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Rat liver plasma membranes were found to have a relatively high ratio of acid to alkaline phosphatase activity when compared to rabbit liver and human placental membranes, respectively. The rat liver plasma membranes contained PPTl phosphatase activity against the soluble autophosphorylated insulin receptor beta-subunit. The PPT phosphatase activity of the membranes, using 32P-histone 2b as a substrate, was inhibited by 100 microM Zn+2, insensitive to 10 mM EDTA, and displayed maximal activity at neutral pH. Dephosphorylation of the insulin receptor beta-subunit by rat liver membranes was inhibited by Zn+2, and stimulated by EDTA. These results prove that the plasma membrane of a physiologically relevant insulin target tissue contains a PPT phosphatase, distinct from alkaline phosphatase, which catalyzes the dephosphorylation of the insulin receptor beta-subunit.
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