On the specificity of the ATP-binding site of (Na+ + K+)-activated ATPase from brain microsomes

ATP hydrolysis associated with an uncoupled sodium flux through the sodium pump: evidence for allosteric effects of intracellular ATP and extracellular sodium

1. A method has been developed for regenerating [gamma(32)P]ATP of constant specific activity within resealed red cell ghosts, and for measuring its hydrolysis. The method may be used to follow the hydrolysis of ATP at concentrations down to 1 muM, and for periods long enough for the ATP at these very low concentrations to turn over several hundred times.2. Using this method we have been able to show that the ;uncoupled' efflux of Na caused by the Na pump when resealed red cell ghosts are incubated in (Na + K)-free media is associated with a hydrolysis of ATP. The stoicheiometry is roughly 2-3 Na ions expelled per molecule of ATP hydrolysed.3. Measurements of ATP hydrolysis and Na efflux as functions of intracellular ATP concentration have shown that uncoupled Na efflux, and its associated ATP hydrolysis, are saturated at intracellular ATP concentrations in the region of 1 muM.4. Measurement of ATP hydrolysis as a function of ATP concentration in resealed ghosts incubated in a K-containing medium gave a complicated activation curve suggesting the involvement of high-affinity (K(m)ca. 1 muM) and low-affinity (K(m)ca. 100 muM) sites.5. When resealed ghosts containing about 1 muM-ATP were incubated in a Na-free or in a high-Na medium, the addition of K to the medium reduced the rate of ouabain-sensitive ATP hydrolysis.6. Ouabain-sensitive ATP hydrolysis in resealed ghosts incubated in K-free choline media was inhibited by external Na at low concentrations (K(i) < 1 mM), but this inhibition was reversed as the external Na concentration was further increased.7. The results show that uncoupled Na efflux may be thought of as the transport mode associated with Na-ATPase activity, just as Na-K exchange is the transport mode associated with (Na + K)-ATPase activity. The significance of the differences between uncoupled Na efflux and Na-ATPase activity, on the one hand, and Na-K exchange and (Na + K)-ATPase activity, on the other, is discussed.

The M4M5 cytoplasmic loop of the Na,K-ATPase, overexpressed in Escherichia coli, binds nucleoside triphosphates with the same selectivity as the intact native protein

Escherichia coli was used to overexpress the large cytoplasmic loop of the rat Na,K-ATPase. A 1260-base DNA segment encoding Lys354-Lys774 of the rat alpha1-subunit was constructed via polymerase chain reaction. The polymerase chain reaction product was successfully subcloned into the expression vector pET-28 (Novagen), which produces an N-terminal 6-histidine-tagged fusion protein. The pET-28 vector containing rat alpha-loop, i.e. pAN, was used to transform calcium-competent E. coli BL21(DE3) cells, and positive clones were selected by kanamycin resistance. Bacterial cultures were grown, and protein synthesis was induced with isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactoside. Cells were harvested and lysed, revealing production of the His-tagged fusion protein ( approximately 46 kDa). The fusion protein was affinity-purified from other soluble cellular proteins via a Ni-NTA column, which routinely yielded approximately 20 mg of soluble His6-alpha-loop/L cell culture. The His6-alpha-loop retained significant native structure, as evidenced by the ability of ATP and ADP (but not AMP, CTP, GTP, or UTP) to protect against chemical modification by either fluorescein isothiocyanate or maleimidylanilinonapthalene sulfonic acid. More specifically, circular dichroism spectroscopy was used to estimate the secondary structure of the His6 loop, revealing an ordered folding composed of 23% alpha-helix, 23% antiparallel beta-sheet, 4% parallel beta-sheet, 19% beta-turn, and 32% random coil. The 6-histidine loop bound the fluorescent ATP analog trinitrophenyl-ATP with high affinity, as determined by measuring the fluorescence changes associated with binding. Affinities for ATP ( approximately 350 microM) and ADP ( approximately 550 microM) were determined by their ability to compete with and displace 2',3'-O-[2,4,6,-trinitrophenyl]-ATP. These nucleotide affinities are similar to those observed for the E2 conformation of the intact Na,K-ATPase.

Ovine cardiac Na,K-ATPase: isolation by means of selective solubilization in Lubrol and the effect of 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin on this enzyme

The inhibition of cardiac Na,K-ATPase by 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin is the principal cause of poisoning of cattle by the tulip, Homeria pallida. The ultimate goals of this study were to study the interaction between 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin and ovine Na,K-ATPase by means of inhibition and displacement binding studies. Ovine cardiac Na,K-ATPase was isolated in membrane-bound form by means of deoxycholate treatment, high-speed ultracentrifugation, NaI treatment and selective solubilization in Lubrol. The inhibition of ovine cardiac and commercial porcine cerebral cortex Na,K-ATPase by 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscilirosidin and ouabain was studied using a discontinuous Na,K-ATPase assay. The binding of 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin, ouabain and digoxin to the above enzymes was compared using a displacement binding assay with [3H] oubain. The Lubrol-solubilized ovine cardiac Na,K-ATPase showed a specific activity of 0.3 U/mg with no ouabain insensitive activity. I50 values of 2.1 x 10(-8) and 2.7 x 10(-8) were obtained for the inhibition of this enzyme by 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin and ouabain, respectively. 1 alpha,2 alpha-Epoxyscillirosidin has a much higher KD value (1.5 x 10(-7) M), however, than ouabain (9.5 x 10(-9) M) and digoxin (1.7 x 10(-8) M) in displacement binding studies with [3H]ouabain. 1 alpha,2 alpha-Epoxyscillirosidin is a potent inhibitor of ovine cardiac Na,K-ATPase and is a slightly stronger inhibitor of the enzyme than ouabain. The anomalous result for the displacement of 1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin from its receptor is either a result of different affinities that K+ has for the enzyme ouabain and enzyme-1 alpha,2 alpha-epoxyscillirosidin complexes or because of different complex stabilities of these complexes.

Role of protein conformation changes and transphosphorylations in the function of Na+/K(+)-transporting adenosine triphosphatase: an attempt at an integration into the Na+/K+ pump mechanism

The particular aim of the review on some basic facets of the mechanism of Na+/K(+)-transporting ATPase (Na/K-ATPase) has been to integrate the experimental findings concerning the Na(+)- and K(+)-elicited protein conformation changes and transphosphorylations into the perspective of an allosterically regulated, phosphoryl energy transferring enzyme. This has led the authors to the following summarizing evaluations. 1. The currently dominating hypothesis on a link between protein conformation changes ('E1 in equilibrium with E2') and Na+/K+ transport (the 'Albers-Post scheme') has been constructed from a variety of partial reactions and elementary steps, which, however, do not all unequivocally support the hypothesis. 2. The Na(+)- and K(+)-elicited protein conformation changes are inducible by a variety of other ligands and modulatory factors and therefore cannot be accepted as evidence for their direct participation in effecting cation translocation. 3. There is no evidence that the 'E1 in equilibrium with E2' protein conformation changes are moving Na+ and K+ across the plasma membrane. 4. The allosterically caused ER in equilibrium with ET ('E1 in equilibrium with E2') conformer transitions and the associated cation 'occlusion' in equilibrium with 'de-occlusion' processes regulate the actual catalytic power of an enzyme ensemble. 5. A host of experimental variables determines the proportion of functionally competent ER enzyme conformers and incompetent ET conformers so that any enzyme population, even at the start of a reaction, consists of an unknown mixture of these conformers. These circumstances account for the occurrence of contradictory observations and apparent failures in their comparability. 6. The modelling of the mechanism of the Na/K-ATPase and Na+/K+ pump from the results of reductionistically designed experiments requires the careful consideration of the physiological boundary conditions. 7. Na+ and K+ ligandation of Na/K-ATPase controls the geometry and chemical reactivity of the catalytic centre in the cycle of E1 in equilibrium with E2 state conversions. This is possibly effected by hinge-bending, concerted motions of three adjacent, intracellularly exposed peptide sequences, which shape open and closed forms of the catalytic centre in lock-and-key responses. 8. The Na(+)-dependent enzyme phosphorylation with ATP and the K(+)-dependent hydrolysis of the phosphoenzyme formed are integral steps in the transport mechanism of Na/K-ATPase, but the translocations of Na+ and K+ do not occur via a phosphate-cation symport mechanism.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

1H nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the conformation of an ATP analogue at the active site of Na,K-ATPase from kidney medulla

1H nuclear magnetic relaxation measurements have been used to determine the three-dimensional conformation of an ATP analogue, Co(NH3)4ATP, at the active site of sheep kidney Na,K-ATPase. Previous studies have shown that Co(NH3)4ATP is a competitive inhibitor with respect to MnATP for the Na,K-ATPase [Klevickis, C., & Grisham, C. M. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 6979; Gantzer, M. L., Klevickis, C., & Grisham, C. M. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 4083] and that Mn2+ bound to a single, high-affinity site on the ATPase can be an effective paramagnetic probe for nuclear relaxation studies of the Na,K-ATPase [O'Connor, S. E., & Grisham, C. M. (1979) Biochemistry 18, 2315]. From the paramagnetic effect of Mn2+ bound to the ATPase on the longitudinal relaxation rates of the protons of Co(NH3)4ATP at the substrate site (at 300 and 361 MHz), Mn-H distances to seven protons on the bound nucleotide were determined. Taken together with previous 31P nuclear relaxation data, these measurements are consistent with a single nucleotide conformation at the active site. The nucleotide adopts a bent configuration, in which the triphosphate chain lies nearly parallel to the adenine moiety. The glycosidic torsion angle is 35 degrees, and the conformation of the ribose ring is slightly N-type (C2'-exo, C3'-endo). The delta and gamma torsional angles in this conformation are 100 degrees and 178 degrees, respectively. The bound Mn2+ lies above and in the plane of the adenine ring. The distances from Mn2+ to N6 and N7 are too large for first coordination sphere complexes but are appropriate for second-sphere complexes involving, for example, intervening hydrogen-bonded water molecules.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Effects of ATP and monovalent cations on Mg2+ inhibition of (Na,K)-ATPase

The hydrolysis of ATP catalyzed by purified (Na,K)-ATPase from pig kidney was more sensitive to Mg2+ inhibition when measured in the presence of saturating Na+ and K+ concentrations [(Na,K)-ATPase] than in the presence of Na+ alone, either at saturating [(Na,Na)-ATPase] or limiting [(Na,0)-ATPase] Na+ concentrations. This was observed at two extreme concentrations of ATP (3 mM where the low-affinity site is involved and 3 microM where only the catalytic site is relevant), although Mg2+ inhibition was higher at low ATP concentration. In the case of (Na,Na)-ATPase activity, inhibition was barely observed even at 10 mM free Mg2+ when ATP was 3 mM. When (Na,K)-ATPase activity was measured at different fixed K+ concentrations the apparent Ki for Mg2+ inhibition was lower at higher monovalent cation concentration. When K+ was replaced by its congeners (Rb+, NH+4, Li+), Mg2+ inhibition was more pronounced in those cases in which the dephosphorylating cation forms a tighter enzyme-cation complex after dephosphorylation. This effect was independent of the ATP concentration, although inhibition was more marked at lower ATP for all the dephosphorylating cations. The K0.5 for ATP activation at its low-affinity site, when measured in the presence of different dephosphorylating cations, increased following the sequence Rb+ greater than K+ greater than NH+4 greater than Li+ greater than none. The K0.5 values were lower with 0.05 mM than with 10 mM free Mg2+ but the order was not modified. The trypsin inactivation pattern of (Na,K)-ATPase indicated that Mg2+ kept the enzyme in an E1 state. Addition of K+ changed the inactivation into that observed with the E2 enzyme form. On the other hand, K+ kept the enzyme in an E2 state and addition of Mg2+ changed it to an E1 form. The K0.5 for KCl-induced E1-to-E2 transformation (observed by trypsin inactivation profile) in the presence of 3 mM MgCl2 was about 0.9 mM. These results concur with two mechanisms for free Mg2+ inhibition of (Na,K)-ATPase: "product" and dead-end. The first would result from Mg2+ interaction with the enzyme in the E2(K) occluded state whereas the second would be brought about by a Mg2+-enzyme complex with the enzyme in an E1 state.

Inhibition of (Na+,K+)-ATPase by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Evidence for two carboxyl groups that are essential for enzymatic activity

N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), a reagent that reacts with carboxyl groups under mild conditions, irreversibly inhibits (Na+,K+)-ATPase activity (measured by using 1 mM ATP) with a pseudo-first-order rate constant of 0.084 min-1 (0.25 mM DCCD and 37 degrees C). The partial activities of the enzyme, including (Na+,K+)-ATPase at 1 microM ATP, Na+-ATPase, and the formation of enzyme-acyl phosphate (E-P), decayed at about one-third the rate at which (Na+,K+)-ATPase at 1 mM ATP was lost. The formation of E-P from inorganic phosphate was unaffected by DCCD while K+-phosphatase activity decayed at the same rate as (Na+,K+)-ATPase measured at 1 mM ATP. The enzyme's substrates (i.e., sodium, potassium, magnesium, and ATP) all decreased the rate of DCCD inactivation of (Na+,K+)-ATPase activity measured at either 1 mM or 1 microM ATP. The concentration dependence of the protection afforded by each substrate is consistent with its binding at a catalytically relevant site. DCCD also causes cross-linking of the enzyme into species of very high molecular weight. This process occurs at about one-tenth the rate at which (Na+,K+)-ATPase activity measured at 1 mM ATP is lost, too slowly to be related to the loss of enzymatic activity. Labeling of the enzyme with [14C]DCCD shows the incorporation of approximately 1 mol of DCCD per mole of large subunit; however, the incorporation is independent of the loss of enzymatic activity. The results presented here suggest that (Na+,K+)-ATPase contains two carboxyl groups that are essential for catalytic activity, in addition to the previously known aspartate residue which is involved in formation of E-P.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Demonstration of an Mg2+-induced conformational change by photoaffinity labelling of the high-affinity ATP-binding site of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase with 8-azido-ATP

8-Azido-ATP (8-N3ATP) is a substrate of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase from pork kidney and photoinactivates it by binding to the Mr = 100 000 alpha-subunit. The photoinactivation requires the presence of Mg2+ even though 8-azido-ATP is recognized by the high-affinity ATP binding site (Kd = 3.1 microM). K+ ions protect the enzyme against photoinactivation as does excess ATP. To see whether the Mg2+-requirement of the photoinactivation is due to the action of free Mg2+ or to the existence of an Mg X 8-azido-ATP complex, the action of the stable Mg X ATP complex analogue, chromium X 8-N3ATP (Cr X 8-N3ATP), was studied. Cr X 8-N3ATP photoinactivates (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in the absence of Mg2+, but the photoinactivation is enhanced by Mg2+, indicating that the formation of a Mg X ATP complex is an absolute requirement for photoinactivation. However, the interaction of Mg2+ with a low-affinity site also enhances the photoinactivation. It is therefore concluded that interactions with MgATP and free Mg induce conformational changes in the purine subsite of the high-affinity ATP binding site. Controlled trypsinolysis of the [alpha-32P]8-N3ATP-photolabelled enzyme in the presence of K+ results in the formation of an Mr = 56 000 radioactive peptide, whereas trypsinolysis of a [gamma-32P]Cr X ATP-labelled enzyme under identical conditions forms an Mr = 41 000 radioactive peptide. Extensive trypsinolysis of the [alpha-32P] 8-N3ATP-photolabelled alpha-subunit leads to the formation of a radioactive peptide of Mr = 1800.

Binding of sodium and potassium to the sodium pump of pig kidney evaluated from nucleotide-binding behaviour

Using a rate-dialysis technique at 0-2 degrees C, the affinities of Na+ and K+ for the sodium pump of pig kidney outer medulla were determined from their effects on the binding of ADP to the enzyme. Since all experiments were carried out in the presence of Tris, the enzyme in absence of its specific ligands was assumed to be in a 'sodium-like' conformation. The model used in the analysis of the results assumed the enzyme to be a dimeric structure with two identical high-affinity nucleotide-binding sites. It is concluded from the data that the effects of Na+ and K+ on the binding of nucleotide to either subunit of a nucleotide-free enzyme are identical. The two subunits, taken together, have five identical and non-interacting K+-binding sites (Kdiss = 0.5 mM) whose occupation antagonizes nucleotide binding. The binding of a nucleotide molecule to a nucleotide-free enzyme results in the abolition of K+ binding to two of the five K+-binding sites. The binding of the second molecule of nucleotide prevents the binding of three more K+ ions to the enzyme. These results can explain the K+-induced curvature observed in nucleotide-binding isotherms in Scatchard plots. The two subunits, taken together, have five identical and non-interacting Na+-binding sites (Kdiss = 0.5 mM) whose occupation antagonizes the effects of K+ on nucleotide binding, but does not affect nucleotide binding directly. A few experiments carried out at 18 degrees C indicate that the model applies also at this temperature. It is likely that the cation sites investigated are intracellular ones and it is concluded that the binding of each cation to its site induces a specific conformational change in the neighbourhood of the site itself without affecting the regions around the remaining cation binding sites.

Digitalis structure-activity relationship analyses. Conclusions from indirect binding studies with cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase

We have performed direct and indirect binding studies with [3H]ouabain or [3H]digitoxin on beef or guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase to measure the potencies of a broad range of cardiotonic steroids for structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies for comparison with previously determined positive inotropic potencies. The positive inotropic potencies of twelve compounds on contracting guinea pig left atria correlated well with the equilibrium dissociation constants (KD values) from the inhibition of [3H]ouabain binding to guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (r = 0.98 for seven 5 beta-compounds, r = 0.95 for five 5 alpha-compounds). Further we calculated KD values from the inhibition of [3H]ouabain binding data for a total of 33 digitalis derivatives on the digitalis-sensitive beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. For the 27 compounds tested on both beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and guinea pig left atria, the potencies showed a significant correlation (r = 0.92 for 22 5 beta-compounds, r = 0.96 for five 5 alpha-compounds. For seven compounds, KD values were measured on beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase using inhibition of binding of [3H]digitoxin. These values correlated well (r = 0.99) with the KD values from the [3H]ouabain studies. These results show that: (1) The significant correlation observed between KD values on guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and positive inotropic potency in guinea pig left atria is further evidence that the pharmacological receptor for inotropy is part of the enzyme, (2) Inhibition of the binding of [3H]ouabain or [3H]digitoxin can be used to determine the relative potencies of unlabelled digitalis derivatives. The similar relative potencies on beef and guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase of a broad range of digitalis derivatives indicate that the binding site is similar for both species; and (3) SAR studies indicate that functional groups on these steroids have the same influence on potency on either the positive inotropy or cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase studies.

Effects of atp or phosphate on passive rubidium fluxes mediated by Na-K-ATPase reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles

1. The passive Rb fluxes mediated by the Na-K pump in reconstituted vesicles, described by Karlish & Stein (1982), are affected by ATP or by phosphate acting separately.2. Rb-Rb exchange through inside-out pumps is stimulated by ATP at low concentrations and is inhibited at high concentrations. There are mutual effects of Rb at cytoplasmic sites and ATP. The higher is the Rb concentration, the greater is the degree of stimulation and the less is the inhibition of exchange by ATP, and the higher are the concentrations of ATP required to produce effects. ATP stimulates Rb-Rb exchange maximally by about 5-fold.3. There are similar effects of ATP on zero-trans net Rb uptake through inside-out pumps. However, much lower degrees of stimulation and greater inhibition of the net flux by ATP are observed, and much lower concentrations of ATP are required for these effects, by comparison with those on Rb-Rb exchange.4. Rb uptake on inside-out pumps in Na-loaded vesicles shows only inhibition by ATP.5. Phosphate effects require the presence of Mg(0) ions. At low Mg(0) concentrations (up to 100 muM) phosphate moderately stimulates Rb uptake into Rb-free or Rb-loaded vesicles (about 50%), but has no effect on Rb uptake into Na-loaded vesicles. At millimolar concentrations of Mg(0) ions, phosphate strongly inhibits the Rb uptake into Rb-free or Na-loaded vesicles but has no effect on Rb uptake into Rb-loaded vesicles.6. The separate effects of ATP and of phosphate are explained in terms of the model proposed by Karlish & Stein (1982), modified to take into account stimulation of the conformational transition E(2)(Rb)(occ) --> E(1) Rb by ATP, and stimulation of the conformational transition E(2)(Rb)(occ) --> E(2) Rb by phosphate due to phosphorylation of the protein.

Inactivation of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase by chromium(III) complexes of nucleotide triphosphates

(Na+ + K+)-ATPase from beef brain and pig kidney are slowly inactivated by chromium(III) complexes of nucleotide triphosphates in the absence of added univalent and divalent cations. The inactivation of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity was accompanied by a parallel decrease of the associated K+-activated p-nitrophenylphosphatase and a parallel loss of the capacity to form, Na+-dependently, a phosphointermediate from [gamma-32P]ATP. The kinetics of inactivation and of phosphorylation with [gamma-32P]CrATP and [alpha-32P]CrATP are consistent with the assumption of the formation of a dissociable complex of CrATP with the enzyme (E) followed by phosphorylation of the enzyme: formula: (see text). The dissociation constant of the CrATP complex of the pig kidney enzyme at 37 degrees C was 43 microM. The inactivation rate constant (k + 2 = 0.033 min-1) was in the range of the dissociation rate constant kd of ADP from the enzyme of 0.011 min-1. The phosphoenzyme was unreactive towards ADP as well as to K+. No hydrolysis of the native isolated phosphoenzyme was observed within 6 h under a variety of conditions, but high concentrations of Na+ reactivated it slowly. The capacity of the Cr-phosphoenzyme of 121 +/- 18 pmol/unit enzyme is identical with the capacity of the unmodified enzyme to form, Na+-dependently, a phosphointermediate. The Cr-phosphoenzyme behaved after acid denaturation like an acylphosphate towards hydroxylamine, but the native phosphoenzyme was not affected by it. ATP protected the enzyme against the inactivation by CrATP (dissociation constant of the enzyme ATP complex = 2.5 microM) as well as low concentrations of K+. CrATP was a competitive inhibitor of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. It is concluded that CrATP is slowly hydrolyzed at the ATP-binding site of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and inactivates the enzyme by forming an almost non-reactive phosphoprotein at the site otherwise needed for the Na+-dependent proteinkinase reaction as the phosphate acceptor site.

Binding to the high-affinity substrate site of the (Na+ + K+)-dependent ATPase

The (Na+ + K+)-dependent ATPase exhibits substrate sites with both high affinity (Km near 1 microM) and low affinity (Km near 0.1 mM) for ATP. To permit the study of nucleotide binding to the high-affinity substrate sites of a canine kidney enzyme preparation in the presence as well as absence of MgCl2, the nonhydrolyzable beta-gamma imido analog of ATP, AMP-PNP, was used in experiments performed at 0-4 degrees C by a centrifugation technique. By this method the KD for AMP-PNP was 4.2 microM in the absence of MgCl2. Adding 50 microM MgCl2, however, decreased the KD to 2.2 microM; by contrast, higher concentrations of MgCl2 increased the KD until, with 2 mM MgCl2, the KD was 6 microM. The half-maximal effect of MgCl2 on increasing the KD occurred at approximately 1 mM. This biphasic effect of MgCl2 is interpreted as Mg2+ in low concentrations favoring AMP-PNP binding through formation at the high-affinity substrate sites of a ternary enzyme-AMP-PNP-Mg complex; inhibition of nucleotide binding at higher MgCl2 concentrations would represent Mg2+ acting through the low-affinity substrate sites. NaCl in the absence of MgCl2 increased AMP-PNP binding, with a half-maximal effect near 0.3 mM; in the presence of MgCl2, however, NaCl increased the KD for AMP-PNP. KCl decreased AMP-PNP binding in the presence or absence of MgCl2, but the simultaneous presence of a molar excess of NaCl abolished (or masked) the effect of KCl. ADP and ATP acted as competitors to the binding of AMP-PNP, although a substrate for the K+-dependent phosphatase reaction also catalyzed by this enzyme, p-nitrophenyl phosphate, did not. This lack of competition is consistent with formulations in which the phosphatase reaction is catalyzed at the low-affinity substrate sites.

5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine as an ATP site affinity probe for Na+, K+-ATPase

We have investigated the suitability of 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine (FSBA) as an ATP site affinity probe for the canine kidney Na+, K+-ATPase. The purified enzyme is slowly inactivated by this compound in suitable buffers, losing about half of its activity over a two-hour period. The rate of inactivation is more rapid in 0.1 M KCl than in 0.1 M NaCl. Low concentrations of ATP protect the enzyme against inactivation, with half-maximal effects at 4 microM ATP in 0.1 M NaCl and 350 microM ATP in 0.1 M KCl. ADP also protects against FSBA inhibition, but AMP is ineffective when present at 100 microM levels. This pattern is consistent with the previously described nucleotide specificity of the Na+, K+-ATPase. Addition of protective amounts of ATP after inactivation has occurred does not restore enzyme activity, indicating that inhibition is irreversible. Measurement of the concentration-dependence of FSBA inactivation suggests an apparent Kd for binding of this compound well above 1 mM, the solubility limit of the analog. This finding is reinforced by the failure of 1 mM FSBA to compete effectively with ATP for the high-affinity ATP site of the enzyme. Nevertheless, attachment of the analog to this site is indicated by its ability to prevent [3H]-ADP binding in proportion to the number of sites it has inactivated. Studies with [3H]-FSBA show that about 1 mole of the analog attaches specifically to the alpha subunit per mole of enzyme inactivated. A similar amount of nonspecific labeling also occurs with negligible effect on enzyme activity. These findings suggest that FSBA may be useful in probing the topography of the high-affinity ATP binding site of the Na+, K+-ATPase and related enzymes.

Effects of ATP on the intermediary steps of the reaction of the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. IV. Effect of ATP on K0.5 for Na+ and on hydrolysis at different pH and temperature

The pH optimum for (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) depends on the combination of monovalent cations, on the ATP concentration and on temperature. ATP decreases the Na+ concentration necessary for half maximum activation, K0.5 for Na+ (Na+ + K+ = 150 mM), and the effect is pH and temperature dependent. At a low ATP concentration a decrease in pH leads to an increase in K0.5 for Na+, while at the high ATP concentration it leads to a decrease. K0.5 for ATP for hydrolysis decreases with an increase in pH. The fractional stimulation by K+ in the presence of Na+ decreases with the ATP concentration, and at a low ATP concentration K+ becomes inhibitory, this being most pronounced at 0 degrees C. The results suggest that (a) ATP at a given pH has two different effects: it increases the Na+ relative to K+ affinity on the internal site (K0.5 for ATP at pH 7.4, 37 degrees C, is less than 10 microM); it increases the molar activity in the presence of Na+ + K+ (K0.5 for ATP at pH 7.4, 37 degrees , is 127 microM), (b) binding of the cations to the external as well as the internal sites leads to pK changes (Bohr effect) which are different for Na+ and for K+, i.e. the selectivity for Na+ relative to K+ depends both on ATP and on the degree of protonation of certain groups on the system, (c) ATP involves an extra dissociable group in the determination of the selectivity of the internal site, and thereby changes the effect of an increase in protonation of the system from a decrease to an increase in selectivity for Na+ relative to K+.

Dehydro-digitoxosides of digitoxigenin and digoxigenin: binding to beef heart (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in relation to unchanged digitoxosides

Dehydro-digitoxosides are metabolites of digitalis glycosides. In order to study their possible biological activity their affinity to (Na+ + K+)-activated ATPase was determined and compared with unchanged glycosides. Based on the dissociation constants of glycoside-enzyme-complexes, the affinity of the dehydro-digitoxosides ranged in the same order of magnitude as that of the native glycosides. Comparing mono-, bis-, and tris-digitoxosides of digitoxigenin (dt-1, dt-2, dt-3) and of digoxin (dg-1, dg-2, dg-3) with the corresponding dehydrodigitoxosides (3'-dehydro-dt-1, 9'-dehydro-dt-2, 15'-dehydro-dt3, 3'-dehydro-dg-1 and 9'-dehydro-dg-2, respectively) the dehydro-digitoxosides had lower affinities to the enzyme. The highest dissociation constants (KD) were found for 3'-dehydro-dt-1 and 3'-dehydro-dg-1. The half maximal inhibition of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity (I50) coresponded to affinity measurements in all but two cases: dehydro-dt-3 and dehydro-dt-2 showed very low I50 values.

Elementary steps of the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase mechanism, studied with formycin nucleotides

1. Formycin triphosphate (FTP), a fluorescent analogue of ATP, is a substrate for (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3), with properties similar to those of ATP. 2. FTP and formycin diphosphate (FDP) bind to the enzyme with high affinity and, on binding, the nucleotide fluorescence is enhanced 3-4-fold. It is therefore possible, with a stopped-flow fluorimeter, to measure the rates of binding and release of FTP and FDP under conditions in which turnover does not occur. 3. When the enzyme-FTP complex is exposed to conditions permitting turnover (Mg2+, Na+ +/- K+), changes in fluorescence occur which can be explained by supposing that they reflect the interconversion of states with or without bound nucleotides. A rapid fall in fluorescence, that we attribute to the rapid release of FDP from newly phosphorylated enzyme, is followed by a steady state in which low fluorescence suggests that little nucleotide is bound. Eventually, exhaustion of FTP allows rebinding of FDP to the enzyme, which is signalled by a rise in fluorescence. 4. The estimated rate of FDP release from newly formed phosphoenzyme is unaffected by the presence of K+ (0-2 mM) or the concentration of FTP (1-20 micron). 5. Experiments with [gamma-32P]FTP show that about 1 mol of 32P is incorporated per mol of enzyme. The rate of phosphorylation of the enzyme by [gamma-32P]FTP has been measured with a rapid-mixing-and-quenching apparatus. 6. Kinetic data from the fluorescence and phosphorylation experiments show that the behaviour of the enzyme, at least at the low nucleotide concentrations employed, is consistent with the Albers-Post model, and is difficult to reconcile with models in which K+ acts at or before the step in which FDP is released during turnover.

Substrate inhibition of the (Na+, K+)-ATPase in the presence of excess Mg2+

1. High concentrations of ATP inhibit completely the activity of (Na+, K+)-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) prepared from sheep brain. 2. The inhibition depends on the concentration of total ATP, i.e. complexed ATP+ free ATP. 3. The inhibition by high ATP concentrations persists in the absence of K+, and is then independent of the Na+ concentration between 2 and 140 mM Na+. 4. Raising the K+ concentration at 20 mM Na+ increases the ATP concentration required for the maximal hydrolysis rate. 5. The Hill number for the inhibition process is about three. 6. The inhibition by ATP is temperature-dependent, in that as the temperature is increased, higher ATP concentrations are required for inhibition.

The effect of chelators on Mg2+, Na+-dependent phosphorylation of (Na+ + K+)-activated ATPase

1. The effect of free Mg2+, MgEDTA and MgCDTA on the phofphorylation of the (Na+ + K+)-activated ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) has been studied. 2. 10 mM trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (CDTA) added simultaneously with [gamma-32P]ATP to a solution containing the enzyme, 1 mM Mg2+ and 150 mM Na+ does not prevent formation of phospho-enzyme. When [gamma-32P]ATP is added after CDTA the level of phospho-enzyme obtained decreases with increase in the time interval between addition of CDTA and ATP. The inability of CDTA to prevent the formation of phospho-enzyme becomes more pronounced when the medium contains MgEDTA. In the presence of CDTA the maximum amount of phospho-enzyme formed increases with the MgEDTA concentration. 3. Without CDTA the steady-state level of phospho-enzyme is directly proportional to the logarithm of free Mg2+ concentration. Neither with suboptimal nor with optimal concentrations of free Mg2+ does MgEDTA have an effect on the level of phospho-enzyme formed. 4. Using the phospho-enzyme level as a measure of free Mg2+ the experiments show that CDTA reacts slower with Mg2+ than does EDTA, but the stability constant of MgCDTA complex is higher than of MgCDTA, complex. 5. Due to the higher stability constant, of MgCDTA, as compared to MgEDTA, addition of CDTA to a medium containing free Mg2+ and MgEDTA will not only chelate the free Mg2+, but it will also shift the equilibrium from MgEDTA towards MgCDTA, i.e. MgEDTA acts as a source of free Mg2+ which is then chelated by CDTA. The experiments show that it takes minutes before Mg2+, EDTA and CDTA come to equilibrium. Provided the dissociation of MgEDTA is faster than the formation of the MgCDTA complex, the medium will contain a concentration of free Mg2+ which at any given instant is near in equilibrium with a slowly decreasing concentration of MgEDTA; this free Mg2+ can support phosphorylation. This can explain why the rate with which CDTA stops phosphorylation decreases with an increase in the MgEDTA concentration. 6. When phosphorylation is stopped by addition of unlabelled ATP, the rate of dephosphorylation is faster than when it is stopped by addition of CDTA both with and without EDTA in the medium. CDTA reacts too slowly with Mg2+ to be used as a chelator in studies where a fast removal of Mg2+ is required. 7. A previous finding has been verified, namely that the rate of spontaneous, of K+-stimulated and of ADP-stimulated dephosphorylation is independent of the Mg2+ concentration during formation of phospho-enzyme.

The ATP dependence of a ouabain-sensitive sodium efflux activated by external sodium, potassium and lithium in human red cells

The stimulation of ouabain-sensitive Na+ efflux by external Na+, K+ and Li+ was studied in control and ATP-depleted human red cells. In the presence of 5 mM Na+, with control and depleted cells, Li+ stimulated with a lower apparent affinity than K+, and gave a smaller maximal activation than K+. The ability of Na+, K+ and Li+ to activate Na+ efflux was a function of the ATP content of the cells. Relative to K+ both Na+ and Li+ became more effective activators when the ATP was reduced to about one tenth of the control values. At this low ATP concentration Na+ was absolutely more effective than K+.

Ouabain-binding and phosphorylation of (Na+ + K+) ATPase treated with N-ethylmaleimide or oligomycin

Ouabain-binding and phosphorylation of (Na+ mk+)-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) of the plasma membranes from kidney were investigated after treatment with N-ethylmaleimide or oligomycin. Either of these inhibitors brought about the following changes: the phosphoenzyme, formed in the presence of Na+, Mg2+ and ATP became essentially insensitive to splitting by K+ but was split by ADP. One mole of this ADP-sensitive phosphoenzyme bound one mole of ouabain but the enzyme-ouabain complex was less stable than in the native enzyme primarily because the rate of its dissociation increased. Ouabain was bound to the ADP-sensitive phosphoenzyme in the presence of Mg2+ alone and addition of inorganic phosphate enhanced both the rate of formation and the steady-state level of the enzyme-ouabain complex. The inhibitors did not affect the properties of this second type of complex. Both in the native enzyme and in the enzyme treated with the two inhibitors inorganic phosphate enhanced ouabain binding by phosphorylating the active center of the enzyme as shown (a) by mapping the labeled peptides from the enzyme after peptic digestion, (b) by inhibition of this phosphorylation with Na+ and (c) by the 1:1 stoichiometric relation between this phosphorylation and the amount of bound ouabain. Unlike the phosphoenzyme, the binding of ouabain remained sensitive to K+ in the enzyme treated with the inhibitors. K+ slowed ouabain-binding either in the presence of Na+, Mg2+ and ATP or of Mg2+ and inorganic phosphate. A higher concentration of K+ was needed to slow ouabain-binding either in the presence of Na+, Mg2+ and ATP or of Mg2+ and inorganic phosphate. A higher concentration of K+ was needed to slow ouabain-binding than to stimulate dephosphorylation. This finding is interpreted as being an indication of separate sites for K+ on the enzyme: a site(s) with high K+-affinity which stimulates dephosphorylation, another site(s) with moderate K+-affinity which inhibits ouabain-binding. Inhibitors may enhance formation of the ADP-sensitive phosphoenzyme by blocking interaction between K+ and the site(s) with high affinity.

Purification and characterization of (Na+, K+)-ATPase. V. Conformational changes in the enzyme Transitions between the Na-form and the K-form studied with tryptic digestion as a tool

1. Purified (Na+, K+)-ATPase consisting of membrane fragments was digested with trypsin. The time course of enzyme inactivation was related to the electrophoretic pattern of native and cleaved proteins remaining in the membrane. 2. Differences in both the inactivation kinetics and the cleavage of the large chain (mol. wt 98 000) allow distinction of two patterns of tryptic digestion of (Na+, K+)-ATPase seen with Na+ or K+ in the medium. 3. With K+, the inactivation of (Na+, K+)-ATPase is linear with time in semilogarithmic plots and the activity is lost in parallel with cleavage of the large chain to fragments with molecular weights 58 000 and 48 000. 4. With Na+, the inactivation curves are biphasic. In the initial phase of rapid inactivation, 50% of the activity is lost with minor changes in the composition of the large chain. In the final phase, the large chain is cleaved at a low rate to a fragment with a molecular weight of 78 000. 5. It is concluded that the regions of the large chain exposed in the presence of K+ are distinct from the regions exposed in presence of Na+ and that two conformations of (Na+, K+)-ATPase can be sensed with trypsin, a (t)K-form and a (t)Na-form. 6. Reaction of the (t)K-form with ATP cause transition to the (t)Na-form. Relatively high concentrations of ATP are required and Mg2+ is not necessary. Phosphorylation of (Na+, K+)-ATPase is accompanied by transition from the (t)Na-form to the (t)K-form. Previous kinetic data suggest that these conformational changes are accompanied by shifts in the affinities of the enzyme for Na+ and K+.

The (Na++K+) activated enzyme system and its relationship to transport of sodium and potassium

It seems to be the membrane bound (Na++K+)-activated enzyme system which transforms the energy from a hydrolysis of ATP into a vectorial movement of sodium out and potassium into the cell against electrochemical gradients, i.e. this systems seems to be the transport system for sodium and potassium (see, for example, review by Skou, 1972; Hokin & Dahl, 1972).

Potassium: potassium exchange catalysed by the sodium pump in human red cells

1. When red cells were so depleted of Na that Na:K exchange had almost ceased, the ouabain-sensitive K efflux seen in K-containing media was accompanied by an almost equal ouabain-sensitive K influx.2. This suggests that the Na pump in these cells was carrying out a one-for-one K:K exchange across the erythrocyte membrane.3. 30-40% of the (42)K efflux from resealed ghosts was sensitive to ouabain when the ghosts contained 1 mM-ATP, 2 mM orthophosphate, 10 mM-K and less than 1 mM-Na, and the suspending medium contained 10 mM-K and 0-Na, choline being the predominant cation.4. In resealed ghosts, the rate of K:K exchange saturated as internal K was increased, and was half-maximal at about 10 mM-K.5. When internal ATP was maintained with a phosphocreatine:creatine phosphokinase regenerating system, K:K exchange saturated as internal ATP was increased, and was half-maximal at about 100 muM-ATP.6. The rate of K:K exchange did not depend on whether the ADP concentration was roughly the same as the ATP concentration or very much less, suggesting that ADP did not affect the rate of K:K exchange.7. GTP, ITP and UTP were unable to substitute for ATP in supporting K:K exchange. CTP was a poor substitute.8. There was no evidence to support the hypothesis that K:K exchange is accompanied by a ouabain-sensitive hydrolysis of ATP.9. Internal Na was a strong inhibitor of ouabain-sensitive K efflux from ghosts containing 9 mM-K. 4 mM-Na was sufficient to produce 90% inhibition.10. The rate of K:K exchange depended on the orthophosphate concentration inside the ghosts (confirming Glynn, Lew & Lüthi, 1970). The curve obtained suggested that the rate was half-maximal at about 1.7 mM orthophosphate.11. These experiments suggested that inhibition by internal K is an important factor affecting the Na efflux from intact red cells. Experiments measuring Na:K exchange as a function of internal Na in low-K ghosts supported this hypothesis.12. The significance of these findings is discussed.