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  • Title: From uni-site to multi-site ATP synthesis in thylakoid membranes.
    Author: Labahn A, Gräber P.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1993 Sep 13; 1144(2):170-6. PubMed ID: 8369335.
    Abstract:
    The membrane-bound H(+)-ATPase from chloroplasts, CF0F1, was brought into the active, reduced state by illumination in the presence of thioredoxin and dithiothreitol. The endogenous nucleotides were removed by a washing procedure so that the active, reduced enzyme contained one tightly bound ATP per CF0F1. When [14C]ADP was added in substoichiometric amounts during continuous illumination, ADP was bound to the enzyme, phosphorylated and released as [14C]ATP, i.e., the tightly bound ATP was not involved in the catalytic turnover ('uni-site ATP-synthesis'). The rate constant for ADP binding was k = (2.0 +/- 0.5) x 10(6) M-1 s-1. The rate of ATP synthesis was measured as a function of the ADP concentration from 8 nM up to 1 mM in the presence of 2 mM phosphate during continuous illumination. A linear increase of the rate was observed up to 100 nM. Above this concentration a supralinear increase was found, indicating the occupation of a second ADP-binding site. A plateau was reached between 1.5 microM and 2.3 microM ADP with a rate of vpl = 3.7 s-1. The half-maximal rate from this plateau was observed at 780 nM. Above 2.3 microM ADP up to 1 mM ADP the data were described by Michaelis-Menten kinetics (vmax = 80 s-1; apparent KM = 32 microM). These results indicated the participation of at least two different ADP binding sites in ATP synthesis catalyzed by the membrane-bound CF0F1.
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