PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF THE SOLUBLE CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE FROM HUMAN PLACENTA - COMPARISON TO THE RAT-LIVER ENZYME

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TILGMANN, C
KALKKINEN, N
机构
[1] UNIV HELSINKI,INST BIOTECHNOL,KARVAAMOKUJA 3,SF-00380 HELSINKI,FINLAND
[2] ORION CORP,MOLEC GENET LAB,SF-00380 HELSINKI,FINLAND
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10.1016/0006-291X(91)91517-G
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Catechol-o-methyltransferase from human placenta was purified 1400-fold by hydroxyapatite adsorption, ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration, high performance anion- exchange and reversed-phase chromatography. The purified enzyme has an apparent molecular weight of 26.000, an isoelectric point of 5,3 and is activated ten-fold in the presence of 20mM cysteine. The enzyme shows primary structure homology to the corresponding rat liver soluble enzyme, based on the sequenced tryptic peptides. © 1991.
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