Abstract
The thermal stability of Na,K-ATPase from pig kidney is markedly greater than that of Na,K-ATPase from shark salt glands. The role of the lipid bilayer is studied by solubilisation of the membrane-bound enzyme in the nonionic detergent octaethyleneglycoldodecylmonoether (C 12E 8), addition of excess dioleylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) or palmitoyloleylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) and reconstitution of membranes by removal of detergent. At 54 °C the reconstituted enzymatically active pig enzyme retains a high thermal stability, and reconstituted shark enzyme retains a low thermal stability, even with a 9-fold excess of DOPC. This result suggests that the origin of the difference in thermal stability is not related to bulk lipid properties of the native membranes.
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