Molla, Getachew ShibabawGetachew ShibabawMollaHimmelspach, AlexanderAlexanderHimmelspachWohlgemuth, RolandRolandWohlgemuthHaupt, Erhard T. K.Erhard T. K.HauptLiese, AndreasAndreasLiese2019-08-192019-08-192018-02Molecular Catalysis (445): 36-42 (2018-02)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3130Detailed kinetics and mechanistic analyses of glycerol kinase from Cellulomonas sp. with respect to Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio were performed. The enzyme essentially requires Mg2+ for its activity and shows maximum activity at the optimum Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio of [0.12–0.3]. Subsequent increase of Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio higher than the values in the optimum region suppresses the enzyme activity to a non-zero asymptotic value. The enzyme exhibits two-step kinetics as a function of ATP at a fixed Mg2+ concentration due to the formation of multiple Mg-ATP complexes at different Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio. The addition of inorganic polyphosphate (PPin) inhibits or activates glycerol kinase due to the complexation of PPin with Mg2+ that shifts Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio below or to the optimum level. The change in all 31P NMR signals of ATP (i.e. α-, β- and γ-phosphate) by the addition of Mg2+ reveals that all of them are involved in Mg-ATP complex formation. The 1H NMR signals of CH2-protons on the ribose moiety of ATP become nearly equivalent after the addition of Mg2+ establishing the upper limit of optimum Mg2+ to ATP molar ratio for the enzyme activity. Therefore, it is concluded that the active site of glycerol kinase shows different catalytic property with respect to different Mg-ATP complexes. Glycerol kinase exhibits high affinity (low Km) and less activity (low kcat) for complexes with a stoichiometric or over-stoichiometric constitution like Mg2ATP. On the other hand, the enzyme shows less affinity (high Km) and high activity (high kcat) for unsaturated complexes like [Mg(ATP)2]−6.en2468-823120183642Journal Article10.1016/j.mcat.2017.11.006Other