J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 6, 3395-3398, Mar, 1984

Kinetic and spectroscopic studies of the interaction of copper with dopamine beta-hydroxylase

DE Ash, NJ Papadopoulos, G Colombo and JJ Villafranca

The question of the stoichiometry of copper bound to dopamine beta- hydroxylase and the number of copper atoms required for maximal activity was addressed in this study. Incubation of tetrameric enzyme from bovine adrenal medulla with 64Cu2+ followed by rapid gel filtration yielded an enzyme containing 8.3-8.9 mol of Cu/mol of tetramer. An identical stoichiometry was obtained by analysis of bound copper by atomic absorption methods. NMR and EPR were used to monitor titrations of the enzyme with Cu2+ and showed that the longitudinal relaxation rate of solvent water protons and the amplitude of the signal at g approximately 2 increased linearly up to a copper to protein ratio of approximately 8. Additional titrations also indicate that an enzyme-Cu2+-tyramine-CN- inhibitory complex was formed when 8 mol of Cu2+ are bound per mol of enzyme. The rate of inactivation of dopamine beta-hydroxylase by the mechanism-based inhibitor 2-Br-3-(p- hydroxyphenyl)-1-propene was measured and used as a method to follow enzymatic catalysis. An increase in rate was observed with increasing Cu2+ up to a protein to Cu2+ ratio of 8 Cu/tetramer. The rate becomes constant after this ratio is achieved. These data indicate that dopamine beta-hydroxylase specifically binds 8 mol of Cu/tetramer and that this stoichiometry is required for maximal activity.
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