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Membrane-bound ATPase of a thermoacidophilic archaebacterium, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
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Biochimica et biophysica acta [Biochim Biophys Acta] 1985 Jul 11; Vol. 817 (1), pp. 33-41. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- The membranes of Sulfolobus, a thermoacidophilic archaebacterium showed two types of ATP hydrolyzing activity. One was that of a neutral ATPase at an optimum pH around 6.5. This enzyme was activated by 10 mM sulfate with a shift of optimum pH to 5. In these respects, the enzyme was similar to membrane-bound ATPase of Thermoplasma, another thermoacidophilic archaebacterium, reported by Searcy and Whatley [1982) Zbl. Bakt. Hyg., I. Abt. Orig. C3, 245-257). The enzyme hydrolyzed ATP and other NTPs, but not ADP or AMP. It was highly thermostable, but irreversibly inactivated in 0.1 M HCl. The other activity was that of an acidic apyrase at an optimum pH around 2.5. This enzyme was extremely stable toward high temperature and acid and inhibited by sulfate. Both of these ATP hydrolyzing enzymes were resistant to N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), azide, oligomycin, N'-ethylmaleimide, p-chloromercuribenzoate, orthovanadate, or ouabain. Sulfolobus ATPases differ from F1 and other transport ATPases so far described.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0006-3002
- Volume :
- 817
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3159431
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-2736(85)90065-3