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Mouse liver microsomes treated with octylthioglucoside (OTG-microsomes) were examined for copper-stimulated ATPase activity. The activity was about 1 μmol Pi/mg protein/hr under optimal conditions [300 mm KCl, 3 mm MgSO4, 10 mm GSH, 0.5 μm CuSO4, 3 mm ATP and 50 mm acetate buffer at pH5.0]. A reducing agent such as GSH or dithiothreitol was required for the activity, and removal of Cu+ from the reaction mixture by bathocuporinedisulfonate resulted in a complete loss of copper-stimulated ATPase activity. Vanadate inhibited the copper-stimulated ATPase activity. The OTG-microsomes were phosphorylated in a hydroxylamine-sensitive and copper-stimulated way. Iron used instead of copper also stimulated both ATPase and phosphorylation. These results suggest that microsomes from mouse liver contain copper/iron-stimulated P-type ATPase.
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Received: 2 September 1998/Revised: 16 March 1999
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Takeda, K., Ushimaru, M., Fukushima, Y. et al. Characterization of a P-type Copper-Stimulated ATPase from Mouse Liver. J. Membrane Biol. 170, 13–16 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002329900533
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002329900533