Effect of pH and MgCl2 on the binding of purine nucleotides to the uncoupling protein in membrane particles from brown fat mitochondria
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 223 (3) , 971-980
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb19075.x
Abstract
Binding of purine nucleotides to the uncoupling protein (UCP) was investigated in membrane particles prepared from brown fat mitochondria of cold-acclimated rats. Mitochondrial membranes were separated from soluble protein with Lubrol WX and treated with 3 M urea at basic pH. The resulting membrane vesicles were permeable to GDP and contained up to 3 nmol UCP/mg protein with unchanged nucleotide binding, as compared to the mitochondria (GDP/UCP ratio = 1.0; pKd GDP = 6.0 at pH 7.0). UCP bound nucleotides to one type of specific binding sites, located exclusively on the cytosolic side of the mitochondrial membrane. The binding affinity of guanine nucleotides was 3-18-times higher than that of the corresponding adenine nucleotides, when measured in membrane particles from cold-acclimated rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs. The pH-dependent binding affinities of GDP and ADP attained a maximum at pH 5.0-6.0 (pKd GDP = 6.8, pKd ADP = 5.8) and were decreased by a factor of 10(2) at pH 4.0 and pH 8.0, respectively, whereas the binding affinity of ATP was maximal at pH 4.0 (pKd = 7.0) and was decreased by a factor of 10(3) at pH 7.5. Participation of the protein binding center in nucleotide interaction with UCP in the membrane was highly pH-dependent. Mg2+ modified the number of binding sites engaged at a given nucleotide concentration by complex binding of nucleotides; the Kd for Mg.GTP2- and Mg.GDP- was 20-50-times lower than that of the free nucleotides.Keywords
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