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. 1975 Mar;146(3):625–633. doi: 10.1042/bj1460625

The properties and extracellular location of 5'-nucleotidase of the rat fat-cell plasma membrane.

A C Newby, J P Luzio, C N Hales
PMCID: PMC1165352  PMID: 167725

Abstract

1. A phosphohydrolase specific for 5'-nucleotides was characterized by using a particulate fraction from isolated fat-cells. 2. The activity of intact cells towards 5'-AMP was studied. 3. The activity in either situation had the same KM for AMP (45 muM) and was inhibited by low concentrations of ATP (less than 50 muM), but less potently by the ATP analogues AMP-P(CH2)P(adenylyl (beta gamma-methylene)diphosphonate) and AMP-P)NH)P (adenylylimidodiphosphate). 4. Homogenization of intact fat-cells caused no increase in activity and at least 85% of the activity was recovered in the particulate preparation. 5. The preparation of fat-cells used in this work was not freely permeable to AMP. 6. The ability of intact fat-cells to hydrolyse AMP implies that 5'-nucleotidase is an ectoenzyme in fat-cells. 7. Concentrations of ATP 100 times lower than intracellular concentrations inhibit the enzyme when added extracellularly to intact fat-cells, implying that this effect is also medicated at the extracellular face of the membrane. 8. Antibodies raised to whole liver cells and whole fat-cells inhibit 5'-nucleotidase in intact cells. 9. Incubation of intact fat-cells with adrenaline (1 mug/ml) or insulin (50 mui.u./ml) failed to alter the KM or Vmax. of the enzyme.

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