ATP hydrolytic activity of an iron-stimulated P-type ATPase of mouse liver microsomes

Mouse liver microsomes treated with octylthioglucoside were examined for iron-stimulated ATPase activity. The activity was about 6 mumol Pi/mg protein/hr under optimal conditions [300 mM KC1, 3 mM MgSO4, 10 mM glutathione(GSH), 100 microM FeCl3, 3 mM ATP and 50 mM acetate buffer at pH 5.0]. The Km for iron was 20 microM. A reducing agent, such as GSH or dithiothreitol, was required for the activity, and removal of Fe2+ from the reaction mixture by bathophenan-throlinedisulfonate resulted in a complete loss of the iron-stimulated ATPase activity. Vanadate inhibited the iron-stimulated ATPase activity. These results suggest that microsomes from mouse liver contain the Fe(2+)-stimulated P-type ATPase.