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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (ATPase)
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The fluorescence decay of the plasma membrane calmodulin-activated Ca2(+)-ATPase from the erythrocyte was measured for the first time. The availability of a novel procedure for on-line blank subtraction in frequency-domain lifetime data acquisition (G.G. Reinhart, B. Feddersen, D. Jameson and E. Gratton, Biophys. J. 57 (1990) 189a) permitted the elimination of background interference from detergent-solubilized purified plasma membrane ATPase samples. The fluorescence decay of the erythrocyte Ca2(+)-ATPase was measured in the absence of Ca2+, or in the presence of Ca2+ or Ca2+ plus calmodulin. In the three different experimental conditions the fluorescence decay was very heterogeneous and could be best described by Lorentzian distributions of lifetime values. In the absence of Ca2+ the decay was described by a broad lifetime distribution centered at 4.4 ns with a width of 3.2 ns, indicating heterogeneity of tryptophan microenvironments in the ATPase. Calcium ion binding promoted an 11% increase in the center and a 27% decrease in the width of the distribution. By contrast, addition of calmodulin in the presence of Ca2+ caused a 15% decrease in the center of the distribution, revealing structural difference between calmodulin-activated and Ca2(+)-activated states of the ATPase. These results indicate the usefulness of on-line blank subtraction in frequency-domain lifetime measurements to investigate conformational changes in detergent-solubilized membrane protein samples.
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PMID:Time-resolved fluorescence of erythrocyte plasma membrane Ca2(+)-ATPase in different functional states. 153 98

Mitosis-specific phosphorylation by cdc2 kinase causes nonmuscle caldesmon to dissociate from microfilaments (Yamashiro, S., Yamakita, Y., Ishikawa, R., and Matsumura, F. (1990) Nature 344, 675-678; Yamashiro, S., Yamakita, Y., Hosoya, H., and Matsumura, F. (1991) Nature 349, 169-172). To explore the function of mitosis-specific phosphorylation of caldesmon, in vivo- and in vitro-phosphorylated caldesmons have been characterized. We have found that both in vivo and in vitro phosphorylation of caldesmon causes similar changes in the properties, including reduction in actin, calmodulin, and myosin binding of caldesmon, and a decrease in the inhibition of actomyosin ATPase by caldesmon. Rat non-muscle caldesmon is phosphorylated in vitro up to a ratio of 7 mol/mol of protein. Actin-binding constants of both a high affinity (K a = 1.2 x 10(7) M-1) and a low affinity (K a = 1 x 10(6) M-1) site of unphosphorylated caldesmon are reduced to less than 10(5) M-1 with 5 mol of phosphate incorporation per mol of protein. Actin-bound caldesmon can be phosphorylated by cdc2 kinase, which results in the dissociation of caldesmon from F-actin. Caldesmon has a second myosin-binding site in the C terminus, in addition to the N terminus myosin-binding domain previously reported, because the bacterially expressed C terminus of caldesmon shows binding to myosin. Phosphorylation of the C-terminal fragments decreases their myosin-binding affinity as observed with intact caldesmon. These results suggest that caldesmon loses most of its in vitro functions during mitosis as a result of phosphorylation, which may be required for the reorganization of microfilaments during mitosis.
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PMID:Characterization of mitotically phosphorylated caldesmon. 153 4

The mechanism of vitamin D-dependent intestinal calcium transport has been explored in experimental animals in vivo and in vitro with the aid of pharmacologic agents that inhibit steps in the translocation process. Glucocorticoids in vivo, but not in vitro, inhibit the mucosal-to-serosal flux (Jms) of calcium and thus reduce net calcium absorption. Chronic metabolic acidosis inhibits calcium transport in vivo through inhibition of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25(OH)2D3] production and by a direct effect in vitro on the enterocyte to decrease calcium Jms. Cellular functions that may be involved in the transport process have been inhibited in vitro, including brush border calcium uptake by calcium channel blockers; calmodulin-dependent Ca-activated ATPase by trifluoperazine; calcium binding to vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (CaBP, calbindin) by theophylline and acidic lysosomal vesicle function by quinacrine, chloroquine and ammonium chloride. The results of these studies demonstrate the consequences of selectively inhibiting steps thought to be involved in calcium transport and suggest new directions for further research in elucidating mechanisms of cellular calcium transport.
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PMID:The use of pharmacologic agents to study mechanisms of intestinal calcium transport. 154 31

Calmodulin (CaM) mediates the Ca(2+)-dependent activation of many enzyme systems in accordance with its cellular localization. We have described previously a muscarinic receptor-mediated translocation of CaM from membranes into the cytosol of SK-N-SH human neuroblastoma cells. To explore the potential targets (CaM-binding proteins, CaMBP) for CaM upon translocation, a photoreactive CaM derivative was introduced into living SK-N-SH cells using a scrape-loading technique. Scrape-loading incorporated rhodamine isothiocyanate-labeled CaM with an efficiency of 38%. CaM-diazopyruvamide (CaM-DAP), a Ca(2+)-dependent and CaM-specific probe, was also introduced into the cells. The muscarinic agonist carbachol stimulated a translocation of CaM from membranes into cytosol in CaM-DAP-loaded SK-N-SH cells. Upon photochemical cross-linking, cross-linked adducts of CaM-CaMBP were detected by immunoblotting with anti-CaM antibody. Carbachol stimulated increased photoaffinity labeling of three proteins with relative adduct molecular masses of 70, 120, and 180 kDa. The time course of labeling for the 70- and 120-kDa adducts showed maximal increased by 15-30 min. The 180-kDa adduct displayed a slower time course of maximal labeling, with increases maintained for 2-4 h. Subtracting the molecular mass of CaM, carbachol stimulated binding to CaMBPs of 55, 105, and 163 kDa. Predominant cellular CaMBP were identified using a biotinylated CaM overlay procedure. Western blot analysis indicated the expression of specific CaM-dependent enzymes such as calcineurin, phosphodiesterase, the beta-isoform (rat brain) of CaM kinase II, and Ca(2+)-ATPase. Numerous cytoskeletal CaMBP were expressed such as microtubule-associated protein-2, spectrin, tubulin, caldesmon, adducin, and neuromodulin. Of the CaMBP expressed, phosphodiesterase, calcineurin, caldesmon, and adducin cross-linked with CaM-DAP in the loaded SK-N-SH cells. Carbachol stimulated the time-dependent CaM-DAP labeling of calcineurin and adducin. This study demonstrates the novel incorporation of a photoreactive CaM derivative into living cells, as well as muscarinic receptor-activated CaM-DAP interaction with several cellular CaMBP. We postulate that carbachol-stimulated CaM translocation in SK-N-SH cells may affect the activity of CaM-dependent enzymes and may alter aspects of cytoskeletal function.
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PMID:Carbachol stimulates binding of a photoreactive calmodulin derivative to calmodulin-binding proteins in intact SK-N-SH human neuroblastoma cells. 155 1

Resorcinolic lipids, amphiphilic compounds from cereal grains show strong effects upon the activity of membrane enzymes. The concentrations for 50% inhibition of erythrocyte membrane acetylcholinesterase were in the range of 18-90 microM and were dependent on the length of the aliphatic side chain of the homologue and on the modification of hydroxyl groups in the benzene ring. Sulfonation of OH groups resulted in a drastic decrease of the inhibitory potency. The effect of resorcinolic lipids on the activity of Ca2+(calmodulin)-ATPase was the opposite. Up to concentrations of 50 microM alk(en)ylresorcinols stimulated the activity of this enzyme and only slight inhibition (approx. 30%) was observed above 100 microM. The results suggest that the effect of resorcinolic lipids might depend on their ability to alter the bilayer properties. Most probably these compounds decrease the mobility of membrane phospholipid molecules.
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PMID:Modulation of the activities of membrane enzymes by cereal grain resorcinolic lipids. 161 Apr 78

Three chymotryptic fragments accounting for almost the entire amino acid sequence of gizzard calponin (Takahashi, K., and Nadal-Ginard, B. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 13284-13288) were isolated and characterized. They encompass the segments of residues 7-144 (NH2-terminal 13-kDa peptide), 7-182 (NH2-terminal 22-kDa peptide), and 183-292 (COOH-terminal 13-kDa peptide). They arise from the sequential hydrolysis of the peptide bonds at Tyr182-Gly183 and Tyr144-Ala145 which were protected by the binding of F-actin to calponin. Only the NH2-terminal 13- and 22-kDa fragments were retained by immobilized Ca(2+)-calmodulin, but only the larger 22 kDa entity cosedimented with F-actin and inhibited, in the absence of Ca(2+)-calmodulin, the skeletal actomyosin subfragment-1 ATPase activity as the intact calponin. Since the latter peptide differs from the NH2-terminal 13-kDa fragment by a COOH-terminal 38-residue extension, this difference segment appears to contain the actin-binding domain of calponin. Zero-length cross-linked complexes of F-actin and either calponin or its 22-kDa peptide were produced. The total CNBr digest of the F-actin-calponin conjugate was fractionated over immobilized calmodulin. The EGTA-eluted pair of cross-linked actin-calponin peptides was composed of the COOH-terminal actin segment of residues 326-355 joined to the NH2-terminal calponin region of residues 52-168 which seems to contain the major determinants for F-actin and Ca(2+)-calmodulin binding.
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PMID:Mapping of the functional domains in the amino-terminal region of calponin. 163 22

Previous studies have identified a calmodulin-stimulated ATP-dependent Ca2+ pump as the major Ca2+ efflux pathway in enterocytes. Here, we developed methods to quantify the number of Ca2+ pumps in basolateral and intracellular membranes from porcine duodenum. By the use of a pig strain with a genetic defect in renal 1 alpha-hydroxylase, we were able to investigate the influence of 1,25(OH)2D3-deficiency on the number of Ca(2+)-ATPases in porcine duodenum. The amount of Ca(2+)-ATPase in isolated basolateral membranes was 5.5 +/- 0.7 micrograms/mg protein, while the Vmax of ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport into inside-out resealed basolateral membrane vesicles was 2.6 +/- 0.4 nmol/mg protein per min. From these data we estimated roughly about 95 x 10(3) plasma membrane Ca2+ pump sites per enterocyte. In addition, the amount of intracellular Ca(2+)-ATPase in microsomal fractions was 0.41 +/- 0.02 microgram/mg protein. Comparison of these parameters between control and rachitic animals showed that Ca2+ pump capacities in both basolateral membranes and microsomal fractions of porcine duodenum are not influenced by 1,25(OH)2D3-deficiency. In conclusion, stimulatory effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 on intestinal Ca2+ transport most likely result from specific effects on apical influx and facilitation of cytosolic Ca2+ diffusion by Ca(2+)-binding proteins and not from an increase in Ca2+ pumping capacity in basolateral membranes.
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PMID:Quantification of Ca(2+)-ATPases in porcine duodenum. Effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 deficiency. 164 20

We have studied the mechanisms involved in calcium (Ca2+) transport through the basal plasma membranes (BPM) of the syncytiotrophoblast cells from full-term human placenta. These purified membranes were enriched 25-fold in Na+/K(+)-adenosine triphosphate (ATPase), 37-fold in [3H] dihydroalprenolol binding sites, and fivefold in alkaline phosphatase activity compared with the placenta homogenates. In the absence of ATP and Mg2+, a basal Ca2+ uptake was observed, which followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with a Km Ca2+ of 0.18 +/- 0.05 microM and Vmax of 0.93 +/- 0.11 nmol/mg/min. The addition of Mg2+ to the incubation medium significantly decreased this uptake in a concentration-dependent manner, with a maximal inhibition at 3 mM Mg2+ and above. The Lineweaver-Burk plots of Ca2+ uptake in the absence and in the presence of 1 mM Mg2+ suggest a noncompetitive type of inhibition. Preloading the BPM vesicles with 5 mM Mg2+ had no significant effect on Ca2+ uptake, eliminating the hypothesis of a Ca2+/Mg2+ exchange mechanism. This ATP-independent Ca2+ uptake was not sensitive to 10(-6) M nitrendipine nor to 10(-4) M verapamil. An ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport was also detected in these BPM, whose Km Ca2+ was 0.09 +/- 0.02 microM and Vmax 3.4 +/- 0.2 nmoles/mg/3 min. This Ca2+ transport requires Mg2+, the optimal concentration of Mg2+ being approximately 1 mM. Preincubation of the membrane with 10(-6) M calmodulin strongly enhanced the initial ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake. Finally, no Na+/Ca2+ exchange process could be demonstrated.
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PMID:Characterization of calcium transport by basal plasma membranes from human placental syncytiotrophoblast. 165 Mar 72

Dietary caloric restriction extends life span in the Fischer 344 rat. The interaction of aging and caloric restriction was examined at the level of the plasma membrane transport-associated enzymes, Ca(2+)-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) and Na,K-ATPase, in the Fischer rat. Animals were in four age groups, ranging from 6.1 to 25.0 months, and were specific pathogen-free (SPF, barrier-raised). Results from male and female animals raised on an ad libitum diet were compared with those from rats that received 60% of the age-specific caloric intake of their ad lib littermates. The responses of erythrocyte membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in vitro to thyroid hormone (L-thyroxine [T4]; 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine [T3]) and to purified calmodulin, a Ca(2+)-binding protein activator of Ca(2+)-ATPase, were measured. Erythrocyte membrane Na,K-ATPase was also compared in the two diet groups, as was plasma glucose. Plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in the absence of added thyroid hormone and calmodulin was significantly reduced in calorically restricted rats (-39%, P less than .001), compared with ad lib-fed animals, and the response was similar in the four age groups aged 6.1, 12.7, 17.0, and 25.0 months. In contrast, pooled (all ages) Ca(2+)-ATPase response in vitro to T4 and to T3 in calorically restricted animals was enhanced compared with the ad lib group (+62% and +58%, P less than .001, respectively). Calmodulin responsiveness of the enzyme was increased by 45% (P less than .001) in calorie-deprived animals, similar to the change in T4 and T3 responsiveness.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effects of caloric restriction and aging on erythrocyte membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in specific pathogen-free Fischer 344 rats. 165 Apr 20

A nucleoside triphosphatase (NTPase) activity appeared to be associated with a highly purified nuclear preparation from rat cardiac ventricles. Different nucleoside triphosphates (UTP greater than GTP greater than ITP greater than CTP) supported this enzymic activity, which was stimulated by Mg2+ but not by Ca2+. The nuclear NTPase activity could be down regulated by endogenous phosphorylation of a 55,000 Mr protein. Maximal phosphorylation of the 55,000 Mr protein occurred in the presence of Mg(2+)-ATP. Addition of cAMP, cGMP, Ca2+, Ca2+/phospholipid, Ca2+/calmodulin, and catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase was not associated with any further phosphorylation of the 55,000 Mr protein. However, in the presence of Ca2+/calmodulin or the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase additional proteins became phosphorylated, but these had no effect on the Mg(2+)-NTPase activity. These results indicate that a protein with Mr 55,000 may be involved in the regulation the Mg(2+)-NTPase activity associated with rat cardiac nuclei.
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PMID:Regulation of rat cardiac nuclei-associated Mg(2+)-NTPase by phosphorylation. 165 81


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