The generation of the oxidized form of creatine kinase is a negative regulation on muscle creatine kinase

J Biol Chem. 2007 Apr 20;282(16):12022-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M610363200. Epub 2007 Feb 15.

Abstract

Muscle creatine kinase (CK) is a crucial enzyme in energy metabolism, and it exists in two forms, the reduced form (R-CK) and the oxidized form (O-CK). In contrast with R-CK, O-CK contained an intrachain disulfide bond in each subunit. Here we explored the properties of O-CK and its regulatory role on muscle CK. The intrachain disulfide bond in O-CK was demonstrated to be formed between Cys(74) and Cys(146) by site-directed mutagenesis. Biophysical analysis indicated that O-CK showed decreased catalytic activity and that it might be structurally unstable. Further assays through guanidine hydrochloride denaturation and proteolysis by trypsin and protease K revealed that the tertiary structure of O-CK was more easily disturbed than that of R-CK. Surprisingly, O-CK, unlike R-CK, cannot interact with the M-line protein myomesin through biosensor assay, indicating that O-CK might have no role in muscle contraction. Through in vitro ubiquitination assay, CK was demonstrated to be a specific substrate of muscle ring finger protein 1 (MURF-1). O-CK can be rapidly ubiquitinated by MURF-1, while R-CK can hardly be ubiquitinated, implying that CK might be degraded by the ATP-ubiquitin-proteasome pathway through the generation of O-CK. The results above were further confirmed by molecular modeling of the structure of O-CK. Therefore, it can be concluded that the generation of O-CK was a negative regulation of R-CK and that O-CK might play essential roles in the molecular turnover of MM-CK.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Creatine Kinase / chemistry*
  • Disulfides
  • Endopeptidase K / chemistry
  • Guanine / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Muscles / enzymology*
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Oxygen / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Rabbits
  • Trypsin / pharmacology
  • Ubiquitin / chemistry

Substances

  • Disulfides
  • Ubiquitin
  • Guanine
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Trypsin
  • Endopeptidase K
  • Oxygen