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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
The lower limit for the first order rate constant for dissociation of GDP from the tubulin E-site has been determined to be 0.14 s-1; this corresponds to a reaction with a half-life of 5 s. Using this rate constant and the previously determined equilibrium constant for GDP dissociation, equal to 6.1 X 10(-8) M (Zeeberg, B., and Caplow, M. (1979) Biochemistry 18, 3880-3886), the calculated association rate constant is 2.2 X 10(6) M-1 s-1. The tubulin E-site is highly reactive and it is calculated that: the half-life is 5 s for quantitative displacement of E-site bound radioactive GDP, by added excess nonradioactive GDP; the half-life is about 260 ms for isotopic equilibration when a trace amount of radioactive GDP is added to 20 microM tubulin-GDP; the half-life is about 850 ms for re-establishing the equilibrium for GDP binding, when 20 microM tubulin is diluted 20-fold. Thus, tubulin-GDP nucleotide exchange is rapid, so that added radioactive guanine nucleotides can be used in studies of relatively rapid reactions involving the tubulin subunit.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
258
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
760-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Rate for nucleotide release from tubulin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.