19F NMR measurements of the rotational mobility of proteins in vivo

Biophys J. 1997 Jan;72(1):490-8. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78690-9.

Abstract

Three glycolytic enzymes, hexokinase, phosphoglycerate kinase, and pyruvate kinase, were fluorine labeled in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by biosynthetic incorporation of 5-fluorotryptophan. 19F NMR longitudinal relaxation time measurements on the labeled enzymes were used to assess their rotational mobility in the intact cell. Comparison with the results obtained from relaxation time measurements of the purified enzymes in vitro and from theoretical calculations showed that two of the labeled enzymes, phosphoglycerate kinase and hexokinase, were tumbling in a cytoplasm that had a viscosity approximately twice that of water. There were no detectable signals from pyruvate kinase in vivo, although it could be detected in diluted cell extracts, indicating that there was some degree of motional restriction of the enzyme in the intact cell.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorine
  • Hexokinase / chemistry*
  • Hexokinase / isolation & purification
  • Hexokinase / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / chemistry*
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / isolation & purification
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation*
  • Pyruvate Kinase / chemistry*
  • Pyruvate Kinase / isolation & purification
  • Pyruvate Kinase / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Rotation
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Fluorine
  • Hexokinase
  • Pyruvate Kinase
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase