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  • Title: Suppression of kinetic AMP cooperativity of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by carbamoylation of lysine 50.
    Author: Ludwig HC, Herrera R, Reyes AM, Hubert E, Slebe JC.
    Journal: J Protein Chem; 1999 Jul; 18(5):533-45. PubMed ID: 10524771.
    Abstract:
    Selective treatment of pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with cyanate leads to the formation of an active carbamoylated derivative that shows no cooperative interaction between the AMP-binding sites, but completely retains the sensitivity to the inhibitor. By an exhaustive carbamoylation of the enzyme a derivative is formed that has a complete loss of cooperativity and a decrease of sensitivity to AMP. It was proposed that the observed changes of allosteric properties were due to the chemical modification of two lysine residues per enzyme subunit [Slebe et al. (1983), J. Protein Chem. 2, 437-443]. Studies of the temperature dependence of AMP sensitivity and the interaction with Cibacron Blue Sepharose of carbamoylated fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase derivatives indicate that the lysine residue involved in AMP sensitivity is located at the allosteric AMP site, while the lysine residue involved in AMP cooperativity is at a distinct location. Using [14C]cyanate, we identified both lysine residues in the primary structure of the enzyme; Lys50 is essential for AMP cooperativity and Lys112 appears to be the reactive residue involved in the AMP sensitivity. According to the fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase crystal structure, Lys50 is strategically positioned at the C1-C2 interface, near the molecular center of the tetramer, and Lys112 is in the AMP-binding site. The results reported here, combined with the structural data of the enzyme, strongly suggest that the C1-C2 interface is critical for the propagation of the allosteric signal among the AMP sites on different subunits.
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