Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1936589 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
l-Nucleoside-analogues, mirror images of the natural d-nucleosides, are a new class of antiviral and anticancer agents. In the cell they have to be phosphorylated to pharmacologically active triphosphate forms, the last step seems to involve human 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (hPGK). Here we present a steady state kinetic and biophysical study of the interaction of the model compound l-MgADP with hPGK. l-MgADP is a good substrate with kcat and Km values of 685Â sâ1 and 0.27Â mM, respectively. Double inhibition studies suggest that l-MgADP binds to the specific adenosine-binding site and protects the conformation of hPGK molecule against heat denaturation, as detected by microcalorimetry. Structural details of the interaction in the enzyme active site are different for the d- and l-enantiomers (e.g. the effect of Mg2+), but these differences do not prevent the occurrence of the catalytic cycle, which is accompanied by the hinge-bending domain closure, as indicated by SAXS measurements.
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Andrea Varga, Judit Szabó, Beáta Flachner, Béatrice Roy, Peter Konarev, Dmitri Svergun, Péter Závodszky, Christian Périgaud, Tom Barman, Corinne Lionne, Mária Vas,