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1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Jan 26;280(3):713-9.Click here to read Links

Purification and functional analysis of the copper ATPase CopA of Enterococcus hirae.

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, 3010 Berne, Switzerland.

The Enterococcus hirae ATPase CopA is a member of the recently discovered heavy metal ATPases and shares 43% sequence identity with the human Menkes and Wilson copper ATPases. To study CopA biochemically, it was overexpressed in E. coli with an N-terminal histidine tag and purified to homogeneity by nickel affinity chromatography. The purified CopA catalyzed ATP hydrolysis with a V(max) of 0.15 micromol/min/mg and a K(m) for ATP of 0.2 mM and had an optimum pH of 6.25. The activity was 3- to 4-fold stimulated by reconstitution into proteoliposomes. The enzyme formed an acylphosphate intermediate. Its kinetics of formation and the effects of inhibitors and metal ions upon it support a function of CopA in copper transport. Purification and functional reconstitution of CopA provides the basis to study copper transport in vitro. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

PMID: 11162579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]