Kinetics of Nitrogenase of Klebsiella Pneumoniae. Heterotropic Interactions Between Magnesium-adenosine 5'-diphosphate and Magnesium-adenosine 5'-triphosphate

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Journal Biochem J

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1977 Aug 1

PMID 336036

Citations 11

Authors

R N Thorneley

A Cornish-Bowden

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Abstract

The effects of MgADP and MgATP on the kinetics of a pre-steady-state electron-transfer reaction and on the steady-state kinetics of H2 evulution for nitrogenase proteins of K. pneumoniae were studied. MgADP was a competitive inhibitor of MgATP in the MgATP-induced electron transfer from the Fe-protein to the Mo-Fe-protein. A dissociation constant K'i = 20 micron was determined for MgADP. The release of MgADP or a coupled conformation change in the Fe-protein of K.pneumoniae occurred with a rate comparable with that of electron transfer, k approximately 2 X 10(2)S-1. Neither homotropic nor heterotropic interactions involving MgATP and MgADP were observed for this reaction. Steady-state kinetic data for H2 evolution exhibited heterotropic effects between MgADP and MgATP. The data have been fitted to symmetry and sequential-type models involving conformation changes in two identical subunits. The data suggest that the enzyme can bind up to molecules of either MgATP or MgADP, but is unable to bind both nucleotides simultaneously. The control of H2 evolution by the MgATP/MgADP ratio is not at the level of electron transfer between the Fe- and Mo-Fe-proteins.

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