Abstract
Resealed chromaffin-granule ‘ghosts’ were used to study the steady-state kinetics of catecholamine transport. The pump has a high affinity for (-)-noradrenaline, (-)-adrenaline, tyramine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin), but a lower affinity for (+)-noradrenaline. The measured rates of incorporation do not conform to Michaelis–Menten kinetics, but affinity constants for the former substrates are in the range 8–18μm. Reserpine is a potent inhibitor. Incorporation as a function of ATP concentration also fails to show simple kinetics; the affinity constant for ATP is deduced to be about 3mm at 1mm-MgCl2. Adenylyl (βγ-methylene)diphosphonate is a competitive inhibitor at low concentrations, but inhibits more strongly at high concentrations. The pump has a transition temperature at 29°C and does not seem to be identical with the Mg2+-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase of chromaffin granules.
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Created | 10 years ago (Aug. 10, 2015, 3:56 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 26, 2021, 11:16 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 9 months ago (Nov. 4, 2023, 4:21 p.m.) |
Issued | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 15, 1974) |
Published | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 15, 1974) |
Published Print | 50 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 15, 1974) |
@article{Phillips_1974, title={Steady-state kinetics of catecholamine transport by chromaffin-granule ‘ghosts’}, volume={144}, ISSN={0306-3283}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj1440319}, DOI={10.1042/bj1440319}, number={2}, journal={Biochemical Journal}, publisher={Portland Press Ltd.}, author={Phillips, J H}, year={1974}, month=nov, pages={319–325} }