Partial Purification of a Na+ -ATPase from the Plasma Membrane of the Marine Alga Heterosigma akashiwo.

AUTOR(ES)

Shono, M.

RESUMO

A Na+ -ATPase was partially purified from plasma membranes of the marine alga Heterosigma akashiwo. The plasma membranes of H. akashiwo cells were collected by differential centrifugation with subsequent discontinuous gradient centrifugation. Na+ -ATPase activity was associated with the resultant plasma membrane fraction and was stimulated to the greatest extent in the presence of 100 to 200 mM Na+, 10 mM K+, and 5 mM Mg2+ ions, pH 8.0. The Km value for Na+ ions was 12.2 mM. An apparent Km value for ATP was 880 [mu]M. A 140-kD phosphorylated intermediate was also detected in the same fraction in the presence of both Mg2+ and Na+ ions, and this protein was dephosphorylated upon the addition of K+ ions. We could partially purify the 140-kD protein after solubilization by Suc monolaurate and fractionation by sequential column chromatography on Sephacryl S-300, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, and Mono-Q columns. The purified 140-kD polypeptide could also be phosphorylated and be detected after acid sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis in the presence of Na+ and Mg2+ ions.

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