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Query: UNIPROT:P20020 (adenosine triphosphatase)
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The soluble ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) from Micrococcus lysodeikticus underwent a major unfolding transition when solutions of the enzyme at pH 7.5 were heated. The midpoint occurred at 46 degrees C when monitored by changes in enzymic activity and intrinsic fluorescence, and at 49 degrees C when monitored by circular dichroism. The products of thermal denaturation retained much secondary structure, and no evidence of subunit dissociation was detected after cooling at 20 degrees C. The thermal transition was irreversible, and thiol groups were not involved in the irreversibility. The presence of ATP, adenylyl imidodiphosphate, CaCl2 or higher concentrations of ATPase conferred stability against thermal denaturation, but did not prevent the irreversibility one denaturation had taken place. In the presence of guanidinium chloride, thermal denaturation occurred at lower temperatures. The midpoints of the transition were 45 degrees C in 0.25 M-, 38 degrees C in 0.5 M-and 30 degrees C in 0.75 M-denaturant. In the highest concentration of guanidinium chloride a similar unfolding transition induced by cooling was observed. Its midpoint was 9 degrees C, and the temperature of maximum stability of the protein was 20 degrees C. The discontinuities occurring the the Arrhenius plots of the activity of this enzyme had no counterpart in variations in the far-u.v. circular dichroism or intrinsic fluorescence of the protein at the same temperature.
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PMID:Thermal denaturation of Micrococcus lysodeikticus adenosine triphosphatase. Influence of temperature on the circular dichroism, fluroescence and enzymic activity of the protein. 14 80

The steady state kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by partially purified adenosine triphosphatase preparations of sarcoplasmic reticulum was investigated at 0 degrees C and pH 7.0 in 2.0 mM MgCl2, 20 microM [gamma-32P]ATP, 20 microM CaCl2, and various concentrations of KCl in the presence and absence of 12% dimethyl sulfoxide. The steady state phosphoenzyme formed under these conditions could be resolved kinetically into ADP-sensitive and ADP-insensitive forms. These steady state kinetic data were analyzed according to a scheme in which the ADP-sensitive and ADP-insensitive phosphoenzymes occur sequentially, and Pi is derived from the latter. The KCl-dependent turnover rate of the ADP-insensitive phosphoenzyme that was estimated according to this scheme was in good agreement with the directly measured hydrolysis rate constant of the ADP-insensitive phosphoenzyme. In addition, the time course of the decomposition of the total amount of phosphoenzyme, measured after a steady state level was reached in 20 mM KCl and further phosphorylation was prevented by addition of excess ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, was also in agreement with that calculated according to this scheme using values of the rate constants estimated from the amounts of the ADP-sensitive and ADP-insensitive phosphoenzymes and the rate of ATP hydrolysis. These results, together with our previous findings, support the view that this scheme describes the mechanism of ATP hydrolysis in the presence of KCl.
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PMID:On the mechanism of Ca2+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase of sarcoplasmic reticulum. Occurrence of two types of phosphoenzyme intermediates in the presence of KCl. 15 97

1. Subcellular fractions obtained from epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi, disrupted by three different procedures, contained in addition to the already known Mg2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase; E.C.3.6.1.4), a Ca2+-ATPase activity. 2. The Ca2+-ATPase (a) was activated by low concentrations of CaCl2 (apparent Ka, 80 microM); (b) had a Km for ATP of 0.6 mM (at 1 mM CaCl2, pH 8.0); (c) presented a broad pH curve (optimum 7.1-8.6); and (d) was insensitive to oligomycin concentrations which inhibited the Mg2+-ATPase present in the same preparations. 3. All attempts to find a (Na+-K+)-activated, ouabain-inhibited, ATPase have been unsuccessful, in spite of the fact that living epimastigoes of T. cruzi are able to concentrate K+ and exclude Na+ from the medium.
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PMID:Adenosine triphosphatase activities in Trypanosoma cruzi. 16 83

1. Grinding of epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi with glass powder in a mortar yielded a Mg2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) preparation which was highly sensitive to oligomycin. 2. Chloroform treatment of the particles resulted in the solubilization of an ATPase which was (a) activated by MgCl2; (b) slightly inhibited by CaCl2; (c) activated by sulphite and bisulphite; (d) had an optimum pH of 7.6; and (e) had a Km for ATP of 2.1 mM (in the presence of 4 mM MgCl2). 3. The solubilized enzyme was insensitive to oligomycin and leucinostatin, which inhibited the membrane-bound ATPase, though inhibited by efrapeptin and quercetin. 4. The results indicate that the chloroform-extracted enzyme is a soluble F1-ATPase similar to those isolated from mammalian mitochondria.
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PMID:Solubilization and some properties of the Mg2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase from Trypanosoma cruzi. 16 84

1. The contractile responses of aortic ring preparations from Sprague-Dawley rats made hypertensive by 6-week dietary salt loading were studied. The test and control diet contained 8.0 and 0.3% NaCl, respectively. Aortic rings from salt-loaded rats showed enhanced sensitivity to noradrenaline (NA) but not to serotonin. Contractile responses to CaCl2 in Ca-free NA-containing medium was significantly enhanced in salt-loaded rats, but was unchanged in K(+)-depolarised medium. K(+)-induced relaxation (a functional indicator of Na-K adenosine triphosphatase activity) was sensitive to 10 mumol/L ouabain and was significantly attenuated in aortic rings from salt-loaded rats. The results suggest that hypertension induced by salt-loading is associated with enhanced sensitivity to NA, increased Ca2+ entry through receptor-operated channels, and impairment of Na-K ATPase enzyme activity.
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PMID:Altered responses of aortic smooth muscle from Sprague-Dawley rats with salt-induced hypertension. 166 59

Digitonin-permeabilized guinea pig spermatozoa undergo acrosomal matrix dispersion in response to 2.0 mM CaCl2. In this report, the effects of pH and metal ions on matrix dispersion in permeabilized spermatozoa are examined. Calcium-induced dispersion of the acrosomal matrix was dependent on the calcium concentration; the response was not observed at concentrations of CaCl2 less than 50 microM. Magnesium could not substitute for calcium and, in fact, had a retarding effect on the calcium-induced response. Matrix dispersion was also found to be pH-dependent. The induction of matrix dispersion was inhibited at pH 5.6 and pH 9.5 relative to the responses observed at pH 6.3 and pH 7.8. Nigericin induced acrosomal matrix dispersion in the absence of added calcium, indicating a possible role of Na+/H+ exchange across the outer acrosomal membrane in initiating the matrix modification. Sodium was required for the action of nigericin; the ionophore was ineffective in medium in which choline chloride or sucrose was substituted for NaCl. In contrast, the calcium-induced dispersion of the acrosomal matrix occurred in the absence of sodium. Furthermore, low concentrations of calcium inhibited an adenosine triphosphatase activity associated with isolated acrosomal apical segments. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that calcium induces alkalinization of the acrosome, leading to matrix dispersion. However, permeabilized spermatozoa incubated at either pH 9.5 or in the presence of 50 mM NH4Cl at pH 7.5 failed to undergo spontaneous matrix dispersion, suggesting that elevated intraacrosomal pH alone was not sufficient to initiate the reaction. The proposed alternative hypothesis is that calcium initiates matrix dispersion by a mechanism in which elevated intraacrosomal pH may be a secondary response.
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PMID:Regulation of acrosomal matrix dispersion in digitonin-permeabilized guinea pig spermatozoa. 214 57

A newly synthesized compound, N-(2-guanidinoethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (HA-1004), was shown to be a potent inhibitor of two cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases, cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and the Ki values were 1.4 and 2.3 microM, respectively. HA-1004 relaxed rabbit aortic strips contracted by various agonists and with similar ED50 values. Phenotolamine, propranolol and atropine did not affect this HA-1004-induced relaxation, thereby suggesting that this compound does not act through these membrane receptor associated mechanisms. HA-1004 shifted the dose-response curve for CaCl2 to the right in a competitive manner in depolarized rabbit renal arterial strips. This compound also relaxed the A-23187 and phenylephrine-induced contractions elicited in Ca++-free solution. These findings suggest that HA-1004 exerts its action at the intracellular or submembranal level. This vasodilator has little effect on actomyosin adenosine triphosphatase and Ca++-calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase. Studies using its derivatives with various lengths of alkyl chain (C0-C6) indicated that the potencies of these compounds, as vasorelaxants, correlated well with their potential to inhibit cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase. HA-1004 should be a useful tool for investigating in smooth muscle, regulatory mechanism(s) by second messengers, cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP.
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PMID:Relaxation of vascular smooth muscle by HA-1004, an inhibitor of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase. 299 36

Although ketamine increases pulmonary vascular resistance of patients, an occasional decrease of resistance in animals and humans has been reported. In addition, ketamine has a direct relaxant effect on isolated smooth muscle. The effects of ketamine on the main pulmonary artery rings isolated from the guinea pig were studied to elucidate the underlying mechanism of the reported relaxant effect of this anesthetic on smooth muscle. Ketamine (10-250 micrograms/mL) caused a concentration-dependent shift to the right of CaCl2 concentration-effect curves on artery rings, suggesting an interference with Ca2+ metabolism. In Ca(2+)-free buffer, ketamine (10-250 micrograms/mL) did not affect the magnitude of epinephrine-induced contractions but inhibited dose-dependent BaCl2-induced contractions. These observations suggest that ketamine inhibits transmembrane Ca2+ influx but does not affect its release from intracellular stores or its binding to intracellular receptor sites on the contractile system. Ketamine (25-500 micrograms/mL) also caused equipotent concentration-dependent relaxation of epinephrine-induced contractions in the absence and the presence of monensin, a Na(+)-ionophore that dissipates the Na+ gradient across the cell membrane, and in Na(+)-free, sucrose-substituted buffer. Ketamine (25-500 micrograms/mL) also relaxed ouabain-induced contractions to the baseline, an effect that was significantly attenuated in the presence of ruthenium red, a Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) inhibitor. The relaxant effect of ketamine (250-750 micrograms/mL) of epinephrine-induced contraction also was attenuated in the presence of 0.1 mM lanthanum chloride (La3+), an inhibitor of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-dependent Ca2+ extrusion, and completely inhibited in the presence of 10 mM La3+.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Mechanisms of the inhibitory effect of ketamine on guinea pig isolated main pulmonary artery. 826 57

Enzyme activity that represents ouabain-insensitive, potassium-dependent p-nitrophenylphosphatase (p-NPPase) was assessed in rat atrial myocytes by biochemical and cytochemical procedures. No activity was detected in parallel experiments with ventricular myocytes. Fixed tissues were incubated in a reaction medium containing Tricine buffer, p-nitrophenylphosphate (p-NPP), KCl, MgCl2, CaCl2, CeCl3. Triton X-100, levamisole, and ouabain. Final pH was adjusted to 7.5. Biochemical studies showed that accumulation of p-nitrophenol in the medium was increased proportionally in accordance with the amount of incubated tissue. This activity was optimal with incubation at pH 7.5 and in the presence of KCl. Approximately 70% of the enzyme was inhibited by 2 mM CeCl3. Electron microscopic observations revealed reaction product (RP) at sites of ouabain-insensitive, potassium-dependent p-NPPase activity as electron-dense precipitate localized at the inner surface of the plasma membrane and at the T-tubules of atrial myocytes. Control experiments indicated that the activity was strongly inhibited by sodium orthovanadate and was repressed by omeprazole and 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. X-ray microanalysis confirmed the presence of cerium within the cytochemical RP. The ouabain-insensitive, K-dependent p-NPPase activity detected in the present study is considered to be an isoform of a P-type, H-transporting, K-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (H,K-ATPase).
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PMID:Biochemical properties and cytochemical localization of ouabain-insensitive, potassium-dependent p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity in rat atrial myocytes. 901 8

DNA repair ability is reduced in a variety of pathologic conditions. In addition, in some of these diseases a disturbance in cellular Ca homeostasis occurs or cytosolic (Ca2+) responses to various stimuli are impaired. The leading environmental cause for genomal DNA damage is ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. The aims of the present study were (1) to evaluate a possible dependence of UV-induced DNA repair ability on cytosolic Ca2+ in human lymphocytes and (2) to assess the direct effect of UV irradiation on Ca2+ homeostasis in these cells. UV-induced DNA repair ability in lymphocytes was maximal at 1 mmol/L CaCl2 in the medium. Suppression of DNA repair ability occurred after elevation or reduction of cellular (Ca2+) when various methods were used, including changes in Ca2+ concentration in the medium, cellular Ca2+ depletion by ethyleneglycol-bis-(beta aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, excessive Ca2+ concentration induced by ionophore, and shortening of Ca2+ presence time during repair synthesis. UV irradiation caused an immediate and significant rise in cytosolic (Ca2+) that was the result of both enhanced Ca2+ uptake and inhibition of plasma membrane Ca-adenosine triphosphatase activity. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein inhibited both UV-induced DNA repair and UV-induced cytosolic (Ca2+) elevation. These results emphasize the importance of a precise cellular Ca2+ level regulation for the optimal DNA repair process. UV irradiation, by inducing cellular Ca2+ rise, may activate DNA repair as soon as DNA is damaged.
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PMID:The role of calcium in human lymphocyte DNA repair ability. 924 64


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