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. 1992 Dec;100(4):1706–1715. doi: 10.1104/pp.100.4.1706

Regulation of Vacuolar H+-Pyrophosphatase by Free Calcium 1

A Reaction Kinetic Analysis

Philip A Rea 1,2,3, Christopher J Britten 1,2,3, Ian R Jennings 1,2,3, Caroline M Calvert 1,2,3, Lorna A Skiera 1,2,3, Roger A Leigh 1,2,3, Dale Sanders 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1075854  PMID: 16653187

Abstract

The H+-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) associated with vesicles of the vacuolar membrane (tonoplast) isolated from beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is subject to direct inhibition by Ca2+ and a number of other divalent cations (Co2+, Mn2+, Zn2+). By contrast, the H+-translocating ATPase (H+-ATPase) located on the same membrane is insensitive to Ca2+. Here we examine the mechanism and feasibility of regulation of the vacuolar H+-PPase by cytosolic free Ca2+ under the conditions thought to prevail in vivo with respect to Mg2+, inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), and pH. The minimal reaction scheme that satisfactorily describes the effects of elevated Ca2+ or CaPPi on the enzyme is one that invokes equilibrium binding of substrate (Mg2PPi) at one site, inhibitory binding of Mg2PPi to a lower-affinity second site, binding of activator (Mg2+) at a third site, and direct binding of Ca2+ or CaPPi to a fourth site. Changes in enzyme activity in response to selective manipulation of either Ca2+ or CaPPi are explicable only if Ca2+, rather than CaPPi, is the inhibitory ligand. This conclusion is supported by the finding that CaPPi fails to mimic substrate in protection of the enzyme from inhibition by N-ethylmaleimide. Furthermore, the reaction scheme quantitatively and independently predicts the observed noncompetitive effects of free Ca2+ on the substrate concentration dependence of H+-PPase activity. The results are discussed in relation to the previous proposal that CaPPi is the principal inhibitory ligand of the vacuolar H+-PPase (M. Maeshima [1991] Eur J Biochem 196: 11-17) and the possibility that in vivo modulation of cytosolic free Ca2+ might constitute a specific mechanism for selective regulation of this enzyme, and consequently for stabilization of PPi levels in the cytoplasm of plant cells.

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