Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 507, Issue 3, Pages 367-370Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03009-5
Keywords
tetrathiomolybdate; copper ATPase; inhibitor; enzyme kinetics; Enterococcus hirae
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Tetrathiomolybdate (TTM) avidly interacts with copper and has recently been employed to reduce excess copper in patients with Wilson disease. We found that TTM inhibits the purified Enterococcus hirae CopB copper ATPasc with an IC50 of 34 nM. Dithiomolybdate and trithiomolybdate, which commonly contaminate TTM, inhibited the copper ATPases with similar potency. Inhibition could be reversed by copper or silver, suggesting inhibition by substrate binding. These findings for the first time allowed an estimate of the high affinity of CopB for copper and silver. TTM is a new tool for the study of copper ATPases. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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