Abstract
Vesicles prepared from human erythrocyte membranes were found to catalyze ATP hydrolysis that was stimulated by dinitrophenylglutathione (Dnp-SG). This activity was dependent on temperature and Me2+ and independent of ion pump ATPases present in erythrocyte membranes. The activity was a linear function of protein and time up to 60 min. The Km values of ATPase for Dnp-SG and ATP were found to be 49 μM and 1.67 mM, respectively. This suggests that in erythrocytes, the transport of Dnp-SG requires direct enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP and both Dnp-SG-stimulated ATPase activity and the ATP-dependent efflux of Dnp-SG from erythrocytes represent different activities of the same protein.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-56 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 228 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 8 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dinitrophenylglutathione
- Erythrocyte
- Membrane
- Transport
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology