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Title: Structure of the oxalate-ATP complex with pyruvate kinase: ATP as a bridging ligand for the two divalent cations

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00382a026· OSTI ID:5514810

The 2 equiv of divalent cation that are required cofactors for pyruvate kinase reside in sites of different affinities for different species of cation. The intrinsic selectivity of the protein-based site for Mn(II) and of the nucleotide-based site for Mg(II) has been exploited in electron paramagnetic resonance (EOR) investigations of ligands for Mn(II) at the protein-based site. Oxalate, a structural analogue of the enolate of pyruvate, has been used as a surrogate for the reactive form of pyruvate in complexes with enzyme, Mn(II), Mg(II), and ATP. Superhyperfine coupling between the unpaired electron spin of Mn(II) and the nuclear spin of /sup 17/O, specifically incorporated into oxalate, shows that oxalate is bound at the active site as a bidentate chelate with Mn(II). Coordination of the ..gamma..-phosphate of ATP to this same Mn(II) center is revealed by observation of superhyperfine coupling from /sup 17/O regiospecifically incorporated into the ..gamma..-phosphate group of ATP. By contrast, /sup 17/O in the ..cap alpha..-phosphate or in the ..beta..-phosphate groups of ATP does not influence the spectrum. Experiments in /sup 17/O-enriched water show that there is also a single water ligand bound to the Mn(II). These data indicate that ATP bridges Mn(II) and Mg(II) at the active site. A close spacing of the two divalent cations is also evident from the occurrence of magnetic interactions for complexes in which 2 equiv of Mn(II) are present at the active site. The structure for the enzyme-Mn(II)-oxalate-Mg(II)-ATP complex suggests a scheme for the normal reverse reaction of pyruvate kinase in which the divalent cation at the protein-based site activates the keto acid substrate through chelation and promotes phospho transfer by simultaneous coordination to the enolate oxygen and to a pendant oxygen from the ..gamma..-phosphate of ATP.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
OSTI ID:
5514810
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Vol. 26:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English