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Further investigations on the inorganic phosphate binding site of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00325a032· OSTI ID:5023437
The possibility that 4-azido-2-nitrophenyl phosphate (ANPP), a photoreactive derivative of inorganic phosphate (P /sub i/ ), could mimic ATP was investigated. ANPP was hydrolyzed in the dark by sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca/sup 2 +/-ATPase in the presence of Ca/sup 2 +/ but not in the presence of ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid. ANPP was not hydrolyzed by purified mitochondrial F1-ATPase; however, ADP and ATP protected F1-ATPase against ANPP photoinactivation. On the other hand, the trinitrophenyl nucleotide analogues (TNP-ADP, TNP-ATP, and TNP-AMP-PNP), which bind specifically at the two catalytic sites of F1-ATPase, abolished P /sub i/ binding on F1-ATPase; they do not protect F1-ATPase against ANPP photoinactivation. Furthermore, ANPP-photoinactivated F1-ATPase binds the TNP analogues in the same way as the native enzyme. The Pi binding site of F1-ATPase, which is shown to be photolabeled by ANPP, does not appear to be at the gamma-phosphate position of the catalytic sites.
OSTI ID:
5023437
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN BICHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English