COMPARISON OF A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC, A FLUOROMETRIC, AND A NOVEL RADIOMETRIC ASSAY FOR CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-E (EC 3.4.17.10) AND OTHER CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B-LIKE ENZYMES

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FRICKER, LD
DEVI, L
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[1] YESHIVA UNIV ALBERT EINSTEIN COLL MED,DEPT NEUROSCI,BRONX,NY 10461
[2] NYU MED CTR,DEPT PHARMACOL,NEW YORK,NY 10016
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10.1016/0003-2697(90)90005-T
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Carboxypeptidase E (CPE) is a carboxypeptidase B-like enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of numerous peptide hormones and neurotransmitters. A sensitive assay for CPE and other carboxypeptidase B-like enzymes has been developed using 125I-acetyl-Tyr-Ala-Arg (125I-AcYAR) as the substrate. This peptide is poorly soluble in ethyl acetate whereas the product of carboxypeptidase B-like enzymatic activity (125I-AcYA) can be quantitatively extracted with this solvent, allowing the rapid separation of product from substrate. This radiometric assay can detect less than 1 pg of either CPE or carboxypeptidase B. For CPE, the assay with 125I-AcYAR is approximately 1000 times more sensitive than a fluorescent assay using dansyl-Phe-Ala-Arg (dans-FAR), and 6000 times more sensitive than a spectrophotometric assay using hippuryl-Arg (hipp-R). CPE hydrolyzes the three substrates with Kcat values of 16 s-1 for AcYAR, 13 s-1 for dans-FAR, and 8.5 s-1 for hipp-R. The Km values for CPE with AcYAR (28 μm) and dans-FAR (34 μm) are similar, and are much lower than the Km with hipp-R (400 μm). Thus, the primary reason for the increased sensitivity of the 125I-AcYAR assay over the fluorescent assay is not a result of kinetic differences but is due to the detection limit of iodinated product (10-15 mol), compared to the fluorescent product (5 × 10-11 mol). Applications of this rapid and sensitive radiometric assay to detect CPE in cultured cells and in subcellular fractions of the pituitary are described. © 1990.
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