INVESTIGADORES
CORRADI Gerardo Raul
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The ATP hydrolytic activity of SPF1 ATPase
Autor/es:
CORRADI G. R; DE TEZANOS PINTO, F; MARIEN GAUTIER; ADAMO. H P
Lugar:
Salta
Reunión:
Congreso; Latin American Protein Society; 2010
Institución organizadora:
Protein Society
Resumen:
The ion specificity of the ion
transporting P5-ATPases is not known. Mutations in these transporters have been
linked to hereditary Parkinsonism and Autism spectrum disorder. We have
previously reported the overexpression of the yeast P5-ATPase SPF1p in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The recombinant protein had and amino terminal
polyhistidine-green fluorescent protein tag, for ease the purification and
detection. We found that the purified protein was able to hydrolyze ATP at 0.2
mmol/mg/min at 37 ºC in a reaction media that
contained 20 mM Hepes-K (pH 7.2 at 37 ºC ), 25 mM imidazol, 100 mM KCl, 0.5 mM
EGTA, 2mM MgCl2, 3 mM ATP, 2 mg of purified protein and 0.016% of C12E10.
When the purified protein was supplemented with 0.1% phosphatidylethanolamine
(PE) the activity slightly increased to 0.3 mmol/mg/min, while it rose to 0.8 mmol/mg/min when supplemented with either
phosphatidylcholine (PC) or a mixture of brain acidic phospholipids (BE). The
possibility that the ATPase activity was originated from traces of contaminating
proteins was evaluated by measuring the activity of a mutant protein in which
the catalytic residue Asp487 was substituted by Asn. The preparation of purified
mutant was able to hydrolyze ATP, but the rate was 45% of that of the wild type
enzyme. Thus despite the background ATPase due either to the residual activity
of the mutant Asp487Asn or because of the presence of contaminating ATPases,
these results show that the purified SPF1 protein has the intrinsic ability to
hydrolyze ATP and that this activity is optimal when supplemented with PC.