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Studies on the beef heart mitochondrial F/sub 1/-ATPase with the photoaffinity label BzATP

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7164350
The photoaffinity analog of ATP, 3'-O-(4-benzoyl) benzoyl ATP (BzATP), was used in kinetics and binding studies to investigate the mechanism of the beef heart mitochondrial F/sup 1/-ATPase. New methods were developed for the synthesis and purification of non-radioactive BzATP, /sup 3/H-BzATP, and ..gamma..-/sup 32/P-BzATP, and the molar absorption coefficient for BzATP was determined. Experimental conditions for photolysis and binding studies were defined in which the stability of both BzATP and F/sub 1/ was maintained. Initial experiments examined the kinetic interactions between F/sub 1/ and BzATP. In the absence of actinic illumination, BzATP was a slow substrate for the enzyme and behaved as a classical competitive inhibitor versus ATP. Under photolytic conditions, BzATP inactivated F/sub 1/ with pseudo first-order kinetics, and the photoinactivation reaction showed rate saturation suggesting specific, reversible binding of BzATP to F/sub 1/ prior to covalent bond formation. ATP protected against F/sub 1/ photoinactivation and F/sub 1/ preparations partially modified covalently yielded the same K/sub m/ for ATP as unmodified enzyme preparations. These results strongly suggested that BzATP was bound to catalytic sites on the enzyme.
Research Organization:
New York Univ., NY (USA)
OSTI ID:
7164350
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English