Structure and dynamics of photoactivatable adenylyl cyclase

Russian Chemical Bulletin - The full-atom 3D model of the dimer of the photoregulated adenylyl cyclase is constructed. It contains a molecule of flavin mononucleotide chromophore in the...     

A CE assay for the detection of agonist-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity

A CE assay was developed for the detection of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity stimulated at the AC and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) level. In the assay, cell membranes overexpressing GPCR and/or AC were incubated with modulators and substrate ATP to produce cAMP in a dose-dependent manner. In both the CE-UV and a radiochemical assay, the addition of forskolin (FSK) resulted in a two- to three-fold maximum increase in AC activity with EC50s of 4.2 +/- 0.7 and 2.4 +/- 0.7 microM, respectively, demonstrating that similar results were obtained by both assays. GPCR activation was also detected using cell membranes overexpressing AC and the beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) fused to the stimulatory G protein. Terbutaline (beta2AR agonist) increased the basal rate of cAMP formation 1.7 +/- 0.1-fold resulting in an EC50 of 62 +/- 10 nM. The assay's ability to detect antagonists is demonstrated by the expected right-shifted EC50 of terbutaline by the beta2AR antagonist propranolol. The CE-UV assay offers advantages over the traditional radioactivity assay in terms of safety and labor.     

Product identification and adenylyl cyclase activity in chloroplasts of Nicotiana tabacum

In view of the ongoing debate on plant cyclic nucleotide metabolism, especially the functional presence of adenylyl cyclase, a novel detection method has been worked out to quantify the reaction product. Using uniformly labelled (15)N-ATP as a substrate for adenylyl cyclase, a qualitative and quantitative liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) method was developed to measure de novo formed (15)N-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. Adenylyl cyclase activity was observed in chloroplasts obtained from Nicotiana tabacum cv. Petit Havana and the kinetic parameters and influence of various metabolic effectors are discussed in their context.     

On the stepwise change of rate constant and activation energy at the catalytical decomposition of NaClO

Summary It has been found that the catalytic decomposition of NaClO proceeds according to several rate constants and activation energies. The changes of rate constants and activation energies appear periodically at constant intervals of NaClO concentration.

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Zur stufenweisen Änderung von Geschwindigkeitskonstante und Aktivierungsenergie bei der katalytischen Zersetzung von NaClO

Zusammenfassung Die katalytische Zersetzung von NaClO verläuft je nach Substratkonzentration mit verschiedener Geschwindigkeitskonstante und Aktivierungsenergie. Die Änderungen erfolgen periodisch; die Unterschiede in der Konzentration von NaClO zwischen zwei Stufen (c) sind jeweils konstant.

     

Heterologous expression of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes from the flagellate Euglena gracilis in insect cells

The unicellular, green flagellate wild-type Euglena gracilis (strain Z) possesses two genes of the photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) family. The corresponding gene products were found to be responsible for step-up (but not step-down) photophobic responses as well as both positive and negative phototaxis. The proteins consist of two PACalpha (Mr 105 kDa) and two PACbeta (90 kDa) subunits. In an effort to produce sufficient amounts of PAC proteins, several routes of over-expression have been tried including homologous expression in Euglena and heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. All these approaches were hampered by low yield or formation of inclusion bodies. Therefore we decided to attempt a heterologous expression in an insect cell line. PACalpha and PACbeta were separately cloned in the transfer vector pBacPAK9 with a His tag attached. The transfer vector was subsequently cotransfected via baculovirus into the insect cells and amplified. For the expression both recombinant viruses (containing PACbeta and PACbeta, respectively) were cotransfected simultaneously into insect cells. The expressed proteins were analyzed in Western blots using PACalpha and PACbeta antibodies. Most of the proteins were found to be in soluble form in high yield. The recombinant PAC proteins were purified via their attached His tag on an anti-His resin. Adenylyl cyclase activity was quantified after blue-light excitation using a cAMP enzyme immunoassay kit.     

The change of activation energy in microchannel laminar flow as demonstrated by kinetic analysis of the DNA duplex-coil equilibrium

This paper presents the capability of changing the activation energy of chemical reactions using microchannel laminar flow. Kinetic parameters of the duplex-coil equilibrium of DNA oligomers were studied by measuring the hysteresis between denaturation-renaturation curves using an in-house temperature-controllable microchannel-type flow cell. For this study, DNA oligomers were used because they allow physicochemical analysis and theoretical discussion. Kinetic parameters of the duplex-coil equilibrium of DNA oligomers were obtained by measuring the denaturation-renaturation hysteresis curves. Both cooling and heating curves were shifted to the high-temperature side at higher flow rates. The renaturation reaction was influenced by a slower flow rate. The effect of the slower flow rate was more pronounced for renaturation than denaturation reactions. The magnitude of the activation energies of association decreased as the flow rate increased, but that of the activation energies of the dissociation increased as the flow rate increased. Overall, these results suggest that chemical reactions' change of activation energy depends on the flow rate and the DNA molecular size.     

Requirement for guanosine triphosphate in the activation of adenylate cyclase by cholera toxin.

The activation of adenylate cyclase in lysed pigeon erythrocytes requires, among several cofactors, a nucleotide which may be ATP, GTP, or many other triphosphates. However, after removal of endogenous nucleotides by gel filtration or by adsorption onto charcoal the requirement can be met only by GTP, or an analog of GTP. The GTP is required during the activation of the cyclase by toxin even if GTP is also included during the subsequent adenylate cyclase assay, conducted without toxin. In the presence of GTP it is possible to assay for the cytosolic protein that is also required for the action of cholera toxin. By gel filtration, its apparent molecular weight is 15,000--20,000.     

催化滴定 III: 影响EDTA滴定金属离子时突跃的因素

本文探讨以催化反应指示终点直接用EDTA滴定金属离子时影响突跃的因素. 采用滴定曲线突跃部分的斜率, tanθ, 作为指示反应速率的表征. 通过实验探讨了PH、CuEDTA和NiTrien用量以及滴定速率对tanθ的影响, 并从理论上导出tanθ的近似表达式, 它是NiTrien的起始浓度、加入EDTA的速率以及EDTA与NiTrien的反应速率常数三个变量的线性函数, 利用这一表达式可对实验结果作出较为满意的解释.     

Extension of the diffusional kinetics models involving changes in activation energy

On the basis of previous modifications of the Zhuravlev and Ginstling-Brounshtein models, a generalization of kinetic diffusional models is proposed. With the assumption that the rate of the activation energy change during the reaction is inversely proportional to the reaction time, it has been shown that all diffusional kinetic equations in heterogeneous systems take the formF()=KT ⁿ , whereF() is a function of the degree of conversion andK andn are constants related to the rate constant.

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Zusammenfassung Auf Grund vorangegangener Modifikationen der Modelle von Zhuravlev und Ginstling-Brounshtein wird eine Verallgemeinerung der kinetischen Diffusionsmodelle vorgeschlagen. Mit der Annahme, daß die Geschwindigkeit der Änderung der Aktivierungsenergie während der Reaktion umgekehrt proportional der Reaktionszeit ist, wird gezeigt, daß alle kinetischen Diffusionsgleichungen für heterogene Systeme die FormF()=KT ⁿ haben, woF() eine Funktion des Konversionsgrades undK undn mit der Geschwindigkeitskonstante in Beziehung stehende Konstanten sind.

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- . , , , F()=KT ⁿ , F() — , K n — .

     

Time evolution of the activation energy in a batch chemical oscillator

The batch-operated bromate/phosphate/acetone/dual catalyst system was studied at four temperatures between 5 and 35 degrees C. The dynamics was simultaneously followed by potential measurements with platinum and bromide selective electrodes, and spectroscopically at two different wavelengths. By simultaneously recording these four time series it was possible to characterize the dynamics of the sequential oscillations that evolve in time. The existence of three sequential oscillatory patterns at each temperature allowed estimating the activation energies in each case. Along with the activation energy of the induction period, it was possible to trace the time evolution of the overall activation energy at four different stages as the reaction proceeds. The study was carried out for two different sets of initial concentrations and it was observed that the overall activation energy increases as reactants turn into products. This finding was propounded as a result of the decrease in the driving force, or the system's affinity, of the catalytic oxidative bromination of acetone with acidic bromate, as the closed system evolves toward the thermodynamic equilibrium.     

YC‐1, an activation inductor of soluble guanylyl cyclase

The crystal structure of 1‐benzyl‐3‐(5‐hydroxy­methyl‐2‐furyl)­indazole, C₁₉H₁₆N₂O₂, showed that the furan O and indazole N atoms lie on the same face of the mol­ecule. The crystal packing consists of intermolecular hydrogen bonding, and indazole–indazole and indazole–phenyl interactions.     

On the linearity of the energy of activation in theEyring theory of kinetics

Summary A result obtained earlier implies that — if theEyring theory is correct — the energy of the transition state is less thanU+E _a whereU is the sum of the internal energies of the chemical reactants andE _a is the energy of activation. The energy of the transition state for the forward reaction is not equal to that of the inverse reaction; it varies linearly with the temperature.

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Zur Linearität der Aktivierungsenergie in derEyringschen Theorie

Zusammenfassung Aus einem früher erhaltenen Ergebnis folgt, daß — Richtigkeit derEyring-Theorie vorausgesetzt — die Energie des Übergangszustands geringer ist alsU+E _a (U: Summe der inneren Energien der Reaktanden;E _a: Aktivierungsenergie). Die Energie des Übergangszustands ist für Hin- und Rückreaktion unterschiedlich und hängt linear von der Temperatur ab.