[Magnesium magnetic isotope effect: a key towards mechanochemistry of phosphorylating enzymes as molecular machines]

Mol Biol (Mosk). 2006 Jan-Feb;40(1):12-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

A discovery of the huge magnesium isotope effect in enzymatic ATP synthesis provides a new insight into mechanochemistry of enzymes as the molecular machines. It has been found that the catalytic activity values of ATPase, creatine kinase and phosphoglycerate kinase are 2 to 4-fold higher once their active sites contain magnetic (25Mg) not spinless, non-magnetic (24Mg, 26Mg), magnesium cation isotopes. This clearly proves that the ATP synthesis is a spin-selective process involving Mg2+ as the electron accepting reagent. The formation of ATP takes place in an ion-radical pair resulted by two partners, ATP oxyradical and Mg+. The magnesium bivalent cation is a key player in this process, this ion transforms the protein molecule mechanics into a mere chemistry. This ion is a most critical detail of structure of the magnesium dependent phosphorylation enzymes as the mechanochemical molecular machines.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / biosynthesis
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / chemistry
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Creatine Kinase / chemistry*
  • Creatine Kinase / physiology
  • Isotopes / chemistry
  • Magnesium / chemistry*
  • Magnesium / physiology
  • Magnetics*
  • Models, Biological
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / chemistry*
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / physiology
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases / chemistry*
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases / physiology
  • Spin Labels

Substances

  • Isotopes
  • Spin Labels
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases
  • Magnesium