Yeast diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate .alpha.,.beta.-phosphorylase behaves as a dinucleoside tetraphosphate synthetase
- 28 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 26 (15), 4763-4768
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00389a025
Abstract
The diadenosine 5'',5''''''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate .alpha.,.beta.-phosphorylase (Ap4A phosphorylase), recently observed in yeast [Guranowski, A., and Blanquet, S. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 3542-3547], is shown to be capable of catalyzing the synthesis of Ap4A from ATP + ADP, i.e., the reverse reaction of the phosphorolysis of Ap4A. The synthesis of Ap4A markedly depends on the presence of a divalent cation (Ca2+, Mn2+, or Mg2+). In vitro, the equilibrim constant K = ([Ap4A] [Pi])/([ATP] [ADP]) is very sensitive to pH. Ap4A synthesis is favored at low pH, in agreement with the consumption of one to two protons when ATP + ADP are converted into Ap4A and phosphate. Optimal activity is found at pH 5.9. At pH 7.0 and in the presence of Ca2+, the Vm for Ap4A synthesis is 7.4 s-1 (37.degree. C). Ap4A phosphorylase is, therefore a valuable candidate for the production of Ap4A in vivo. Ap4A phosphorylase is also capable of producing various Np4N'' molecules from NTP and N''DP. The NTP site is specific for purine ribonucleotides (N = A, G), whereas the N''DP site has a broader specificity (N'' = A, C, G, U, dA). This finding suggests that the Gp4N'' nucleotides, as well as the Ap4N'' ones, could occur in yeast cells.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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