J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 1, 60-66, 01, 1984
Analysis of the interaction of rabbit skeletal muscle adenylate deaminase with myosin subfragments. A kinetically regulated system
BA Barshop and C Frieden
The interaction of rabbit skeletal muscle adenylate deaminase with myosin
fragments (heavy meromyosin and subfragment-2) has been studied by
analytical centrifugation, gel chromatography, and stopped flow light
scattering. Formation of the complex is highly cooperative with respect to
addition of two molecules of adenylate deaminase/molecule of myosin
fragment to form a ternary complex. Ternary complex formation is also
highly pH-dependent with less complex formed at higher pH values, and the
pH dependence is steeper with heavy meromyosin than with subfragment-2. At
pH 6.5, the dissociation constant for the heavy meromyosin-deaminase
complex is approximately 1.2 X 10(-15) M2. Over the pH range 6.5-7.0, rate
constants for the formation and dissociation of both the ternary and binary
complexes of adenylate deaminase with heavy meromyosin have been
determined. From analysis of the time course of stopped flow light
scattering, the association steps are found to be extremely rapid, while
the rate constant for dissociation of the first molecule of adenylate
deaminase from the ternary complex is quite slow. This rate constant
increases as the pH increased, but is sufficiently low that the interacting
system does not equilibrate on the time scale of mass transport experiments
(sedimentation velocity and gel chromatography), and thus displays apparent
"slow" behavior. The kinetic regulatory properties of adenylate deaminase
are influenced by heavy meromyosin and subfragment-2, particularly with
respect to inhibition by GTP. The association and dissociation of adenylate
deaminase and myosin fragments and the resultant changes in kinetic
properties of the adenylate deaminase can markedly alter the time course of
the enzymatic reaction. The time scale over which this interaction is
modulated by changes in pH may have significance in the metabolism of
exercising muscle.