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Evidence for a -Aspartyl Phosphate Residue in the Phosphorylated Intermediate of the Red Beet Plasma Membrane ATPase ¹

Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1 Canada

A borohydride reduction method was used to identify the phosphorylated amino acid in the phospho-enzyme of the red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plasma membrane ATPase. Plasma membrane fractions were phosphorylated with unlabeled ATP in the presence of MgSO₄ at pH 6.5 and then treated with sodium [³H]borohydride. The borohydride-treated samples were subjected to hydrolysis in 6 normal HCl at 110°C for 22 hours and then analyzed by high voltage paper electrophoresis and thin layer chromatography. This analysis demonstrated the formation of labeled homoserine as the major reduction product when phosphorylated membrane samples were treated with sodium [³H]borohydride. This suggests that the phosphoryl group in the plasma membrane ATPase of red beet storage tissue is attached to the -carboxyl side chain of an aspartic acid residue in the active site of the enzyme.