Diffusion Coefficients of Endogenous Cytosolic Proteins from Rabbit Skinned Muscle Fibers |
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Authors: | Brian  E. Carlson,Jim  O. Vigoreaux,David  W. Maughan |
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Affiliation: | † Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;‡ Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Health Science Research Facility, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont;§ Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont |
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Abstract: | Efflux time courses of endogenous cytosolic proteins were obtained from rabbit psoas muscle fibers skinned in oil and transferred to physiological salt solution. Proteins were separated by gel electrophoresis and compared to load-matched standards for quantitative analysis. A radial diffusion model incorporating the dissociation and dissipation of supramolecular complexes accounts for an initial lag and subsequent efflux of glycolytic and glycogenolytic enzymes. The model includes terms representing protein crowding, myofilament lattice hindrance, and binding to the cytomatrix. Optimization algorithms returned estimates of the apparent diffusion coefficients, D(r,t), that were very low at the onset of diffusion (∼10−10 cm2 s−1) but increased with time as cytosolic protein density, which was initially high, decreased. D(r,t) at later times ranged from 2.11 × 10−7 cm2 s−1 (parvalbumin) to 0.20 × 10−7 cm2 s−1 (phosphofructose kinase), values that are 3.6- to 12.3-fold lower than those predicted in bulk water. The low initial values are consistent with the presence of complexes in situ; the higher later values are consistent with molecular sieving and transient binding of dissociated proteins. Channeling of metabolic intermediates via enzyme complexes may enhance production of adenosine triphosphate at rates beyond that possible with randomly and/or sparsely distributed enzymes, thereby matching supply with demand. |
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