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Cardiac myosin from thyrotoxic animals (myosin-T) exhibits elevated Ca2+ -ATPase activity which is resistant to further stimulation by sulfhydryl modification. In the present study, we have compared the enzymatic properties of myosin-T with those of myosin from euthyroid rabbits (myosin-N) and the derivatives of myosin-T and myosin-N formed by blocking the most rapidly reacting class of thiols (SH1) with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Vmax for Ca2+ -ATPase of myosin-T was about 250% greater than myosin-N and was nearly the same as NEM-modified myosin-N. Values for the apparent Km of myosin-T and NEM-modified myosin-N were 200% greater than the value for unmodified myosin-N. Vmax and Km for K+ (EDTA)-ATPase activity of NEM-modified myosin-T and myosin-N were identical. The Ca2+ saturation, pH, and salt-dependency curves for the ATPase activity of myosin-T were parallel to the curves for myosin-N and differed from those for the NEM-modified myosins. Myosin-T exhibited an increased rate of hydrolysis of ATP, CTP, and UTP in both low (0.05m) and high (0.5m) KCl medium. NEM-modified myosin-N showed increased hydrolysis of ATP and CTP in low KCl medium and increased hydrolysis of ATP, CTP, and UTP in high KCl medium. These results support the hypothesis that the enzymatic behavior of myosin-T may be caused by an alteration in the active site near the SH, thiols. The unique enzymatic properties of myosin-T did not seem to be the result of a major change in structure. The electrophoretic pattern of light chains from myosin-T and myosin-N was the same in polyacrylamide gels containing either 8 M urea at pH 8.6 or sodium dodecyl sulfate. Also, myosin-T had a normal amino acid composition and lacked 3-methyl-histidine and hot acid-stable phosphate.
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PMID:Enzymatic properties of native and N-ethylmaleimide-modified cardiac myosin from normal and thyrotoxic rabbits. 0 19

1. Thermostable membrane vesicles which were capable of active transport of alanine dependent on either respiration or an artificial membrane potential were isolated from the thermophilic aerobic bacterium PS3. 2. Uptake of alanine was dependent on the oxidation of ascorbate-phenazine methosulfate or on generated or exogenous NADH, but succinate and malate failed to drive the uptake. The optimum temperature for respiration-driven uptake of alanine was 45 to 60 degrees. 3. Potassium ion-loaded vesicles were prepared by incubating vesicles at 55 degrees in 0.5 M potassium phosphate. The addition of valinomycin elicited rapid and transient uptake of alanine under the test conditions. Uptake of alanine in response to valinomycin was progressively enhanced by the addition of dicylohexylcarbodiimide, but was completely abolished in the presence of a proton conductor or synthetic permeable cation. The effect of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide was dependent on its concentration and was maximal at a concentration of 0.4 mM. 4. The proton permeability of membrane vesicles was reduced by the addition of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. A small but significant difference was found in the initial rates of proton uptake in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide with and without alanine. The results suggest that protons alanine are transported simultaneously in a stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 1. 5. The uptake of alanine was also driven by a pH gradient induced by an instantaneous pH drop in a suspension of alkali-loaded vesicles. Thus, alanine accumulation was driven not only by an electrical potential but also by a pH gradient. 6. Addition of ATP resulted in the inhibition of alanine uptake dependent on artificial membrane potential. ATP hydrolysis by membrane ATPase created a membrane potential which was inside-positive, and this might decrease the effective membrane potential (generated by K+ efflux mediated by valinomycin) available to drive alanine uptake.
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PMID:Active transport of alanine by thermostable membrane vesicles isolated from a thermophilic bacterium. 0 39

1. Total ATPase levels were determined in homogenate fractions of baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae K and Rhodotorula glutinis. The maximum ATPase activities in 8000 X g supernatant of the three yeast strains were 6.0, 1.9, and 2.2 mmol Pih-1 (gDS)-1, respectively; the activities in the sediment were somewhat higher. Exponential cells of S. cerevisiae K and R. glutinis exhibited higher ATPase levels than did the stationary cells. 2. The total ATPase activity in both yeast species showed a maximum at ph 6.8 a minimum at pH 7.2, and another broader masimum around pH 8.0. 3. No significant NaK-ATPase activity was detected in baker's yeast, in either the exponential or the stationary cells of R. glutinis, and in exponential S. cerevisiae K cells in the pH range of 6.0-9.3. 4. Stationary cells of S. cerevisiae K exhibited, at pH 7.0-8.5, A Na,K-ATPase activity attaining 9% of total ATPase level. 5.3 X 10(-3) M phenylmethyl sulphonyl fluoride had no effect on the total ATPase level in S. cerevisiae and inhibited the activity in R. glutinis by 25%; it did not bring forth any Na,K-ATPase activity apart from that found in its absence. 6. 1.5 M urea lowered the ATPase activity in R. glutinis by 68% but had no effect on S. cerevisiae cells. 10(-5) M dicyclohexylcarbodiimide suppressed the ATPase activity in S. cerevisiae and R. glutinis by 74 and 79%, respectively. Neither agent revealed and additional Na,K-ATPase activity. 7. The comparison of Na,K-ATPase activities with data on K+ fluxes across the yeast plasma membrane suggested that even with the lower flux values the Na,K-ATPase, even if present, would account for a mere 40% of transported ions. The results imply that the active ion transport in yeasts is energized by mechanisms other than the Na,K-ATPase.
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PMID:Some properties of the adenosine triphosphatase systems of two yeast species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Rhodotorula glutinis. 0 2

The kinetics of vascular smooth musclw activity was studied by means of afterloaded isotonic contractions of the tetanized rat portal vein at varied pH (8.0-5.9), pCa (3.4-2.1), and during noradrenaline incubation (0.4 mug/ml). Under control conditions (pH 7.3, pCa 2.6) the following parameters of the force velocity relation were calculated: a of Hill's equation (relating to the isometric peak tension) = 0.36; b (relating to the actual muscle length) = 0.19 ML/s; VM Trelating to the actual muscle length) = 0.56 ML/s. Within the range of pCa between 2.0 and 3.2 the amount of force generation (= delta P) depended on the extracellular calcium level whereas the extrapolated velocity of shortening of the unloaded preparation (= VM) did not. Also pH changes between 8.0 and 6.8 as well as noradrenaline incubation at a pH of 5.9 affected delta P quite considerably, but VM only scarcely. At a pH of 6.3, however, VM was distinctly diminished, and a reduced calcium sensitivity of the ATPase was inferred from the shift of ED50 of extracellular calcium from 0.66 mM Ca at a pH of 7.3 to 1.56 mM Ca at a pH of 6.3 (P less than 0.0005). It is concluded from these results that the experimental conditions-pCa between 2.0 and 3.2, pH between 8.0 and 6.8, and noradrenaline added at a pH of 5.9-obviously change the intracellular calcium concentration which influences the number of activated interaction sites rather than the velocity of crossbridge movement.
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PMID:Force velocity relations in vascular smooth muscle: the influence of pH, pCa, and noradrenaline. 0 65

The histrochemistry of the adrenal glands was studied in four adult male marmosets (two Callithrix jacchus and two Callithrix penicillata). It was impossible to demonstrate any reactivity to UDPG-GT, ADH, alanyl aminopeptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, xilitol (NAD-dependent) dehydrogenase, beta-glucuronidase and aryl-sulfatase in these glands. Total phosphorylase was found in scattered cells of the glomerulosa and adjacent outer fasciculata of one C. penicillata. The dehydrogenases (LDH, G-6-PDH,6-PGDH, NADPH2-TR,ICDH,SDH,NADH2-TR, alpha-GPDH, beta-OHBDH) as well as the hydrolases (except alkaline phosphatase, ATPase, and acetylcholinesterase) showed a stonger reactivity in the cortical part. Some hydrolases (naphthol acetate esterase, acid phosphatase) and cytochrome oxidase were less reactive in the zona glomerulosa, where the dehydrogenases were more abundant. The outer fasciculata and the reticularis also showed a strong dehydrogenase reactivity.
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PMID:Histochemical studies on the adrenal glands of the marmosets (Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata). 0 44

A density gradient-purified microsomal membrane preparation from rabbit fundic gastric mucosa was used for a detailed study of the K+-stimulated ATPase and associated intermediate reactions. Membranes incubated with gamma-[32P]ATP show the rapid incorporation of 32P into phosphoprotein. Phosphoprotein levels were markedly reduced (1) when ATP hydrolysis went to completion or (2) upon addition of unlabeled ATP, thus suggesting the participation of a rapid turnover phosphorylated intermediate in the gastric microsomal ATPase. Addition of K+, Rb+ or Tl+ greatly reduced the level of the intermediate while stimulating ATPase activity; the observed affinities of these cations were similar for the effects on both ATPase and intermediate levels, with Tl+ greater than K+ greater than Rb+. Neither ATPase nor intermediate were stimulated by Na+, and ouabain was without effect on the reactions, thus differentiating this system from the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. Addition of various inhibitors showed differential effects on the partial reactions of the gastric ATPase system. N-ethylmaleimide and Zn2+ showed characteristics of completely abolishing the K+-stimulated component of ATPase as well as the effects of K+ in reducing the level of intermediate, thus suggesting that these agents exert their inhibitory effect on a phosphoprotein phosphatase partial reaction. F- abolished the K+-stimulated ATPase, but its more complex effects on the intermediate suggested an additional reaction step within the domain of the phosphorylated intermediate. Results are consistent with a model system for the gastric microsomal ATPase involving a Mg2+-dependent protein kinase, a phosphorylated intermediate(s), and a K+-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphatase.
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PMID:Studies on the phosphorylated intermediates of a K+-stimulated ATPase from rabbit gastric mucosa. 0 43

The procedure for the isolation of the highly active fraction of sarcoplasmic reticulum from pigeon and dog hearts is described. The method is based on the partial loading of heart microsomes with calcium and oxalate ions and the precipitation of loaded vesicles in sucrose and potassium chloride concentration gradients. Preparations obtained possess high activity of Ca2+-dependent ATPase and are also able to accumulate up to 10 mumol Ca2+ per mg protein. Purification of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes is accompanied by a decrease in concentration of cytochrome a+a3 and an increase in the content of [32P]phosphoenzyme. The basic components in "calcium-oxalate preparation" from hearts are proteins with molecular weights of about 100000 (Ca2+-dependent ATPase) and 55000 Calcium-oxalate preparation from pigeon hearts was used for subsequent purification of Ca2+-dependent ATPase. Specific activity of purified enzyme from pigeon hearts is 12-16 mumol Pi/min per mg protein. Enzyme activity of purified Ca2+-dependent ATPase is inhibited by EGTA and is not sensitive to azide, 2,4-dinitrophenol and ouabain. The data obtained demonstrate the similarity of calcium pump systems and Ca2+-dependent ATPases isolated from heart and skeletal muscles.
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PMID:Isolation of calcium pump system and purification of calcium ion-dependent ATPase from heart muscle. 0 44

The flexibility of the tertiary structure around the active site of myosin ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] was studied using the reactivity of two specific thiol groups, S1 and S2, as a structural probe. The following four maleimide derivatives were used as thiol-directed reagents: N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), N-(4-methoxy-2-benzimidazolyl methyl) maleimide (MBM), N-(p-(2-benzimidazolyl)phenyl)maleimide (BIPM) and N-(4-dimethyl-amino-3,5-dinitrophenyl)maleimide (DDPM). 1. All the maleimide derivatives used activated the Ca2+-ATPase activity and inhibited the EDTA-ATPase activity, like NEM, indicating that they modified S1. The rate of modification of S1 by NEM and BIPM increased with increasing pH, while that by DDPM decreased. BIPM simultaneously modified S1 and S2. 2. S1 showed much higher reactivity toward the maleimides, except for BIPM, than did N-acetylcysteine (N-Ac-Cys) a low molecular-weight model compound. The extremely small pKa value of S1, 6.28, accounted for this high reactivity. In addition, the ATP-induced increase in its reactivity inducated that S1 was in a buried state. Kinetic analysis showed that the teritiary structure around S1 at alkaline pH differed from that at acidic pH. 3. The apparent rate constant of S2-modification with NEM was approximately one seven-hundredth and one four-hundredth of those of S1 and N-Ac-Cys, respectively. Fluorimetric studies using BIPM revealed that S2 in the buried state was exposed upon adding ATP; this was compensated by the burying of some other thiol group(s) (Sp). Non-linearity of the Arrhenius plots of the reaction rate of S2 suggested that the S2 region of myosin had different conformations at high and low temperatures, the transition temperature being 10--15degrees. This non-linearity completely disappeared in the presence of Mg2+-ATP. On the other hand, Arrhenius plots for the thiols reactive to BIPM did not show non-linearity in the presence or absence of ATP.
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PMID:Thiols of myosin. IV. "Abnormal" reactivity of S1 thiol and the conformational changes around S2 thiol. 0 75

By in vitro experiments on rabbit bladder, we reassessed the traditional view that mammalian urinary bladder lacks ion transport mechanisms. Since the ratio of actual-to-nominal membrane area in folded epithelia is variable and hard to estimate, we normalized membrane properties to apical membrane capacitance rather than to nominal area (probably 1 muF approximately 1 cm2 actual area). A new mounting technique that virtually eliminates edge damage yielded resistances up to 78,000 omega muF for rabbit bladder, and resistances for amphibian skin and bladder much higher than those usually reported. This technique made it possible to observe a transport-related conductance pathway, and a close correlation between transepithelial conductance (G) and short-circuit current (Isc) in these tight epithelia. G and Isc were increased by mucosal (Na+) [Isc approximately 0 when (Na+) approximately 0], aldosterone, serosal (HCO-3) and high mucosal (H+); were decreased by amiloride, mucosal (Ca++), ouabain, metabolic inhibitors and serosal (H+); and were unaffected by (Cl-) and little affected by antidiuretic hormone (ADH). Physiological variation in the rabbits' dietary Na+ intake caused variations in bladder G and Isc similar to those caused by the expected in vivo changes in aldosterone levels. The relation between G and Isc was the same whether defined by diet changes, natural variation among individual rabbits, or most of the above agents. A method was developed for separately resolving conductances of junctions, basolateral cell membrane, and apical cell membrane from this G--Isc relation. Net Na+ flux equalled Isc. Net Cl- flux was zero on short circuit and equalled only 25% of net Na+ flux in open circuit. Bladder membrane fragments contained a Na+-K+-activated, ouabain-inhibited ATPase. The physiological significance of Na+ absorption against steep gradients in rabbit bladder may be to maintain kidney-generated ion gradients during bladder storage of urine, especially when the animal is Na+-depleted.
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PMID:Na+ transport by rabbit urinary bladder, a tight epithelium. 0 12

A histochemical study has been carried out upon samples of muscle obtained from the human masseter. Sixteen specimens obtained either at autopsy or biopsy have shown that the middle and deep portions of the muscle contain fibres which in their size, histochemical staining properties and number correspond to the appearances noted in most human limb skeletal muscles. By contrast, samples taken from the superficial portion of the masseter demonstrated several unusual characteristics: these included a striking inequality of muscle fibre size in that the Type II fibres were much smaller than those of Type I but exceeded the latter in total number. This part of the muscle also contained, in 6 out of 10 samples, substantial numbers of intermediate fibres identified by myofibrillar ATPase staining. This study has confirmed that the superficial part of the human masseter is different morphologically and presumably functionally from the middle and deep parts of the muscle.
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PMID:The histochemical profile of the human masseter. An autopsy and biopsy study. 1 Mar 53


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