title: Hymenolepis diminuta: further characterization of the membrane-bound acid phosphatase activity associated with the brush border membrane of the tapeworm's tegument.
abstract: The acid phosphate activity (APA) associated with the isolated brush border membrane of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP), pyrophosphate (PPi), and beta-glycerophosphate (beta GP). Inhibition of PNPP hydrolysis at pH 4.0 was inhibited in a competitive manner by the following compounds (listed in order of decreasing affinity with their apparent inhibitor constants (Ki')): molybdate (0.031 mM); PPi (0.147 mM); NaF (0.150 mM); o-carboxyphenyl phosphate (0.261 mM); inorganic phosphate (0.770)); arsenate (3.45 mM); tartrate (22.1 mM); and beta GP (29.8 mM). Cu2+, formaldehyde, and arsenite at 10:1, 80:1, and 200:1 inhibitor to substrate ratios did not inhibit APA. The maximal rate of hydrolysis (Vmax) of each substrate was greater at pH 4.0 than 5.0. The apparent Michaelis constant (Km') for PNPP increased from 0.233 to 0.351 mM when the pH was raised from 4.0 to 5.0. The Km' for PPi decreased from 0.101 to 0.046 mM, while the Km' for beta GP changed from 2.04 to 2.22 mM under similar circumstances. APA and alkaline phosphatase activity increased as a function of temperature up to 45 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1293.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008871:Microvilli / Q000201:enzymology; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D005994:Glycerophosphates; D009596:Nitrophenols; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C008644:nitrophenylphosphate; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; C031463:beta-glycerophosphoric acid