title: Sulfohydrolytic degradation of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) and adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) by enzymes of a nucleotide pyrophosphatase nature.
abstract: The sulfohydrolytic activity to degrade active sulfate (3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, PAPS) and its precursor, APS (adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate), with a pH optimum at 9.5 was found to be widely distributed in various tissues of rats. In the liver, the activity was located in plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticula. Triton X-100 solubilized rough and smooth endoplasmic reticula gave two peaks of the activity on gel filtration, both of which had nucleotide pyrophosphatase activities, hydrolyzing the pyrophosphate linkages of ATP, NAD, and UDP-Glc, and the phosphodiester linkage of PNTP (p-nitrophenyl-thymidine 5'-monophosphate) besides PAPS and APS.
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000250:Adenosine Phosphosulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D011755:Pyrophosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D009711:Nucleotides; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate; D000250:Adenosine Phosphosulfate; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; C021899:nucleotide pyrophosphatase