PubMed · 201393
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1978. Acid phosphatase and prostatic carcinoma.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/201393/
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Tetrahymena pyriformis contains an enzyme which hydrolyzed dolichyl phosphate. This activity was solubilized from lyophilized samples of this organism and was relatively stable when stored frozen. The soluble enzyme preparation had an acid pH optimum and hydrolyzed both dolichyl and phytanyl phosphates at equivalent rates. The polyprenylphosphate phosphatase activity was compared with the acid phosphatases which hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl phosphate and marked differences were found. Dolichyl phosphate hydrolysis required Mg2+ for maximum activity while the bulk of the phosphatase activity was not effected by the absence of this ion. Other differences were that the polyprenylphosphate phosphatase was relatively insensitive to inhibitors such as tartrate and vanadium oxide sulfate which had a pronounced effect on the rate of p-nitrophenyl phosphate hydrolysis. The two activities also appeared to have different subcellular distributions. The polyprenylphosphate phosphatase was markedly inhibited by ethoxy formic anhydride, a reagent which is active against enzymes containing a histidine residue at their active site, while p-nitrophenyl phosphate hydrolysis was unaffected. The polyprenylphosphate phosphatase may be important in regulating the level of dolichyl phosphate in T. pyriformis and thus the rate of glycoprotein synthesis. It is also a useful tool which is capable of liberating dolichol from dolichyl phosphate under mild conditions which will permit the further characterization of the polyprenols.
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The (Na+ + K+)-stimulated ATPase activity decreases with increasing pressure and a plot of the logarithm of the activity versus pressure shows a change in slope at a defined breakpoint pressure (Pb). The value of Pb increases linearly with increasing temperature. A dT/dP value of 27.7 +- 0.4 (S.D.) K/1000 atm is obtained. This is in very good agreement with the pressure shift for the melting transitions in phospholipids and aliphatic chains. This strongly indicates that an aliphatic chain melting process is involved in the breakpoint in the Arrhenius plot and pressure dependence of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. The p-nitrophenyl phosphatase activity of this enzyme also decreases with pressure. In this case the plot of the logarithm of the activity versus pressure is linear without a break-point. The temperature dependence for (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was also studied in the presence of fluidizing drugs: desipramine and benzylalcohol. The presence of these drugs had no effect on the inflection point in the Arrhenius plot.