Abstract-Rat brain microsomal Mgt+-ATPases with two distinct activities: ethacrynic acid (EA) highly sensitive and EA less sensitive Mgt+-ATPase activities were solubilized by the combined treatment with 10 mM 3-(3-chlolamidopropyl) dimethylammonio-1 -propane-sulfate (CHAPS) and 30 mM octyl-Q-D-glucoside. The solubilized enzymes had properties similar to those of the membrane-bound enzyme in microsomes with respect to the sensitivity to EA and Cl-, although the optimal pH and the affinity to ATP were slightly altered after the solubilization. Fast protein liquid chromatography of the solubilized enzymes on an anion exchanger (Mono Q) column with a linear NaCI gradient (0-1.0 M) yielded separate peaks for EA highly sensitive and EA less sensitive Mgt+-ATPase activities at 0.1 and 0.35 M NaCI, respectively.Polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis of the samples from the peak-fractions of EA highly sensitive and EA less sensitive Mgt+-ATPase activities yielded prominent bands at 600 and 70 kDa, respectively. These results indicate that EA highly sensitive Mgt+-ATPase is solubilized and separated from EA less sensitive Mgt+-ATPase as a large enzyme molecule with anion-sensitive sites.