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  • Title: Interaction of potassium and magnesium with the high affinity calcium-binding sites of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase.
    Author: Moutin MJ, Dupont Y.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1991 Mar 25; 266(9):5580-6. PubMed ID: 1826001.
    Abstract:
    The sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-ATPase of skeletal muscle has two high affinity calcium sites, one of fast access ("f" site) and one of slow access ("s" site). In addition to Ca2+ these sites are able to interact with other cations like Mg2+ or K+. We have studied with a stopped-flow method the modifications produced by Mg2+ and K+ on the kinetics of the intrinsic fluorescence changes produced by Ca2+ binding to and dissociation from the Ca2(+)-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum. The presence of Mg2+ ions (K1/2 = 0.5 mM at pH 7.2) leads to the appearance of a rapid phase in the Ca2+ binding, which represents half of the signal amplitude at optimal Mg2+. The presence of K+ greatly accelerates both the Ca2+ binding and the Ca2+ dissociation reactions, giving, respectively, a 4- and 8-fold increase of the rate constant of the induced fluorescence change. K+ ions also increase the rate of the 45Ca/40Ca exchange reaction at the s site measured by rapid filtration. These results lead us to build up a model for the Ca2(+)-binding mechanism of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-ATPase in which Mg2+ and K+ participate at particular steps of the reaction. Moreover, we propose that, in the absence of Ca2+, this enzyme may be the pathway for monovalent ion fluxes across the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane.
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