Abstract

ATP and Mg ++ produced a striking inhibition of Na +-stimulated amino acid and phosphate transport activity assayed in vesicles isolated from the plasma membrane of SV40-transformed and nontransformed mouse fibroblasts. The α-β and β-γ-methylene analogs of ATP were ineffective. Purified membrane vesicles contain an endogenous protein kinase activity which catalyzes autophosphorylation of membrane proteins in the presence of ATP. This provides an experimental approach to investigate the role of membrane protein phosphorylation in mediating permeability changes in response to changes in cellular proliferative or transformed state.

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