J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 260, Issue 4, 2035-2037, Feb, 1985
ADP stimulates hydrolysis of the "ADP-insensitive" phosphoenzyme in Na+, K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase
AS Hobbs, RW Albers, JP Froehlich and PF Heller
ADP-sensitive (E1P) and K+-sensitive (E2P) phosphoenzymes are sequentially
formed intermediates in the reaction pathways catalyzed by the Na+,K+- and
Ca2+-ATPases. The kinetics of dephosphorylation of these intermediates were
examined by means of rapid quenching with acid at 21 degrees C. Under
conditions favoring the formation of E2P (25 mM Na+ and O K+), addition of
5 mM ADP + 10 mM EDTA to the Na+,K+-ATPase phosphoenzyme produced a
biphasic pattern of dephosphorylation. Both phases of phosphoenzyme
decomposition were accompanied by approximately stoichiometric amounts of
inorganic phosphate (Pi) release. The rate of decay of the rapid phase was
10 times faster than the rate of phosphoenzyme turnover under
phosphorylating conditions indicating acceleration of E2P hydrolysis by
ADP. Similar patterns of ADP- stimulated phosphoenzyme decay and Pi release
were observed in the Ca2+- ATPase from sarcoplasmic reticulum
phosphorylated at low (0.1 mM) Mg2+ in the absence of KCl. These results
demonstrate that ADP can enhance the rate of E2P hydrolysis in the cases of
the Na+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+- ATPase. As a consequence measurement of
"ADP-sensitive EP" may overestimate E1P.