A nonspecific nucleoside triphosphatase was partially purified from skin and
cutaneous melanoma tumors from Sinclair swine using chloroform precipitation, hydrophobic,
ion-exchange and affinity chromatography techniques. The enzyme was not stimulated by
Na^+, K^+ or Mg^2+ but it was inhibited by EDTA. The enzyme was not inhibited by quercetin,
proflavin, azide or ovabain. The enzyme exhibited optimal activity over a pH range of 8-9
and the activation energy was 10.4 and 9.8 kcal/mol for dUTP and ATP, respectively. The
apparent K(m) of the enzyme for dUTP and dTTP was approximately 20 µmol/l while the
apparent K(m) for dATP, ATP, dCTP, CTP and UTP was in the range of 65-80 µmol/l.