The rabbit reticulocyte is capable of utilizing purines and their ribosyl derivatives for nucleoside triphosphate formation. Adenine, adenosine, hypoxanthine, and inosine are used extensively for the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate. Xanthine, guanine, and guanosine are utilized primarily for the synthesis of guanosine triphosphate. The inhibitor 6-diazo-S-oxo-L-norleucine inhibits the utili...

We tested the hypotheses that with the onset of cerebral ischemia, massive cellular sodium influx does not occur until adenosine triphosphate is fully depleted and that on reperfusion, neuronal sodium efflux does not occur until adenosine triphosphate is fully restored. We examined the temporal relationships among transcellular sodium, energy metabolism, and intracellular pH with sodium and pho...

Effects of varying the intracellular adenosine triphosphate level on both the action potential and the membrane current were studied in single ventricular cells isolated from the guinea pig heart, using collagenase. Intracellular injection of adenosine triphosphate elevated the plateau potential level and prolonged the action potential duration. Similar results were obtained by injecting adenos...

BACKGROUND Alternating hemiplegia of childhood is an intractable neurological disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of alternating hemiplegia accompanied by other paroxysmal symptoms. Recent research has identified mutations in the ATP1A3 gene as the underlying cause. Adenosine-5'-triphosphate has a vasodilatory effect, can enhance muscle strength and physical performance, and was hypoth...

Radioactive adenosine triphosphate was synthesized transiently from adenosine diphosphate and radioactive inorganic phosphate by sodium and potassium adenosine triphosphatase from guinea pig kidney. In a first step, K+-sensitive phosphoenzyme was formed from radioactive inorganic phosphate in the presence of magnesium ion and 16 mM sodium ion. In a second step the addition to the phosphoenzyme ...

The isolation of the crystalline enzymes, adenosine triphosphate-creatine transphosphorylase (1) and adenosine triphosphate-adenosine 5’-phosphate transphosphorylase (2), made possible a comparative approach to the general problem of the mechanism of action of the adenosine triphosphate transphosphorylases. The present series of papers extends earlier studies from this laboratory on these enzym...