CLEAVAGE OF FARNESYLATED COOH-TERMINAL HEPTAPEPTIDE OF MOUSE N-RAS BY BRAIN MICROSOMAL-MEMBRANES - EVIDENCE FOR A CARBOXYPEPTIDASE, WHICH SPECIFICALLY REMOVES THE COOH-TERMINAL METHIONINE

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作者
AKOPYAN, TN [1 ]
COUEDEL, Y [1 ]
BEAUMONT, A [1 ]
FOURNIEZALUSKI, MC [1 ]
ROQUES, BP [1 ]
机构
[1] UFR SCI PHARMACEUT & BIOL,DEPT CHIM ORGAN,CNRS,URA D1500,INSERM,UA498,U266,4 AVE OBSERV,F-75270 PARIS 06,FRANCE
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10.1016/0006-291X(92)90449-U
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Brain microsomal membranes are capable of sequentially removing Met, Leu and Val from a chemically synthesized COOH-terminal heptapeptide (propionyl-Gly-Ser-Pro-(farnesyl-Cys)-Val-Leu-Met) of mouse N-ras protein. The carboxypeptidase generating Met displays maximum activity at neutral pH and shows high affinity for the farnesylated substrate (Km=73 μM) as compared to its non farnesylated precursor (Km=600 μM). The results of inhibitor action suggest that the membrane carboxpeptidase is a novel, probably thiol-dependent, serine type peptidase. © 1992.
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