Characterization of the ATPase and GTPase activities of elongation factor 3 (EF-3) purified from yeasts

• Published in: Journal of biochemistry (Tokyo) 1988, Vol.103 (3), p.522-530
• Main Authors: Uritani, M, Miyazaki, M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphatases - analysis; Adenosine Triphosphatases - antagonists & inhibitors; adenosinetriphosphatase; Biological and medical sciences; characterization; Chromatography, Gel; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; enzyme activity; Ethylmaleimide - pharmacology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal Proteins; GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors - analysis; GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors - antagonists & inhibitors; Molecular and cellular biology; Molecular genetics; Peptide Biosynthesis; Peptide Elongation Factors - analysis; Peptides; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases - analysis; ribosomes; Ribosomes - analysis; Saccharomyces - enzymology; Saccharomyces carlsbergensis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Saccharomyces uvarum; Saccharomycetales - enzymology; Schizosaccharomyces - enzymology; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Transcription. Transcription factor. Splicing. Rna processing; yeasts
• ISSN: 0021-924X; 1756-2651
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a122302

Three steps of chromatography of a post-ribosomal supernatant fraction have provided a highly purified preparation of peptide elongation factor 3 (EF-3) with a molecular weight of 125,000 from the typical budding yeast Saccharomyces carlsbergensis and of the factor with a molecular weight of 120,000 from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Both of the proteins consist of a single peptide chain. The purified factors fulfilled the requirement for polyphenylalanine synthesis on yeast ribosomes and exhibited strong ATPase and GTPase activities dependent on yeast ribosomes. The activity profiles of the nucleotidases dependent on pH and salt concentration and the inhibition studies indicated that the ATPase and GTPase activities of EF-3 were displayed by the same active site with a wide substrate specificity, showing the highest activity with ATP. Those experiments also revealed that the ATPase and GTPase of EF-3 were characteristically different from the GTPases of EF-1α and EF-2. Both Km and Kcat of EF-3 for ATP (Km=0.12 mM and Kcat= 610 mol/mol/min) and GTP (Km= 0.20mM and Kcat =390mol/mol/min) are much higher than those of the GTPases of EF-1a and EF-2. Inactivation experiments and studies on the ATP effect led us to conclude that this ATPase activity was an essential requirement for the functional role of EF-3 and therefore, in addition to the GTPases of EF-1α and EF-2, the third nucleoside triphosphate hydrolyzing step by the ATPase of EF-3 was necessary for the yeast peptide elongation cycle.