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  • Title: ATP-sensitive and ATP-insensitive phosphofructokinase in Escherichia coli K-12.
    Author: Doelle HW.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1975 Jan 02; 50(2):335-42. PubMed ID: 123852.
    Abstract:
    The purification and kinetic characteristics of two phosphofructokinases are described. Aerobic cultures of Escherichia coli exhibit two types of phosphofructokinase. Both types are dimers of mol. wt 150,000 (subunit mol. wt 73,000), whereas the anaerobic culture of E. coli revealed only one type, which is a tetramer of mol. wt 350,000 (subunit mol. wt 90,000). Type 1 of the aerobic enzyme, representing approximately 70% of the total enzyme activity, is ATP-insensitive, whereas type II and the anaerobic enzyme are ATP-sensitive. The addition of AMP stimulates the tetramer, relieving ATP inhibition, and also the type II dimer, which is, however, inhibited at concentrations higher than 0.5 mM AMP. No effect was observed on the type I dimer of the aerobic preparation. ADP stimulates the tetramer and inhibits type I more strongly than type II of the aerobic dimer. The kinetic characteristics together with the effect of metabolites on these phosphofructokinase types are described and discussed in the light of their importance for the regulatory mechanism of the Pasteur effect.
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