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. 1996 Nov 1;319(Pt 3):717–723. doi: 10.1042/bj3190717

Reconstitution of the hexose phosphate translocator from the envelope membranes of wheat endosperm amyloplasts.

I J Tetlow 1, C G Bowsher 1, M J Emes 1
PMCID: PMC1217848  PMID: 8920972

Abstract

Amyloplasts were isolated and purified from wheat endosperm and the envelope membranes reconstituted into liposomes. Envelope membranes were solubilized in n-octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside and mixed with liposomes supplemented with 5.6 mol% cholesterol to produce proteoliposomes of defined size, which showed negligible leakage of internal substrates. Transport experiments with proteoliposomes revealed a counter-exchange of glucose 1-phosphate (Glc1P), glucose 6-phosphate (Glc6P), inorganic phosphate (Pi), 3-phosphoglycerate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The Glc1P/Pi counter-exchange reaction exhibited an apparent K(m) for Glc1P of 0.4 mM. Glc6P was a competitive inhibitor of Glc1P transport (Ki 0.8 mM), and the two hexose phosphates could exchange with each other, indicating the operation of a single carrier protein. Glc1P/Pi antiport in proteoliposomes showed an exchange stoichiometry at pH 8.0 of 1 mol of phosphate transported per mol of sugar phosphate.

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