Abstract
The coupling factor CF1 is a catalytic part of chloroplast ATP synthase which is exposed to stroma whose viscosity is many-fold higher than that of reaction mixtures commonly used to measure kinetics of CF1-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis. This study is focused on the effect of medium viscosity modulated by sucrose or bovine serum albumin (BSA) on kinetics of Ca2+- and Mg2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis by CF1. These agents were shown to reduce the maximal rate of Ca2+-dependent ATPase without changing the apparent Michaelis constant (К m), thus supporting the hypothesis on viscosity dependence of CF1 activity. For the sulfite- and ethanol-stimulated Mg2+-dependent reaction, the presence of sucrose increased К m without changing the maximal rate that is many-fold as high as that of Ca2+-dependent hydrolysis. The hydrolysis reaction was shown to be stimulated by low concentrations of BSA and inhibited by its higher concentrations, with the increasing maximal reaction rate estimated by extrapolation. Sucrose- or BSA-induced inhibition of the Mg2+-dependent ATPase reaction is believed to result from diffusion-caused deceleration, while its BSA-induced stimulation is probably caused by optimization of the enzyme structure. Molecular mechanisms of the inhibitory effect of viscosity are discussed. Taking into account high protein concentrations in the chloroplast stroma, it was suggested that kinetic parameters of ATP hydrolysis, and probably those of ATP synthesis in vivo as well, must be quite different from measurements taken at a viscosity level close to that of water.
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The author thanks Dr. V.K. Opanasenko for fruitful discussion, M. Kovalenko for help in some experiments, and E.V. Serebrova for assistance in manuscript preparation.
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Malyan, A.N. The effect of medium viscosity on kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by the chloroplast coupling factor CF1 . Photosynth Res 128, 163–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-015-0213-y
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