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The reactions of adenosine 14C- and γ32P-labelled ATP with isolated membranes from catecholamine storage vesicles of the bovine adrenal medulla were studied. In presence of Mg2+ about twice as much of 32P-radioactivity combined with the membrane as 14C-adenosine compounds at 31°C and also at 0°C, while in the absence of Mg2+ the amounts of 14C and 32P incorporated were similar for both substances. Autoradiography of the SDS-polyacrylamide gel after electrophoresis of the 32P-ATP-treated membrane protein showed two distinct zones corresponding to protein bands. Sonication released twice as much 32P-ATP as 14C-ATP from the space within the membrane particles indicating that at least half of the ATP present in this space did not contain its original terminal phosphate group. About 40–45% of the 32P-radioactivity was incorporated in the membrane lipids, whereas only small amounts of 14C-radioactivity were extracted with the lipids. About 1/3 of the incorporated 14C-radioactivity was not extractable with acids. The same amount remained in the 32P-ATP treated preparation acid-stably bound after extraction of the lipids and thus must be firmly bound ATP. When the reaction of the membrane preparation with labelled ATP was performed at 0°C the fractions of the acid-stably bound 32P- and 14C-radioactivity increased. About 1 nmole/mg of protein (10–15%) of the bound 32P-radioactivity was exchangeable against unlabelled ATP, while only a very small fraction (<0.5 nmole/mg protein) of the 14C-radioactivity was exchanged against unlabelled ATP. Preincubation of the membrane particles with ATP-Mg2+ at 0°C induced 30% inhibition of the ATPase activity and abolition of the net uptake of catecholamines. Different K m values obtained from initial velocity studies of ATPase activity and the overall-incorporation of 32P-radioactivity indicated that a direct correlation between these processes did not exist. Different strong inhibitory effects exerted by ADP on the ATPase activity and net uptake of catecholamine at the one hand and the overall 32P- and 14C-incorporation at the other hand supported that view. It is concluded that only small fractions of the observed 32P-and 14C-incorporation can be involved in the ATP-hydrolyzing reaction.
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Taugner, G., Wunderlich, I. & John, F. Distribution and metabolic fate of adenosine nucleotides in the membrane of storage vesicles from bovine adrenal medulla. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 309, 29–43 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00498754
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