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[32P]-labeled ATPase was isolated in a highly purified state fromMicrococcus lysodeikticus strain PNB grown in medium supplemented with [32P]orthophosphate. Selective extraction procedures allowed us to determine that at least 25% of the firmly bound label belonged to adenine nucleotides, ATP and ADP being present in equimolar amounts. However, no32P label was found to be part of phospholipids. This was confirmed by purification of the ATPase from cells fed with [2—3H]glycerol. Using the luciferin-luciferase assay we estimated that ATPase freshly isolated by Sephadex chromatography (specific activity 10–14 µmole substrate transformed · min−1 · mg protein−1) contained 2 moles ATP/mole of enzyme. The ratio fell with the age of enzyme and its purification by gel electrophoresis and this was paralleled by a loss of ATPase activity. The endogenous nucleotides were readily exchanged by added ADP or ATP. This result suggests that the sites for tight binding of adenine nucleotides are equivalent, although ADP seems to have a higher affinity for them. The last properties represent a peculiar characteristic of this bacterial ATPase as compared with other bacterial and organelle energy-transducing proteins.
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Muñoz, C., Palacios, P. & Muñoz, E. Evidence for the presence and role of tightly bound adenine nucleotides in phospholipid-free purifiedMicrococcus lysodeikticus adenosine triphosphatase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 9, 303–320 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00743217
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