1]References
- The effects of an acetate-sensitive anion binding site on NADPH binding in glutamate dehydrogenase. Chalabi, P., Maniscalco, S., Cohn, L.E., Fisher, H.F. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1987) [Pubmed]
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