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  • Title: Evidence that the ATP binding site of sarcoplasmic reticulum CaATPase has a Mg(2+) ion binding sub-site.
    Author: Highsmith S.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1984 Oct 15; 124(1):183-9. PubMed ID: 6238593.
    Abstract:
    The CaATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum was specifically labeled in the ATP binding site with fluorescein isothiocyanate under gentle conditions (pH 7 X 5). Fluorescence energy transfer from the attached fluorescein to Nd3+ indicated that a cation binding site was about 1 X 0 nm away from the fluorescein. Thus it appears that the ATP site includes a cation binding site. At 25 degrees C in 0 X 5 M KCl, the association constants for Nd3+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ were 3 X 3 X 10(5) M-1, 84 M-1 and 35 M-1, respectively, making it possible that, in vivo, the site binds Mg2+.
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