Purification, characterization and inhibition by MK-401 of Fasciola hepatica phosphoglyceromutase

Mol Biochem Parasitol. 1982 May;5(5):321-32. doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(82)90039-1.

Abstract

Phosphoglyceromutase (EC 2.7.5.3) of Fasciola hepatica was purified 1390-fold to homogeneity. The enzyme had a molecular weight of 120 000 and was a tetramer composed of identical 30 000 molecular weight subunits. The enzyme was 2,3-dephosphoglyceric acid dependent, possessed reactive sulfhydryl groups and was inhibited irreversibly by iodoacetamide, and N-ethylmaleimide and reversibly by p-chloromercuribenzoate and 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid). Initial velocity studies suggest that reaction occurred via a sequential mechanism and that MK-401 was a competitive inhibitor versus both 3-phosphoglyceric acid and 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid.

MeSH terms

  • 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate
  • Animals
  • Chloromercuribenzoates / pharmacology
  • Diphosphoglyceric Acids / pharmacology
  • Ethylmaleimide / pharmacology
  • Fasciola hepatica / enzymology*
  • Iodoacetamide / pharmacology
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Weight
  • Phosphoglycerate Mutase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Phosphoglycerate Mutase / isolation & purification
  • Phosphoglycerate Mutase / metabolism*
  • Phosphotransferases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Chloromercuribenzoates
  • Diphosphoglyceric Acids
  • 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate
  • Phosphotransferases
  • Phosphoglycerate Mutase
  • Ethylmaleimide
  • Iodoacetamide