Affinity labeling of an allosteric ADP site of glutamate dehydrogenase by 2-(4-bromo-2,3-dioxobutylthio)adenosine 5'-monophosphate

Bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase reacts covalently with the adenine nucleotide analogue 2-(4-bromo-2,3-dioxobutylthio)adenosine 5'-monophosphate (2-BDB-TAMP) with incorporation of about 1 mol of reagent/mol of enzyme subunit. The modified enzyme is not inactivated by this reaction as measured in the absence of allosteric effectors. Native glutamate dehydrogenase is activated by ADP and inhibited by high concentrations of NADH; both of these effects are irreversibly decreased upon reaction of the enzyme with 2-BDB-TAMP. The decrease in activation by ADP was used to determine the rate constant for reaction with 2-BDB-TAMP. The rate constant (kobs) for loss of ADP activation exhibits a nonlinear dependence on 2-BDB-TAMP concentration, suggesting a reversible binding of reagent (KR = 0.74 mM) prior to irreversible modification. At 1.2 mM 2-BDB-TAMP, kobs = 0.060 min-1 and is not affected by alpha-ketoglutarate or GTP, but is decreased to 0.020 min-1 by 5 mM NADH and to zero by 5 mM ADP. Incorporation after incubation with 1.2 mM 2-BDB-TAMP for 1 h at pH 7.1 is 1.02 mol/mol enzyme subunit in the absence but only 0.09 mol/subunit in the presence of ADP. The enzyme protected with 5 mM ADP behaves like native enzyme in its activation by ADP and in its inhibition by NADH. Native enzyme binds reversibly 2 mol of [14C]ADP/subunit, whereas modified enzyme binds only 1 mol of ADP/peptide chain. These results indicate that incorporation of 1 mol of 2-BDB-TAMP causes elimination of one of the ADP sites of the native enzyme. 2-BDB-TAMP acts as an affinity label of an ADP site of glutamate dehydrogenase and indirectly influences the NADH inhibitory site.