Effects of Inorganic Phosphate on the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase from Red Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) 1

AUTOR(ES)

de la Vara, Luis E. González

RESUMO

The effects of inorganic phosphate on the plasma membrane H+-ATPase of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) were studied. ATPase activity was inhibited weakly and noncompetitively by phosphate. This anion also relieved the inhibition caused by vanadate by displacing it from the enzyme. From this effect, a dissociation constant for phosphate of 25 millimolar and an extrapolated activity at infinite phosphate concentration of 84% of the activity without inhibitors were calculated. The partial inhibition by phosphate indicates the existence of a catalytically active enzyme-phosphate complex. In the presence of 24% dimethylsulfoxide, the inhibition of ATPase activity by phosphate is much greater than in its absence. This suggests that the active enzyme-phosphate complex could be converted into a covalent phosphoenzyme through a dehydration promoted by the low water activity of the medium. The inhibitory ability of phosphate in 24% dimethylsulfoxide was dependent on the presence of potassium. Potassium ions increased both the affinity for phosphate and the inhibition caused by an infinite phosphate concentration, suggesting that potassium stimulates both phosphate binding and phosphoenzyme formation.

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