Effects of αT* (S43N) on the R*-dependent GDP/GTP exchange activity of wild-type αT*. A, 50 μm GTPγS was added to 6 nm R*, 300 nm wild-type αT*, 300 nm β1γ1, and varying concentrations of αT*(S43N) bound to GDP. The tryptophan fluorescence emission of the sample was monitored in real time with the excitation wavelength set at 300 nm and the emission wavelength set at 345 nm. Rate constants obtained from single exponential fits of the data are plotted as a function of the concentration of added αT*(S43N). Inset: intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence is plotted as a function of time at different concentrations of αT*(S43N) (black: none, red: 6 nm, green: 46 nm). B, 50 μm GTPγS was added to 6 nm R*, 300 nm wild-type αT*, 300 nm β1γ1, and varying concentrations of αT*(S43N) bound to GTPγS. The tryptophan fluorescence emission of the sample was monitored in real time with the excitation wavelength set at 300 nm and the emission wavelength set at 345 nm. Rate constants obtained from single exponential fits of the data are plotted as a function of the concentration of added αT*(S43N). Inset: intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence is plotted as a function of time at different concentrations of αT*(S43N) (black: none, red: 47 nm, green: 188 nm). C, 50 μm GTPγS was added to a mixture containing either 5 nm (red or green line) or 115 nm R* (blue line), 300 nm wild-type αT*, 300 nm β1γ1, in the presence (green or blue line) or absence (red line) of 30 nm αT*(S43N) bound to GDP. The tryptophan fluorescence emission of the sample was monitored in real time with the excitation wavelength set at 300 nm and the emission wavelength set at 345 nm. D, 50 μm GTPγS was added to a mixture containing either 5 nm (red or green line) or 115 nm R* (blue line), 300 nm wild-type αT*, 300 nm β1γ1, in the presence (green or blue line) or absence (red line) of 100 nm αT*(S43N) bound to GTPγS. The tryptophan fluorescence emission of the sample was monitored in real time with the excitation wavelength set at 300 nm and the emission wavelength set at 345 nm.