The GTP-binding proteins on luminal and basolateral membrane vesicles from outer cortex (pars convoluta) and outer medulla (pars recta) of rabbit proximal tubule have b~n examined. The membrane vesicles were highly purified, as ascertained by electron microscopy, by measurements of marker enzymes, and by investigating seganental-specifie transport systems. The [~SJGTP~,S binding to vesicles, and to sodium cholatc-cxtracted proteins from vesicles, indicated that the total content of GTP-binding proteins were equally distributed on pars convoluta, pars recta luminal and basolateral membranes. The m~mbranes were ADP-ribosylated with [~:P]NAD" in the presence of pertussis toxin and cholera toxin. Gel elec~ro-phoresis revealed, for all preparations, the presence of cholera toxin [~ZP]ADP.ribosylated 42 and 45 kDa Gct, proteins, and pertussis toxin [~:P]ADP-ribosylated 41 kDa G~, 40 kDa G0::. and 41 kDa G~ proteins. The 2D electrophoresis indicated that G,,'s were not present in luminal nor in basolateral membranes of pars convoluta or pars recta of rabbit proximal tubule.
G-protein; Proximal tubule