Structure and function of the two heads of the myosin molecule. I. Binding of adenosine diphosphate to myofibrils during the adenosinetriphosphatase reaction.

1. The myosin content of myofibrils was found to be 51% by SDS-gel electrophoresis. 2. The initial burst of Pi liberation of the ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] of a solution of myofibrils in 1 M KCl was measured in 0.5 M KCl, and found to be 0.93 mole/mole of myosin. 3. The amount of ADP bound to myofibrils during the ATPase reaction and the ATPase activity were measured by coupling the myofibrillar ATPase reaction with sufficient amounts of pyruvate kinase [EC 2.7.1.40] and PEP to regenerate ATP. The maximum amount of ADP bound to myofibrils in 0.05M KCl and in the relaxed state was about 1.5 mole/mole of myosin. On the other hand, the ATPase activity exhibited substrate inhibition, and the amount of ATP required for a constant level of ATPase activity was smaller than that required for the maximum binding of ADP to myofibrils. 4. The maximum amount of ADP bound to myofibrils in 0.5 M KCl was about 1.9 mole/mole of myosin. When about one mole of ADP was found to 1 mole of myosin in myofibrils, the myofibrillar ATPase activity reached the saturated level, and with further increase in the concentration of ATP one more mole of ADP was found per mole of myosin.     

Chemical modification of the Ca2+-dependent ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum from skeletal muscle. I. Binding of N-ethylmaleimide to sarcoplasmic reticulum: evidence for sulfhydryl groups in the active site of ATPase and for conformational changes induced by adenosine tri- and diphosphate.

The time course of binding of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) to the SR was measured at pH 7.5 in the presence or absence of ATP or ADP. The following results were obtained. 1. Both in the presence and absence of nucleotide, the ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activity decreased linearly with increase in the amount of NEM bound to the fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and was inhibited almost completely by the binding of 2 moles of NEM per 10(5) g of the SR protein. 2. The amount of NEM incorporated into the ATPase (M.W.=105,000) was measured by SDS disc-gel electrophoresis. It was shown that the ATPase activity was inhibited almost completely by the binding of 2 moles of NEM per mole of ATPase. 3. The rate of binding of NEM to SR decreased by 30-40% in the presence of either ATP or ADP. The concentrations of both ATP and ADP for half-saturation were 0.1-0.2mM. 4. The effect of nucleotide on the rate of binding of NEM was not changed by the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions. Similar effects were also observed even when the SR membranes were solubilized with Triton X-100. It is suggested from these results that one or two SH groups are located in the active site of the SR ATPase, and that conformational changes are induced by the addition of ATP and ADP.     

Structure and function of the two heads of the myosin molecule. III. Cooperativity of the two heads of the myosin molecule, shown by the effect of modification of head A with rho-chloromercuribenzoate on the interaction of head B with F-actin.

Subfragment-1 of HMM was prepared by tryptic [EC 3.4.21.4] digestion of HMM, which had been modified with 1 mole of CMB per mole of HMM at a specific SH group, SHr. S-1(T) obtained from CMB-HMM retained almost all the CMB, and the amount of bound CMB was about 0.8-0.9 mole per 2 moles of S-1(T). S-2 of CMB-HMM contained no bound CMB. The ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activity of HMM increased gradually with increase in the concentration of FA, and the acto-HMM ATPase was inhibited by excess substrate or removal of Ca2+ ions in the presence of RP. The ATPase activity of CMB-HMM increased to a maximum level on adding a small amount of FA, and the acto-CMB-HMM ATPase showed neither substrate inhibition nor Ca2+ sensitivity in the presence of RP. On the other hand, the dependence on the concentration of FA of the ATPase activity of acto-S-1(T) was unaffected by modification of S-1 with CMB. The Ca2+ sensitivity of the ATPase activity of acto-S-1(T) in the presence of RP was also unaffected by the modification. Acto-S-1(T) dissociated almost completely, while acto-CMB-S-1(T) was only 50% dissociated on adding ATP. More than 80% of the bound CMB was contained in S-1(T) undissociated from FA. Furthermore, superprecipitation of actomyosin induced by ATP was completely inhibited by adding about 2 moles of CMB-S-1(T) per mole of actin monomer. On the other hand, about 90% of the burst size of Pi liberation was retained in S-1(T) dissociated from FA. It was concluded that the two heads of the myosin molecule are different: one shows the initial burst of Pi liberation, and does not contain the SHr group which binds CMB (head B), and the other does not show the initial burst and contains the SHr group (head A). It was also concluded that modification of head A of HMM or myosin with CMB increases its binding strength to FA, and consequently the substrate inhibition and Ca2+ sensitivity of acto-HMM or actomyosin ATPase at head B are lost on modification of head A with CMB. CMB-S-1(CT) was prepared by chymotryptic [EC 3.4.21.1] digestion of CMB-myosin, and separated into two fractions by ultracentrifugation of acto-CMB-S-1(CT) in the presence of ATP. Three components of CMB-S-1(CT) with molecular weights of 9, 2.4, and 1.2 X 10(4) were separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The ratios of the peak areas of the three components in electrophoretograms were the same in CMB-S-1(CT) and in the two fractions (1 : 0.18 : 0.09), indicating that heads A and B have the same subunit structure.     

Chemical modification of the Ca2+ -dependent ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum from skeletal muscle. II. Use of 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzenesulfonate to show functional movements of the ATPase molecule.

1. By changing the concentrations of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions and ATP, the Ca2+, Mg2+-dependent ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] of SR was converted to various enzymatic states, E, MgE, MgECa, MgEATP' CaECa, and CaECap at pH 8.0 and 0 degrees (cf. Eq. 1). 2. SR vesicles were allowed to react with 0.5 mM 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonate (TBS) at pH 8.0 and 0 degrees, keeping the ATPase in one of the enzymatic states listed above. Trinitrophenyl (TNP)-protein and TNP-lipid were separated by gel-filtration, and the amounts of TNP incorporated into protein and lipid were determined. 3. In all the enzymatic states of ATPase tested, the amount of TBS bound with SR protein increased exponentially with time, and reached a maximum level 10 min after starting the reaction. On the other hand, the amount of TBS bound to lipid increased with time, and did not reach a maximum level for at least 20 min. 4. The SR ATPase activity and the amount of EP formed decreased only slightly, even when the amount of TBS bound to SR protein reached the maximum level. 5. The maximum amount of TBS bound to SR protein varied on changing the enzymatic state of SR ATPase. Namely, about 2,3,1,3, or 4, and 3 moles of TNP were incorporated per mole of SR ATPase, when SR was allowed to react with TBS in the enzymatic states MgE, MgECa, MgEATP' CaECa, and CaECap, respectively. 6. When the enzymatic state was changed from MgE to MgECa 10 min after starting the reaction with TBS, about 4 moles of TBS was bound per mole of ATPase within 10 min, while the maximum levels of TBS bound in states MgE and MgECa were about 2 and 3 moles per mole of ATPase, respectively, as mentioned above. 7; When the enzymatic state was changed from MgE to MfEATP 10 min after starting the reaction with TBS, about 3 moles of TBS was bound per mole of ATPase within 10 min, while the maximum levels of TBS bound in states MgE and MgEATP were about 2 and 1 moles per mole of ATPase, respectively, as mentioned above. 8. When the enzymatic state was changed from CaECa to CaECap 10 min after starting the reaction with TBS, about 4 moles of TBS was bound per mole of ATPase, while the maximum levels of TBS bound in states CaECa and CaECap were about 3 or 4 moles per mole of ATPase, respectively. 9. A diagrammatic model of functional movements of the ATPase molecule coupled with elementary steps in the ATPase reaction is proposed on the basis of these results.     

Bound adenosine 5'-triphosphate formation, bound adenosine 5'-diphosphate and inorganic phosphate retention, and inorganic phosphate oxygen exchange by chloroplast adenosinetriphosphatase in the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+

When the heat-activated chloroplast F1 ATPase hydrolyzes [3H, gamma-32P]ATP, followed by the removal of medium ATP, ADP, and Pi, the enzyme has labeled ATP, ADP, and Pi bound to it in about equal amounts. The total of the bound [3H]ADP and [3H]ATP approaches 1 mol/mol of enzyme. Over a 30-min period, most of the bound [32P]Pi falls off, and the bound [3H]ATP is converted to bound [3H]ADP. Enzyme with such remaining tightly bound ADP will form bound ATP from relatively high concentrations of medium Pi with either Mg2+ or Ca2+ present. The tightly bound ADP is thus at a site that retains a catalytic capacity for slow single-site ATP hydrolysis (or synthesis) and is likely the site that participates in cooperative rapid net ATP hydrolysis. During hydrolysis of 50 microM [3H]ATP in the presence of either Mg2+ or Ca2+, the enzyme has a steady-state level of about one bound [3H]ADP per mole of enzyme. Because bound [3H]ATP is also present, the [3H]ADP is regarded as being present on two cooperating catalytic sites. The formation and levels of bound ATP, ADP, and Pi show that reversal of bound ATP hydrolysis can occur with either Ca2+ or Mg2+ present. They do not reveal why no phosphate oxygen exchange accompanies cleavage of low ATP concentrations with Ca2+ in contrast to Mg2+ with the heat-activated enzyme. Phosphate oxygen exchange does occur with either Mg2+ or Ca2+ present when low ATP concentrations are hydrolyzed with the octyl glucoside activated ATPase. Ligand binding properties of Ca2+ at the catalytic site rather than lack of reversible cleavage of bound ATP may underlie lack of oxygen exchange under some conditions.     

Standard free energy changes for formation of various intermediates in the reaction of H-meromyosin ATPase.

Two reaction intermediates of H-meromyosin (HMM) ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3], E2AT32P, and (see article), were formed by mixing excess HMM with AT32P. Then a large excess of unlabelled ATP was added, and the amount of AT32P liberated from E2AT32P was measured as the difference between the total amount of AT32P in the reaction mixture and the amount of AT32P bound to HMM, obtained by filtering the mixture after adding charcoal to adsorb nucleotides (charcoal-filtration method). The amount of free AT32P was also measured as the amount of glucose-6-32P formed within 15 sec after adding large excesses of hexokinase [EC 2.7.1.1] and glucose to the reaction mixture. The rate constant, k-2, for the step E2ATP yields E plus ATP was calculated at various KCl concentrations from the time-course of liberation of AT32P. The intermediate, (see article), was formed by mixing HMM with AT32P in a molar ratio of 1:2, and the rate constant, k-6, for the step (see article) was also determined by the same procedures used for k-2. In 0.5 M KCl and 2 mM MgCl2 at pH 7.8 and 0 degrees, k-2 and k-6 were 0.002 sec-1 and 0.1 sec-1 or more, respectively. From the rate constants determined in this work and the rate and equilibrium constants which we reported previously, the standard free energy changes (kcal/mole) for formation of various reaction intermediates in the reaction of HMM ATPase in 0.5 M KCl and 2 mM MgCl2 at pH 7.8 and 0 degrees were calculated to be as follows: (see article).     

Kinetic and thermodynamic control of ATP synthesis by sarcoplasmic reticulum adenosinetriphosphatase

Several experimental parameters, critical to the analysis of ATP synthesis by sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase, were determined experimentally. 1) The phosphorylated enzyme intermediate obtained with acetylphosphate in the presence of a Ca2+ gradient was shown to be entirely ADP sensitive but quite stable in the absence of added ADP. On the contrary, the phosphoenzyme obtained with ATP is unstable due to the ADP formed during the phosphoryl transfer reaction. For this reason, addition of ADP to [32P]phosphoenzyme obtained with [32P]acetylphosphate provides the simplest conditions for kinetic studies on [gamma-32P]ATP synthesis. 2) The dissociation rate constant of newly synthesized ATP (in the reverse direction of the ATPase cycle) was measured experimentally and found to be 16 s-1. This value agrees well with the dissociation rate constant determined for adenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate bound to this enzyme. 3) ATP synthesis observed in the absence of a Ca2+ gradient was shown to be a kinetic overshoot due to ligand-induced perturbation of a limited number of partial reactions and occurring before equilibration of the entire system. Most of the ATP formed under these conditions was subsequently hydrolyzed as the overall equilibrium was reached. 4) Based on these and other (previously characterized) parameters, satisfactory simulations of single and multiple cycle ATP synthesis, in the presence and in the absence of a Ca2+ gradient, were obtained.     

Nucleotide-binding properties of native and cold-treated mitochondrial ATPase.

1. The bound nucleotides of the beef-heart mitochondrial ATPase (F1) are lost during cold inactivation followed by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation. The release of tightly bound ATP parallels the loss of ATPase activity during this process. 2. During cold inactivation, the sedimentation coefficient (s20, w) of the ATPase first declines from 12.1 S to 9 S, then to 3.5 S. (NH4)2SO4 precipitation of the 9-S component also leads to dissociation into subunits with s20, w of 3.5 S. 3. The 9-S component still contains the bound nucleotides, which are removed when it dissociated into smaller subunits. 4. Reactivation of cold-inactivated ATPase by incubation at 30 degrees C is increased by the presence of 25% glycerol. ATP, however, does not have any clearcut effect on the degree of reactivation in the presence of glycerol. 5. ADP is an inhibitor of the reactivation, probably because it exchanges during reactivation for bound ATP giving rise to an inactive 12-S component. 6. The exchange of tightly bound nucleotides with added adenine nucleotides is more extensive and faster with cold-inactivated ATPase than with the native enzyme. During reactivation up to 1.6 moles of ATP and 1.0 mole ADP can exchange per mole enzyme. 7. Incubation with GTP, CTP or inorganic pyrophosphate induces an increased activity of the ATPase, which, however, soon declines in the presence of ATP. It also disappears on precipitation of GTP-treated enzyme with (NH4)2SO4.     

Properties of the conversion of an enzyme-ATP complex to a phosphorylated intermediate in the reaction of Na+-K+-dependent ATPase1.

Previously, we proposed the following reaction machanism for the transport ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) reaction in the presence of high concentrations of Mg2+ and Na+:(see article). Some kinetic and thermodynamic properties of steps 3 and 4 were investigated, and the following results were obtained. 1. When the reaction was started by adding ATP to the enzyme in the presence of 50 mM Na+ and 0.5 mM K+ or in the presence of 50mM Na+ and 0.5mM Rb+, the amount of E ADP P increased with time and maintained a constant level after reaching a maximum. We could not observe the initial burst of EP formation, which was observed by Post er al. in the presence of 8 mM Na+ and 0.01 mM Rb+. 2. The existence of quasi-equilibrium between E2ATP and E ADP P in the presence of low concentrations of Na+ was suggested by the fact that the values of the reciprocal of the equilibrium constant, K3 of step 3 obtained by the following three methods were almost the same. a) The value of 1+K3 was estimated from the ratio of vo/[EP] to kd, where vo is the rate of ATP hydrolysis in the steady state, [EP] the concentration of EP, and kd the first-order rate constant of EP disappearance after stopping EP formation. b) This value was also calculated from the ratio of the amount of P1 liberated to that of decrease in EP after stopping EP formation. c) The value of K3 was also calculated from the initial rapid decrease in EP on adding K+ and EDTA, assuming that the rapid decrease was due to a shift of the equilibrium toward E2ATP on adding K+. For example, the value of K3 with 10mM NaCL and 0.5mM KCL was 7--11. Although ATP formation due to a shift of the equilibrium toward E2ATP by a K+ jump in the presence of a low concentration of Na+ was observed at 0 degrees, the amount of ATP formed by a K+ jump at 15 degrees was less than the value expected from the shift of the equilibrium. 3. The values of delta H degrees and delta S degrees of step 3 were estimated in the presence of a sufficient amount of Na+ and in the absence of K+. They were +4--+5 kcal mole minus 1 and +15--+16 entropy units mole minus1, respectively. On the basis of kinetic studies of the elementary steps and the overall reaction of Na+-K+-dependent ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3], we (1--4) showed that a phosphorylated intermediate, EP, is formed via two kinds of enzyme-substrate complex, E1ATP and E2ATP, that the EP is in K+-dependent quasi-equilibrium with E2ATP, and that in the presence of high concentration of Mg2+, EP is in a high-energy state and contains bound ADP, E ADP P.(see article).     

Phosphorylation of the calcium-transporting adenosinetriphosphatase by lanthanum ATP: rapid phosphoryl transfer following a rate-limiting conformational change

The calcium-transport ATPase (CaATPase) of rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum preincubated with 0.02 mM Ca2+ (cE.Ca2) is phosphorylated upon the addition of 0.25 mM LaCl3 and 0.3 mM [gamma-32P]ATP with an observed rate constant of 6.5 s-1 (40 mM MOPS, pH 7.0, 100 mM KCl, 25 degrees C). La.ATP binds to cE.Ca2 with a rate constant of 5 X 10(6) M-1 s-1, while ATP, Ca2+, and La3+ dissociate from cE.Ca2.La.ATP at less than or equal to 1 s-1. The reaction of ADP with phosphoenzyme (EP) formed from La.ATP is biphasic. An initial rapid loss of EP is followed by a slower first-order disappearance, which proceeds to an equilibrium mixture of EP.ADP and nonphosphorylated enzyme with bound ATP. The fraction of EP that reacts in the burst (alpha) and the first-order rate constant for the slow phase (kb) increase proportionally with increasing concentrations of ADP to give maximum values of 0.34 and 65 s-1, respectively, at saturating ADP (KADPS = 0.22 mM). The burst represents rapid phosphoryl transfer and demonstrates that ATP synthesis and hydrolysis on the enzyme are fast. The phosphorylation of cE.Ca2 by La.ATP at 6.5 s-1 and the kinetics for the reaction of EP with ADP are consistent with a rate-limiting conformational change in both directions. The conformational change converts cE.Ca2.La.ATP to the form of the enzyme that is activated for phosphoryl transfer, aE.Ca2.La.ATP, at 6.5 s-1; this is much slower than the analogous conformational change at 220 s-1 with Mg2+ as the catalytic ion [Petithory & Jencks (1986) Biochemistry 25, 4493]. The rate constant for the conversion of aE.Ca2.La.ATP to cE.Ca2.La.ATP is 170 s-1. ATP does not dissociate measurably from aE.Ca2.La.ATP. Labeled EP formed from cE.Ca2 and La.ATP with leaky vesicles undergoes hydrolysis at 0.06 s-1. It is concluded that the reaction mechanism of the CaATPase is remarkably similar with Mg.ATP and La.ATP; however, the strong binding of La.ATP slows both the conformational change that is rate limiting for EP formation and the dissociation of La.ATP. An interaction between La3+ at the catalytic site and the calcium transport sites decreases the rate of calcium dissociation by greater than 60-fold. When cE-Ca2 is mixed with 0.3 mM ATP and 1.0 mM Cacl2, the phosphoenzyme is formed with an observed rate constant of 3 s-1. The phosphoenzyme formed from Ca.ATP reacts with 2.0 mM ADP and labeled ATP with a rate constant of 30 s-1; there may be a small burst (alpha less than or equal to 0.05).     

Changes in affinity for calcium ions with the formation of two kinds of phosphoenzyme in the Ca2+,Mg2+-dependent ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum

The amount of Ca2+ bound to the Ca2+,Mg2+-dependent ATPase of deoxycholic acid-treated sarcoplasmic reticulum was measured during ATP hydrolysis by the double-membrane filtration method [Yamaguchi, M. & Tonomura, Y. (1979), J. Biochem. 86, 509--523]. The maximal amount of phosphorylated intermediate (EP) was adopted as the amount of active site of the ATPase. In the absence of ATP, 2 mol of Ca2+ bound cooperatively to 1 mol of active site with high affinity and were removed rapidly by addition of EGTA. AMPPNP did not affect the Ca2+ binding to the ATPase in the presence of MgCl2. Under the conditions where most EP and ADP sensitive at steady state (58 microM Ca2+, 50 microM EGTA, and 20 mM MgCl2 at pH 7.0 and 0 degrees C), bound Ca2+ increased by 0.6--0.7 mol per mol active site upon addition of ATP. The time course of decrease in the amount of bound 45Ca2+ on addition of unlabeled Ca2+ + EGTA was biphasic, and 70% of bound 45Ca2+ was slowly displaced with a rate constant similar to that of EP decomposition. Similar results were obtained for the enzyme treated with N-ethylmaleimide, which inhibits the step of conversion of ADP-sensitive EP to the ADP-insensitive one. Under the conditions where most EP was ADP insensitive at steady state (58 microM Ca2+, 30 microM EGTA, and 20 mM MgCl2 at pH 8.8 and 0 degrees C), the amount of bound Ca2+ increased slightly, then decreased slowly by 1 mol per mol of EP formed after addition of ATP. Under the conditions where about a half of EP was ADP sensitive (58 microM Ca2+, 25 microM EGTA, and 1 mM MgCl2 at pH 8.8 and 0 degrees C), the amount of bound Ca2+ did not change upon addition of ATP. These findings suggest that the Ca2+ bound to the enzyme becomes unremovable by EGTA upon formation of ADP-sensitive EP and is released upon its conversion to ADP-insensitive EP.     

Evidence for the presence and role of tightly bound adenine nucleotides in phospholipid-free purifiedMicrococcus lysodeikticus adenosine triphosphatase

[³²P]-labeled ATPase was isolated in a highly purified state fromMicrococcus lysodeikticus strain PNB grown in medium supplemented with [³²P]orthophosphate. Selective extraction procedures allowed us to determine that at least 25% of the firmly bound label belonged to adenine nucleotides, ATP and ADP being present in equimolar amounts. However, no³²P label was found to be part of phospholipids. This was confirmed by purification of the ATPase from cells fed with [2—³H]glycerol. Using the luciferin-luciferase assay we estimated that ATPase freshly isolated by Sephadex chromatography (specific activity 10–14 µmole substrate transformed · min^–1 · mg protein^–1) contained 2 moles ATP/mole of enzyme. The ratio fell with the age of enzyme and its purification by gel electrophoresis and this was paralleled by a loss of ATPase activity. The endogenous nucleotides were readily exchanged by added ADP or ATP. This result suggests that the sites for tight binding of adenine nucleotides are equivalent, although ADP seems to have a higher affinity for them. The last properties represent a peculiar characteristic of this bacterial ATPase as compared with other bacterial and organelle energy-transducing proteins.     

Phosphorylation of the calcium adenosinetriphosphatase of sarcoplasmic reticulum: rate-limiting conformational change followed by rapid phosphoryl transfer

The calcium adenosinetriphosphatase of sarcoplasmic reticulum, preincubated with Ca2+ on the vesicle exterior (cE X Ca2), reacts with 0.3-0.5 mM Mg X ATP to form covalent phosphoenzyme (E approximately P X Ca2) with an observed rate constant of 220 s-1 (pH 7.0, 25 degrees C, 100 mM KCl, 5 mM MgSO4, 23 microM free external Ca2+, intact SR vesicles passively loaded with 20 mM Ca2+). If the phosphoryl-transfer step were rate-limiting, with kf = 220 s-1, the approach to equilibrium in the presence of ADP, to give 50% EP and kf = kr, would follow kobsd = kf + kr = 440 s-1. The reaction of cE X Ca2 with 0.8-1.2 mM ATP plus 0.25 mM ADP proceeds to 50% completion with kobsd = 270 s-1. This result shows that phosphoryl transfer from bound ATP to the enzyme is not the rate-limiting step for phosphoenzyme formation from cE X Ca2. The result is consistent with a rate-limiting conformational change of the cE X Ca2 X ATP intermediate followed by rapid (greater than or equal to 1000 s-1) phosphoryl transfer. Calcium dissociates from cE X Ca2 X ATP with kobsd = 80 s-1 and ATP dissociates with kobsd = 120 s-1 when cE X Ca2 X ATP is formed by the addition of ATP to cE X Ca2. However, when E X Ca2 X ATP is formed in the reverse direction, from the reaction of E approximately P X Ca2 and ADP, Ca2+ dissociates with kobsd = 45 s-1 and ATP dissociates with kobsd = 35 s-1. This shows that different E X Ca2 X ATP intermediates are generated in the forward and reverse directions, which are interconverted by a conformational change.     

Reaction of myosin with salicylaldehyde II. Effect of salicylalation on the ATPase activity of myosin

The effect of salicylalation on the biological properties of myosin was studied.

1. 1. The ATPase activity of myosin is affected by salicylalation if the treatment is carried out at higher pH than 6.5. The Mg²⁺-activated ATPase shows a maximal curve with 250–380% maximal activation when 25–70 moles of salicylaldehyde are bound per mole of myosin. The EDTA-activated ATPase decreases with increasing salicylalation. Ca²⁺-activated ATPase shows a small increase with increasing salicylalation.

2. 2. Less salicylaldehyde is bound if the treatment is carried out in the presence of ATP, while that of PP_i does not affect the degree of salicylalation. The enzymic properties of myosins salicylalated in the presence of ATP or PP_i are not different from those of the samples treated in their absence.

3. 3. Salicylalation decreases ATP sensitivity of ATPase and superprecipitation of actomyosins reconstituted from salicylalated myosins only if more than 50 moles of salicylaldehyde are bound per mole myosin.

Tightly-bound ATP and ADP in reconstituted submitochondrial particles.

Soluble beef-heart mitochondrial ATPase (F₁) which was depleted of tightly bound nucleotide was reconstituted with depleted submitochondrial particles and oligomycin-sensitivity conferring protein. A correlation was noted between the recovery of energy-transduction capability and the reloading of tightly bound nucleotide. Reconstituted membrane-bound F₁ contained both ATP and ADP tightly bound; the total (ATP and ADP) was tentatively calculated to be around 3.6 moles per mole membrane-bound F₁.     

Interaction of homogeneous mitochondrial ATPase from rat liver with adenine nucleotides and inorganic phosphate

Mitochondrial ATPase from rat liver mitochondria contains multiple nucleotide binding sites. At low concentrations ADP binds with high affinity (1 mole/mole ATPase, K_D = 1–2 μM). At high concentrations, ADP inhibits ATP hydrolysis presumably by competing with ATP for the active site (K_I = 240–300 μM). As isolated, mitochondrial ATPase contains between 0.6 and 2.5 moles ATP/mole ATPase. This “tightly bound” ATP can be removed by repeated precipitations with ammonium sulfate without altering hydrolytic activity of the enzyme. However, the ATP-depleted enzyme must be redissolved in high concentrations of phosphate to retain activity. AMP-PNP (adenylyl imidodiphosphate) replaces tightly bound ATP removed from the enzyme and inhibits ATP hydrolysis. AMP-PNP has little effect on high affinity binding of ADP. Kinetic studies of ATP hydrolysis reveal hyperbolic velocity vs. ATP plots, provided assays are done in bicarbonate buffer or buffers containing high concentrations of phosphate. Taken together, these studies indicate that sites on the enzyme not directly associated with ATP hydrolysis bind ATP or ADP, and that in the absence of bound nucleotide, P_i can maintain the active form of the enzyme.     

Desensitization to Mg2+ of the phosphoenzyme in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase by the addition of a nonionic detergent and the restoration of sensitivity after its removal

Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes from rabbit skeletal muscle were solubilized with a high concentration of dodecyl octaethyleneglycol monoether (C12E8) and the kinetic properties of the Ca2+,Mg2+-dependent ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] were studied. The following results were obtained: 1. SR ATPase solubilized in C12E8 retains high ability to form phosphoenzyme ([EP] = 4--5 mol/10(6) g protein) for at least two days in the presence of 5 mM Ca2+, 0.5 M KCl, and 20% glycerol at pH 7.55. 2. The ATPase activity was dependent on both Mg2+ and Ca2+. However, the rate of E32P decay after the addition of unlabeled ATP was independent of Mg2+. 3. Most of the EP formed in the absence of Mg2+ was capable of reacting with ADP to form ATP in the backward reaction. However, in the presence of 5 mM Mg2+, the amount of ATP formed was markedly reduced without loss of the reactivity of the EP with ADP. 4. The removal of C12E8 from the ATPase by the use of Bio-Beads resulted in the full restoration of the Mg2+ dependency of the EP decomposition. 5. These results strongly suggest that in the case of SR solubilized with a high concentration of C12E8 the decomposition of phosphoenzyme is Mg2+ independent and ATP is mainly hydrolyzed through Mg2+-dependent decomposition of an enzyme-ATP complex, which is in equilibrium with phosphoenzyme and ADP.     

Interaction of myosin.ADP.fluorometal complexes with fluorescent probes and direct observation using quick-freeze deep-etch electron microscopy

Myosin forms stable ternary complexes with ADP and phosphate analogues of fluorometals that mimic different ATPase reaction intermediates corresponding to each step of the cross-bridge cycle. In the present study, we monitored the formation of ternary complexes of myosin.ADP.fluorometal using the fluorescence probe prodan. It has been reported that the fluorescence changes of the probe reflect the formation of intermediates in the ATPase reaction [Hiratsuka (1998) Biochemistry 37, 7167-7176]. Prodan bound to skeletal muscle heavy-mero-myosin (HMM).ADP.fluorometal, with each complex showing different fluorescence spectra. Prodan bound to the HMM.ADP.BeFn complex showed a slightly smaller red-shift than other complexes in the presence of ATP, suggesting a difference in the localized conformation or a difference in the population of BeFn species of global shape. We also examined directly the global structure of the HMM.ADP.fluorometal complexes using quick-freeze deep-etch replica electron microscopy. The HMM heads in the absence of nucleotides were mostly straight and elongated. In contrast, the HMM heads of ternary complexes showed sharply kinked or rounded configurations as seen in the presence of ATP. This is the first report of the direct observation of myosin-ADP-fluorometal ternary complexes, and the results suggest that these complexes indeed mimic the shape of the myosin head during ATP hydrolysis.     

A study of the binding of adenosine diphosphate to myosin subfragment-1.

The binding of ADP to subfragment-1 was investigated by the gel filtration method. The amount of bound ADP was determined as a function of free ADP concentration. Linear Scatchard plots were obtained. The maximum binding number, 0.55 mole of ADP per 10(5) g of protein, and the dissociation constant, 1.6 x 10(-6) M, were obtained, using subfragment-1 prepared by tryptic digestion, in the presence of 0.083 M KCl-10 mM MgCl2-0.02 M Tris-HCl (pH 8), at 25 degrees. Similar maximum numbers, about 0.5 mole per 10(5) g of protein, were obtained with subfragment-1 prepared by chymotryptic digestion of myosin or papain digestion of myofibrils. The maximum number did not depend on the KCl concentration or the temperature, while the dissociation constant decreased on decreasing either the KCl concentration or the temperature. Adenylyl imidodiphosphate binding to subfragment-1 prepared by chymotryptic digestion was also measured by the gel filtration method. The maximum binding number, 0.41 mole per 10(5) g of subfragment-1, and the dissociation constant, less than 10(-7) M, were obtained in the presence of 0.7 M KCl-10 mM MgCl2-0.02 M Tris-HCl (pH 8), at 8 degrees. The difference absorbance at 288 nm of the difference absorption spectrum induced by ADP of subfragment-1 prepared by tryptic digestion was proportional to the amount of bound ADP. The steady-state ATPase rate of subfragment-1 prepared by tryptic digestion was inhibited competitively by ADP in the presence of MgCl2. The extent of the initial burst of ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] decreased from 0.46 +/- 0.06 to 0.30 +/- 0.09 mole of Pi per 10(5) g of subfragment-1 on adding ADP to a level of 0.6 mM. Subfragment-1 prepared by tryptic digestion bound F-actin with a mole ratio of 1/0.96 of actin monomer. The binding was depressed by the addition of ADP. On the basis of these results, subfragment-1 preparations were assumed to be a half-and-half mixture of two kinds of protein, and properties of each protein are discussed.     

Reaction intermediates of myosin ATPase from scallop adductor muscles: nonidentical two-headed structure of striated adductor muscle myosin

To determine whether or not the two heads of myosin from striated adductor muscles of scallop are nonidentical and the main intermediate of the ATPase reaction, MADPP, is produced only on one of the two heads, the Pi-burst size, the amount of total bound nucleotides and the amount of bound ADP during the ATPase reaction were measured in this study. The Pi-burst size was 1 mol per mol in the presence of 0.1-5 mM Mg2+ ions. The amount of total nucleotides bound to myosin was 2 mol per mol. Both the amounts of bound ADP and ATP at sufficiently high ATP concentrations were 1 mol per mol of striated adductor myosin, and the affinity for ADP binding was higher than that for ATP binding. These findings indicate that MADPP or MATP is produced on each of the two heads of striated adductor myosin on its interaction with ATP. The fluorescence intensity at 340 nm of striated adductor myosin was enhanced by about 7% upon addition of ATP. The time for the half maximum fluorescence enhancement, tau 1/2, at 5 microM ATP was 0.25 s, which was almost equal to the tau 1/2 values for the Pi-burst and for the dissociation of actomyosin reconstituted from striated adductor myosin and skeletal muscle F-actin. The dependences on ATP concentration of the extent of the fluorescence enhancement and the dissociation of actomyosin could be explained by assuming that these changes are associated with the formation of MADPP on one of the two heads of myosin. The Pi-burst size and the amount of bound ADP of smooth adductor myosin were slightly but significantly larger than 1 mol per mol. Both ATPase reactions of striated and smooth adductor myofibrils showed the substrate inhibition. The extent of substrate inhibition of ATPase of smooth adductor myofibrils was less than that of striated adductor myofibrils. All the present findings support the view that the nonidentical two-headed structure is required for substrate inhibition of the actomyosin ATPase reaction.