1. Hydrolysis of carbamylphosphate and acetylphosphate by an enzyme preparation obtained by treatment of the guinea pig brain microsomes with Nal was remarkably stimulated by addition of K
+, and the K
+-stimulated hydrolysis was inhibited by ouabain.
o-Phosphorylserine, α-glycerophosphate and β-glycerophosphate were not hydrolyzed, and the hydrolysis of ATP was not enhanced by K
+.
2. A close similarity was found in the time courses of heat inactivation of K
+-dependent phosphatase with carbamylphosphate and
p-nitrophenylphosphate as substrates. The reduction of K
+-dependent phosphatase activity by heat treatment was lessened in the presence of
p-nitrophenylphosphate or carbamylphosphate.
3. The K
+-dependent activity of hydro-lyzing carbamylphosphate was far higher than that of hydrolyzing
p-nitrophenylphosphate, and the
Km values for carbamylphosphate,
p-nitrophenylphosphate and acetylphosphate were estimated to be 0.6m
M, 1.2m
M and 1.6m
M, respectively. Accordingly, carbamyl-phosphate was considered to be a better substrate of K
+-dependent phosphatase than
p-nitrophen ylphosphate.
4. The
Km value for K
+ with
p-nitrophenylphosphate was 2.9m
M, whereas the values with carbamylphosphate and acetyl-phosphate were 0.8m
M and 1.8m
M, respectively. Furthermore it was observed that Li
+ was a substitute for K
+ when carbamylphos-phate was used as a substrate, though Li
+ was less effective with
p-nitrophenylphos-phate.
This work was partly supported by a grant from the Japanese Waksman Foundation.
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