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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 17, 7635-7639, 06, 1986

Dephosphorylation of phosphoproteins of human liver plasma membranes by endogenous and purified liver alkaline phosphatases

JR Chan and RA Stinson

Purified alkaline phosphatase and plasma membranes from human liver were shown to dephosphorylate phosphohistones and plasma membrane phosphoproteins. The protein phosphatase activity of the liver plasma membranes was inhibited by levamisole, a specific inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase, and by phenyl phosphonate and orthovanadate, but was relatively insensitive to fluoride (50 mM). Endogenous membrane protein phosphatase activity was optimal at pH 8.0, compared to pH 7.8 for purified liver alkaline phosphatase. Plasma membranes also exhibited protein kinase activity using exogenous histone or endogenous membrane proteins (autophosphorylation) as substrates; this activity was cAMP- dependent. Autophosphorylation of plasma membrane proteins was apparently enhanced by phenyl phosphonate, levamisole, or orthovanadate. The dephosphorylation of phosphohistones by protein phosphatase 1 was not inhibited by levamisole but was inhibited by fluoride. Inhibition of endogenous protein phosphatase activity by orthovanadate during autophosphorylation of plasma membranes could be reversed by complexation of the inhibitor with (R)-(-)-epinephrine, and the dephosphorylation that followed was levamisole-sensitive. Neither plasma membranes nor purified liver alkaline phosphatase dephosphorylated glycogen phosphorylase a. These results suggest that the increased [32P]phosphate incorporation by endogenous protein kinases into the membrane proteins is due to inhibition of alkaline phosphatase and that the major protein phosphatase of these plasma membranes is alkaline phosphatase.
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