K(+)-site-directed pyridine derivative, AU-1421, activates hydrolysis of the K(+)-sensitive phosphoenzyme of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and inactivates that of K(+)-transporting ATPases

(Z)-5-Methyl-2-[2-(1-naphthyl)ethenyl]-4-piperidinopyridine, AU-1421, interacted at 0 degree C with the K(+)-sensitive phosphoenzymes of three transport ATPases, CA(2+)-, H+/K(+)- and Na+/K(+)-ATPase. In the case of CA(2+)-ATPase, AU-1421 at about 80 microM stimulated 6-fold the rate of splitting of the phosphoenzyme, on which K+ simply functions as an accelerator from one side of the membrane. Probably AU-1421 also simply interacts with the K(+)-binding site of the phosphoenzyme that is easily accessible from the aqueous phase. In the cases of H(+)/K(+)- and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPases, AU-1421 stabilized the phosphoenzymes which accept K+ as the translocating ion. The rate constants of dephosphorylation for H(+)/K(+)-ATPase and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase were decreased to half by AU-1421 at about 5 and 10 microM, respectively. Presumably after binding of AU-1421 to a K(+)-recognition site of the phosphoenzyme, local motion of the peptide region near the binding site that serves to move the bound ion into the ion-transport pathway (occlusion center) might be inhibited. Thus AU-1421 may be able to distinguish two modes of K+ action on the K(+)-sensitive phosphoenzymes.