Crowding effects on EcoRV kinetics and binding.

The cytosol of the cell contains high concentrations of small and large macromolecules, but experimental data are often obtained in dilute solutions that do not reflect in vivo conditions. We have studied the crowding effect that large macromolecules have on EcoRV cleavage by adding high-molecular-weight Ficoll 70 to reaction solutions. Results indicate that Ficoll has surprisingly little effect on overall EcoRV reaction velocity because of offsetting increases in V(max) and K(m), and stronger nonspecific binding. The changes in measured parameters can largely be attributed to the excluded volume effects on reactant activities and the slowing of protein diffusion. Covolume reduction upon binding appears to reinforce nonspecific binding strength, and k(cat) appears to be slowed by stronger nonspecific binding, which slows product release. The data also suggest that effective Ficoll particle volume decreases as its concentration increases above a few weight percent, which may be due to Ficoll interpenetration or compression.

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