PMID- 3038027 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870827 LR - 20190628 IS - 0003-9861 (Print) IS - 0003-9861 (Linking) VI - 256 IP - 1 DP - 1987 Jul TI - Spinach leaf ribulose-5-phosphate kinase: examination of sulfhydryls by chemical modification and spin-labeling. PG - 362-71 AB - Methodology has been developed for complete or selective modification of the cysteinyl sulfhydryls of ribulose-5-phosphate (Ru5P) kinase. Using native enzyme, iodoacetate modifies four sulfhydryls with varying levels of completeness. The most reactive sulfhydryl in the native enzyme can be selectively titrated with iodoacetate; complete loss of activity occurs. Composition and N-terminal analyses of the peptide bearing this essential sulfhydryl indicate that the alkylated residue (Cys-16) is identical to the site modified by other modification reagents (M. A. Porter and F. C. Hartman (1986) Biochemistry 25, 7314-7318). In the presence of ATP, a nonessential sulfhydryl of the native enzyme is carboxymethylated. The peptide bearing this modified cysteine has been isolated and its composition and N-terminal sequence determined. Enzyme that is carboxymethylated in the presence of ATP retains activity and can be oxidatively inactivated in a reversible fashion. This suggests that the cysteine targeted by iodoacetate in the presence of ATP is not a residue that participates in regulation of enzyme activity. Using a spin-labeled analog of iodoacetate, both essential and nonessential cysteines have been selectively modified. ESR measurements suggest that the environment of these cysteines is not highly constrained. Modest effects on spin-label mobility are observed upon occupancy of Ru5P or ATP sites on the modified enzyme. These effects are dependent on the presence of divalent cations, suggesting that a binary enzyme-cation complex must form prior to productive enzyme-substrate interactions. FAU - Krieger, T J AU - Krieger TJ FAU - Miziorko, H M AU - Miziorko HM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Arch Biochem Biophys JT - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics JID - 0372430 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Iodoacetates) RN - 0 (Spin Labels) RN - 0 (Sulfhydryl Compounds) RN - EC 2.7.- (Phosphotransferases) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)) RN - EC 2.7.1.19 (phosphoribulokinase) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) RN - WF5188V710 (Iodoacetic Acid) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids/analysis MH - Chromatography/methods MH - Cysteine/analysis MH - Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy MH - Iodoacetates MH - Iodoacetic Acid MH - Peptide Mapping MH - *Phosphotransferases MH - *Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) MH - Plants/*enzymology MH - Spin Labels MH - Sulfhydryl Compounds/*analysis EDAT- 1987/07/01 00:00 MHDA- 1987/07/01 00:01 CRDT- 1987/07/01 00:00 PHST- 1987/07/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/07/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/07/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0003-9861(87)90457-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0003-9861(87)90457-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Biochem Biophys. 1987 Jul;256(1):362-71. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(87)90457-7.