The sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle retains a membrane bound Ca2+-ATPase which is able to interconvert different forms of energy. A part of the chemical energy released during ATP hydrolysis is converted into heat and in the bibliography it is assumed that the amount of heat produced during the hydrolysis of an ATP molecule is always the same, as if the energy released during ATP cleavage were divided in two non-interchangeable parts: one would be converted into heat, and the other used for Ca2+ transport. Data obtained in our laboratory during the past three years indicate that the amount of heat released during the hydrolysis of ATP may vary between 7 and 32 kcal/mol depending on whether or not a transmembrane Ca2+ gradient is formed across the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. Drugs such as heparin and dimethyl sulfoxide are able to modify the fraction of the chemical energy released during ATP hydrolysis which is used for Ca2+ transport and the fraction which is dissipated in the surrounding medium as heat.
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April 01 2001
Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase on Heat Production and Thermogenesis
Leopoldo de Meis
Leopoldo de Meis
1Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 2001 Plenum Publishing Corporation
2001
Biosci Rep (2001) 21 (2): 113–137.
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Leopoldo de Meis; Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase on Heat Production and Thermogenesis. Biosci Rep 1 April 2001; 21 (2): 113–137. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013640006611
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