Stoichiometry and Substrate Affinity of the Mannitol Transporter, EnzymeIImtl, from Escherichia coli

Autor: Jaap Broos, Gertjan Veldhuis, Bert Poolman, Ruud M. Scheek
Přispěvatelé: X-ray Crystallography, Enzymology, Molecular Dynamics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
Předmět:
PERMEASE
Time Factors
RADIOCHEMICAL IMPURITIES
Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
Ultraviolet Rays
Detergents
Biophysics
Biophysical Theory and Modeling
Plasma protein binding
Ligands
LIGAND INTERACTIONS
Absorption
Polyethylene Glycols
Phosphoenolpyruvate
Escherichia coli
medicine
Computer Simulation
Mannitol
ENZYME-IIMTL
Binding site
Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System
PHOSPHORYLATION
Bradford protein assay
Binding Sites
COMPLEX
Dose-Response Relationship
Drug

L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Chemistry
Permease
Escherichia coli Proteins
Genetic Complementation Test
Thrombin
Membrane Transport Proteins
Proteins
Substrate (chemistry)
Biological Transport
Ligand (biochemistry)
Dissociation constant
Kinetics
EQUILIBRIUM
Biochemistry
DEPENDENT PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM
OLIGOPEPTIDE-BINDING-PROTEIN
MEMBRANE
Plasmids
Protein Binding
medicine.drug
Zdroj: Biophysical Journal, 89(1), 201-210. CELL PRESS
ISSN: 1542-0086
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.062877
Popis: Uptake and consecutive phosphorylation of mannitol in Escherichia coli is catalyzed by the mannitol permease EnzymeIImtl. The substrate is bound at an extracellular-oriented binding site, translocated to an inward-facing site, from where it is phosphorylated, and subsequently released into the cell. Previous studies have shown the presence of both a high- and a low-affinity binding site with KD-values in the nano- and micromolar range, respectively. However, reported KD-values in literature are highly variable, which casts doubts about the reliability of the measurements and data analysis. Using an optimized binding measurement system, we investigated the discrepancies reported in literature, regarding both the variability in KD-values and the binding stoichiometry. By comparing the binding capacity obtained with flow dialysis with different methods to determine the protein concentration (UV-protein absorption, Bradford protein detection, and a LDH-linked protein assay to quantify the number of phosphorylation sites), we proved the existence of only one mannitol binding site per dimeric species of unphosphorylated EnzymeIImtl. Furthermore, the affinity of EnzymeIImtl for mannitol appeared to be dependent on the protein concentration and seemed to reflect the presence of an endogenous ligand. The dependency could be simulated assuming that >50% of the binding sites were occupied with a ligand that shows an affinity for EnzymeIImtl in the same range as mannitol.
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