title: Reconstitution of sodium transport from purified oxaloacetate decarboxylase and phospholipid vesicles.
abstract: The Na+-pumping oxaloacetate decarboxylase, isolated from Klebsiella aerogenes membranes, was incorporated into the membranes of lecithin liposomes. Reconstitution of Na+ transport in this artificial system was achieved by the detergent dilution method with octylglucoside as the detergent. An optimum Na+ transport activity upon dilution was obtained in the presence of about 2.7% octylglucoside. With these reconstituted vesicles, a steady state internal Na+ concentration was established by oxaloacetate decarboxylation which was about 30 times higher than that of the external medium. The presence of low concentrations of the Na+-carrying ionophores nigericin or trinactin almost completely abolished the oxaloacetate-dependent Na+ transport, whereas the uncoupler, carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, was without effect. The results are in accord with the function of oxaloacetate decarboxylase as a primary active Na+ pump converting the energy of the decarboxylation reaction into a Na+ gradient.
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology*; D010071:Oxaloacetates / Q000378:metabolism; D011510:Proteolipids; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D007476:Ionophores; D010071:Oxaloacetates; D011510:Proteolipids; C020485:proteoliposomes; C018619:octyl-beta-D-glucoside; D012964:Sodium; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C021916:oxaloacetate decarboxylase