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  • Title: Functional arginine residues and carboxyl groups in the adenosine triphosphatase of the thermophilic bacterium PS-3.
    Author: Arana JL, Yoshida M, Kagawa Y, Vallejos RH.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1980 Nov 05; 593(1):11-6. PubMed ID: 6448637.
    Abstract:
    Treatment of purified ATPase of the thermophilic bacterium PS-3 with the arginine reagent phenylglyoxal or with Woodward's reagent K, gave complete inactivation of the enzyme. The inactivation rates followed apparent first-order kinetics. The apparent order of reaction with respect to inhibitor concentrations gave values near to 1 with both reagents, suggesting that inactivation was a consequence of modifying one arginine or carboxyl group per active site. ADP and ATP strongly protected the thermophilic ATPase against both reagents. GDP and IDP protected less, whilst CTP did not protect. Experiments in which the incorporation of [14C]phenylglyoxal into the enzyme was measured show that extrapolation of incorporation to 100% inactivation of the enzyme gives 8-9 mol [14C]phenylglyoxal per mol ATPase, whilst ADP or ATP prevent modification of about one arginine per mol.
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