Kinetic properties of ATP phosphoribosyltransferase of escherichia coli
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 11 (3), 131-136
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01744993
Abstract
Summary The reversible reaction catalyzed by ATP phosphoribosyltransferase favors the pyrophosphorolysis of phosphoribosyl-ATP (PR-ATP). The enzyme is inhibited by PR-ATP. To avoid this problem and measure with confidence initial rates of the transferase, we have purified more than one hundred fold the enzyme PR-ATP pyrophosphohydrolase, which irreversibly converts PR-ATP to PR-AMP. Using this coupled assay, we report on substrate kinetics and histidine inhibition studies of ATP phosphoribosyltransferase ofEscherichia coli. 1. In the absence of histidine the variation of initial velocity as a function of ATP or phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) concentration, follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with ATP inhibiting at high concentrations. In the presence of histidine a change from hyperbolic to sigmoidal kinetics is observed. 2. Apparently AMP acts as a competitive inhibitor of ATP. 3. The bisubstrate kinetics gives a pattern of parallel lines, suggesting a double displacement mechanism. 4. The inhibition by histidine appears not to be cooperative or perhaps slightly negatively cooperative.Keywords
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