Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 27, 828-835, Copyright © 1986 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Allosteric and non-allosteric forms of rat liver 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase: differential inhibition of activity by adenosine 2'-monophospho-5'-diphosphoribose
J Roitelman and I Shechter
Adenosine 2'-monophospho-5'-diphosphoribose (P-ADP-Rib) is a structural
analog of NADPH which was reported to competitively inhibit (Kiapp = 21.7
microM) solubilized rat liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A
(HMG-CoA) reductase (Tanazawa, K., and A. Endo. 1979. Eur. J. Biochem. 98:
195-201). However, microsomal HMG-CoA reductase, which at low thiol
concentrations exhibits allosteric properties, is only poorly inhibited by
P-ADP-Rib (Kiapp = 550 microM at 4.5 mM GSH). Gradual shift of the
microsomal reductase towards a non-allosteric form by increasing
glutathione (GSH) concentrations resulted in a higher inhibition by
P-ADP-Rib. Under these conditions, Ki values for P-ADP- Rib were 165 microM
and 53 microM at 9 mM and 27 mM GSH, respectively. The largest change in
the degree of inhibition by P-ADP-Rib was observed within the 10 mM range
of GSH. By contrast, freeze-thaw solubilized HMG-CoA reductase, which does
not display allosteric properties, is readily inhibited by P-ADP-Rib, even
when assayed at a low concentration of GSH (Kiapp = 50 microM at 4.5 mM
GSH). Assaying the solubilized reductase in the presence of increased thiol
concentration results in a minor decrease in the apparent Ki for P-ADP- Rib
(22 microM at 27 mM GSH). Microsomal HMG-CoA reductase is allosterically
activated by various nucleotides. When activated by NADH, the enzyme is
effectively inhibited by P-ADP-Rib even at a 4.5-mM GSH concentration
(Kiapp = 175 microM in the presence of 300 microM NADH).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED
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