Biochemistry and Function of Vacuolar Adenosine-Triphosphatase in Fungi and Plants

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Plant Vacuole Membrane: Structure and Properties....Pages 3-13
Analytical Characterization of Vacuolar Membranes from Higher Plants....Pages 14-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Comparative Analysis of the Properties of Tonoplast-Bound Adenosine-Triphosphatase from Fungi and Higher Plants: Pitfalls and Artifacts in the Search for Vacuolar ATPase and Proton Pumps....Pages 31-44
Salt-Stimulated ATPase and PPase Activities Associated With Vacuoles from Higher Plants....Pages 45-56
Ca 2+ -ATPases and Their Occurrence in Vacuoles of Higher Plants....Pages 57-66
Isolation, Properties, and Functions of Tonoplast ATPase from Higher Plants....Pages 67-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Membrane Potential Canges in Vacuoles from Storage Roots of Red Beet....Pages 79-82
Transtonoplast Potential Difference and Surface Potential of Isolated Vacuoles....Pages 83-97
Critical Evaluation of Methods for Estimating the Vacuolar pH of Plant Cells....Pages 98-113
A Study of Transport in Tonoplast Vesicles Using Spin-Labelled Probes....Pages 114-118
The Use of Optical Probes to Monitor the Formation of pH Gradients and Membrane Potential in Tonoplast Membrane Vesicles....Pages 119-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The H + -Translocating ATPase in Vacuolar Membranes of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ....Pages 131-140
The H + -Translocating ATPase in Vacuolar Membranes of Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 141-150
The Functioning of Tonoplast H + -Translocating ATPase from Hevea Latex in Physiological Conditions....Pages 151-163
Proton Pump and ATPase Activities in Tonoplast Vesicles from Storage Tissue of Red Beet....Pages 164-174
Anion-Sensitive H + -ATPases from Higher Plant Cells: The Role of Chloride in Stimulating Proton Transport....Pages 175-183
An Electrogenic Proton Pump on the Tonoplast of Acer Pseudoplatanus L. Free Cells and Isolated Vacuoles....Pages 184-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
H + -ATPase and H + /Ion Antiporters of the Vacuolar Membrane of Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis Yeast....Pages 203-211
Compartmentation of Solutes and the Role of Tonoplast ATPase in Hevea Latex....Pages 212-226
Transport of Malic Acid in Cells of CAM Plants....Pages 227-237
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Transport and Energization in Vacuoles of Sugarcane....Pages 238-244
Cooperation of a “Davies Type” Biochemical pH-Stat and the Tonoplastic Bioosmotic pH-Stat in the Regulation of the Cytosolic pH of Hevea Latex....Pages 245-259