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Photoaffinity labeling of the rat plasma vitamin D binding protein with [26,27-3H]-25-hydroxyvitamin D3 3 beta-[N-(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl)glycinate].

It is well recognized that the vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is important for the transport of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D), and its metabolites. In an attempt to better understand the molecular-binding properties of this ubiquitous protein, we designed and synthesized a photoaffinity analogue of 25-OH-D3 and its radiolabeled counterpart. This analogue, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 3 beta-[N-(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl)glycinate] (25-OH-D3-ANG), was recognized by the rat DBP and was about 10 times less active than 25-OH-D3 in terms of binding. Incubation of [3H]25-OH-D3 or [3H]25-OH-D3-ANG with rat DBP revealed that both compounds were specifically bound to a protein with a sedimentation coefficient of 4.1 S. Each was displaced with a 500-fold excess of 25-OH-D3. When [3H]25-OH-D3-ANG was exposed to UV radiation in the presence of rat DBP followed by the addition of a 500-fold excess of 25-OH-D3, there was no displacement of tritium from the 4.1S peak. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis autoradiographic analysis of [3H]25-OH-D3-ANG exposed to UV radiation in the presence of rat DBP followed by the addition of a 500-fold excess of 25-OH-D3 revealed one major band with a molecular weight of 52 000. These data provide strong evidence that [3H]25-OH-D3-ANG was covalently linked to the rat DBP. This photoaffinity probe should provide a valuable tool for the analysis of the binding site on this transport protein.

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Proteolytic mapping of the thymidine/thymidylate binding site of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase: a general photoaffinity labeling method for identifying active-site peptides.

The herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV-1 TK) is an important pharmacological target of antiviral nucleoside drugs and it uniquely possesses both a thymidine kinase and a thymidylate kinase activity. The structural relationship between these two activities is addressed in this study using a combination of active-site directed photoaffinity analogs, proteases, and tricine-SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. For analysis of the thymidylate binding site, the thymidylate analog [32P]5-azido-dUMP was specifically photocrosslinked to the active site of HSV-1 TK. Because the amino acid sequence of HSV-1 TK is known, endoprotease Lys-C, V8 protease, trypsin, or chymotrypsin was used to generate a proteolytic map of photoincorporated peptides by separation on high-resolution tricine-SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Analysis of the resulting peptides indicated that the photoprobe was localized to one region comprising amino acids Ile112-Tyr132. Photolabeling of this region indicates that the thymine base of thymidine and TMP bind at one shared site in HSV-1 TK. In addition, the results reported in this study demonstrate that photolabeling with azidonucleotides can be used to identify photolabeled peptides by proteolytic mapping. This technique bypasses the problems of peptide purification and sequencing and yields rapid results when the primary amino acid structure of the protein of interest is known.

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Characterization of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors by a photoaffinity label. Site-specific modification of vasoactive intestinal peptide by derivatization of the receptor-bound peptide.

The biological effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) are mediated by binding to a membrane-bound receptor. Probes designed to trap this receptor by binding to it in a covalent way may suffer from a greatly reduced affinity. We report here, for the VIP receptor, the use of a photoaffinity probe obtained by derivatization of receptor-bound VIP with para-azidophenylglyoxal. This method protected the parts of the molecule essential for receptor binding. The VIP derivative thus obtained became covalently linked when irradiated. In the dark, however, it exhibited normal VIP-like behavior and retained its biological activity. This derivatization method might be generally applicable when hormone analogues have to be prepared without loss of receptor affinity. Receptor characterization studies on liver plasma membranes showed the presence of high- and low-affinity binding sites with KD = 0.1 and 5 nM, respectively. Treatment of membranes with dithiothreitol causes loss of high-affinity binding. The high-affinity site, trapped by the photoaffinity probe, resolved into two molecular mass forms, 50 and 200-250 kDa. Reduction of the receptor-probe complex left the 50-kDa form intact, whereas the amount of the 200-250-kDa form greatly diminished. We demonstrate the importance of the presence of disulfide bonds in one of the molecular forms involved in high-affinity binding.

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ATP-induced secretion in PC12 cells and photoaffinity labeling of receptors.

Secretion of catecholamines by rat PC12 cells is strongly stimulated by extracellular ATP via a P2-type purinergic receptor. ATP-induced norepinephrine release was inhibited 80% when extracellular Ca2+ was absent. Only four nucleotides, ATP, ATP gamma S, benzoylbenzoyl ATP (BzATP), and 2-methylthio-ATP, gave substantial stimulation of norepinephrine release from PC12 cells. ATP-induced secretion was inhibited by Mg2+, and this inhibition was overcome by the addition of excess ATP suggesting that ATP4- was the active ligand. ATP-induced secretion of catecholamine release was enhanced by treatment of cells with pertussis toxin or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. The stimulatory effects of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate and pertussis toxin on norepinephrine release were additive. After brief exposure of intact cells to the photoaffinity analog, [alpha-32P]BzATP, two major proteins of 44 and 50 kDa and a minor protein of 97 kDa were labeled. An excess of ATP gamma S and BzATP but not GTP blocked labeling of the proteins by [32P]BzATP. Labeling of the 50-kDa protein was more sensitive to competition by 2-methylthio-ATP than the other labeled proteins, suggesting that the 50-kDa protein represents the P2 receptor responsible for ATP-stimulated secretion in these cells.

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Photoaffinity labeling of the partially purified mitochondrial phenylalkylamine calcium antagonist receptor.

Mitochondria contain specific Ca2+ antagonist binding sites that are associated with an inner mitochondrial membrane anion channel. These mitochondrial Ca2+ antagonist receptors can be solubilized with digitonin and partially purified [as assessed by postreversible (+/-)-[3H]nitrendipine binding] using ion exchange chromatography and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. In the present study, reversible binding of the phenylakylamine Ca2+ antagonist [3H]ludopamil, an optically pure photoaffinity analog of verapamil, to the partially purified mitochondrial Ca2+ antagonist receptor complex (Kd, 9 +/- 4 microM; Bmax, 1.2 +/- 0.5 nmol/mg of protein) depended on NaNO3 and was inhibited by the 1,4-dihydropyridine niludipine and by ATP. Accordingly, the unlabeled racemic analog of [3H]ludopamil, (+/-)-LU 47781, dose-dependently inhibited the binding of the 1,4-dihydropyridine (+/-)-[3H]nitrendipine to the purified mitochondrial receptors (IC50, 2.1 +/- 0.1 microM). After UV irradiation, [3H]ludopamil specifically incorporated into two polypeptides of 12.7 +/- 0.1 kDa and 11.7 +/- 0.1 kDa, with the pharmacological profile of [3H]ludopamil photoincorporation stimulation and protection being identical to that of reversible binding.

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Identification of atrial natriuretic factor receptor of neuroblastoma N4TG1 cells: binding characteristics and photoaffinity labeling.

We have found specific receptors for atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in cultured neuroblastoma cells (N4TG1) of peripheral ganglionic origin. Scatchard analysis of the displacement binding revealed noninteracting, single-class binding sites with a KD of 1 X 10(-10) M and a density (Bmax) of 110,000-150,000 sites/cell. The cell-bound 125I-ANF was displaced by unlabeled ANF in a dose-dependent manner. Hormones unrelated to ANF such as angiotensins, adrenocorticotropic hormone, or arginine vasopressin were ineffective in displacing the cell-bound radioactivity. Using azidobenzoyl-125I-ANF as a photoaffinity ligand, an ANF receptor with an apparent Mr of 138,000 was identified by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The addition of unlabeled ANF (1 microM) to the incubation medium completely abolished the labeling of this protein band, but atriopeptin I (1 microM) or angiotensins I, II, and III (each 1 microM) were not effective in inhibiting the affinity labeling. The treatment of the neuroblastoma cells with ANF stimulated intracellular cyclic GMP levels in a dose-dependent manner with an EC50 of 5 nM. ANF (1 X 10(-7) M) stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation in less than 5 min by 30-fold as compared to the controls.

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Functional expression and photoaffinity labeling of a cloned P2U purinergic receptor.

ATP and UTP can function as extracellular signaling molecules by activating plasma membrane receptors termed P2 purinergic receptors. In the present study a P2U receptor cDNA has been expressed in K-562 human leukemia cells, one of the few available mammalian cell lines that lacks an endogenous P2U receptor. In stably transfected cells, low micromolar concentrations of ATP or UTP activated the receptor, resulting in the mobilization of intracellular calcium but not the influx of extracellular calcium. A photoaffinity agonist of the P2U receptor, 3'-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)adenosine 5'-[alpha-32P]triphosphate ([alpha-32P]BzATP), photolabeled several proteins in plasma membranes from the stable transfectant or from untransfected K-562 cells. The photolabeling of a 53-kDa protein was significantly greater in plasma membranes from the stable transfectant than from untransfected cells. A mutant receptor containing six consecutive histidine residues at its carboxyl terminus was constructed and used to verify that this 53-kDa protein was the P2U receptor. In plasma membranes from cells expressing the histidine-tagged P2U receptor, but not from cells expressing the wild-type receptor, a single [alpha-32P]BzATP-labeled protein with a molecular mass of 53 kDa was retained on a Ni(2+)-charged Sepharose column, which binds many proteins containing a polyhistidine tag. Photolabeling of the 53-kDa protein by [alpha-32P]BzATP was inhibited by ATP but not by UTP, raising the possibility that the P2U receptor may have distinct binding sites for each nucleotide.

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Analyzing the handoff of DNA from UvrA to UvrB utilizing DNA-protein photoaffinity labeling.

To better define the molecular architecture of nucleotide excision repair intermediates it is necessary to identify the specific domains of UvrA, UvrB, and UvrC that are in close proximity to DNA damage during the repair process. One key step of nucleotide excision repair that is poorly understood is the transfer of damaged DNA from UvrA to UvrB, prior to incision by UvrC. To study this transfer, we have utilized two types of arylazido-modified photoaffinity reagents that probe residues in the Uvr proteins that are closest to either the damaged or non-damaged strands. The damaged strand probes consisted of dNTP analogs linked to a terminal arylazido moiety. These analogs were incorporated into double-stranded DNA using DNA polymerase beta and functioned as both the damage site and the cross-linking reagent. The non-damaged strand probe contained an arylazido moiety coupled to a phosphorothioate-modified backbone of an oligonucleotide opposite the damaged strand, which contained an internal fluorescein adduct. Six site-directed mutants of Bacillus caldotenax UvrB located in different domains within the protein (Y96A, E99A, R123A, R183E, F249A, and D510A), and two domain deletions (Delta2 and Deltabeta-hairpin), were assayed. Data gleaned from these mutants suggest that the handoff of damaged DNA from UvrA to UvrB proceeds in a three-step process: 1) UvrA and UvrB bind to the damaged site, with UvrA in direct contact; 2) a transfer reaction with UvrB contacting mostly the non-damaged DNA strand; 3) lesion engagement by the damage recognition pocket of UvrB with concomitant release of UvrA.

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Photoaffinity labeling of ATP and NAD+ binding sites on recombinant human interleukin 2.

Interleukin 2 (IL-2) is a T-cell-derived lymphokine critical in the activation and proliferation of T cells, B cells, and lymphokine-activated killer cells. It is a glycoprotein of approximately 15,500 daltons that is synthesized and secreted after activation by antigen or mitogen. By using the analogs 8-azidoadenosine 5'-[gamma-32P]triphosphate [( gamma-32P]8N3ATP) and nicotinamide 2-azidoadenine [adenylate-32P]dinucleotide [( alpha-32P]2N3NAD+) as photoaffinity probes, we have detected specific, metal ion-requiring nucleotide binding sites on recombinant human IL-2 (rhIL-2). The specificity of these nucleotide interactions with rhIL-2 was demonstrated by saturation effects and by competition by the parent nucleotides at physiologically relevant concentrations. Saturation of photoinsertion into rhIL-2 occurred at 50 microM [gamma-32P]8N3ATP; a half-maximal decrease of its photoinsertion at 10 microM was obtained with 22 microM ATP. Saturation of photoinsertion with [alpha-32P]2N3NAD+ was observed at 180 microM; a half-maximal decrease of its photoinsertion at 10 microM was effected by 10 microM NAD+ and by 5 microM 3-aminobenzamide. The extent of photoinsertion of both photoprobes into rhIL-2 varied with the presence of different divalent metal ions. rhIL-2 photolabeling with [gamma-32P]8N3ATP appeared to be dependent on the presence of metal ion. It was effectively labeled in the presence of Mg2+ and photoinsertion was increased with the addition of Zn2+ at micromolar concentrations. Also, rhIL-2 underwent slow autophosphorylation by an intramolecular mechanism using [gamma-32P]8N3ATP as well as nonphotoactive nuceotide. The biological significance of these interactions is unknown, but their specificity suggests that nucleotide binding may be involved in the bioactivity of IL-2.

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Photoaffinity labeling of wild-type and mutant forms of the yeast V-ATPase A subunit by 2-azido-[(32)P]ADP.

Molecular modeling studies have previously suggested the possible presence of four aromatic residues (Phe(452), Tyr(532), Tyr(535), and Phe(538)) near the adenine binding pocket of the catalytic site on the yeast V-ATPase A subunit (MacLeod, K. J., Vasilyeva, E., Baleja, J. D., and Forgac, M. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 150-156). To test the proximity of these aromatic residues to the adenine ring, the yeast V-ATPase containing wild-type and mutant forms of the A subunit was reacted with 2-azido-[(32)P]ADP, a photoaffinity analog that stably modifies tyrosine but not phenylalanine residues. Mutant forms of the A subunit were constructed in which the two endogenous tyrosine residues were replaced with phenylalanine and in which a single tyrosine was introduced at each of the four positions. Strong ATP-protectable labeling of the A subunit was observed for the wild-type and the mutant containing tyrosine at 532, significant ATP-protectable labeling was observed for the mutants containing tyrosine at positions 452 and 538, and only very weak labeling was observed for the mutants containing tyrosine at 535 or in which all four residues were phenylalanine. These results suggest that Tyr(532) and possibly Phe(452) and Tyr(538) are in close proximity to the adenine ring of ATP bound to the A subunit. In addition, the effects of mutations at Phe(452), Tyr(532), Tyr(535), and Glu(286) on dissociation of the peripheral V(1) and integral V(0) domains both in vivo and in vitro were examined. The results suggest that in vivo dissociation requires catalytic activity while in vitro dissociation requires nucleotide binding to the catalytic site.

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Partial Purification, Photoaffinity Labeling, and Properties of Mung Bean UDP-Glucose:Dolicholphosphate Glucosyltransferase.

UDP-glucose:dolichylphosphate glucosyltransferase has been purified 734-fold from Triton X-100 solubilized mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) microsomes. The partially purified enzyme has broad pH optima of activity from 6.0 to 7.0 and is maximally stimulated with 10 millimolar MgCl(2). The K(m) for UDP-glucose was determined as 27 micromolar, and the K(m) for dolichol-P was 2 micromolar. Using the UDP-glucose photoaffinity analog, 5-azido-UDP-glucose, a polypeptide of 39 kilodaltons on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels was identified as the catalytic subunit of the enzyme. Photoinsertion into this 39-kilodalton polypeptide with [(32)P]5-azido-UDP-glucose was saturable, and was maximally protected with the native substrate UDP-glucose. 5-Azido-UDP-glucose behaves competitively with UDP-glucose in enzyme assays, and upon photolysis inhibits activity in proportion to its concentration. This study represents the first subunit identification of a plant glycosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the lipid-linked oligosaccharides that are precursors of N-linked glycoproteins.

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Stereoselective photoaffinity labelling of the purified 1,4-dihydropyridine receptor of the voltage-dependent calcium channel.

The voltage-dependent calcium channel from guinea-pig skeletal muscle T-tubules has been isolated with a rapid, two-step purification procedure. Reversible postlabelling of the channel-linked 1,4-dihydropyridine receptor and stereoselective photolabelling as a novel approach were employed to assess purity. A 135-fold purification to a specific activity of 1311 +/- 194 pmol/mg protein (determined by reversible equilibrium binding with (+)-[3H]PN200-110) was achieved. Three polypeptides of 155 kDa, 65 kDa and 32 kDa were identified in the purified preparation. The 155-kDa band is a glycoprotein. The arylazide photoaffinity probe (-)-[3H]azidopine bound with high affinity to solubilized membranes (Kd = 0.7 +/- 0.2 nM) and highly purified fractions (Kd = 3.1 +/- 2 nM), whereas the optical antipode (+)-azidopine was of much lower affinity. Irradiation of (-)-[3H]azidopine and (+)-[3H]azidopine receptor complexes with ultraviolet light led to preferential incorporation of the (-) enantiomer into the 155-kDa polypeptide in crude solubilized and purified preparations. The pharmacological profile of irreversible labelling of the 155-kDa glycoprotein by (-)-[3H]azidopine is identical to that found in reversible binding experiments. Specific photolabelling of the 155-kDa band by (-)-[3H]azidopine per milligram of protein increases 150-fold upon purification, whereas incorporation into non-specific bands in the crude solubilized material is identical for both, (-) and (+)-[3H]azidopine.

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Synthesis and evaluation of oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing an aryl(trifluoromethyl)diazirine moiety as the cross-linking probe: photoaffinity labeling of mammalian DNA polymerase beta.

Photolabile 2'-deoxy- E -5-[4-(3-trifluoromethyl-3 H-diazirin-3-yl)styryl]uridine and its protected phosphoramidite derivatives have been synthesized and introduced into DNA oligomers through solid-phase DNA synthesis. The (trifluoromethyldiazirinyl)stylyl moiety of this nucleoside was found to be sufficiently stable for automated DNA synthesis. In addition, this moiety was found to be stable at 60 degrees C in aqueous solution under the annealing conditions for duplex formation with complementary strands, since >95% of the photolabile nucleoside remained after heating for 1 h. The oligo(dT) 15mer analog bearing the photolabile residue was activated/decomposed by near-UV irradiation. In photoaffinity cross-linking experiments with recombinant rat DNA polymerasebeta, constituted from a 40 kDa polypeptide, using oligo(dT) 15mer analogs bearing the photolabile residue near the 3'-terminus, a covalently bound complex of 45 kDa was obtained in the presence of complementary templates. Thus it was demonstrated that our method for synthesis of photolabile oligodeoxyribonucleotides may be useful for studies of DNA-related enzymes and DNA binding proteins.

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Photoaffinity-labeling peptide substrates for farnesyl-protein transferase and the intersubunit location of the active site.

--CAAX motif peptides, which are substrates for isoprenylation, were synthetically derivatized with the light-sensitive benzophenone (Bz) group in order to determine their potential use as catalytic site-directed covalent photocross-linking ligands for one of the enzymes catalyzing protein isoprenylation, farnesyl-protein transferase (FPTase). Bz-peptides could be synthesized with [3H]benzophenone and possessed eiter one or two benzophenone groups located at or near the peptide's NH2 terminus (e.g. the mono-Bz probes Bz-ACVIM and Bz-LPCVVM, and the di-Bz derivatized probe Bz-GY-(Bz)PCVVM, referred to as Bz2-GYPCVVM). Each type of derivatized peptide behaved as a substrate for farnesylation in vitro without irradiation, while under 366-nm irradiation each demonstrated covalent cross-linking ability as a catalytic site-directed photoaffinity ligand with tissue-purified or enriched but impure fractions from rat and bovine brain FPTase, as well as with a recombinant human FPTase variant, FPTase (beta alpha t) expressed in Escherichia coli. Without photoactivation, Bz-ACVIM yielded a Kd of 37 nM for the cloned variant of human FPTase. Pseudo first-order photolytic inhibition of FPTase preparations with Bz-peptides, as well as protection from photoinactivation by unmodified -CAAX motif peptides, supported the capacity of these Bz-peptides to serve as co-substrates and their specificity for seeking the catalytic site of the enzyme. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis subsequent to photolysis indicated that the mono-Bz-derivatized peptides (e.g. [3H]Bz-LPCVVM or 3H]Bz-ACVIM) became covalently cross-linked preferentially to the approximately 49-kDa beta subunit of the alpha beta dimeric FPTase. The farnesyl-PP cosubstrate bound equally well to unmodified and Bz-ACVIM-labeled enzyme. The di-Bz derivative, [3H]Bz2-GYPCVVM, in contrast, revealed exclusive photocovalent cross-linking with a species of molecular mass approximately 95-97 kDa, indicating that both FPTase subunits were tethered together covalently by the di-Bz probe. Similar differential SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis cross-linking patterns were obtained with homogeneous FPTases as well as with partially purified rat or bovine brain enzyme preparations. The absence of nonspecific photolabeling of any proteins in the partially purified rat or bovine brain enzyme preparations other than FPTase independently attested to the high efficiency of photocross-linking of the FTPase, and the selective catalytic site-seeking ability of these Bz-derivatized peptide substrates, verifying their potential as structural probes for the active site domain on the enzyme.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Synthesis and properties of photoaffinity labels for the pyridine dinucleotide binding site of NAD glycohydrolase.

Two new photoactive analogues of oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) which are resistant to cleavage by NAD glycohydrolase were synthesized and characterized. The beta-D-ribonucleotide ring of the nicotinamide riboside moiety of NAD+ was replaced with a 2,3-dihydroxycyclopentane ring forming a carbocyclic dinucleotide analogue. Photoreactivity was achieved by the incorporation of an azido group at the 8-position of the adenosyl ring. The previously published synthesis of carbocyclic pyridine dinucleotide analogues [Slama, J. T., & Simmons, A. M. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 183] was modified by resolving the carbocyclic 1-aminoribose analogues and producing optically pure (+)-(1S)- or (-)-(1R)-4 beta-amino-2 alpha,3 alpha-dihydroxy-1 beta-cyclopentanemethanol. Each of these was converted to the corresponding carbocyclic nicotinamide 5'-nucleotide analogue and coupled with 8-azidoadenosine 5'-monophosphate. Two photoactive and isomeric NAD+ analogues were thus prepared. 8-Azidoadenosyl carba-NAD is the analogue in which D-dihydroxycyclopentane is substituted for the D-ribose of the nicotinamide nucleoside moiety. 8-Azido-adenosyl pseudocarba-NAD contains the L-carbocycle in place of the D-ribotide ring. 8-Azidoadenosyl carba-NAD was shown to inhibit the NAD glycohydrolase from Bungarus fasciatus venom competitively with an inhibitor dissociation constant of 187 microM. 8-Azidoadenosyl pseudocarba-NAD was shown to inhibit the same enzyme competitively with a Ki of 73 microM. The superior NADase inhibitor, 8-azidoadenosyl pseudocarba-NAD, was characterized kinetically and shown to fulfill the criteria required of a specific active site directed photoaffinity probe. Irradiation of mixtures of the photoprobe and NAD glycohydrolase with short-wave ultraviolet light resulted in the rapid and irreversible loss of enzyme activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Synthesis and biological properties of 2-substituted myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate analogues directed toward affinity chromatography and photoaffinity labeling.

A series of myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate analogues with the 2-acyl substituents p-aminobenzoyl (7), p-azidobenzoyl (8), 4-(5-[2-(benzamido)ethyl]-2-hydroxyphenylazo)benzoyl (9), and cis,trans-4-aminocyclohexylcarbonyl (10) were synthesised and examined for their effects on the 5-phosphatase, the 3-kinase, the tritiated trisphosphate-binding activity, and the Ca(2+)-releasing activity. Each analogue inhibited the hydrolysis of D-[5-32P]Ins(1,4,5)P3 and the phosphorylation of D-[3H]Ins(1,4,5)P3, catalysed by erythrocyte ghosts and brain cytosol, respectively. The analogues acted as full agonists in releasing Ca2+ from permeabilised cells and also inhibited the binding of D-[3H]Ins(1,4,5)P3 to cerebellum microsomes. The analogues 7 and 10 were utilised for immobilisation of the trisphosphate on Sepharose and the subsequent affinity chromatography effected purification of the above proteins. A photoaffinity probe, the appendage of which acted as the photoaffinity probe as well as a non-radioactive molecular marker, was also derived from the analogue 7.

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Visualization of several binding sites for basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) on fibroblasts by photoaffinity labeling: evidence for intracellular complexes.

The internalization of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) was studied in Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (CCL39). Recombinant FGF-2 was derivatized with a photoactivable agent, N-hydroxysuccinimidyl-4-azidobenzoate (HSAB), iodinated, and used to visualize intracellular FGF-2-affinity-labeled molecules after internalization at 37 degrees C. Iodinated HSAB-FGF-2 maintained the properties of natural FGF-2 such as affinity for heparin, binding to Bek and Fig receptors, interaction with high- and low-affinity binding sites, and reinitiating of DNA synthesis in CCL39 cells. Affinity-labeling experiments at 4 degrees C with 125I-HSAB-FGF-2 led to the detection of several FGF-cell surface complexes with apparent molecular mass of 80, 100, 125, 150, 170-180, 220, 260, and about 320 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), whereas two specific bands at 80 and 130-160 kDa were obtained using the homobifunctional cross-linking reagent, disuccinimidyl suberate. When the cells, preincubated with 125I-HSAB-FGF-2 at 4 degrees C and then washed, were shifted to 37 degrees C, irradiation of the internalized labeled FGF-2 led to detection of a similar but fainted profile with one major specific band at 80 kDa. Heparitinase II treatment of the cells reduced binding of 125I-HSAB-FGF-2 to its cell surface sites by 80% and internalization by 55%, indicating the involvement of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in these processes. Among the heparitinase-sensitive bands was the 80-kDa complex.

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