How potassium affects the activity of the molecular chaperone Hsc70. II. Potassium binds specifically in the ATPase active site.
Wilbanks, S.M., McKay, D.B.(1995) J Biol Chem 270: 2251-2257
- PubMed: 7836458 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.270.5.2251
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1HPM - PubMed Abstract: 
Crystallographic anomalous scattering from potassium at 1.7 A resolution reveals two monovalent ions that interact with MgADP and P(i) in the nucleotide binding cleft of wild-type recombinant bovine Hsc70 ATPase fragment. K+ at site 1 interacts with oxygens of the beta-phosphate of ADP, whereas K+ at site 2 interacts with an oxygen of P(i). Both K+ ions also interact with specific H2O molecules in the first hydration shell of the octahedrally coordinated Mg2+ ion and with specific protein ligands. In crystals that have Na+ present, K+ is replaced by a Na+ ion at site 1 and by a Na(+)-H2O pair at site 2. The K+ ions are positioned where they could stabilize binding of a beta,gamma-bidentate MgATP complex with Hsc70, as well as a transition state during ATP hydrolysis, suggesting that monovalent ions act as specific metal cofactors in the ATPase reaction of Hsc70.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Beckman Laboratories for Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.