Detection of an atpase activity in rat liver peroxisomes

  • Ruth del Valle
  • , Ubaldo Soto
  • , Cecilia Necochea
  • , Federico Leighton

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Abstract

An ATPase co-sedimenting with rat liver peroxisomes has been detected after subcellular fractionation. The activity is Mg2+ dependent, with pH optimum of 7.5 and is inhibited by NEM and DCCD but not by oligomycin. Partial inhibition of the mitochondrial ATPase allows to detect the peroxisomal activity in the gradients. Protease inactivation and solubilization data suggests that the activity resides in a protein of the peroxisomal membrane, exposed to the cytosol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1353-1359
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume156
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 1988
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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