title: Photo-activated inhibition of sulfate equilibrium exchange in human erythrocyte ghosts by a 4-azido-2-nitrobenzoate derivative of phlorizin.
abstract: Like phlorizin, two glycosidic esters of phlorizin, the 4-azido-2-nitrobenzoate (ANB-phlorizin) and the 2-nitrobenzoate (NB-phlorizin) were found to be effective inhibitors of SO42- equilibrium exchange at the outer but not at the inner membrane surface of the human erythrocyte ghost. After photolysis of ghost suspensions in the presence of extracellular ANB-phlorizin an irreversible inhibition of SO42- exchange was observed, while photolysis of intracellular ANB-phlorizin was without effect. After photolysis in the presence of extracellular or intracellular tritiated ANB-phlorizin gel electrophoresis of the labelled membranes revealed similar locations of binding. These findings suggest that the sidedness of action of ANB-phlorizin could not be related to inaccessibility of the inner membrane surface for the agent but that inhibition occurs via binding to fixed sites at the outer membrane surface that are not associated with a mobile carrier which crosses the membrane.
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides; D001692:Biological Transport; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009579:Nitrobenzoates; D010695:Phlorhizin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010782:Photolysis; D013431:Sulfates / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D009579:Nitrobenzoates; D013431:Sulfates; D010695:Phlorhizin