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Affinity labeling of adenine nucleotide-related enzymes with reactive adenine nucleotide analogs. II. Affinity labeling of phosphoglycerate kinase with a reactive AMP analog.

Affinity labeling of yeast and B. stearothermophilus phosphoglycerate kinases with a reactive AMP analog, N6-(p-bromoacetaminobenzyl)-AMP was examined. Complete loss of enzyme activity was observed when 1 mol of the reagent had reacted per mol of either enzyme. Results on the effect of pH and substrate addition on the inactivation, titration of SH groups before and after modification, and kinetic studies with AMP analogs suggest that the modification occurs at one amino group at or near the substrate binding site. General affinity labeling of kinases is discussed based on the results obtained.

Adenosine Monophosphate

Affinity labeling of adenine nucleotide-related enzymes with reactive adenine nucleotide analogs. I. Affinity labeling of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and myokinase with a reactive AMP analog.

Rabbit muscle glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) and myokinase (MK) were rapidly inactivated by a reactive AMP analog, N6-(p-bromoacetaminobenzyl)-AMP, under mild conditions. Complete inactivation was observed when 4 and 0.3 mol of the reagent with respect to enzyme were reacted with GPD and MK, respectively. The inactivation of both enzymes were favored at higher pH and the enzymes were protected by addition of adenine nucleotide substrate. Modified GPD or MK had no affinity for AMP-Sepharose, in contrast to the native enzymes. From these results, the inactivation of GPD and MK by the reactive AMP analog can be regarded as an affinity labeling. The posibility that the present AMP analog may be used as a general affinity labeling reagent for various adenine nucleotide-related enzymes is discussed based on the results obtained.

Adenosine Monophosphate

Dimers and trimers of immunoglobulin G covalently cross-linked with a bivalent affinity label.

A bivalent affinity label, bis(alpha-bromoacetyl-epsilon-2,4-dinitrophenyllysylproline)ethylenediamine, has been synthesized. Treatment of anti-2,4-dinitrophenyl antibodies with this compound produces a mixture of covalently and noncovalently cross-linked material. Only specific antibodies are covalently cross-linked, suggesting that covalent attachment occurs in the variable regions. Covalently cross-linked dimers and trimers have been isolated from the reaction mixture in a high state of purity, in yields of about 12 and 4%, respectively. The complexes are stable in solutions containing 10(-4) M hapten and can therefore be used as sensitive probes of immune effector functions.

Affinity Labels

Affinity labeling of human serum prealbumin with N-bromoacetyl-L-thyroxine.

Affinity labeling of human serum prealbumin with N-bromoacetyl-L-thyroxine (BrAcT4) was used to investigate the binding domain for L-thyroxine (T4) on prealbumin. Fluorescence titration with 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate revealed a strong and a weak binding site for BrAcT4 (K1 = 1 X 10(8) M-1; K2 = 1 X 10(6) M-1). The reaction of BrAcT4 with prealbumin to form a covalent bond was inhibited in the presence of T4 and binding of T4 to prealbumin was nearly abolished after affinity labeling with BrAcT4. Affinity labeling with 2 mol of BrAcT4/mol of prealbumin resulted in covalent binding of 1 mol of ligand. Acid hydrolysis of affinity-labeled prealbumin gave Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine and iminodiacetic acid, the latter being derived from the NH2-terminal glycine. A combination of analytical procedures, including tryptic digestion after maleylation, cyanogen bromide cleavage, digestion with yeast protease C, and sequential Edman degradations, revealed that the Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine was derived from lysine-9 and lysine-15 and that the affinity label had distributed itself among glycine-1, lysine-9, and lysine-15 in a ratio of 29:63:8.

Affinity Labels

Identification of binding sites on the E. coli ribosome by affinity labeling.

Both electrophilic and photolabile derivatives of several different types of ribosomal ligands have been used in affinity labeling studies on the Escherichia coli ribosome. These studies have resulted in the localization of the peptidyl transferase center within a region of the 50S subunit, and the localization of the mRNA binding site within one of two regions on the 30S particle. In addition, labeling data have been obtained for GTP and streptomycin affinity labels. The affinity labeling results are discussed along with the results of other studies, and procedures are suggested for improving the resolving power of the affinity labeling technique as applied to ribosomes.

Affinity Labels

Rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase. Modification of molecular and regulatory kinetic properties with the affinity label 5'-p-(fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl adenosine.

The affinity label 5'-p-(fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl adenosine modifies rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase to the extent of one group/subunit. Modification appears to occur at a binding site specific for AMP, cyclic AMP, and ADP, i.e. those adenine nucleotides which are activators under conditions where regulatory kinetic behavior is obtained. The consequences of the modification are consistent with the model proposed previously for correlation between the pK of specific ionizable groups, regulatory kinetic behavior, ligand binding, and the reversible cold inactivation of the enzyme (Frieden, C., Gilbert. H. R., and Bock, P. E. (1976) J. Biol. Chem. 251, 5644-5647). Thus, the modification shifts the apparent pK of the essential ionizable groups from 6.9 to 6.4 at 25 degrees C, with the result that regulatory kinetic behavior at pH 6.9 and 25 degrees C is lost. Furthermore, the apparent affinity of a site (other than the active site) for ATP, as measured by ATP-dependent quenching of intrinsic protein fluorescence at pH 6.9 and 25 degrees C, is decreased by the modification. Regulatory kinetic behavior for both substrates is obtained with the modified enzyme at a lower pH, consistent with the downward shift in the pK of the ionizable groups, but sensitivity to cAMP activation is abolished by the modification. The loss of regulatory kinetic behavior upon modification of sulfhydryl groups does not appear to be the same as that due to modification by the affinity label.

Adenosine

Affinity labelling of the estradiol-17 beta dehydrogenase from human placenta with substrate analogs.

Affinity labelling of the estradiol-17 beta dehydrogenase of human placenta has been performed using derivatives of estradiol-17 beta carrying alkylating groups in nine different positions on the steroid nucleus. The active-site-directed character of the inhibition is confirmed by the following observations: the affinity labels are substrates or competitive inhibitors, the enzyme is protected against inactivation and alkylation by the substrate and by the coenzyme, the stoichiometry of the alkylation is two moles of inhibitor per 68 000 g of enzyme (dimer). The alkylation of a histidine residue which is fast and extensive when the alkylation side chain is on the C-3 carbon atom, is dramatically decreased when alkylating side chain is shifted towards rings B and D. These results allow the location of this histidine in the vicinity of ring A and probably on the beta face of the steroid nucleus. The reactivity of a cysteine located on the active site was quite different, showing increasing alkylation when the alkylating substituent of the affinity labels was shifted from C-3 to C-16 of the steroid nucleus. The correlation of this result and that obtained using an alkylating analog of NAD (3-chloroacetyl-pyridine-adenine dinucleotide) indicates that this cysteine is located in the catalytic region of the active site, at the junction of the ring D of the steroid nucleus with the nicotinamide moiety of the coenzyme.

Acetamides

Affinity labeling of a reactive sulfhydryl residue at the peptidyl transferase P site in Drosophila ribosomes.

An affinity label has been prepared that is specific for the P site of a eucaryotic peptidyl transferase, that of Drosophila melanogaster. It has the sequence C-A-C-C-A-(Ac[3H]Leu) with a mercury atom added at the C-5 position of all three cytosine residues (referred to as the mercurated fragment). This label is an analogue of the 3' terminus of N-acetylleucyl-tRNA. The mercurated fragment binds specifically to the P site of peptidyl transferase. It participates fully in peptide bond formation as judged by its ability to transfer N-acetylleucine to puromycin with at least the same efficiency as a nonmercurated fragment. Once bound to the P site, the mercurated fragment reacts covalently with a ribosomal protein(s). This affinity-labeling process can be effectively competed by nonmercurated fragment, which indicates a site-specific reaction. The covalent attachment of the affinity label to a ribosomal protein(s) occurs through the formation of a mercury-sulfur bond, as judged by its lability in the presence of thiol reducing agents. The major ribosomal protein labeled at the P site of D. melanogaster was found to be a small, basic protein. The electrophoretic behavior of this protein parallels that of major P site proteins found in Escherichia coli ribosomes and in other eucaryotes. These results suggest conservation of some of the overall properties of the P site proteins from these organisms.

Acyltransferases

Affinity labeling of catechol O-methyltransferase by N-haloacetyl derivatives of 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylamine and 3,4-dimethoxy-5-hydroxyphenylethylamine. Kinetics of inactivation.

In an attempt to elucidate the relationship between the chemical structure and the catalytic function of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), several classes of affinity labeling reagents have been synthesized and their interaction with COMT has been studied. Earlier studies have shown that various N-haloacetyl derivatives of 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylamine were effective affinity labeling reagents for this enzyme. In this report we have shown that N-haloacetyl derivatives of the isomeric 3,4-dimethoxy-5-hydroxyphenylethylamine also rapidly and irreversibly inactivate COMT ant they satisfy many of the criteria established for affinity labeling reagents. This latter group of agents appear to modify a nucleophilic residue at the active site of COMT different from that modified by the 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylamine series. Evidence to support this conclusion has been obtained by comparing the kinetics of COMT inactivation and the substrate protection profiles for these two classes of affinity labeling reagents.

Animals

Affinity labelling of human transcortin.

The binding site of transcortin has been studied by using bromoacetyltestosterone and bromoacetylated derivatives of progesterone which were monohydroxylated at different positions of the steroid nucleus. Specificity of affinity labelling was demonstrated by the displad cortisol analog was added to a [3H]cortisol-transcortin complex solution. The binding site crevice was found to be very narrow in the vicinity of the A and B rings of steroid since 2alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, 6alpha- or 6beta-bromoacetoxyprogesterone and dexamethasone could not displace bound cortisol. A specific affinity labelling was obtained with 11alpha-bromoacetoxyprogesterone, 16alpha-bromoacetoxyprogesterone and 17beta-bromoacetyltestosterone. The results of the affinity labelling by these hormone analogs suggested that one methionine and one histidine residues were located within the active site:methionine might interact with the 11beta-hydroxyl group and histidine with the 20 keto group of cortisol.

Affinity Labels

The effect of label affinity on the sensitivity and specificity of a hapten radioimmunoassay: a comparison of three [125I]diphenylhydantoin radioligands with the 14C-labelled drug.

The effect on the sensitivity and specificity of a radioimmunoassay for diphenylhydantoin (DPH)has been investigated using three 125I-labelled tyrosine ester derivatives of DPH having different bridge lengths between the tyrosine moiety and the DPH moiety and 14C-labelled DPH. The results demonstrate that for a hapten which does not completely fill the antibody-binding sites, greatest sensitivity is achieved when the bridge of the iodine label is most dissimilar to that present in the original immunogen, when the hapten and label affinities are nearly equivalent. Greatest specificity is achieved with the label which most resembles the original immunogen. These results illustrate the difficulty of designing satisfactory labels for assays of both high specificity and sensitivity since minimal changes in label structure may produce greatly amplified changes in the subsequent affinity of the label for the antiserum.

Affinity Labels

Catalytic competence, a new criterion for affinity labeling. Demonstration of the reversible enzymatic interconversion of estrone and estradiol-17 beta covalently bound to human placental estradiol-17 beta dehydrogenase.

Human placental estradiol-17beta dehydrogenase is rapidly inactivated upon treatment with 3-bromoacetoxyestrone. Pseudo-first order kinetic data are obtained and inactivation is accompanied by incorporation of 1 mol of 3-acetoxyestrone/mol of subunit (Mr =34,000). Treatment of the inactivated enzyme with (4S)-[4-2H]DPNH results in the formation of covalently bound [17alpha-2H]estradiol-17beta, which can be released by hydrolysis and identified by gas chromatography-mass sepctrometry. When (4R)-[4-2H]DPNH was used, deuterium was not transferred. Thus, the normal stereochemistry of hydridetransfer is preserved for both partners. After treatment with p-mercuribenzoate, affinity-labeled estradiol-17beta dehyrogenase is no longer able to caralyze reduction its covalently bound estrone; in the presence of DPNH and native enzyme, however, reduction occurs, demonstrating that affinity-labeled enzyme can itself serve as subtrate for native estradiol-17beta dehydrogenase. The reversible enzymatic interconversion of covalently bound estrone was demonstrated using a transhydrogenase assay. The ability of an enzyme to catalyze its normal reaction with a covalently bound substrate is termed catalytic competence, and is considered to be a new criterion for affinity labeling.

Affinity Labels

Affinity labeling of anti-lactose antibodies with bromoacetylaminolac dye in dark.

Affinity labeling of rabbit IgG anti-lactose antibodies of restricted heterogeneity by bromacetylaminolac dye was carried out in dark and the label on the isolated chains determined by SDS gel electrophoresis. The pattern of labeling was compared with that obtained when the reaction was carried out in light using the same reagent. Differences were observed in the mode of labeling of chains. Possible use of mapping the active site of the antibody by the same labeling reagent which can exist in two geometrical forms under dark and light conditions is discussed.

Affinity Labels

Identification of essential lysyl and cysteinyl residues in spinach ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase modified by the affinity label N-bromoacetylethanolamine phosphate.

We reported earlier (Schloss, J. V., and Hartman, F. C. (1977) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 77, 230-236) that N-bromoacetylethanolamine phosphate is an affinity label for spinach ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. We now show inactivation to be correlated directly with the alkylation either of a single lysyl residue (in the presence of Mg2+) or of 2 different cysteinyl residues (in the absence of Mg2+), consistent with the likelihood that these residues are located in the active site region. This proposition is further supported by the demonstration that the residues are protected from alkylation by substrate, a competitive inhibitor, or the transition state analog 2-carboxyribitol bisphosphate. Tryptic peptides that contain the modified residues have been isolated and sequenced. One of the 2 cysteinyl residues that are subject to alkylation is only 3 residues distant in sequence from the lysyl residue modified by bromoacetylethanolamine phosphate. This lysyl residue is identical with 1 of the 2 lysyl residues alkylated by the previously described affinity label, 3-bromo-1,4-dihydroxy-2-butanone 1,4-bisphosphate (Stringer, C. D., and Hartman, F. C. (1978) Biochem. Biophys, Res. Commun. 80, 1043-1048).

Affinity Labels

Investigation of the binding site of human corticosteroid-binding globulin by affinity labeling. Demonstration of a cysteinyl residue in the binding site.

This communication deals with the investigation of the binding site of purified human corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) by the method of affinity labeling. The design of the studies necessitated the rapid removal of unbound ligands, followed by assay of the binding capacity of CBG. We were able to accomplish this by demonstrating that CBG absorbed on DEAE-filter discs bound cortisol as if both molecules were in solution. Using this principle, 6beta-bromoprogesterone was shown to react with CBG in a time-dependent and irreversible fashion with a t1/2 = 15 min at 2 degrees. One mol of 6beta-bromo[3H]progesterone reacted with 1 mol of CBG. After completion of the reaction, one of the two sulfhydrul groups in CBG was no longer titratable with Ellman's reagent. The product of the reaction of 6beta-bromoprogesterone with cysteine is progesterone-6-S-L-cysteine. After acid hydrolysis of CBG, which had been incubated with 6beta-bromoprogesterone, a compound which migrated with the same mobility on thin layer chromatography as the model compound was observed. We conclude that 6beta-bromoprogesterone is an affinity label for CBG and that a cysteinyl residue is present in the binding site.

Affinity Labels

Reactivation studies of an affinity labeled steroid oxido-reductase. I. Inactivation of 20 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase with 6 beta-bromoacetoxyprogesterone vs 6 beta-bromoprogesterone.

20 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.1.1.53), which had been completely inactivated with 6beta-bromoacetoxyprogesterone at pH 7.0, was reactivated by elevating the pH. The rate of reactivation is pH dependant, characteristic of base-catalysed ester hydrolysis. Similar experiments with 6beta-bromoprogesterone fail to produce reactivation of the affinity labeled enzyme. Formation and scission of different types of covalent bonds during affinity labeling and reactivation attempts accounts for the different result obtained with each steroid. The activity of the reactivated steroid oxido-reductase vs the native enzyme, and also substrate stabilization of the enzyme are discussed.

Affinity Labels