The transport-competent plasma membrane vesicles were obtained using a modified homogenization medium by the two-phase partitioning method from soybean hypocotyls. It was noted that freeze-thaw treatment could increase the amount of inside out vesicles.Further experiments showed that the fluorescence quenching caused by adding of Mg2+-ATP could be dissipated by the proton ionophore CCCP, and inhibited by the proton transport inhibitor DCCD; it was also found that the plasma membrane H+-ATPase specific inhibitor vanadate could quench the fluorescence completely. The fluorescene quenching was Mg2+-dependent, K+-stimulated, with an optimum pH of 6.5. All the above results indicated that the fluorescence quenching was caused by the transport of protons by the plasma membrane H+-ATPase. It was also suggested that the maintaining of suitable conformation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase,and the tightness of plasma membrane vescials are the two key factors for the proton transport determination.
QIU Quan-Sheng, SU Xue-Feng. The Determination of Proton Transport by the Plasma Membrane ATPase from Soybean Hypocotyls[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,1999,26(1):79-83
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