ATP Potentiates Competitive Inhibition of Guanylyl Cyclase A and B by the Staurosporine Analog, Go6976 RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF ATP AND GTP BINDING

Natriuretic peptides and ATP activate and Go6976 inhibits guanylyl cyclase (GC)-A and GC-B. Here, the mechanism of inhibition was determined. Go6976 progressively increased the Michaelis-Menten constant and decreased the Hill coefficient without reducing the maximal velocity of GC-A and GC-B. In the presence of 1 mM ATP, the K-i was 1 mu M for both enzymes. Inhibition of GC-B was minimal in the absence of ATP, and 1 mM ATP increased the inhibition 4-fold. In a reciprocal manner, 10 mu M Go6976 increased the potency of ATP for GC-B 4-fold. In contrast to a recent study (Duda, T., Yadav, P., and Sharma, R. K. (2010) FEBS J. 277, 2550-2553), neither staurosporine nor Go6976 activated GC-A or GC-B. This is the first study to show that Go6976 reduces GTP binding and the first demonstration of a competitive inhibitor of a receptor guanylyl cyclase. We conclude that Go6976 reduces GTP binding to the catalytic site of GC-A and GC-B and that ATP increases the magnitude of the inhibition.