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. 1965 May;95(2):490–496. doi: 10.1042/bj0950490

The adenosine-triphosphatase activity of adrenal chromaffin granules

P Banks 1,*
PMCID: PMC1214348  PMID: 14340099

Abstract

1. The preparation of a fraction containing highly purified chromaffin granules from the bovine adrenal medulla is described. 2. The fraction contains an adenosine-triphosphatase activity that is stimulated by Mg2+ and that cannot be explained by contamination with mitochondria or microsomes. 3. It is suggested that the adenosine-triphosphatase activity is related to the uptake of cate-cholamines by the chromaffin granules.

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