TY - JOUR
T1 - Bulkiness or aromatic nature of tyrosine-143 of actin is important for the weak binding between F-actin and myosin-ADP-phosphate
AU - Gomibuchi, Yuki
AU - Uyeda, Taro Q.P.
AU - Wakabayashi, Takeyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Kenji Murakami for help on the development of the biochemical systems. This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research and a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (Water and ATP) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan .
PY - 2013/11/29
Y1 - 2013/11/29
N2 - Actin filaments (F-actin) interact with myosin and activate its ATPase to support force generation. By comparing crystal structures of G-actin and the quasi-atomic model of F-actin based on high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, the tyrosine-143 was found to be exposed more than 60Å2 to the solvent in F-actin. Because tyrosine-143 flanks the hydrophobic cleft near the hydrophobic helix that binds to myosin, the mutant actins, of which the tyrosine-143 was replaced with tryptophan, phenylalanine, or isoleucine, were generated using the Dictyostelium expression system. It polymerized significantly poorly when induced by NaCl, but almost normally by KCl. In the presence of phalloidin and KCl, the extents of the polymerization of all the mutant actins were comparable to that of the wild-type actin so that the actin-activated myosin ATPase activity could be reliably compared. The affinity of skeletal heavy meromyosin to F-actin and the maximum ATPase activity (Vmax) were estimated by a double reciprocal plot. The Tyr143Trp-actin showed the higher affinity (smaller Kapp) than that of the wild-type actin, with the Vmax being almost unchanged. The Kapp and Vmax of the Tyr143Phe-actin were similar to those of the wild-type actin. However, the activation by Tyr143Ile-actin was much smaller than the wild-type actin and the accurate determination of Kapp was difficult. Comparison of the myosin ATPase activated by the various mutant actins at the same concentration of F-actin showed that the extent of activation correlates well with the solvent-accessible surface areas (ASA) of the replaced amino acid molecule. Because 1/Kapp reflects the affinity of F-actin for the myosin-ADP-phosphate intermediate (M.ADP.Pi) through the weak binding, these data suggest that the bulkiness or the aromatic nature of the tyrosin-143 is important for the initial binding of the M.ADP.Pi intermediate with F-actin but not for later processes such as the phosphate release.
AB - Actin filaments (F-actin) interact with myosin and activate its ATPase to support force generation. By comparing crystal structures of G-actin and the quasi-atomic model of F-actin based on high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, the tyrosine-143 was found to be exposed more than 60Å2 to the solvent in F-actin. Because tyrosine-143 flanks the hydrophobic cleft near the hydrophobic helix that binds to myosin, the mutant actins, of which the tyrosine-143 was replaced with tryptophan, phenylalanine, or isoleucine, were generated using the Dictyostelium expression system. It polymerized significantly poorly when induced by NaCl, but almost normally by KCl. In the presence of phalloidin and KCl, the extents of the polymerization of all the mutant actins were comparable to that of the wild-type actin so that the actin-activated myosin ATPase activity could be reliably compared. The affinity of skeletal heavy meromyosin to F-actin and the maximum ATPase activity (Vmax) were estimated by a double reciprocal plot. The Tyr143Trp-actin showed the higher affinity (smaller Kapp) than that of the wild-type actin, with the Vmax being almost unchanged. The Kapp and Vmax of the Tyr143Phe-actin were similar to those of the wild-type actin. However, the activation by Tyr143Ile-actin was much smaller than the wild-type actin and the accurate determination of Kapp was difficult. Comparison of the myosin ATPase activated by the various mutant actins at the same concentration of F-actin showed that the extent of activation correlates well with the solvent-accessible surface areas (ASA) of the replaced amino acid molecule. Because 1/Kapp reflects the affinity of F-actin for the myosin-ADP-phosphate intermediate (M.ADP.Pi) through the weak binding, these data suggest that the bulkiness or the aromatic nature of the tyrosin-143 is important for the initial binding of the M.ADP.Pi intermediate with F-actin but not for later processes such as the phosphate release.
KW - Actin
KW - Actin polymerizability
KW - Actin-activated myosin ATPase
KW - Aromatic nature
KW - Bulkiness
KW - Dictyostelium actin
KW - Weak interaction between actin and myosin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.144
DO - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.144
M3 - Article
C2 - 24211213
AN - SCOPUS:84888836718
VL - 441
SP - 844
EP - 848
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
SN - 0006-291X
IS - 4
ER -