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Individual Rate Constants for the Interaction of Ras Proteins with GTPase-Activating Proteins Determined by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Hoffmann, Ulrike, Goody, Roger S., Wittinghofer, Alfred·1997·Biochemistry

Abstract

Individual rate constants for the interaction of H-, K-, and N-Ras with GAP-334 and NF1-333 were determined using fluorescent derivatives of guanine nucleotides at the active site of the Ras proteins. Stopped-flow experiments with NF1-333 show a fast concentration-dependent initial phase corresponding to the binding reaction followed by a slower phase, which corresponds to the hydrolysis reaction. With Ras bound to the nonhydrolyzable analogue mant-GppNHp, only the concentration-dependent first phase was observed. The Ras x mant-GppNHp x NF1-333 complexes were also used to measure dissociation rate constants of the Ras-GAP complexes. Using GAP-334 as the catalyst, the concentration-dependent first phase was too fast to be measured by the stopped-flow method, but the subsequent chemical cleavage reaction occurred at a similar rate (5-10 s(-1)) to that seen with NF1-333. With both GAP-334 and NF1-333, after rapidly reaching the initial equilibrium, there was no further time-dependent change on mixing GAPs with Ras x mant-GppNHp. The results obtained provide new insights into the individual steps of the GAP-catalyzed GTPase reaction on Ras. They do not require the postulation of a rate-limiting step occurring before GTP hydrolysis.

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  • Wild-type RAS isoforms have weak intrinsic GTPase activity and can self-inactivate, while RAS-GAPs stimulate this activity dramatically, increasing it fivefold over the intrinsic rate.

    “Wild-type RAS isoforms have intrinsic, albeit weak, hydrolytic (GTPase) activity and can, therefore, self-inactivate; however, RAS-GAPs stimulate this activity dramatically11–14. Indeed, the GAPs increase RAS GTPase activity fivefold relative to the intrinsic rate12.”

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Authors
Ahmadian, M. R., Hoffmann, U., Goody, R. S., & Wittinghofer, A.
Affiliations
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (DE)
Corresponding author
Wittinghofer, Alfred
Venue
Biochemistry
Published
1997-04-01
Volume
36
Issue
15
Pages
4535-4541
ISSN
  • 0006-2960 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-4995
OpenAlex
W2029458736
Cited by
141
References
11
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2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
Keywords
Ras proteins, GTPase-activating protein, H-Ras, KRAS, NRAS, GTP hydrolysis, dissociation rate constant, chemical cleavage, rate-determining step
MeSH terms
Catalysis, Drug Interactions, Enzyme Activation, Kinetics, Proteins, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, ras Proteins, GTP Phosphohydrolases, GTPase-Activating Proteins, ras GTPase-Activating Proteins, Neurofibromin 1

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