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Epimers of [gamma-17O]adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) ([gamma-17O]ATP gamma S) have been used to determine the stereochemistry of Mn2+ coordination to the terminal thiophosphoryl group in complexes of pyruvate kinase, oxalate, ATP gamma S, and Mg2+, Zn2+, Co2+, or Cd2+. The complex of pyruvate kinase with oxalate and ATP binds 2 equiv of divalent cation per active site. The terminal phosphoryl group of ATP in this enzymic complex becomes a chiral center as a result of coordination to both divalent metal ions. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) data for complexes of pyruvate kinase with Rp- or Sp-[gamma-17O]-ATP gamma S, [17O]oxalate, and mixtures of Mn2+ with Mg2+, Zn2+, or Co2+ show that Mn2+ binds selectively at the site defined by coordination to oxalate and the pro-R oxygen of the thiophosphoryl group of ATP gamma S. In mixtures containing Mn2+ and Cd2+ with Tl+ as the monovalent cation, two hybrid complexes form, enzyme-oxalate-MnII-ATP gamma S-CdII and enzyme-oxalate-CdII-ATP gamma S-MnII, as in the analogous complexes with ATP and K+ or Tl+ (Buchbinder, J. L., & Reed, G. H. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 1799-1806). In the enzyme-oxalate-MnII-ATP gamma S-CdII species, Mn2+ binds exclusively to the pro-R oxygen of the thiophosphoryl group. In the enzyme-oxalate-CdII-ATP gamma S-MnII species, Mn2+ binds to the pro-R oxygen (60%) and to the pro-S oxygen (40%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

The stereoselectivity of the adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate (cAMP) binding sites on the regulatory subunit of the type II bovine cardiac muscle cAMP-dependent protein kinase was investigated by examining the interactions of (Rp)- and (Sp)-adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphorothioates (cAMPS) with these sites. While activation of the holoenzyme and binding to the regulatory subunit of the type II kinase were observed for both of these diastereomers, there were significant differences between the interactions of the cAMPS isomers with the enzyme. In particular, the Sp isomer is more potent than the Rp species not only in the activation of reconstituted, as well as directly isolated, holoenzyme but also in the inhibition of [3H]cAMP binding to the regulatory subunit. A marked preference for the binding of the Sp isomer to site 2 in the regulatory subunit exists. Hydrogen bonding of a functional group on the regulatory subunit with preferential orientation toward the exocyclic oxygen rather than the sulfur of the thiophosphoryl residue may be involved in the observed selectivity of cAMPS binding and activation. In addition to our findings on the stereoselectivity of the binding of cAMPS to cAMP-dependent protein kinase, we have established a method for the reconstitution of holoenzyme from the purified subunits without subjecting the regulatory protein to denaturing conditions.