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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 256, Issue 17, 8859-8862, Sep, 1981

Subunit interactions in myosin subfragment 1. Subunit scrambling is independent of catalytic center involvement

M Burke and M Sivaramakrishnan

Evidence is presented that, under conditions of 4.7 M NH4Cl and 10 mM Mg-ATP where no subunit dissociation can be detected by transport methods, a dynamic equilibrium exists in subfragment 1 between the associated and dissociated subunits. This is readily discerned by the formation of hybrid subfragment 1 species when a subfragment 1 isozyme is incubated with excess free light chains of the alternate isozyme. A similar process occurs with p-N,N'-phenylenedimaleimide (pPDM)-modified subfragment 1 containing [14C]Mg-ADP, but in this case, although extensive amounts of hybrid are formed, no loss of the trapped nucleotide is observed. Subunit scrambling without loss of the trapped nucleotide is apparent from incubating pPDM-SF1(A2)-[14C]Mg-ADP with unmodified SF1(A1) under similar conditions since the mixture subsequently contains SF1(A1), SF1(A2)h, pPDM-SF1(A1)h-[14C]Mg-ADP and pPDM-SF1(A2)-[14C]Mg-ADP. These data show that the nucleotide trapped in the presumptive active site does not escape during the dissociation- reassociation cycle, and suggest that the ATPase site resides solely on the heavy chain.
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