title: Biochemical and ultrastructural characterization of a high molecular weight soluble Mg2+ -ATPase from human erythrocytes.
abstract: The isolation and purification of a 600,000 Mr cytosolic Mg2+ -ATPase from human erythrocytes is described. The electrophoretic properties of the native and sodium dodecyl sulphate-dissociated protein are presented and compared with those of the erythrocyte protein cylindrin . The Mg2+-ATPase has a single subunit of Mr 100,000 and it has an isoelectric point of 4.9. From transmission electron microscopy of negatively stained specimens, it is proposed that the Mg2+-ATPase is hexameric, containing two superimposed trimers of the 100,000 Mr subunit, which gives rise to a 13 nm pseudohexagonal particle with a central 3 nm cavity. Varying the orientation of the protein in the negative stain also produces images that are not hexagonal. When orientated on-edge, the protein produces a double-disc image, which is most clearly defined under acidic negative staining conditions with uranyl acetate, when some aggregation of the protein is produced. The ultrastructure of the Mg2+-ATPase is shown to be distinctly different from that of cylindrin . A comparative discussion of the negatively stained transmission electron microscopical images of the Mg2+-ATPase, mitochondrial F1-ATPase and several other oligomeric proteins and enzymes is presented.
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001798:Blood Proteins; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C031022:cylindrin; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase