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. 1987 Jan 15;241(2):543–548. doi: 10.1042/bj2410543

Interaction of acetyl phosphate and carbamyl phosphate with plant phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.

D H Gonzalez, A A Iglesias, C S Andreo
PMCID: PMC1147594  PMID: 3036067

Abstract

Acetyl phosphate produced an increase in the maximum velocity (Vmax. for the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate catalysed by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. The limiting Vmax. was 22.2 mumol X min-1 X mg-1 (185% of the value without acetyl phosphate). This compound also decreased the Km for phosphoenolpyruvate to 0.18 mM. The apparent activation constants for acetyl phosphate were 1.6 mM and 0.62 mM in the presence of 0.5 and 4 mM-phosphoenolpyruvate respectively. Carbamyl phosphate produced an increase in Vmax. and Km for phosphoenolpyruvate. The variation of Vmax./Km with carbamyl phosphate concentration could be described by a model in which this compound interacts with the carboxylase at two different types of sites: an allosteric activator site(s) and the substrate-binding site(s). Carbamyl phosphate was hydrolysed by the action of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. The hydrolysis produced Pi and NH4+ in a 1:1 relationship. Values of Vmax. and Km were 0.11 +/- 0.01 mumol of Pi X min-1 X mg-1 and 1.4 +/- 0.1 mM, respectively, in the presence of 10 mM-NaHCO3. If HCO3- was not added, these values were 0.075 +/- 0.014 mumol of Pi X min-1 X mg-1 and 0.76 +/- 0.06 mM. Vmax./Km showed no variation between pH 6.5 and 8.5. The reaction required Mg2+; the activation constants were 0.77 and 0.31 mM at pH 6.5 and 8.5 respectively. Presumably, carbamyl phosphate is hydrolysed by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase by a reaction the mechanism of which is related to that of the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate.

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