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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase from bovine liver.
    Author: Kountz PD, el-Maghrabi MR, Pilkis SJ.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1985 May 01; 238(2):531-43. PubMed ID: 2986553.
    Abstract:
    6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase and fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase activities were copurified to homogeneity from bovine liver. The purification scheme consisted of polyethylene glycol precipitation, anion-exchange and Blue-Sepharose chromatography, substrate elution from phosphocellulose, and gel filtration. The bifunctional enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 102,000 and consisted of two subunits (Mr 49,000). The kinase had a Km for ATP of 12 microM and a S0.5 for fructose 6-phosphate of 150 microM while the bisphosphatase had a Km for fructose 2,6-bisphosphate of 7 microM. Both activities were subject to modulation by various effectors. Inorganic phosphate stimulated both activities, while alpha-glycerolphosphate inhibited the kinase and stimulated the bisphosphatase. The pH optimum for the 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase activity was 8.5, while the fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase reaction was maximal at pH 6.5. Incubation of the purified enzyme with [gamma-32P]ATP and the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase resulted in 32P incorporation to the extent of 0.7 mol/mol enzyme subunit with concomitant inhibition of the kinase activity and activation of the bisphosphatase activity. The mediation of the bisphosphatase reaction by a phosphoenzyme intermediate was suggested by the isolation of a stable labeled phosphoenzyme when the enzyme was incubated with fructose 2,6-[2-32P]bisphosphate. The pH dependence of hydrolysis of the phospho group suggested that it was linked to the N3 of a histidyl residue. The 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase from bovine liver has properties essentially identical to those of the rat liver enzyme, suggesting that hepatic fructose 2,6-bisphosphate metabolism is under the same control in both species.
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