J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 255, Issue 8, 3240-3241, Apr, 1980
Shift of the equilibrium constant of the 3-P-glycerate kinase reaction towards 1,3-bis-P-glycerate with adenosine 5'-O-(2-thiotriphosphate) (ATP beta S) as substrate
EK Jaffe and M Cohn
It has been demonstrated that the reaction of ATP beta S and 3-P- glycerate
catalyzed by 3-P-glycerate kinase, unlike the reaction with ATP, can form a
readily detectable amount of 1,3-bis-P-glycerate as observed by 31P NMR. By
quantifying production of 1,3-bis-P-glycerate from the phosphorothioate
analogue of ATP as a function of time as the reaction approaches
equilibrium, Keq for the reaction was estimated to be approximately 400,
about 1 order of magnitude less than the equilibrium constant previously
reported for the analogous reaction of the normal nucleotide substrates.