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SUBMITTER: Adina-Zada A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3238500 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adina-Zada Abdussalam A Hazra Rasmani R Sereeruk Chutima C Jitrapakdee Sarawut S Zeczycki Tonya N TN St Maurice Martin M Cleland W Wallace WW Wallace John C JC Attwood Paul V PV
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 20110321 2
2',3'-O-(2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5'-triphosphate (TNP-ATP) is a fluorescent analogue of ATP. MgTNP-ATP was found to be an allosteric activator of pyruvate carboxylase that exhibits competition with acetyl CoA in activating the enzyme. There is no evidence that MgTNP-ATP binds to the MgATP substrate binding site of the enzyme. At concentrations above saturating, MgATP activates bicarbonate-dependent ATP cleavage, but inhibits the overall reaction. The fluorescence of MgTNP-ATP increases b ...[more]