title: Regulation of Mg2+-independent Ca2+-ATPase by a low molecular mass protein purified from bovine brain.
abstract: The goat sperm microsomal membranes have been found to contain an Mg2+-independent Ca2+-ATPase, a low affinity but highly active enzyme sharing similarities with the SERCA family of ATPases. The present study reports the identification and characterization of a 14 kilodalton cytosolic protein from bovine brain which can act as an endogenous stimulator of the enzyme with an S50 (concentration producing 50% stimulation) of 0.8 mu molar. Kinetic analysis suggests that the stimulation is noncompetitive with respect to the substrate, and the binding site(s) of the stimulator and substrate are distinct. Binding of the stimulator to the enzyme is reversible. The stimulator increases the affinity of the enzyme for calcium as evident from a decrease in K0.5 of the enzyme for calcium in presence of the stimulator. Radioactive labeling of the enzyme with [gamma-32P]-ATP suggests that the stimulator enhances the rate of dephosphorylation of the phosphoenzyme intermediate without altering the phosphorylation reaction step. The stimulatory effect of the protein has been observed only for the Mg2+-independent form of the enzyme, the Mg2+-dependent form being unaffected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700009, India.
authors.forename: Srabasti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghoshal
authors.forename: Tanusree
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Parimal C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006041:Goats / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases