Abstract
Erythrosin B (USFD&C RED 3) inhibits the transport of calcium ions into isolated rabbit muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles with an IC50 of ∼ 0.5 μM and inhibits the Ca2+Mg2+ ATPase activity with an IC50 of ∼ 1 μM. The dye also binds to this tissue with an apparent Kd of ∼ 300 nM. Other iodinated and brominated fluorescein analogs and blue dextran also inhibit ATPase activity and displace bound dye, suggesting that erythrosin may bind to a site near to but not identical with the nucleotide site. The dye should prove to be a useful probe for transport and ATPase activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1306-1311 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 26 1982 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology