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. 1988 Jan 1;249(1):223–230. doi: 10.1042/bj2490223

Isolation and characterization of a plasma membrane calcium pump from Dictyostelium discoideum.

J L Milne 1, M B Coukell 1
PMCID: PMC1148688  PMID: 2963624

Abstract

During the aggregation and differentiation of amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum, changes in free cytosolic Ca2+ appear to regulate a number of physiological processes. To understand the mechanisms regulating free intracellular Ca2+ in this organism, we have isolated and characterized an ATP/Mg2+-dependent, high-affinity Ca2+ pump. When homogenates of 2 h starved cells were fractionated on Percoll/KCl gradients, one peak of high-affinity Ca2+-pumping activity was detected. This activity was resolved from enzyme markers of the mitochondrion and the rough endoplasmic reticulum but it cosedimented with the plasma membrane marker, alkaline phosphatase. Further studies suggested that the pump was associated with 'inside-out' plasma membrane vesicles. Like plasma membrane Ca2+-transport ATPases from other systems, this isolated Ca2+ pump: (1) was Mg2+-dependent, (2) displayed a high specificity for ATP as an energy source, (3) exhibited a high affinity for free Ca2+ with a Km of 0.3 microM, and (4) was very sensitive to inhibition by vanadate (IC50 2 microM) but was unaffected by mitochondrial inhibitors, ouabain and Ca2+-channel blockers. Unlike plasma membrane Ca2+ pumps from most other systems, this enzyme appeared not to be regulated by calmodulin. During development, non-mitochondrial, vanadate-sensitive, high-affinity Ca2+-pumping activity in crude lysates remained relatively constant for at least 15 h. These observations suggest that this plasma membrane Ca2+ pump probably functions in Dictyostelium to maintain Ca2+ homeostasis by extruding free cytosolic Ca2+ from the cells.

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