G. Petel et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF VANADATE-SENSITIVE ATPASE ACTIVITY OF PLASMA-MEMBRANE VESICLES PURIFIED BY PHASE PARTITION FROM PEACH-TREE LEAVES, Plant physiology and biochemistry, 31(5), 1993, pp. 765-771
A pure plasmalemma-enriched fraction was obtained, after aqueous two-p
hase partition, from Peach-tree leaves cell. Characterization of the v
anadate-sensitive ATPase has shown that plasma membrane ATPase found i
n woody plants has similar characteristics as plasmalemma ATPases obse
rved in other plant species (vanadate sensitivity, K(m)), but plasmale
mma ATPase specific activity was found to be lower than in other speci
es. In Peach-tree cells, plasma membrane ATPase was identified as a pe
ptide of 110-115 kDa.