The animal and human plasma membrane (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPases--approaches to molecular arrangements of functional parts and oxidative changes. |
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Authors: | Z F?ldes-Papp |
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Institution: | University of Ulm, Section for Polymers, Ulm (Donau), West Germany. |
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Abstract: | The molecular structures of animal and human plasma membrane (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPases are not completely understood in part due to the fact that no suitable single crystal is available. The elucidation of the two-dimensional structure is in progress. The amino acid sequences of human erythrocyte and rat plasma membrane Ca2+ pump isoforms as well as of the pig smooth muscle plasma membrane Ca2+ pump are already known. This article reviews the present state of the knowledge in (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPase research of animal and human plasma membranes performed in the past few years, concerning in particular arrangements of proteolytically cleaved fragments, and relations between the erythrocyte (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPase in situ and the purified red cell enzyme, oxidative changes. Results of different experimental approaches concerning the structure of (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPases rather than the applications of the methods used are emphasized. |
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