A native Zn/Cd pumping P-1B ATPase from natural overexpression in a hyperaccumulator plant

作者：Parameswaran Aravind; Leitenmaier Barbara; Yang Mingjie; Kroneck Peter M H; Welte Wolfram; Lutz Gabriela; Papoyan Ashot; Kochian Leon V; Kuepper Hendrik

来源：Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2007, 363(1): 51-56.

DOI：10.1016/j.bbre.2007.08.105

• cadmium
• heavy metals
• metal activation
• P-1B type ATPase
• TcHMA4
• zinc

We report here the first purification of a P-1B type ATPase, a group of transporters that occurs in bacteria, plants and animals incl. humans, from a eukaryotic organism in native state. TcHMA4 is a P-1B type ATPase that is highly expressed in the Cd/Zn hyperaccumulator plant Thlaspi caerulescens and contains a C-terminal 9-histidine repeat. After isolation from roots, we purified TcHMA4 protein via metal affinity chromatography. The purified protein exhibited Cd- and Zn-activated ATPase activity after reconstitution into lipid vesicles, showing that it was in its native state. Gels of crude root extract and of the purified protein revealed TcHMA4-specific bands of about 50 and 60 kDa, respectively, while the TcHMA4 mRNA predicts a single protein with a size of 128 kDa. This indicates the occurrence of post-translational processing; the properties of the two bands were characterised by their activity and binding properties.

• 出版日期2007-11-9
• 单位复旦大学