It was already found that the ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] activity of myosin in the presence of Mg
++ is markedly enhanced by trinitrophenylation of myosin.Thereafter, the reaction mechanism of myosin-ATPase has been elucidated, and it was shown that myosin is a doubleheaded enzyme which hydrolyzes ATP by two different routes: one is simple hydrolysis of the Michaelis complex (ES), and the other is hydrolysis of ATP
via phosphoryl myosin (EP).
The purpose of the present paper is to report studies of the kinetic mechanism of enhancement of Mg
++-ATPase activity in steady state by trinitrophenylation of myosin, on the basis of the reaction mechanism mentioned above.We obtained the following results.
1. In the presence of 1
M KCl and 20m
M MgCl
2, the rate of ATPase of trinitrophenyl (TNP)-myosin in steady state was much higher than that of the control myosin, and P
1 was continuously liberated from the TNP-myosin-ATP system at a high rate, about equal to that of the initial burst of P
i-liberation observed on the control myosin.
2. Both the ATPase activity of actomyosin type and the superprecipitation of actomyosin by ATP were unaffected by trinitrophenylation of myosin.
3.The rate of ATPase of the control myosin in steady state was independent of the size of the initial burst, but the rate of ATPase of TNP-myosin decreased when the size of initial burst was reduced by
p-nitrothiophenylation or prolonged incubation of myosin.The rate of ATPase of TNP-myosin reached the level of control myosin, when the size of the initial burst became zero.From these results, it was concluded that, at least in the presence of Mg
++ and a high concentration of KCl, trinitrophenylation of myosin has no significant effect on the simple hydrolysis of ES, but accelerates markedly the decomposition of EP.
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