title: Cation-dependent phosphatase activites in a rat pancreatic islet plasma membrane fraction prepared by one-step gradient centrifugation.
abstract: A plasma membrane-enriched fraction was prepared from homogenized rat pancreatic islets by a one-step sucrose gradient centrifugation. Using 125I-wheat germ agglutinin as a plasma membrane probe, a fraction was obtained at a sucrose density of about 1.10 that was enriched in 5'-nucleotidase, Mg2+-ATPase and alkaline phosphatase. The fraction contained little, if any, monoamino oxidase activity, insulin or DNA. Hydrolysis of 3-0-methyl-fluoresceinphosphate was stimulated by K+ (10mM) at a pH optimum of pH 8.2. Hydrolysis of ATP-gamma-32P in the presence of MgCl2 was of high specific activity and was optimum at pH 7.0 and 8.2. K+ did not affect ATP-hydrolysis. At pH 8.2, a small fraction of the total Mg2+-ATPase activity was inhibited by ouabain in the presence of Na+ and K+. Since K+-stimulated phosphatase activity does not correlate with Mg2+-ATPase, the two assay systems define separate enzymatic processes.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002458:Cell Fractionation / Q000379:methods; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases