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Eukarya pyruvate kinases have glutamate at position 117 (numbered according to the rabbit muscle enzyme), whereas in Bacteria have either glutamate or lysine and in Archaea have other residues. Glutamate at this position makes pyruvate kinases K + -dependent, whereas lysine confers K + -independence because the positively charged residue substitutes for the monovalent cation charge. Interestingly, pyruvate kinases from two characterized Crenarchaeota exhibit K + -independent activity, despite having serine at the equivalent position. To better understand pyruvate kinase catalytic activity in the absence of K +  or an internal positive charge, the  Thermofilum pendens  pyruvate kinase (valine at the equivalent position) was characterized. The enzyme activity was K + -independent. The kinetic mechanism was random order with a rapid equilibrium, which is equal to the mechanism of the rabbit muscle enzyme in the presence of K +  or the mutant E117K in the absence of K + . Thus, the substrate binding order of the  T .  pendens  enzyme was independent despite lacking an internal positive charge. Thermal stability studies of this enzyme showed two calorimetric transitions, one attributable to the A and C domains ( T m   of 99.2°C), and the other ( T m   of 105.2°C) associated with the B domain. In contrast, the rabbit muscle enzyme exhibits a single calorimetric transition ( T m   of 65.2°C). The calorimetric and kinetic data indicate that the B domain of this hyperthermophilic enzyme is more stable than the rest of the protein with a conformation that induces the catalytic readiness of the enzyme. B domain interactions of pyruvate kinases that have been determined in  Pyrobaculum aerophilum  and modeled in  T .  pendens  were compared with those of the rabbit muscle enzyme. The results show that intra- and interdomain interactions of the Crenarchaeota enzymes may account for their higher B domain stability. Thus the structural arrangement of the  T .  pendens  pyruvate kinase could allow charge-independent catalysis.

New Insights on the Mechanism of the K+-Independent Activity of Crenarchaeota Pyruvate Kinases