Enzymatic and metabolic characterization of the phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency associated with chronic hemolytic anemia caused by the PGK-Barcelona mutation.
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| Abstract |
Recently, we reported a new mutation of phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), called PGK-Barcelona, which causes chronic hemolytic anemia associated with progressive neurological impairment. We found a 140T→A substitution that produces an Ile46Asn change located at the N-domain of the enzyme and we suggested that the decrease of the PGK activity is probably related to a loss of enzyme stability. In this paper, by analyzing whole hemolysates and cloned enzymes, we show that both enzymes possess similar kinetic properties (although some differences are observed in the Km values) and the same electrophoretic mobility. However, PGK-Barcelona has higher thermal instability. Therefore, we confirm that the decrease of the red blood cell (RBC) PGK activity caused by the PGK-Barcelona mutation is more closely related to a loss of enzyme stability than to a decrease of enzyme catalytic function. Furthermore, we have measured the levels of glycolytic metabolites and adenine nucleotides in the RBC from controls and from the patient. The increase of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate and the decrease of ATP RBC levels are the only detected metabolic changes that could cause hemolytic anemia.
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| Authors | María José Ramírez-Bajo, Ada Repiso, Pablo Pérez de la Ossa, Elisenda Bañón-Maneus, Pedro de Atauri, Fernando Climent, Joan-Lluís Vives Corrons, Marta Cascante, José Carreras |
| Journal | Blood cells, molecules & diseases (Blood Cells Mol Dis) Vol. 46 Issue 3 Pg. 206-11 (Mar 15 2011) ISSN: 1096-0961 [Electronic] United States |
| PMID | 21269848 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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