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. 1995 May 15;308(Pt 1):261–268. doi: 10.1042/bj3080261

Kinetics and thermodynamics of the binding of forskolin to the galactose-H+ transport protein, GalP, of Escherichia coli.

G E Martin 1, N G Rutherford 1, P J Henderson 1, A R Walmsley 1
PMCID: PMC1136871  PMID: 7755573

Abstract

The binding of the transport inhibitor, forskolin, to the galactose-H+ symporter, GalP, of Escherichia coli was evaluated by equilibrium and time-resolved fluorescence measurements. A quench in protein fluorescence of 8-12% was observed upon the binding of forskolin. The overall dissociation constant (Kd) for forskolin determined by fluorescence titration ranged between 1.2 and 2.2 microM, which is similar to that reported from equilibrium dialysis measurements of the binding of [3H]forskolin (Kd = 0.9-1.4 microM). The kinetics of forskolin binding were measured by stopped-flow fluorescence methods. The protein fluorescence was quenched in a biphasic manner; the faster of these two rates was dependent on the concentration of forskolin and was interpreted as the initial binding step from which both the association (kon) and dissociation (koff) rate constants were determined. The association and dissociation rate constants were 5.4-6.2 microM-1.s-1 and 5.1-11.5 s-1 respectively, and the Kd was calculated to be 1.5 microM. The binding of forskolin was inhibited by D-galactose, but not by L-galactose, and displacement by sugar provided an additional method to calculate the dissociation rate constant for forskolin (koff = 12.4-13.0 s-1). The rate of the slow change in protein fluorescence (3-5 s-1) was independent of the forskolin concentration, indicating an isomerization of the transporter between different conformations, possibly outward- and inward-facing forms. These kinetic parameters were determined at a series of temperatures, so that the thermodynamics of forskolin binding and transporter re-orientation could be analysed. The binding process was entropically driven (delta S = 83.7 J.K-1.mol-1; delta H = 8.25 kJ.mol-1), similar to that for cytochalasin B, which is also an inhibitor of GalP. Measurements of the binding of [3H]forskolin by equilibrium dialysis revealed competitive displacement of bound forskolin by cytochalasin B, possibly suggesting that the sugar, forskolin and cytochalasin B binding sites are overlapping; the Kds for forskolin and cytochalasin B were calculated to be 0.85 microM and 4.77 microM respectively, and the concentration of binding sites was 10.2 nmol.mg-1.

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