KINETICS OF ATP RELEASE AND PI BINDING DURING THE ATPASE CYCLE OF LETHOCERUS FLIGHT-MUSCLE FIBERS, USING PHOSPHATE WATER OXYGEN-EXCHANGE

M R Webb, J Lund, J L Hunter, D C S White

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Abstract

Rate constants have been obtained using oxygen isotope exchange techniques for steps controlling ATP release and P(i) binding in the ATPase cycle of insect flight muscle fibres from the giant waterbug Lethecerus. The new exchange data for P(i) binding and ATP release are compatible with a model developed previously in which only the rate constants controlling P(i) and ATP release change during fibre activation.

Phosphate-water oxygen exchange occurs into ATP remaining after partial hydrolysis by chemically skinned fibres in (O-18) water. For fully activated fibres, the results are compatible with a single set of rate constants controlling this exchange and give a rate constant for ATP release of 1 s-1 (21-degrees-C, pH 7.0 I = 120 mM). Oxygen exchange also occurs between (O-18(4))P(i) in the medium and water during ATP hydrolysis. There is a strong correlation between the measured rate constant of exchange and the value of k(cat) for the ATPase activity at different levels of activation. For fibres fully activated by oscillation or strain, the rate constant for P(i) binding to an actomyosin. ADP state is > 960 M-1 s-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)254-261
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of muscle research and cell motility
Volume12
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1991

Keywords

  • RABBIT SKELETAL-MUSCLE
  • INORGANIC-PHOSPHATE
  • SKINNED FIBERS
  • ADENOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE
  • SARCOPLASMIC-RETICULUM
  • MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT-1
  • INSECT
  • CALCIUM
  • PHOSPHORYLATION
  • TRIPHOSPHATE

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