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Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Reprint requests to: Kazuyuki Hatakeyama, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery, Kaufman Building, Suite 300, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; e-mail: hatakeyamak{at}msx.upmc.edu; fax: (412) 692-2520.
GTP cyclohydrolase I feedback regulatory protein (GFRP) mediates feedback inhibition of GTP cyclohydrolase I activity by 6R-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), which is an essential cofactor for key enzymes producing catecholamines, serotonin, and nitric oxide as well as phenylalanine hydroxylase. GFRP also mediates feed-forward stimulation of GTP cyclohydrolase I activity by phenylalanine at subsaturating GTP levels. These ligands, BH4 and phenylalanine, induce complex formation between one molecule of GTP cyclohydrolase I and two molecules of GFRP. Here, we report the analysis of ligand binding using the gel filtration method of Hummel and Dreyer. BH4 binds to the GTP cyclohydrolase I/GFRP complex with a Kd of 4 µM, and phenylalanine binds to the protein complex with a Kd of 94 µM. The binding of BH4 is enhanced by dGTP. The binding stoichiometrics of BH4 and phenylalanine were estimated to be 10 molecules of each per protein complex, in other words, one molecule per subunit of protein, because GTP cyclohydrolase I is a decamer and GFRP is a pentamer. These findings were corroborated by data from equilibrium dialysis experiments. Regarding ligand binding to free proteins, BH4 binds weakly to GTP cyclohydrolase I but not to GFRP, and phenylalanine binds weakly to GFRP but not to GTP cyclohydrolase I. These results suggest that the overall structure of the protein complex contributes to binding of BH4 and phenylalanine but also that each binding site of BH4 and phenylalanine may be primarily composed of residues of GTP cyclohydrolase I and GFRP, respectively.
Keywords: Tetrahydrobiopterin; GTP cyclohydrolase I; feedback regulation; allosteric regulation; GTP cyclohydrolase I feedback regulatory protein; phenylalanine
Abbreviations: BH4, 6R-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin • GFRP, GTP cyclohydrolase I feedback regulatory protein
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