Biology of Reproduction, Vol 31, 687-693, Copyright © 1984 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Some properties of acid and alkaline phosphates from boar sperm plasma membranes

DA Soucek and JC Vary

Boar sperm plasma membranes were purified by differential and sucrose density equilibrium centrifugation and were found to yield a single band at a density of 1.14 g/cm3. Both alkaline and acid phosphatase activities were enriched in this fraction. The alkaline phosphatase activity was optimal in 100 mM tris (hydroxymethyl) methylamine (Tris)- NaHCO3 at pH 9.9 with 0.05% Triton X-100 and 1 mM MgCl2. This activity was inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), cadmium, zinc or heating at 60 degrees C for 30 min. Also, L-homoarginine caused approximately 70% inhibition and L-phenylalanine or L-leucine caused about 10 to 20% inhibition. Acid phosphatase activity was optimal in 100 mM sodium acetate at pH 5.1 with 0.05% Triton. Sodium dodecyl sulfate, potassium fluoride (KF) or sulfhydryl reagents inhibited the activity, while EDTA or heating at 60 degrees C had no effect. These data for enzymes from boar sperm plasma membranes can be used for future work on the quantitation of the enzymes, distinguishing these two phosphatases from other phosphohydrolases, purification of the enzymes and for comparison to phosphatases in other tissues.

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