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  • Title: A 31P-NMR saturation transfer study of the regulation of creatine kinase in the rat heart.
    Author: Matthews PM, Bland JL, Gadian DG, Radda GK.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1982 Nov 17; 721(3):312-20. PubMed ID: 7171631.
    Abstract:
    (1) 31P nuclear magnetic resonance was used to measure the creatine kinase-catalysed fluxes in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts consuming oxygen at different rates and using either of two exogenous substrates (11 mM glucose or 5 mM acetate). (2) Fluxes in the direction of ATP synthesis were between 3.5-12-times the steady-state rates of ATP utilization (estimated from rates of O2-consumption), demonstrating that the reaction is sufficiently rapid to maintain the cytosolic reactants near their equilibrium concentrations. (3) Under all conditions studied, the cytosolic free [ADP] was primarily responsible for regulating the creatine kinase fluxes. The enzyme displayed a Km for cytosolic ADP of 35 microM and an apparent Vmax of 5.5 mM/s in the intact tissue. (4) Although the reaction is maintained in an overall steady-state, the measured ratio of the forward flux (ATP synthesis) to the reverse flux (phosphocreatine synthesis) was significantly greater than unity under some conditions. It is proposed that this discrepancy may be a consequence of participation of ATP in reactions other than the PCr in equilibrium ATP or ATP in equilibrium ADP + Pi interconversions specifically considered in the analysis. (5) The results support the view that creatine kinase functions primarily to maintain low cytosolic concentrations of ADP during transient periods in which energy utilization exceeds production.
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