PMID:11747300
| Citation |
Lee, LV, Gerratana, B and Cleland, WW (2001) Substrate specificity and kinetic mechanism of Escherichia coli ribulokinase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 396:219-24 |
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| Abstract |
L-ribulokinase is unusual among kinases since it phosphorylates all four 2-ketopentoses with almost the same k(cat) values. The K(m)'s differ, however, being 0.14 mM for L- and 0.39 mM for d-ribulose and 3.4 mM for l- and 16 mM for d-xylulose. In addition, L-arabitol is phosphorylated at C-5 (K(m) 4 mM) and ribitol (adonitol) is phosphorylated to D-ribitol-5-phosphate (K(m) 5.5 mM), but D-arabitol, xylitol, and aldopentoses are not substrates. The K(m)'s for MgATP depend on the substrates, being 0.02 mM with L-ribulose, 0.027 mM with D-ribulose and L-xylulose, and 0.3-0.5 mM with the other substrates. In the absence of a sugar substrate there is an ATPase with K(m) of 7 mM and k(cat) 1% of that with sugar substrates. The initial velocity pattern is intersecting, and MgAMPPNP is competitive vs MgATP and uncompetitive vs L-ribulose. L-Erythrulose is competitive vs L-ribulose and when MgATP concentration is varied induces substrate inhibition which is partial. These data show that the mechanism is random, but there is a high level of synergism in the binding of sugar and MgATP, and the path in which the sugar adds first is strongly preferred. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1006/abbi.2001.2613 |
| Keywords |
Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Magnesium/metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Pentosephosphates/metabolism; Pentoses/pharmacology; Phosphorylation; Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/chemistry; Ribitol/metabolism; Substrate Specificity; Sugar Alcohols/metabolism |
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