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Query: EC:2.7.1.1 (hexokinase)
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Yeast hexokinase A (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC2.7.1.1) dissociates into its subunits upon reaction with succinic anhydride. The chemically modified subunits could be isolated in a catalytically active form. The Km values found for ATP and for glucose were of the some order as those found for the native enzyme. Of the 37 amino groups present per enzyme subunit, 2-3 of these groups might be located in the proximity of the region of subunit interactions. The 50% loss of the initial activity, which follows the succinylation of these more reactive amino groups, does not seem to be due to the modification of a residue on the enzyme active site or to a change of the tertiary structure of the protein. This 50%loss of the enzyme activity may be related to the dissociation of the dimer into monomers. Both native enzyme and the succinylated subunits have the same H-dependent denaturation rate profiles in response to 2 M urea. Moreover, the apparent pK of the group involved in the transition from a more stable conformation of the protein in the acid range to a less stable one at alkaline pH seems to be similar to the pK of the group implicated in the transition between the protonated inactive form of the enzyme and an active deprotonated form. The succinylated subunit presents 'negative co-operativity' with respect to ATP at slightly acid pH; however, the burst-type slow transient in the reaction progress curve and the activation effect induced by physiological polyanions, effects observed for the native enzyme, were not detected in the standard experimental conditions with the succinylated subunit.
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PMID:Yeast hexokinase A. Succinylation and properties of the active subunit. 0 Dec 53

Yeast hexokinase A(ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase) is inactivated when incubated in the presence of xylose and ATPMg, or in the presence of D-lyxose in a reaction medium in which ATPMg is being continuously regenerated (phosphoenolpyruvate and pyruvate kinase). The inactivation is due to the phorphorylation of the protein. A linear relationship was observed between the inactivation and the incorporation of 32P from [gamma-32P] ATP. All hexokinase and ATPase activity of the enzyme is lost when one phosphoryl group is incorporated per enzyme subunit (molecular weight 51,000). The phosphoryl group is covalently bound by a ester linkage with a serine residue of the protein.
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PMID:Studies on the active site of yeast hexokinase. Specific phosphorylation of a serine residue induced by D-xylose and ATPMg. 0 82

The 3T3-L1 mouse fibroblast cell line develops morphological and biochemical characteristics of adipocytes when maintained at confluence. This conversion to adipocytes is accelerated by addition of insulin to the culture medium [Green, H. & Kehinde, O. (1975) Cell 5, 19-27]. During the course of the insulin-mediated adipocyte conversion, the specific activity (units/mg of protein) of glutamine synthetase [L-glutamate:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.3.1.2] increases more than 100-fold. The specific activities of hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) and glucose-6-P dehydrogenase (D-glucose-6-phosphate:NADP(+) 1-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.49) also increase but less dramatically (1.5- to 3-fold). In contrast, confluent cells maintained in the absence of insulin for the same time (12-20 days after confluence) display only minimal increases in the activity of these enzymes. Maintenance of confluent cells in culture medium lacking added L-glutamine has little, if any, effect on glutamine synthetase activity in either control or insulin-treated cultures. Treatment of confluent 3T3-L1 cultures with hydrocortisone (1 mug/ml) for 3 days prior to harvesting results in an increase in glutamine synthetase specific activity of 12-fold for control cultures maintained for 13 days in the absence of insulin and 1.4-fold for adipocyte cultures maintained for 13 days in the presence of insulin (10 mug/ml). Treatment of 3T3-L1 control cells and adipocytes with dibutyryl cyclic AMP (1 mM) plus theophylline (1 mM) decreases the glutamine synthetase specific activity and almost completely reverses the insulin- and hydrocortisone-mediated increases in enzyme activity. In contrast, treatment with dibutyryl cyclic AMP plus theophylline has relatively little effect on the specific activities of hexokinase or glucose-6-P dehydrogenase or on the protein content of the cultures. These data indicate that glutamine synthetase activity is hormonally regulated in 3T3-L1 cells.
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PMID:Regulation of glutamine synthetase in cultured 3T3-L1 cells by insulin, hydrocortisone, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. 2 55

A tumorigenic anchorage-dependent cell line (H-91) was established in culture from an azo-dye-induced rat ascites hepatoma. When grown in a glucose-containing medium the cells exhibit high rates of lactic acid production characteristic of rapidly growing tumor cells. However, when glucose is replaced with galactose the cells grow equally well but exhibit only moderately elevated rates of lactic acid production. The molecular basis for this observation cannot be attributed to differences in permeability because initial rates of glucose and galactose entry into hepatoma cells are identical. Rather, the activity of hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) is found to be high in hepatoma cells, about 20-fold higher than that of control and regenerating rat liver. Moreover, tumor hexokinase activity is not inhibited by low concentrations (<0.6 mM) of the reaction product glucose 6-phosphate. Additionally, 50% of the hexokinase activity of hepatoma cells is found associated with the mitochondrial fraction. This fraction is 3-fold enriched in hexokinase activity relative to the homogenate and 4-fold enriched relative to the nuclear and postmitochondrial fractions. Tumor mitochondrial hexokinase appears to be coupled directly to oxidative phosphorylation, because addition of glucose to respiring hepatoma mitochondria (after a burst of ATP synthesis) results in stimulation of respiration. In contrast, glucose has no effect on the respiration of mitochondria from control and regenerating liver. These results suggest that the high glycolytic capacity of H-91 hepatoma cells is due, at least in part, to an elevated form of hexokinase concentrated in the mitochondrial fraction of the cell.
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PMID:High aerobic glycolysis of rat hepatoma cells in culture: role of mitochondrial hexokinase. 19 1

The 2-[18O]phosphorothioate of D-glycerate, chiral at phosphorus, was prepared. The chiral phosphoryl group was transferred enzymically to ADP [by using enolase and pyruvate kinase (ATP:pyruvate 2-O-phosphotransferase; EC 2.7.1.40)] resulting in the synthesis of adenosine 5'-O-([gamma-18O],gamma-thio)triphosphate. This labeled ATP was used as a thiophosphoryl group donor in the reactions catalyzed by glycerol kinase (ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase; EC 2.7.1.30) and by hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase; EC 2.7.1.1). The product from the latter (glucose 6-phosphorothioate) was converted enzymically into glycerol phosphorothioate. Determination of the relative configurations and diastereoisomeric purities of the samples of glycerol phosphorothioate demonstrates that all three phosphokinases (pyruvate kinase, glycerol kinase, and hexokinase) transfer the thiophosphoryl group with complete stereospecificity, and further shows that these reactions follow an identical stereochemical course.
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PMID:Adenosine 5'-O-([gamma-18O]gamma-thio)triphosphate chiral at the gamma-phosphorus: stereochemical consequences of reactions catalyzed by pyruvate kinase, glycerol kinase, and hexokinase. 20 59

The A isozyme of yeast hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) crystallized as a complex with glucose has a conformation that is dramatically different from the conformation of the B isozyme crystallized in the absence of glucose. Comparison of the high-resolution structures shows that one lobe of the molecule is rotated by 12 degrees relative to the other lobe, resulting in movements of as much as 8 A in the polypeptide backbone and closing the cleft between the lobes into which glucose is bound. The conformational change is produced by the binding of glucose (R.C. McDonald, T.A. Steitz, and D.M. Engelman, unpublished data) and is essential for catalysis [Anderson, C.M., Stenkamp, R.E., McDonald, R.C. & Steitz, T.A. (1978) J. Mol. Biol. 123, 207-219] and thus provides an example of induced fit. The surface area of the hexokinase A-glucose complex exposed to solvent is smaller than that of native hexokinase B. By using the change in exposed surface area to estimate the hydrophobic contribution to the free energy changes upon glucose binding, we find that the hydrophobic effect alone favors the active conformation of hexokinase in the presence and absence of sugar. The observed stability of the inactive conformation of the enzyme in the absence of substrates may result from a deficiency of complementary interactions within the cavity that forms when the two lobes close together.
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PMID:Glucose-induced conformational change in yeast hexokinase. 28 94

1. Of the 15 tyrosyl residues/subunit of yeast hexokinase A (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase) only one residue is specifically modified at pH 8.0 with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride. 2. The acylation of this single tyrosyl residue leads to the loss of the enzyme activities (hexokinase and ATPase) by a first-order process, which can be fully reversed by treatment with hydroxylamine. 3. ATP does not protect the enzyme against chemical modification and inactivation; however, glucose exerts a noticeable though indirect protection effect against chemical modification and inactivation. 4. The chemically modified enzyme, purified by column chromatography, has 14% of the activity of the native enzyme, but the Km for ATP-Mg or glucose remains unchanged as does the pH optimum of activity. Results of conformational studies (ultracentrifugation, fluorescence, thermostability and chemical reactivity of the sulfhydryl groups) indicate that the decrease of enzyme activity due to the modification of the tyrosyl residue is related to a localized perturbation of the enzyme active-center region.
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PMID:Chemical studies on yeast hexokinase. Specific modification of a single tyrosyl residue with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. 32 12

The inactivation of yeast hexokinase A (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) by phenylglyoxal obeys pseudo first-order kinetics. Formation of a reversible enzyme-reagent complex prior to modification is suggested by the observed saturation kinetics. Loss of activity correlates with the incorporation of 1 mol of [14C]phenylglyoxal per mol 50 000 dalton subunit. No significant conformational change occurs concomitantly. Inactivation is attributable to modification of an arginyl residue. The pattern of protection by substrates and analogs favors an interaction of this essential residue with the terminal phosphoryl group of ATP or glucose 6-phosphate.
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PMID:An essential arginyl residue in yeast hexokinase. 36 11

The activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (D-glucose-6-phosphate: NADP oxidoreductase, G6PD), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-phospho-d-gluconate: NADP oxidoreductase, 6PGD), hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, HK), lactic dehydrogeanse (L-lactate: NAD oxidoreductase, LDH) and aspirate aminotransferase (L-aspartate: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase, Asp.T) were determined in red blood cells of 11 healthy individuals. The determinations were carried out on samples drawn every 4 h over a 24 h period. The activities of G6PD, 6PGD, LDH and Asp.T exhibited a semi-circadian rhythm, namely, two peaks of activity during 24 h while HK activity demonstrated a true circadian rhythm. In addition a polymorphism of the G6PD and LDH activity patterns was observed. The implications of a biological clock in enucleated cells are discussed.
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PMID:The diurnal rhythm of enzymes in human red cells. 94 47

A simple device capable of measuring almost any reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is created when an enzyme is immobilized onto one thermal sensor of a differential thermometer. Experiments are described in which two thermistors, one bare and one coated with immobilized enzyme, are immersed in a well-stirred solution. The response of this device to increases in glucose-ATP concentration was observed using hexokinase (ATP:D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1), and to increases in glucose concentration using glucose oxidase (beta-D-glucose:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.3.4). A simple model is presented whose predictions are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results.
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PMID:Experiments and calculations concerning a thermal enzyme probe. 100 14


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