TNP-AMP Binding to the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy

AbstractInfrared spectroscopy was used to monitor the conformational change of 2′,3′-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5′-monophosphate (TNP-AMP) binding to the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. TNP-AMP binding was observed in a competition experiment: TNP-AMP is initially bound to the ATPase but is then replaced by β,γ-iminoadenosine 5′-triphosphate (AMPPNP) after AMPPNP release from P3-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl AMPPNP (caged AMPPNP). The resulting infrared difference spectra are compared to those of AMPPNP binding to the free ATPase, to obtain a difference spectrum that reflects solely TNP-AMP binding to the Ca2+-ATPase. TNP-AMP used as an ATP analog in the crystal structure of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase was found to induce a conformational change upon binding to the ATPase. It binds with a binding mode that is different from that of AMPPNP, ATP, and other tri- and diphosphate nucleotides: TNP-AMP binding causes partially opposite and smaller conformational changes compared to ATP or AMPPNP. The conformation of the TNP-AMP ATPase complex is more similar to that of the E1Ca2 state than to that of the E1ATPCa2 state. Regarding the use of infrared spectroscopy as a technique for ligand binding studies, our results show that infrared spectroscopy is able to distinguish different binding modes