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The accessibility of pyridoxal 5′-phosphates of the phosphorylaseab hybrid to resolution by imidazole citrate and cysteine was studied and compared with that of theb anda forms. Promotion of resolution of phosphorylated forms by raising the temperature or in the presence of glycogen indicates that the resistance of phosphorylasea andab to resolution at 0°C is due rather to their tetrameric state than their phosphorylation-related active conformation. The pattern of resolution of theab hybrid was similar to that of thea and differed from that of theb forms in that it occurred at 30°C and 37°C but not at 0°C, moreover, it did not show first-order kinetics. On the other hand, inhibition of resolution by ligands binding to the nucleotide site of phosphorylase reflected an intermediate sensitivity of theab form between that of theb anda forms. We conclude that partial phosphorylation of phosphorylaseb elicits conformational change(s) in both subunits which influence the monomer-monomer interactions and resolution of pyridoxal 5′-phosphates. Resistance ofab hybrid to monomerizing agents as imidazole citrate, comparable to that of other forms, argues for its stability, ruling out its reshuffling into mixtures of phosphorylaseb anda.
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Vereb, G., Pallagi, E. & Gergely, P. Phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in the phosphorylaseab hybrid as revealed by resolution of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate with imidazole citrate and cysteine. Mol Cell Biochem 110, 113–121 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02454188
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