Plant Physiol.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Plant Physiology 77:69-73 (1985)
© 1985 American Society of Plant Biologists

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Dupont, F. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zabala, M. D. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Dupont, F. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zabala, M. D. G.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Dupont, F. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zabala, M. D. G.
Articles

Preparation of Membrane Vesicles Enriched in ATP-Dependent Proton Transport from Suspension Cultures of Tomato Cells

Frances M. Dupont1 and Maria De Gracia Zabala2

ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute, 6560 Trinity Court, Dublin, California 94568

Membranes enriched in ATP-dependent proton transport were prepared from suspension cultures of tomato cells (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill cv VF36). Suspension cultures were a source of large quantities of membranes from rapidly growing, undifferentiated cells. Proton transport activity was assayed as quench of acridine orange fluorescence. The activity of the proton translocating ATPase and of several other membrane enzymes was measured as a function of the cell culture cycle. The relative distribution of the enzymes between the 3,000, 10,000, and 100,000g pellets remained the same throughout the cell culture cycle, but yield of total activity and activity per gram fresh weight with time had a unique profile for each enzyme tested. Maximal yield of the proton translocating ATPase activity was obtained from cells in the middle logarithmic phase of growth, and from 50 to 90% of the activity was found in the 10,000g pellet. The proton translocating ATPase activity was separable from NADPH cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome c oxidase on a sucrose gradient. Proton transport activity had a broad pH optimum (7.0-8.0), was stimulated by KCl with a Km of 5 to 10 millimolar, stimulation being due to the anion, Cl–, and not the cation, K+, and was not inhibited by vanadate, but was inhibited by NO3–. The activity is tentatively identified as the tonoplast ATPase.

1 Present address: USDA Western Regional Laboratory, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710.

2 Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ASPB Publications PLANT PHYSIOLOGY THE PLANT CELL
Copyright © 1985 by the American Society of Plant Biologists