Abstract
Plasma membranes were prepared from guinea pig ventricle by a procedure which involved differential centrifugation at low gravitational forces, extraction with KCl, and centrifugation in a discontinuous sucrose gradient. Adenylate cyclase was purified 10–15-fold over the starting homogenate with a yield of 75%. The membranes contained an active Ca 2+ binding and uptake system as well as Ca 2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase; protein kinase and phosphoprotein phosphatase activities were also present. The membranes could be phosphorylated by either intrinsic or exogenous protein kinase, and phosphorylation was stimulated by cyclic AMP and was reversible. Phosphorylated membranes accumulated twice as much Ca 2+ as control preparations.
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