Purification and properties of adenosine triphosphatase solubilized from beef heart mitochondria by chloroform.

Soluble, oligomycin-insensitive ATPase released from beef heart mitchondria by chloroform extraction can be further purified by Sepharose 6B gel filtration. This purification increases enzyme activity 4--5 times (100-130U/mg). According to specific activity, high purity and ability to reconstitute oligomycin-sensitive complex, isolated ATPase is quite comparable with enzyme preparations isolated by other methods.