Direct measurement of proton release by yeast enolase upon binding magnesium ions
Direct measurement of proton release by yeast enolase upon binding magnesium ions
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结合镁离子后酵母烯醇酶直接测量质子释放
DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(74)81162-2
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发表时间:
1974
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
A. Johnson
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作者:
L. Faller;A. Johnson
We recently reported that the binding of divalent metal ions to yeast enolase (2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolyase, EC 4.2. 1. l 1) is coupled to proton equilibria [11. This conclusion was based on flow microcalorimetric measurements of the heat of metal binding in three buffers with different heats of ionization. The thermal data were shown to be consistent with the release of two protons when the two, specific cation binding sites on the apoenzyme [2] are filled with Mg” ions at pH 7.5 and 0.05 M ionic strength. The calorimetric experiments could not distinguish between the release of one proton as each Mg*+ ion binds and the release of both protons in response to the conformational change triggered by the binding of the first Mg*’ion [3, 4] Neither could calorimetric measurements at a single pH establish the number or the identity of the titratable groups involved. We report direct measurements of proton release by yeast enolase upon binding Mg*’ions undertaken to clarify these points. The proton release-pH profile is an unsymmetrical bell-shaped curve. The maximum number of protons is released at pH 6.5 and exceeds two, implicating morr: than two titratable groups in metal binding. The shape of the curve above pH 6.5 is consistent with the complexation of metal by histidyl residues. Above pH 7 two Mg*+ ions bind with dissociation constants G 5 PM, and proton release coincides with metal binding. The affinity of enolase for Mg*’ions decreases below pH 7. The sharp decrease in the number of protons released below pH 6.5 may result from a change in the conformation of the protein.