ALFRED BENNUN, PH.D.

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Some properties of particle-bound intracellular ATPase from baker's yeast
Bennun, A., De Pahn, E.M. and Stoppani, A.O.M.


A particle-bound, Mg2+, DNP-activated ATPase has been obtained from baker's yeast (fresh or dried) by mechanical disintegration and differential centrifugation of the cell extract. The isolated fraction hydrolyses ATP, GTP and ITP but is not effective with CTP. ADP inhibits the hydrolysis of ATP and ITP; IDP does not. The addition of an ADP-trapping system prevents the inhibitory action of ADP and keeps the rate of hydrolysis of ATP linear. ATPase activity is released by Mg2+ and Mn2+ but not by Ca2+. In the presence of 2.5 mM Mg2+, maximum activity is at pH 9.0-9.5 DNP produces significant activation of the enzyme with ATP as substrate but not with GTP, CTP or ITP; the stimulation of ATPase by DNP is most effective at pH 5.5-6.5. In the presence of Mg2+, 50 mM fluoridc inhibits, by 53%, the enzymic activity. The properties of the particle-bound ATPase are considered in relation to the surface-located, and soluble, yeast ATPases and animal mitochondrial ATPase.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 89, (1964), 532-539