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The binding of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to yeast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) has been studied at pH 6.5 and 8.5, at 5,25, and 40 degrees C, by calorimetry, fluorometry, spectrophotometry, equilibrium dialysis, and flow dialysis. As reported earlier for pH 7.3 (Velick S.F., Baggott, J.P., and Sturtevant, J.M. (1971), Biochemistry 10, 779), the binding is accompanied by enthalpy changes which become rapidly more negative as the temperature increases, with delta Cp = -500 to -750 cal deg-1 (mole of NAD+ bound)-1, and by entropy changes which also, as required by the large negative delta Cp, become rapidly more negative with increasing temperature. The binding data at pH 6.5 can be fitted on the basis of either four identical noninteracting sites, or of four sites showing a small degree of negative cooperativity. The data at pH 8.5, particularly at 40 degrees C, require the introduction of positive cooperativity, as was previously shown by Kirschner et al. (Kirschner, K., Eigen, M., Bittman, R., and Voigt, B. (1966), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 56, 1661), and can be equally well fitted on the basis of a sequential model (Adair, G.S. (1925), J. Biol. Chem. 63, 529) or a concerted model (Monod, J., Wyman, J., and Changeux, J.P. (1965), J. Mol. Biol. 12, 88). It is proposed that the observed thermodynamic changes are largely the result of a hydrophobic effect due to a decrease in the exposure of nonpolar groups to the solvent, and of a tightening of the protein structure when the coenzyme is bound with concomitant decrease in the number of easily excitable internal degrees of freedom.
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PMID:Energetics of the cooperative and noncooperative binding of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to yeast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase at pH 6.5 and pH 8.5. Equilibrium and calorimetric analysis over a range of temperature. 1 17

Flounder muscle (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase was characterized as to its stability towards various inactivating treatments in the presence and absence of the enzyme cofactor, NAD. Incubation of a partially purified enzyme preparation at urea concentrations greater than 2 M produced a very rapid inactivation. NAD greatly reduced the rate of inactivation at all the urea concentrations tested. Incubation of each of the three major muscle enzyme forms in 0.1 percent trypsin or chymotrypsin for forty-five minutes decreased the activity of each form by 65 percent and 55 percent, respectively. NAD (5mM) afforded complete protection to each enzyme form from proteolytic digestion by these two enzymes. Exposure of each form to 50 degrees or 20 mM ATP also led to gross inactivation which could be greatly reduced if the respective incubations were performed in the presence of 5mM NAD. NAD was also found to be required for the renaturation of the unfolded urea-denatured subunits to form the active tetramer.
Mol Cell Biochem 1975 Sep 30
PMID:Effect of NAD on flounder muscle glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. 17 55

An investigation was made of changes in subunit interactions in glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase on binding NAD+, NADH and other substrates by using the previously developed method of measurement of rates and extent of subunit exchange between the rabbit enzyme (R4), yeast enzyme (Y4) and rabbit-yeast hybrid (R2Y2) [Osborne & Hollaway (1974) Biochem. J. 143, 651-662]. The free energy of activation for the conversion of tetramer into dimer for the rabbit enzyme (R4 leads to 2R2) is increased by at least 12kJ/mol in the presence of NAD+. This increase is interpreted in terms of an NAD+-induced 'tightening' of the tetrameric structure probably involving increased interaction at the subunit interfaces across the QR plane of the molecule [see Buehner et al. (1974) J. Mol. Biol. 82, 563-585]. This tightening of the structure only occurs on binding the third NAD+ molecule to a given enzyme molecule. Conversely, binding of NADH causes a decrease in the free energy of activation for the R4 leads to 2R2 and Y4 leads to 2Y2 conversions by at least 10kJ/mol. This is interpreted as a NADH-induced 'loosening' of the structures arising from decreased interactions across the subunit interfaces involving the QR dissociation plane. In the presence of NADH the increase in the rate of subunit exchange is such that it is not possible to separate the hybrid from the other species if electrophoresis is carried out with NADH in the separation media. In the presence of a mixture of NADH and NAD+ the effect of NAD+ on subunit exchange is dominant. The results are discussed in terms of the known co-operativty between binding sites in glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenases.
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PMID:The investigation of substrate-induced changes in subunit interactions in glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenases by measurement of the kinetics and thermodynamics of subunit exchange. 17 55

Using NAD analogues as ligands, the structural requirements for negative cooperativity in binding to rabbit muscle glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase were examined. Although the affinity of nicotinamide hypoxanthine dinucleotide is considerably lower than that of NAD+, it also binds to the enzyme with negative cooperatively. Two pairs of nicotinamide hypoxanthine dinucleotide binding sitess were distinguished, one pair having an affinity for the analogue which is 15 times that of the second pair. Negative cooperativity is also found in the Km values for the analogue. Thus modification of the adenine ring of NAD+ to hypoxanthine does not abolish negative cooperativity in coenzyme binding. Adenosine diphosphoribose binding to the same enzyme shows neither positive nor negative cooperativity, indicating that cooperativity apparently requires an intact nicotinamide ring in the coenzyme structure, under the conditions of these experiments. Occupancy of the nicotinamide subsite of the coenzyme binding site is not necessary for half-of-sites reactivity of alkylating or acylating compounds (Levitzki, A. (1974), J. Mol, Biol. 90, 451-458). However, it can be important in the negative cooperativity in ligand binding, as illustrated by adenosine diphosphoribose which fails to exhibit negative cooperativity. Occupancy of the adenine subsite by adenine is important for stabilization of the enzyme against thermal denaturation. Whether the stabilization is due to an altered conformation of the subunits or stabilization of the preexisting structure of the apoenzyme cannot be determined from these studies. However, nicotinamide hypoxanthine dinucleotide does not contribute to enzyme stability although it serves as a substrate and shows negative cooperativity.
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PMID:Cooperativity and noncooperativity in the binding of NAD analogues to rabbit muscle glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. 17 63

The kinetic method and selective chemical modification have been used in studies of the kinetic manifestations of active site interactions in D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAP dehydrogenase). The reactions of glyceraldehyde and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidation were studied in the absence of substrate excess. In support of the data obtained previously it was shown that only a part of the tightly bound NAD molecules can be reduced after substrate addition. "Partial reducibility" is observed at various degrees of saturation of the enzyme with NAD involving a single NAD molecule per tetrametric enzyme. These facts can hardly be explained by assumption of functional non-equivalence of active sites, whether induced by coenzyme or preexisting in the apoenzyme. It was proven by selective alkylation of the catalytic SH groups that "partial reducibility" is due to the circumstance that equilibrium in the system under investigation is established at nearly equal NAD and NADH concentrations. A plot of initial reaction rates versus NAD concentration (at non-saturating substrate concentrations) gives S-shaped curves; this is explained by considerable enzyme activation upon saturation of the fourth site with coenzyme. After modification of three active sites with iodoacetate the S-shape of the curve disappeared. This fact leads to the conclusion that active site interactions are required for formation of the S-shaped curves. The activity of a single site functioning in the modified enzyme reached values equal to those of the active sites in the native enzyme in the fully activated state. A model is proposed which can explaine the variations in mode of enzyme activation in the native and modified states. It is suggested that the surroundings of all four SH groups must be altered in order to activate the enzyme; such changes can be induced either by alkylation of the SH groups or by NAD binding. Evidence is presented that important functional properties of GAP dehydrogenase cannot be elucidated at low enzyme concentrations and with excess of substrates: three active sites are saturated under such conditons and practically inactive, and the fourth site obeys Michaelis - Menten kinetics.
Mol Biol (Mosk)
PMID:[Kinetic manifestations of the interaction of active centers in swine skeletal muscle D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase]. 18 4

Partially purified flounder muscle (Pseudopleuronectus americanus) glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase was immobilized on cyanogen bromide-activated Sepharose. The catalytic properties of the immobilized preparation were studied to determine if immobilization alters the kinetic properties of the native holoenzyme. The results indicate that the pH activity profile of immobilized glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase did not differ from that of the native enzyme. The Michaelis constants (Km) for NAD and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate were somewhat altered. The enzyme stability toward various inactivation treatments in the presence and absence of NAD was characterized and compared to that of he native enzyme. When either form of the enzyme was incubated with urea at concentrations greater than 2M, inactivation occurred very rapidly. Incubation in 0.1% trypsin for 60 minutes decreased the activity of immobilized glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase by 45% and of the native soluble enzyme by 70%. The immobilized enzyme also exhibited considerably more stability than the native soluble enzyme when exposed to a temperature of 50 degrees or to 20 mM ATP. In all cases NAD either greatly reduced the rate of inactivation or completely protected the enzyme from inactivation.
Mol Cell Biochem 1978 Nov 16
PMID:Immobilized flounder muscle glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. 56 63

Hypotonic human erythrocyte ghosts, devoid of the original glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase content of the red cell, bind added glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases, isolated from human erythrocytes, rabbit and pig muscle, as well as rabbit muscle aldolase. There are only slight differences in the affinities towards the various glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases. On the other hand, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases are bound much stronger than aldolase; in an equimolar mixture the former can prevent the binding of the latter, or replace previously bound aldolase at the membrane surface. Binding is always accompanied by the partial inactivation of enzymes, which can be reverted by desorption. Unwashed ghosts rich in hemoglobin seem to have a more pronounced inactivating effect on bound glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. In isotonic media ghosts, whether white or unwashed, reseal and do not interact with the enzymes.
Mol Cell Biochem 1976 Feb 25
PMID:Partial reversible inactivation of enzymes due to binding to the human erythrocyte membrane. 126 75

Glucose uptake by brown adipose tissue, measured following deoxyglucose injection in vivo, was increased by 6- and 11-fold following 2 and 14 days of cold exposure, respectively. To look for the possible mechanism of these modifications, the glucose transporter Glut 4 has been characterized at the protein and mRNA levels in brown adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue following cold acclimation. Crude membranes were prepared from those tissues, and Glut 4 was studied by Western blot analysis. In brown adipose tissue, the total Glut 4 amount was increased by 52 +/- 7% and by 104 +/- 12% following 2 and 14 days of cold exposure, respectively. By contrast, in white adipose tissue of 14-day-cold-exposed mice the total Glut 4 content was decreased by 42 +/- 5%. However, Glut 4 concentration, expressed per mg of membrane protein, was unchanged in both brown and white adipose tissues following cold exposure, since the membrane protein content increased in brown but decreased in white adipose tissue. No modification in Glut 4 content was observed in skeletal muscle from cold-exposed mice. Total RNA were prepared and analyzed for Glut 4, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and actin. Glut 4 and GAPDH mRNA were increased 2-fold in brown adipose tissue from cold-exposed mice, while actin mRNA content was unmodified. Glut 4 mRNA content was not changed in white adipose tissue and skeletal muscle from cold-exposed mice. Our results suggest that Glut 4 expression is differently modulated in the three insulin-responsive tissues during cold acclimation.
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1992 Nov
PMID:Effect of cold acclimation on the expression of glucose transporter Glut 4. 130 80

The modulation of the rat cortical m1 muscarinic receptor mRNA was studied with a method of quantitation using the polymerase chain reaction after conversion to complementary DNA (cDNA) with AMV reverse transcriptase (RT/PCR). Primers specific to the C3 region of the m1 mRNA were employed. The y-intercepts from the linear regions of semilogarithmic plots of PCR product versus cycle number were used as measures of the levels of m1 muscarinic mRNA-measured relative to that of glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA (the 'ratio' method). Alternatively, m1 mRNA in total cortical RNA samples was quantitated from the increase in product elicited by adding a known amount of exogenous m1 muscarinic cDNA sequence (the 'spiking' method). This allowed calculation of absolute level of m1 mRNA, which was 4.1 pg/micrograms total RNA. We measured the level of the rat cortical m1 mRNA after 1 week of chronic receptor blockade with atropine, showing upregulation of 154% by the GAPDH/m1 ratio method and 145% by the spiking method. That this transcriptional alteration was specific was indicated by the finding that the level of GAP-43 mRNA was not affected by atropine treatment.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1992 Jan
PMID:Chronic atropine administration up-regulates rat cortical muscarinic m1 receptor mRNA molecules: assessment with the RT/PCR. 137 72

The steady-state level of the neuromodulin transcript in the neuron-like N1E-115 cell line was measured with a method combining reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction (RT/PCR). Total RNA was isolated from N1E-115 cells and treated with DNAse to remove residual DNA; cDNA was synthesized from this RNA by priming with random hexamers. For PCR amplification, primers for neuromodulin were designed for regions of the coding sequence that were identical in mouse, rat, and human. In one approach (the 'ratio method'), variations in RNA yield and cDNA synthesis efficiency were controlled for by amplifying a reference (housekeeping) gene (glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase; GAPDH). To control for inter-experimental variations in PCR amplification efficiencies the data were analyzed on semi-logarithmic plots, with which the relative levels of the starting templates could be determined by extrapolating the plots to cycle number zero (0). In another approach with RT/PCR (the 'spiking method'), the absolute level of N1E-115 neuromodulin cDNA was assessed by adding known amounts of cloned human neuromodulin template to the RT/PCR assay of N1E-115 nucleic acid and comparing the increased yield of product across cycles. When the spike was added at either the cDNA level (in the form of double-stranded DNA) or at the total RNA level (as sense RNA), the levels of N1E-115 calculated were virtually the same: 509 fg and 495 fg of coding region per ug total RNA in confluent N1E-115 cells, respectively. Treatment of N1E-115 cells with 2% dimethylsulfoxide for three days elevated neuromodulin mRNA levels 5.6-fold. Conversely, treatment of N1E-115 cells with 100 nM phorbol myristate acetate for 24 h decreased the level of neuromodulin mRNA by 70%. Under carefully controlled conditions and within certain limits of precision, the RT/PCR method appears to be suitable for assessing the level of low abundance mRNA under various pharmacologically-induced conditions.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1992 Mar
PMID:Transcriptional regulation of neuromodulin (GAP-43) in mouse neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 as evaluated by the RT/PCR method. 137 7


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