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Title: Characterization and partial purification of a proton translocating ATPase from corn coleoptile tonoplasts

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6105301

ATP-dependent proton translocating activity in microsomal membranes from corn coleoptiles was characterized. Proton pumping activity, detected by either /sup 14/C-methylamine uptake or quinacrine fluorescence quenching, had a broad optimum at pH 7.5, and was substrate specific for MgATP. N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, diethylstilbestrol, 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, and protonophores were found to inhibit proton transport, while vanadate and oligomycin had little effect. Proton pumping activity was stimulated 10 fold with Cl/sup -/ but was almost completely inhibited by 50 mM, KNO/sub 3/. Uptake studies with /sup 36/Cl/sup -/ indicated the Cl/sup -/ was transported into the microsomal vesicles in response to the pH gradient. ATP-stimulated proton pumping activity was localized on linear density gradients. On sucrose gradients, the activity cosedimented with the marker for endoplasmic reticulum at 1.11 g/cc. Sucrose gradients prepared in the presence of MgCl/sub 2/ were used to shift the ER marker to a heavier density, away from proton pumping activity. Linear dextran gradients also resulted in a clear separation of ATP-stimulated methylamine, thiocyanate, and /sup 36/Cl/sup -/ uptake, from markers for ER, Golgi, mitochondria, and plasma membranes. The tonoplast ATPase was solubilized with octylglucoside and partially purified on linear sucrose gradients. The specific activity of the KNO/sub 3/-sensitive ATPase increased 30-fold during purification.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Santa Cruz (USA)
OSTI ID:
6105301
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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