PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING OF FARNESYLATED PEPTIDES - ASSAY AND PARTIAL-PURIFICATION FROM PIG BRAIN MEMBRANES OF AN ENDOPEPTIDASE WHICH HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EC 3.4.24.15

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作者
AKOPYAN, TN
COUEDEL, Y
ORLOWSKI, M
FOURNIEZALUSKI, MC
ROQUES, BP
机构
[1] UER SCI PHARMACEUT & BIOL,CNRS,URA D 1500,INSERM,U266,UNITE PHARMACOCHIM MOLEC & STRUCT,F-75270 PARIS 06,FRANCE
[2] CUNY,MT SINAI SCH MED,DEPT PHARMACOL,NEW YORK,NY 10029
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10.1006/bbrc.1994.1113
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The proteolytic processing of farnesylated peptides was investigated with the tritiated C-terminal heptapeptide of mouse N-Ras protein, Propionyl-Gly-Ser-Pro-(farnesyl-Cys)-[3H]Val-Leu-Met, as substrate. Using two rapid and sensitive methods, the peptidase which cleaves the (farnesyl-Cys)-[3H]Val bond was purified more than 100 times from a microsomal fraction of pig brain. The determination of its molecular mass (about 70 kDa) and its pH range for optimum activity (neutral pH) as well as the results obtained with various inhibitors indicate that this [3H]Val-Leu-Met releasing enzyme resembles endopeptidase 24.15: a thiol-dependent zinc metallopeptidase. Parallel and comparative inhibition assays on partially purified enzyme and pure “24.15” confirm this similarity. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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