solution-state NMR approach to probe the native energy landscape of adenylate kinase in its free form, in complex with its natural substrates, and in the presence of a tight binding inhibitor. Binding of ATP induces a dynamic equilibrium in which the ATP binding motif populates both the open and the closed conformations with almost equal populations. A similar scenario is observed for AMP binding, which induces an equilibrium between open and closed conformations of the AMP binding motif. Simultaneous binding of AMP and ATP is required to force both substrate binding motifs to close cooperatively. Unidirectional energetic coupling between the ATP and AMP binding sites |
Escherichia coli |