J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 14, 8065-8074, May, 1990
Tyrosine alpha 244 is derivatized when the bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase is inactivated with 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoylethenoadenosine
JG Verburg and WS Allison
Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
The bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase (MF1) is inactivated by 5'-p-
fluorosulfonylbenzoylethenoadenosine (FSB epsilon A) with pseudo-first
order kinetics. The dependence of the rate of inactivation on the
concentration of FSB epsilon A revealed an apparent Kd of 0.25 mM. ATP and
ADP, and to a lesser extent, ITP and IDP provide partial protection against
inactivation by the reagent. Isolation and sequence analysis of major
radioactive fragments in peptic or cyanogen bromide digests of MF1
inactivated with [3H]FSB epsilon A indicate that modification of Tyr-alpha
244 is associated with the loss of activity observed. Assessment of the
amount of Tyr-alpha 244 derivatized with [3H]FSB epsilon A at specific
points during inactivation of the ATPase indicates that maximal
inactivation is achieved on modification of this residue in slightly
greater than one copy of the alpha subunit. The following characteristics
of inactivation of MF1 by FSB epsilon A have also been determined. (a) The
rate of inactivation of ITPase activity by FSB epsilon A is 1.4 times
greater than that observed for inactivation of ATPase activity under
identical conditions. (b) After maximally inactivating the capacity of MF1
to hydrolyze saturating ATP with FSB epsilon A, the modified enzyme
retained its capacity to hydrolyze substoichiometric ATP. (c) Inactivation
of the ATPase by FSB epsilon A is accelerated by Pi. In each of the above
characteristics, MF1 modified by FSB epsilon A resembles enzyme inactivated
with 5'-p- fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine (FSBA) more than it does enzyme
inactivated with 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoylinosine (FSBI). Furthermore,
prior inactivation of MF1 with FSBA completely prevents labeling of Tyr-
alpha 244 with [3H]FSB epsilon A, whereas prior inactivation of the enzyme
with FSBI does not. Since a single catalytic site is modified when FSBI
inactivates MF1 whereas three noncatalytic sites are modified when it is
maximally inactivated with FSBA, it is concluded that FSB epsilon A also
modifies noncatalytic sites.