“…The Ca2+-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)* 1 is inhibited by two classes of hydrophobic molecule, the sesquiterpene lactones including thapsigargin, thapsivillosin A (TvA), and trilobolide (Thastrup et al, 1990;Sagara & Inesi, 1991; Kijima et al, 1991;Lytton et al, 1991;Wictome et al, 1992aWictome et al, , 1995, and the dihydroxybenzenes (or hydroquinones) including 2,5-di-terí-butyl-1,4-dihydroxybenzene (BHQ) (Llopis et al, 1991;Wictome et al, 1992bWictome et al, , 1994Nakamura et al, 1992). Both the sesquiterpene lactones and BHQ have been shown to shift the E1/E2 equilibrium of the ATPase toward E2 with a decrease in the rate of the E2 -* El transition, explaining the inhibition of ATPase activity by these compounds (Wictome et al, 1992b).…”