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Query: EC:2.7.1.1 (hexokinase)
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Kinetics and thermodynamics of the spontaneous formation of glucose-6-arsenate (G6As) and 6-arsenogluconate (6AsG) as well as the ability of these compounds for substituting their phosphorylated homologues in enzymic reactions have been studied. Formation of G6As and glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) shows similar thermodynamic constants. Both reactions are endothermic, endergonic, and occur with a decrease of entropy. However, the kinetic coefficients of the spontaneous formation of the arsenate esters are ca. 10(5) times greater than those of their homologous phosphate esters. The activation energy of the spontaneous formation of G6As (E = +12 kcal mol-1) is even smaller than that of the formation of G6P by alkaline phosphatase (E = +13 kcal mol-1). Similar to the case of monoalkylphosphates, the monoanion species of G6As is much more reactive than the dianion species. This is an important difference with respect to G6P. Arsenate esters are good analogs of the phosphate esters for a variety of enzymes. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase shows nearly similar values of Km and Vmax for either G6P or G6As, and hexokinase is similarly inhibited by both compounds. 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase has the same Vmax with respect to 6PG and 6AsG, although the enzyme shows a much lower affinity for the latter substrate. The calculated half-lives at 25 degrees C and pH 7 of G6As and 6AsG are only ca, 6 and 30 min respectively, they increase at lower temperature and alkaline pH. At 0 degrees C and pH 9 the half-life of G6As is ca. 20 h.
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PMID:[Formation and properties of sugar arsenate esters]. 714 95

The Na/K pump in human red blood cells that normally exchanges 3 Nai for 2 Ko is known to continue to transport Na in a ouabain-sensitive and ATP-dependent manner when the medium is made free of both Nao and Ko. Although this Na efflux is called "uncoupled" because of removal of ions to exchange with, the efflux has been shown to be comprised of a coefflux with cellular anions. The work described in this paper presents a new mode of operation of uncoupled Na efflux. This new mode not only depends upon the combined presence of ADP and intracellular orthophosphate (P(i))i but the Na efflux that is stimulated to occur is coeffluxed with (P(i))i. These studies were carried out with DIDS-treated resealed red cell ghosts, suspended in buffered (NMG)2SO4, that were made to contain, in addition to other constituents, varying concentrations of ADP and P(i) together with Na2 SO4, MgSO4 and hexokinase. While neither ADP nor P(i) was effective alone, ouabain-sensitive uncoupled Na efflux, (measured with 22Na) could be activated by [ADP+P(i)] where the K0.5 for ADP in the presence of 10 mmol (P(i))i/liter ghosts was 100-200 mumol/liter ghosts and the K0.5 for (P(i))i, in the presence of 500 mumol ADP/liter ghosts was 3-4 mmol/liter ghosts. [ADP+P(i)] activation of this Na efflux could be inhibited by as little as 2 mumol ATP/liter ghosts but the inhibition could be relieved by the addition of 50 mM glucose, given entrapped hexokinase. While ouabain-sensitive Na efflux was found to be coeffluxed with P(i) (measured with entrapped [32P]H3PO4), this was not so for SO4 (measured with 35SO4). The stoichiometry of Na to P(i) efflux was found to be approximately 2 to 1. Na efflux as well as (P(i))i efflux were both inhibited by 10 mM Nao (K0.5 approximately equal to 4 mM). But, whereas 20 mM Ko (K0.5 approximately equal to 6 mM) inhibited the efflux of (P(i))i, as would be expected from previous work, Na efflux was actually increased. When Ko influx was measured in this situation there was a 1 for 1 exchange of Nai for Ko, that is, of course, downhill with respect to the gradient of each ion. Surprisingly AsO4 was unable to replace P(i) for activation of Na efflux but Na efflux could be inhibited by vanadate and oligomycin. In terms of mechanism, it is likely that ADP acts to promote the formation of the phosphoenzyme (EP) by (P(i))i that would otherwise be inhibited by Nai.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:ADP+orthophosphate (P(i)) stimulates an Na/K pump-mediated coefflux of P(i) and Na in human red blood cell ghosts. 796 95

Phosphorolysis rather than phosphorylation of amylolysis products was found to be the major pathway of sugar phosphate formation from amylopectin by pea (Pisum sativum L.) chloroplast stromal proteins. The K(m) for inorganic phosphate incorporation was 2.5 mm, and ATP did not stimulate amylopectin-dependent phosphate incorporation. Arsenate (10 mm) inhibited phosphate incorporation into glucose monophosphates up to 46% and phosphoglucomutase activity 96%, resulting in glucose 1-phosphate accumulation as a product of amylopectin degradation. The intracellular distribution of enzymes of starch utilization was determined. Phosphorylase, phosphoglucomutase, and hexokinase were found in the chloroplast and cytoplasm, while beta-amylase was restricted to the cytoplasm. Maltase was not detectable; maltose phosphorylase was active in the chloroplast.
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PMID:Amylopectin degradation in pea chloroplast extracts. 1666 Feb 63