Rabbit Skeletal Myosin Subfragment Research Articles

A Series of Related Nucleotide Analogues that Aids Optimization of Fluorescence Signals in Probing the Mechanism of P-Loop ATPases, Such as Actomyosin

We have synthesized a set of ATP and ADP analogues that have a fluorophore linked to the nucleotide via the 3'-position of the ribose moiety. Combinations of three different coumarins are each attached via different length linkers. A linker based on propylenediamine increases the separation between the nucleotide and fluorophore relative to that of the previously reported ethylenediamine-linked coumarin nucleotides [Webb, M. R., and Corrie, J. E. T. (2001) Biophys. J. 81, 1562-1569]. A synthesis of 3'-amino-3'-deoxyATP is described using a combination of chemical and enzymatic procedures, mostly from published methods for synthesis of this compound but with some modifications that improved the convenience of the experimental procedures. This compound is used as a basis of a series of analogues with effectively a zero-length linker. Fluorescence properties of all these analogues are described, together with the kinetics of their interaction with rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 in the presence and absence of actin. One particular analogue, deac-aminoATP [3'-(7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-carbonylamino)-3'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate], shows a 17-fold enhancement of fluorescence upon binding to this (skeletal) myosin II. As the diphosphate, it exhibits a large signal change upon dissociation from the actomyosin, with kinetics similar to those of natural ADP. The ability of this set of analogues to produce large signals indicated potential uses when scarce proteins are studied in small amounts.

Dynamic reorganization of the motor domain of myosin subfragment 1 in different nucleotide states.

Atomic models of the myosin motor domain with different bound nucleotides have revealed the open and closed conformations of the switch 2 element [Geeves, M.A. & Holmes, K.C. (1999) Annu. Rev. Biochem.68, 687-728]. The two conformations are in dynamic equilibrium, which is controlled by the bound nucleotide. In the present work we attempted to characterize the flexibility of the motor domain in the open and closed conformations in rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1. Three residues (Ser181, Lys553 and Cys707) were labelled with fluorophores and the probes identified three fluorescence resonance energy transfer pairs. The effect of ADP, ADP.BeFx, ADP.AlF4- and ADP.Vi on the conformation of the motor domain was shown by applying temperature-dependent fluorescence resonance energy transfer methods. The 50 kDa lower domain was found to maintain substantial rigidity in both the open and closed conformations to provide the structural basis of the interaction of myosin with actin. The flexibility of the 50 kDa upper domain was high in the open conformation and further increased in the closed conformation. The converter region of subfragment 1 became more rigid during the open-to-closed transition, the conformational change of which can provide the mechanical basis of the energy transduction from the nucleotide-binding pocket to the light-chain-binding domain.

Isolating and Localizing ATP-Sensitive Tryptophan Emission in Skeletal Myosin Subfragment 1

The fluorescence intensity difference between rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1) and nucleotide-bound or trapped S1 isolates ATP-sensitive tryptophans (ASTs) emission from the total tryptophan signal. Neutral (acrylamide) quenching of the ASTs is sensitive to the binding or trapping of nucleotide to the active site of S1. Anion (I(-)) quenching of the ASTs, sensitive to charge separation in the tryptophan micro environment, is negligible. These findings suggest the ASTs sense conformational change during ATPase from negatively charged surroundings. Specific chemical modifications of S1 identified the location of the ASTs. Trp131 was quenched by chemical modification, and its emission was isolated by taking the intensity difference between unmodified and modified S1. Trp131 fluorescence intensity and quenching constant do not distinguish among the bound or trapped nucleotides, suggesting that the vicinity of Trp131 does not change conformation during the ATPase cycle and eliminating Trp131 as an AST. Trp510 fluorescence was quenched by 5'-iodoacetamidofluorescein (5'IAF) modification of the reactive thiol (SH1) of S1. The tryptophan emission enhancement increment due to active site trapping decreases linearly with SH1 modification and extrapolates to 0 for 100% modification. These data identify Trp510 as the primary AST in skeletal S1 in agreement with observations from Dictyostelium (Batra and Manstein (1999) Biol. Chem. 380, 1017-1023) and smooth muscle S1 (Yengo et al. (2000) Biophys. J. 78, 242A). With Trp510 identified as the sole AST, fluorescence difference spectroscopy provides a novel means to monitor the concentration of myosin transient intermediates in ATP hydrolysis.

Probing the conformational states of the SH1-SH2 helix in myosin: a cross-linking approach.

Previous biochemical studies have shown that the SH1 (Cys707) and SH2 (Cys697) groups on rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1) can be cross-linked by using reagents of different cross-linking lengths. In the presence of nucleotide, this cross-linking is accelerated. In the crystal structure of S1, the SH1 and SH2 residues are located on an alpha-helix, 19 A apart. Thus, the cross-linking results could be indicative of helix melting or increased flexibility in the presence of nucleotides. Nucleotide-induced changes in this region were examined in this study by monitoring the cross-linking of SH1 and SH2 on S1 with dimaleimide reagents of spans ranging from 5 to 15 A. A method was devised to directly measure the kinetic effects of nucleotides on the rates of cross-linking reactions. The slow and reagent-insensitive rates of the SH1-SH2 cross-linking in the absence of nucleotides reveal that the equipartitioning of the SH1-SH2 helix among states with different SH1-SH2 separations occurs infrequently. In the presence of MgADP, MgATP, and MgATPgammaS, the rates of SH1 and SH2 cross-linking were increased approximately 2-7-fold for the shortest reagent (5-8 A). Rate accelerations were much greater for the longer reagents (9-15 A): 40-50-fold for MgADP, 25-40-fold for MgATP, and 80-270-fold for MgATPgammaS. To account for any nucleotide-dependent differences in the reactivities of the reagents toward SH2, the rates of monofunctional SH2 modification on SH1-labeled S1 were also measured for each reagent. These experiments showed that the nucleotide-induced increases in the rates of SH2 modification were similar for all of the reagents. Thus, the changes observed in the cross-linking rates are due not only to the type of nucleotide bound in the active site but also to the span of the cross-linking reagent. These findings are interpreted in terms of nucleotide-induced shifts in the equilibria among conformational states of the SH1-SH2 helix.

X-ray crystal structure and solution fluorescence characterization of Mg·2′(3′)- O-( N-methylanthraniloyl) nucleotides bound to the Dictyostelium discoideum myosin motor domain

Mant (2′(3′)- O-( N-methylanthraniloyl)) labeled nucleotides have proven to be useful tools in the study of the kinetic mechanism of the myosin ATPase by fluorescence spectroscopy. The sensitivity of the mant fluorophore to its local environment also makes it suitable to investigate the exposure of bound nucleotides to solvent from collisional quenching measurements. Here we present the crystal structure of mant-ADP and beryllium fluoride complexed with Dictyostelium discoideum myosin motor domain (S1dC) at 1.9 Å resolution. We complement the structural approach with an investigation of the accessibility of the mant moiety to solvent using acrylamide quenching of fluorescence emission. In contrast to rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1, where the mant group is protected from acrylamide ( K sv=0.2 M −1), the fluorophore is relatively exposed when bound to Dictyostelium myosin motor domain ( K sv=1.4 M −1). Differences between the Dictyostelium structure and that of vertebrate skeletal subfragment 1, in the region of the nucleotide binding pocket, are proposed as an explanation for the differences observed in the solvent accessibility of complexed mant-nucleotides. We conclude that protection of the mant group from acrylamide quenching does not report on overall closure of the nucleotide binding pocket but reflects more local structural changes.

Mechanism for coupling free energy in ATPase to the myosin active site.

Acrylamide quenching of tryptophan 510 (Trp510) fluorescence in rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1) indicates the conformation of the probe binding cleft, containing the highly reactive thiol (SH1) and Trp510, in the presence of nucleotides or nucleotide analogs trapped in the active site of S1 [Park et al. (1996) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1296, 1-4]. The Trp510 quenching efficiency shows that the probe binding cleft closes slightly in the presence of beryllium fluoride trapped MgADP (MgADPBeFx-S1) and most tightly in the presence of vanadate trapped MgADP (MgADPVi-S1) with aluminum fluoride and scandium fluoride trapped MgADP (MgADPA1F4-S1 and MgADPScFx-S1) falling in between in the order MgADPBeFx > MgADPA1F4 > MgADPScFx > MgADPVi. These nucleotide analogs are identified with sequential structural changes in MgATP during hydrolysis in the same order with beryllium fluoride occurring earliest in the ATPase cycle. Correlation of the separation distance of the gamma-phosphate analog metal from the oxygen connecting it to the beta-phosphate in ADP, to the extent of cleft closure, suggests that this distance in the nucleotide transition state determines the conformation of the probe binding cleft. Trp510 quenching efficiency was also measured as a function of the base moiety of the vanadate trapped Mg-nucleotide diphosphate (MgNDPVi-S1). The extent of cleft closure is largest in the presence of the natural substrate NDP and follows the order MgADPVi > MgCDPVi > MgUDPVi > MgIDPVi > MgGDPVi with very little difference between MgADPVi and MgCDPVi. These data follow the order of the effectiveness of the corresponding nucleotide triphosphates to support force production in muscle fibers [Pate et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 10046-10053]. In both the fiber and S1, it appears that the 6-position amino group of the bases of ADP and CDP is required to properly anchor the nucleotide in the active site, possibly at tyrosine 135 as suggested by X-ray crystallographic studies [Fisher et al. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 8960-8972]. Finally, the Trp510 quenching efficiency was measured as a function of the size of the divalent cation trapped in the active site of S1 with ADPVi. These data failed to show a correlation suggesting that the divalent cation is not involved with the propagation of influence from the active site to the probe binding cleft. The forgoing experiments suggest that the changing conformation of ATP during hydrolysis, parameterized by the increasing distance between the beta- and the gamma-phosphate, stresses the active site of S1 through protein-nucleotide contacts at the gamma-phosphate and nucleotide base. The stress-induced strain in the cross-bridge may be the mechanism by which energy in ATP is transferred to the myosin structure.

Nucleotide and actin binding properties of the isolated motor domain from Dictyostelium discoideum myosin.

Nucleotide and actin binding properties of the truncated myosin head (S1dC) from Dictyostelium myosin II were studied in solution using rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 as a reference material. S1dC and subfragment 1 had similar affinities for ADP analogues, epsilon ADP and TNP-ADP. The complexes of epsilon ADP and BeFx or AIF4- were less stable with S1dC than with subfragment 1. Stern-Volmer constants for acrylamide quenching of S1dC complexes with epsilon ADP, epsilon ADP.AIF4- and epsilon ADP.BeFx were 2.6, 2.9 and 2.2 M-1, respectively. The corresponding values for subfragment 1 were 2.6, 1.5 and 1.1 M-1. The environment of the nucleotide binding site was probed by using a hydrophobic fluorescent probe, PPBA. PPBA was a competitive inhibitor of S1dC Ca(2+)-ATPase (Ki = 1.6 microM). The binding of nucleotides to subfragment 1 enhanced PPBA fluorescence and caused blue shifts in the wavelength of its maximum emission in the order: ATP approximately ADP.AIF4- approximately ADP.BeFx > ATP gamma S > ADP > PPi. In the case of S1dC, the effects of different nucleotides were smaller and indistinguishable from each other. S1dC bound actin tighter than S1 (Kd = 7 nM and 60 nM, respectively). The actin activated MgATPase activity of S1dC varied between preparations, and the Vmax and K(m) values ranged between 3 and 7 s-1 and 60 and 190 microM, respectively. S1dC showed lower structural stability than S1 as revealed by their thermal inactivations at 35 degrees C. These results show that the nucleotide and actin binding of S1dC and subfragment 1 are similar but there are some differences in nucleotide and phosphate analogue-induced changes and the communication between the nucleotide and actin binding sites in these proteins.

Differential scanning calorimetric study of the complexes of modified myosin subfragment 1 with ADP and vanadate or beryllium fluoride.

The effects of various modifications of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 on the thermal denaturation of subfragment 1 in ternary complexes with Mg-ADP and orthovanadate (V1) or beryllium fluoride (BeFx) have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry. It has been shown that specific modifications of SH1 group of Cys-707 by different sulfhydryl reagents, trinitrophenylation of Lys-83, and reductive methylation of lysine residues promote the decomposition of the S1.ADP.Vi complex and change the character of structural transitions of the subfragment 1 molecule induced by the formation of this complex, but they have much less or no influence on subfragment 1 thermal stability in the S1.ADP.BeFx complex. Thus, the differential scanning calorimetric studies on modified subfragment 1 preparations reveal a significant difference between S1.ADP.Vi and S1.ADP.BeFx complexes. It is suggested that S1.ADP.Vi and S1.ADP.BeFx complexes represent structural analogues of different transition states of the ATPase cycle, namely the intermediate states S1**.ADP.Pi and S1*.ATP, respectively. It is also proposed that during formation of the S1.ADP.Vi complex the region containing both Cys-707 and Lys-83 plays an important role in the spread of conformational changes from the active site of subfragment 1 ATPase throughout the structure of the entire subfragment 1 molecule. In such a case, the effects of reductive methylation of lysine residues on the subfragment 1 structure in the S1.ADP.Vi complex are related to the modification of Lys-83.

Kinetic and spectroscopic characterization of fluorescent ribose-modified ATP analogs upon interaction with skeletal muscle myosin subfragment 1.

The interaction of fluorescent ATP analog 2'(3')-O-[N-[2-[3-(5-fluoresceinyl)thioureido]-ethyl]carbamoyl]adenosine 5'-triphosphate (FEDA-ATP) with rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1) and acto-S1 was studied. This and related ATP analogs are potentially useful for determination of the ATPase activity of single myosin filaments using fluorescence microscopy [Sowerby et al. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 234, 114-123]. However, it is necessary that such analogs mimic ATP in their kinetics of turnover. The apparent second-order association rate constants for FEDA-ATP binding to S1 and for FEDA-ATP-induced dissociation of acto-S1 are about 4 times slower than those for ATP. As with ATP, the hydrolysis step is fast, so that the M.FEDA-ADP.P(i) complex is the major steady-state intermediate. The turnover rate is the same for the 2' and 3' FEDA-ATP derivatives and similar to that of ATP itself. The dissociation rate constant for FEDA-ADP from S1 is identical to that for ADP. Actin-activated turnover is comparable for both FEDA-ATP and ATP. The corresponding rhodamine and sulfoindocyanine, Cy3.18 (Cy3), derivatives also appear to be reasonable analogs. FEDA-ATP binding leads to a 25-40% reduction in fluorescein fluorescence. Spectral properties of the bound nucleotide were explored by trapping FEDA-ADP as its aluminum fluoride complex. The fluorescence quenching is a consequence of a reduction in both absorbance and excited-state lifetime, but there is little change in spectral shape.

Caged FEDA-ATP: a new tool in the measurement of ATP turnover during the in vitro motility assay

In an attempt to distinguish between the various models of muscle contraction, attention has been focused upon calculation of the myosin crossbridge step-size (the distance moved during active interaction of a myosin head with acM per ATP molecule hydrolysed) using in virro motility assays. We have previously used a fluorescein derivative of ATP, FEDA-ATP as a potential probe for nucleotide turnover under in virro assay conditions [l]. Although an array of myosin heads can be visualised in the presence of FEDA-ATP by fluorescence microscopy, only low concentrations (50 nM) of the latter can be used, so as to minimise the background signal from the free fluorophore. Total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy offers one possibility around this problem [2]. An alternative strategy is to cage the fluorescein [ 31 to make a non-fluorescent derivative which can be photoactivated in localised regions containing the array of myosin heads. Any free fluorophores activated in this process are expected to diffuse from the site of interest within several milliseconds. We have prepared a non-fluorescent biscaged derivative of FEDA-ATP by reacting the succinimidyl ester of carboxyfluorescein-bis-(4,5dimethoxy-2-ni~benzyl) ether (Molecular Probes Inc., Oregon, U.S.A.)) with the 2', (3') ethylenediamine derivative of ATP (Fig. 1). The latter (EDA-ATP) was prepared as described previously [ 11. Such a caged FEDAATP is a substrate for rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1. Caged FEDA-ATP quenches tryptophan fluorescence allowing the binding and turnover steps to be monitored by stopped-flow methods (Fig. 2). As expected, fluorescence emission at the fluorescein wavelengths is close to background levels. Irradiation of caged FEDA-ATP with 360 nm light releases a product with comparable properties to FEDA-ATP (note because of the use of a

Photoaffinity ADP analogs as covalently attached reporter groups of the active site of myosin subfragment 1.

The enzymatic properties of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1) have been determined after photoaffinity labeling the active site with two ADP analogs. These analogs, 2-[(4-azido-2-nitrophenyl)-amino]ethyl diphosphate (NANDP) and the fluorescent analog 3'(2')-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-1,N6-ethenoadenosine diphosphate (Bz2 epsilon ADP), label the heavy chain residues Trp 130 and Ser-324, respectively. These residues in the crystal structure of chicken skeletal S1 are on either side of the entrance to the active site pocket (Rayment et al., 1993b). Here S1 was photolabeled with NANDP or Bz2 epsilon ADP after trapping with vanadate (Vi). Both of the photolabeled S1 preparations had normal MgATPase activities after removal of vanadate by actin treatment. These results show that the covalently tethered nucleotide analogs could move out of the active site and be replaced by MgATP. Experiments that monitored the fluorescence emission intensity, polarization, and quenching by acrylamide of S1 photolabeled with Bz2 epsilon ADP show that the covalently linked analog was displaced out of the active site cleft by MgATP (or MgATP and actin) but not by ATP in the absence of Mg2+ ions. The effective concentration of the tethered ethenoadenosine diphosphate at the active site, determined by competition with MgATP, was calculated to be 10 mM. In the absence of Mg2+ ions, ATP was unable to compete with the bound analog. Binding constants of the S1 photolabeled with Bz2 epsilon ADP to actin were 1.5 x 10(5) and 5.8 x 10(5) M-1 at 200 and 20 mM ionic strength, respectively, showing that actin binding affinities are similar to those obtained for S1.ADP. The binding of actin in the absence of MgATP did not produce any change in the emission intensity, polarization, or quenching by acrylamide of the tethered ethenoadenosine diphosphate, indicating that the conformation of the pocket around the adenine ring was unchanged. However, the binding of actin did destabilize Vi, which had been previously trapped in the form of photolabeled S1-Vi complexes. These results indicate that actin binding primarily affects the gamma-phosphate binding site but not the adenine ring binding site.

Antibody directed against the 142-148 sequence of the myosin heavy chain interferes with myosin-actin interaction

It has been reported recently that the isolated and renatured 23-kDa N-terminal fragment of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin binds tightly to F-actin in an ATP-dependent manner [Muhlrad, A. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 4002-4010]. The binding to actin is of electrostatic nature and may involve a positively charged cluster of residues on the 23-kDa fragment stretching from Arg-143 to Arg-147. An octapeptide containing this positive cluster was synthesized and coupled to BSA through a cysteine residue added to the N-terminus of the peptide. Polyclonal antibody was raised against the BSA-coupled peptide in rabbits which recognized the N-terminal 23-kDa fragment of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1, and a peptide comprised of residues 122-204 of the 23K fragment in Western blots. The purified antibody [IgG and F(ab)] inhibited the actin-activated ATPase activity of S1 without affecting its Mg2(+)- and K+(EDTA)-modulated ATPase activity. Both IgG and F(ab) decreased the binding of S1 to F-actin in a sedimentation assay, and actin inhibited the binding of both IgG and F(ab) to S1 in a competitive binding assay. The cysteine thiol of the synthetic octapeptide was labeled by the fluorescent thiol reagent monobromobimane, and the labeled peptide was found to bind to actin in a sedimentation assay. The results support the possibility that the positively charged Arg-143 to Arg-147 stretch of residues on the 23-kDa fragment participates in actin binding of myosin and may represent an essential constituent of the actin-S1 interface.

Isolation and characterization of the N-terminal 23-kilodalton fragment of myosin subfragment 1

The 23-kDa N-terminal tryptic fragment was isolated from the heavy chain of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S-1). The heavy-chain fragments were dissociated by guanidine hydrochloride following limited trypsinolysis, and the 23-kDa fragment was isolated by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. Finally, the fragment was renatured by removing the denaturants. The CD spectrum of the renatured fragment shows the presence of ordered structure. The tryptophan fluorescence emission spectrum of the fragment is considerably shifted to the red upon adding guanidine hydrochloride which indicates that the tryptophans are located in relatively hydrophobic environments. The two 23-kDa tryptophans, unlike the rest of the S-1 tryptophans, are fully accessible to acrylamide as indicated by fluorescence quenching. The isolated 23-kDa fragment cosediments with F-actin in the ultracentrifuge and significantly increases the light scattering of actin in solution which indicates actin binding. The binding is rather tight (Kd = 0.1 microM) and ionic strength dependent (decreasing with increasing ionic strength). ATP, pyrophosphate, and ADP dissociate the 23-kDa-actin complex with decreasing effectiveness. The isolated 23-kDa fragment does not have ATPase activity; however, it inhibits the actin-activated ATPase activity of S-1 by competing presumably with S-1 for binding sites on actin. F-Actin binds to the 23-kDa fragment immobilized on the nitrocellulose membrane. The fragment was further cleaved, and one of the resulting peptides, containing the 130-204 stretch of residues, was found to bind actin on the nitrocellulose membrane, indicating that this region of the 23-kDa fragment participates in forming an actin binding site.

MgATPase activity of myosin subfragment 1: The dimer is more active than the monomer

The MgATPase activity of the rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (S1), in the steady state, was measured by means of the intrinsic fluorescence of tryptophan. This technique gave results similar to those obtained by other methods (linked or radioactive assays). The activity was measured under conditions that effect the monomer/dimer ratio. It is shown that there is a close correlation between MgATPase activity and the proportion of dimer. At 20 °C, for pH 6.9 to 8.1 and for [KCl] ⩽ 1 m, the observed activity ( k obs) can be linearly related to the proportion of dimer ( E d E o ) by: k obs( s −1) = 0.016−7×10 −3[KCl] + 0.031 ( E d E o ), where [KCl] is expressed in m. We deduce that, at 20 °C and for [KCl] = 0 m, the activity of the monomer is k m obs = 0.016 s −1 ( E d E o ) and that of the dimer k d obs = 0.047 s −1 ( E d E o = 1), i.e. a ratio k obs d k obs m ∼- 3. Beyond pH ≈ 8.3, the activities of both the monomer and the dimer increased steeply with increasing pH value. In the standard conditions (pH 8.0, [KCl] = 0 to 100 m m), S1 is mainly in the form of a dimer, and such conditions are not appropriate for study of the S1 monomer. For studying the pure monomer, the conditions required at 20 °C and in bis-Tris-propane are: S1 concentration ≈ 0.2 mg/ml, pH 6.9 to 7.8, [KCl] ∼- 300 m m. For studying the pure dimer, the conditions required are: S1 concentration ⩾ 0.2 mg/ml, pH 7.8 to 8.1 and [KCl] ∼- 0. In both cases the MgATP concentration is about 50 μ m. Finally, if great care is taken concerning the age of the S1 solutions and the evaluation of the proportion of dimer, the values of k obs are extremely precise: the uncertainty regarding the values of k obs, as determined by means of intrinsic fluorescence, does not exceed ± 0.001 s −1. Beyond this error bar conditions are uncontrolled.

Microcalorimetric measurement of the enthalpy of binding of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 and heavy meromyosin to F-actin.

The heat of binding of rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 (myosin-S1) and heavy meromyosin (HMM) to F-actin has been measured by batch calorimetry. Proton release measurements in unbuffered solutions indicate that less than 0.1 mol of protons is absorbed or released per mol of myosin head bound to actin. Hence, the measured heats are approximately equal to the enthalpy of myosin-S1 and HMM binding to actin. The enthalpy of binding of myosin-S1 to actin was +22 +/- 3 and +27 +/- 5 kJ/mol of myosin-S1 in two series of experiments at 12 degrees C and +26 +/- 5 kJ/mol of myosin-S1 at 0 degrees C, indicating that delta Cp for this reaction in the range of 0-12 degrees C is small (-80 J/mol/K). The enthalpy of binding of HMM to actin at 12 degrees C was found to be +26 +/- 1 kJ/mol of myosin head. The enthalpies determined here and the equilibrium constants obtained from the literature for measurements at 20 degrees C under identical solvent conditions were used to estimate the entropy of the association of myosin S1 and HMM with F-actin: +235 J/mol/K for myosin-S1 and +190 J/mol of myosin head/K for HMM. Thermodynamic parameters of the interaction of myosin-S1 with actin and ADP or AMP-PNP can be evaluated using the enthalpy of association of myosin-S1 with actin determined here, together with literature values for the equilibrium constants and enthalpies of binding of these nucleotides to myosin-S1. The calculated enthalpies of binding of ADP or AMP-PNP to actomyosin-S1 are small and negative.

The magnesium ion-dependent adenosine triphosphatase of myosin. Two-step processes of adenosine triphosphate association and adenosine diphosphate dissociation.

The kinetics of protein-fluorescence change when rabbit skeletal myosin subfragment 1 is mixed with ATP or adenosine 5'-(3-thiotriphosphate) in the presence of Mg(2+) are incompatible with a simple bimolecular association process. A substrate-induced conformation change with DeltaG(0)<-24kJ.mol(-1) (i.e. DeltaG(0) could be more negative) at pH8 and 21 degrees C is proposed as the additional step in the binding of ATP. The postulated binding mechanism is M+ATPright harpoon over left harpoonM.ATPright harpoon over left harpoonM*.ATP, where the association constant for the first step, K(1), is 4.5x10(3)m(-1) at I 0.14m and the rate of isomerization is 400s(-1). In the presence of Mg(2+), ADP binds in a similar fashion to ATP, the rate of the conformation change also being 400s(-1), but with DeltaG(0) for that process being -14kJ.mol(-1). The effect of increasing ionic strength is to decrease K(1), the kinetics of the conformation change being essentially unaltered. Alternative schemes involving a two-step binding process for ATP to subfragment 1 are possible. These are not excluded by the experimental results, although they are perhaps less likely because they imply uncharacteristically slow bimolecular association rate constants.