Characterization of the purified rat hea
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Dayuan Zhao; Vijayan Elimban; Naranjan S. Dhalla
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Article
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1991
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Springer
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English
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The purified Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase from rat heart plasma membrane was activated by Ca2+ and Mg2+ with Ka values of 1.47 mM and 2.51 mM, respectively; other divalent cations also activated the enzyme but to a lesser extent. Divalent cations like Cu2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Cd2+ were potent inhibitors of the enzyme