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Conformational transitions and charge translocation by the Na,K pump: Comparison of optical and electrical transients elicited by ATP-concentration jumps

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The electrogenic properties of the Na,K-ATPase were studied by correlating transient electrical events in the pump molecule with conformational transitions elicited by an ATP-concentration jump. Flat membrane fragments containing a high density (∼8000 μm−2) of oriented Na,K-ATPase molecules were bound to a planar lipid bilayer acting as a capacitive electrode. ATP was released in the medium from a photolabile inactive ATP derivative (“caged” ATP) by a 40-μsec light flash. Electrical signals resulting from transient charge movements in the protein under single-turnover conditions were recorded in the external measuring circuit. In parallel experiments carried out under virtually identical conditions, the fluorescence of membrane fragments containing Na,K-ATPase with covalently-bound 5-iodoacetamido-fluorescein (5-IAF) was monitored after the ATP-concentration jump. When the medium contained Na+, but no K+, the fluorescence of the 5-IAF-labeled protein decreases monotonously after release of ATP. In the experiments with membrane fragments bound to a planar bilayer, a transient pump current was observed which exhibited virtually the same time behavior as the fluorescence decay. This indicates that optical and electrical transients are governed by the same rate-limiting reaction step. Experiments with chymotrypsin-modified Na,K-ATPase suggest that both the fluorescence change as well as the charge movement are associated with the deocclusion of Na+ and release to the extracellular side. In experiments with Na+-free K+ media, a large inverse fluorescence change is observed after the ATP-concentration jump, but no charge translocation can be detected. This indicates that deocclusion of K+ is an electrically silent process.

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Stürmer, W., Apell, H.J., Wuddel, I. et al. Conformational transitions and charge translocation by the Na,K pump: Comparison of optical and electrical transients elicited by ATP-concentration jumps. J. Membrain Biol. 110, 67–86 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01870994

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