ATP-stimulated hydrolysis of GTP by recA protein: Kinetic consequences of cooperative recA protein-ATP interactions

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Abstract
The cooperativity of the single-stranded DNA dependent nucleoside triphosphatase activity of the recA protein was investigated by examining the influence of a good substrate (ATP) on the hydrolysis of a poor substrate (GTP). At pH 7.5 and 37.degree.C, both ATP and GTP are hydrolyzed with a turnover number of 17.5 min-1. The S0.5 for GTP (750 .mu.M), however, is nearly 20-fold higher than the S0.5 for ATP (45 .mu.M). Low concentrations of ATP activate the GTPase activity of the recA protein by lowering the S0.5 for GTP; in the presence of 50 .mu.M ATP, the S0.5 for GTP is reduced from 750 .mu.M to 200 .mu.M. Concentrations of ATP greater than 50 .mu.M result in competitive inhibition of the ATP-activated GTPase activity. Although GTP is a substrate for hydrolysis, it will not substitute for ATP as a high-energy cofactor in the standard recA protein promoted three-strand exchange reaction. To account for these results, a minimal kinetic model is presented in which ATP binding induces specific conformational changes in the recA protein that do not occur with GTP binding.

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