Direct demonstration of carbamoyl phosphate formation on the C-terminal domain of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase |
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Authors: | Kothe Michael Purcarea Cristina Guy Hedeel I Evans David R Powers-Lee Susan G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. |
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Abstract: | Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase synchronizes the utilization of two ATP molecules at duplicated ATP-grasp folds to catalyze carbamoyl phosphate formation. To define the dedicated functional role played by each of the two ATP sites, we have carried out pulse/labeling studies using the synthetases from Aquifex aeolicus and Methanococcus jannaschii, hyperthermophilic organisms that encode the two ATP-grasp folds on separate subunits. These studies allowed us to differentially label each active site with [gamma-(32)P]ATP and determine the fate of the labeled gamma-phosphate in the synthetase reaction. Our results provide the first direct demonstration that enzyme-catalyzed transfer of phosphate from ATP to carbamate occurs on the more C-terminal of the two ATP-grasp folds. These findings rule out one mechanism proposed for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, where one ATP acts as a molecular switch, and provide additional support for a sequential reaction mechanism where the gamma-phosphate groups of both ATP molecules are transferred to reactants. CP synthesis by subunit C in our single turnover pulse/chase assays did not require subunit N, but subunit N was required for detectable CP synthesis in the traditional continuous assay. These findings suggest that cross-talk between domain N and C is required for product release from subunit C. |
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Keywords: | carbamoyl phosphate synthetase ATP ATP-grasp arginine glutamine pyrimidine |
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