Phosphoryl group transfer active carriers

Enzyme I from E. coli catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphoenolpyruvate to a phospho carrier protein (HPr). A phosphoryl group is transferred to a dimeric form of the enzyme. Mg2+ or Mn2+ is necessary for stabilization of the dimer and for activity, although it is not known whether these functions are carried out at separate sites.310 A scheme is shown in equations (5) and (6). 

We have seen that phosphoryl transfer can be used to drive otherwise endergonic reactions, alter the energy of conformation of a protein, or serve as a signal to alter the activity of a protein. The phosphoryl-group donor in all of these reactions is ATP. In other words, ATP is an activated carrier of phosphoryl groups because phosphoryl Pansfer from ATP is an exergonic process. The use of activated carriers is a recurring motif in biochemistry, and we will consider several such carriers here. 

Group-transfer reactions play a variety of roles. Reaction 5 is representative of such a reaction. A phosphoryl group is transferred from the activated phosphoryl-group carrier, ATP, to glucose. This reaction traps glucose in the cell so that further catabolism can take place. 

Previously the possibility of using Sc, Sm, and Nd mono- and diphosphorylated amines 1-3 as membrane carriers in conditions of active transport with use of 1,2-dichlorobenzene as a membrane solvent has been shown. At the same time, a high rate of transmembrane transfer of ions Sc and Nd N,N-bis(dihexyl phosphoryl methyl) octyl amine (1) was set. In this paper, the new results of research of membrane transport properties of 1-3 carriers, by symport mechanism are described, and in this case the environmentally acceptable solvent—kerosene as a membrane phase was used. Besides that the membrane-transport properties of diphosphorilamine 4, that have not been described previously containing simultaneously highly lipophilic methyl dioctyl phosphorylic and practically hydrophilic 0,0-diethyl ethyl phosphonate groups in a molecule was studied. It is well-known that creation of optimal hydrophilic-lipophilic balance is a precondition of transmembrane transport effectiveness with organophosphorous carriers. ... 

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