title: Properties of ATPase activity associated with peroxisomes of rat and bovine liver.
abstract: 1. Peroxisomes were isolated from bovine and rat liver by use of differential and density gradient centrifugations. 2. In the final density gradient (Nycodenz) a distinct peak of ATPase activity codistributed with the peroxisome marker catalase and was well separated from the bulk of the ATPase activity and from markers for other subcellular organelles. 3. The peroxisome-associated ATPase had a pH optimum of 7.5 and was inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide, by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, but was unaffected by up to 30 microM n-tributyltin chloride. 4. Prolonged incubation with oligomycin at high concentrations indicated that 50% of peroxisomal ATPase was resistant to this inhibitor. The oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity required at least a four-fold higher ratio of inhibitor to protein for inhibition than mitochondrial ATPase did. It was concluded that oligomycin-sensitive and oligomycin-resistant ATPase may be associated with liver peroxisomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Sciences, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Tappia
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: De Netto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burdett
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Connock
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002501:Centrifugation, Zonal; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008830:Microbodies / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009840:Oligomycins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases