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R Sakakibara

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PubMed1980

Complete amino acid sequence of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart muscle. Tryptic peptides.

The amino acid sequences of 39 tryptic peptides from carboxymethylated mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart muscle were analyzed. The peptides were purified by gel filtration, ion exchange column chromatography, paper chromatography, and high voltage paper electrophoresis, and their sequences were examined by manual Edman degradation, carboxypeptidase digestion, and fragmentation with thermolysin or chymotrypsin. These peptides accounted for 318 of the total 401 amino acid residues in the protein subunit.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1980

Complete amino acid sequence of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart muscle. Cyanogen bromide peptides.

Twelve cyanogen bromide peptides were isolated from S-carboxymethylated mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase and their amino acid sequences were determined. These peptides were purified first by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-75 column, and then by gel filtration on Bio-Gel, or by ion exchange chromatography on a phosphocellulose column in the presence of 8 M urea, or by both methods. Small peptides were purified by paper chromatography. The cyanogen bromide peptides accounted for 367 of the 401 amino acid residues in the subunit of the enzyme. No peptide accounting for the other 34 residues was obtained in a homogeneous state, but peptide mixtures containing this particular peptide were analyzed by various procedures including Edman degradation and digestion with Staphylococcus aureus protease. The results accounted for all 401 amino acid residues.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1980

Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase isozymes from rat liver. Purification and physicochemical characterization.

Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase isozymes were purified simultaneously to homogeneity from rat liver with high yields. Three subforms of mitochondrial isozyme and three subforms of cytosolic isozyme were separated by chromatography on CM-Sephadex and electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel. The general enzymatic properties of the purified isozymes such as their kinetic parameters, isoelectric points, molecular weights, amino acid compositions, NH2-terminal amino acid sequences and COOH-terminal amino acids were determined. Most of these properties of the isozymes are similar to those of the corresponding isozymes from other sources, such as rat brain and pig and human heart. In amino acid compositions, cytosolic isozyme from rat liver has more proline and glycine and less arginine, threonine and leucine than pig heart cytosolic isozyme; the mitochondrial isozyme has more glutamic acid and glycine and less serine than the corresponding pig heart isozyme. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequences of GOT isozymes from rat liver were identical with those of the GOT isozymes from pig heart up to the 10th residues except for the 5th residues. The subforms of mitochondrial isozyme from rat liver were generated on storage at 4 degrees C for 4-8 weeks.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1979

The effect of purothionin on bovine adrenal medullary cells.

The effect of purothionin, a peptide isolated from wheat flour, on adrenal medullary cells was examined in perfused bovine adrenal glands. Addition of purothionin (4 microgram/ml) to the perfusion fluid caused the release of cytoplasmic glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (c-GOT), DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) and magnesium ions, which are present in the cytoplasmic fraction of adrenal medulla, but not the release of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) or mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (m-GOT), which are located in the particulate fraction. These results suggest that purothionin makes small pores in the cytoplasmic membranes of bovine adrenal medullary cells, resulting in the leakage of the cytoplasmic proteins and ions from the cells.

Adrenal Medulla↗
PubMed1978

Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-cytochrome b5 reductase: location of the hydrophobic, membrane-binding region at the carboxyl-terminal end and the masked amino terminus.

Microsomal NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase is an amphiphilic protein consisting of a hydrophilic (catalytic) region and a hydrophobic (membrane-binding) segment. Digestion of the reductase purified from rabbit liver microsomes with carboxypeptidase Y (CPY), but not with aminopeptidases, resulted in the abolishment of the capacities of the reductase to bind to phosphatidylcholine liposomes and to reconstitute an active NADH-cytochrome c reductase system upon mixing with cytochrome b5. The NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity of the flavoprotein was, however, inactivated only slightly by the CPY digestion. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and amino acid analyses indicated that the CPY treatment removed about 30 amino acid residues from the tcooh terminus of the reductase and that about 70% of the amino acids released were hydrophobic. It is concluded that the hydrophobic region of the reductase, responsible for both membrane binding and effective reconstitution of NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity, is located at the COOH-terminal portion of the molecule. No NH2-terminal residue could be detected in the intact and CPY-modified reductase preparations. The location of the hydrophobic, membrane-binding segment at the COOH-terminal end and the masked NH2 terminus have also been reported for cytochrome b5, another microsomal membrane protein.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1977

The complete amino acid seqeunce of mitochondrial asparatate aminotransferase from pig heart.

The complete amino acid sequence of the mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart was determined by analyses of the fragments obtained from tryptic digestion and cyanogen bromide treatment of the protein. The sequence analyzer was useful for establishing the primary structure of the N-terminal portion of the whole protein. There are 401 amino acid residues in the molecule. The sequence was compared with that of the cytoplasmic isozyme, showing 48% homology.

Amino Acid Sequence↗