J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 14, 6307-6319, 05, 1986
Transient-state kinetics of phosphoenzyme transformation in the rabbit skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-dependent adenosine triphosphatase reaction. Two distinct modes of ADP and K+ regulation
T Wang
We have observed two modes each of ADP and K+ regulation of phosphoenzyme
(EP) intermediates formed in the early phase of skeletal sarcoplasmic
reticulum hydrolysis of ATP at 20 degrees C, using, for the first time, a
five-syringe quench flow apparatus for transient- state kinetic
measurements. The total acid-stable EP formed for 20.5 and 116 ms in the K+
medium appears to be composed of either two monomers in rapid equilibrium,
E1P in equilibrium E'1P, or a dimer of the two subunits, PE1E'1P. The
ADP-sensitive E1P may form an acid- labile ADP X E1P (or ATP X E1) complex
rapidly, giving ATP as a consequence of acid quenching. The ADP may also
induce decomposition of the ADP-reactive E'1P. Monomeric and dimeric
mechanisms are introduced to account for the hyperbolic relation between
the rate constant of the ADP-induced E'1P decomposition and [ADP],
consistent with the fact that the E'1P may also give ATP in the presence of
ADP. As to the K+ effects, the K+, which is bound to the unphosphorylated
enzyme and possibly becomes occluded during EP formation, may either
facilitate the one-to-one E1P in equilibrium E'1P equilibrium or maintain
the dimeric functional unit. The subsequent forward transformation of the
E'1P to the ADP-insensitive K+-sensitive E'2P, possibly the rate-
determining step for the catalytic cycle, is found to be K+ independent.
The major effect of the K+ in the medium is its catalytic cleavage of the
E'2P, which is detected as the missing EP under these conditions. When K+
is not involved in the EP formation, the forward sequential transformation
E1P----E'1P----E'2P----E2P or PE1E'1P---- PE'2E2P is apparent in the time
range from 20.5 to 116 ms after EP formation, and the E'2P may accumulate
in the K+ devoid medium and be detected as the major component of the total
acid-stable EP. The Mg2+- sensitive E2P represents the EP missing in the
medium containing no ADP and K+.