Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the newt Pleurodeles waltl. Protein purification and characterization of a GapC gene.
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol
; 131(3): 411-21, 2002 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The NAD(+)-dependent cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH, EC 1.2.1.12) has been purified to homogeneity from skeletal muscle of the newt Pleurodeles waltl (Amphibia, Urodela). The purification procedure including ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by Blue Sepharose CL-6B chromatography resulted in a 24-fold increase in specific activity and a final yield of approximately 46%. The native protein exhibited an apparent molecular weight of approximately 146 kDa with absolute specificity for NAD(+). Only one GAPDH isoform (pI 7.57) was obtained by chromatofocusing. The enzyme is an homotetrameric protein composed of identical subunits with an apparent molecular weight of approximately 37 kDa. Monospecific polyclonal antibodies raised in rabbits against the purified newt GAPDH immunostained a single 37-kDa GAPDH band in extracts from different tissues blotted onto nitrocellulose. A 510-bp cDNA fragment that corresponds to an internal region of a GapC gene was obtained by RT-PCR amplification using degenerate primers. The deduced amino acid sequence has been used to establish the phylogenetic relationships of the Pleurodeles enzyme--the first GAPDH from an amphibian of the Caudata group studied so far--with other GAPDHs of major vertebrate phyla.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pleurodeles
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Músculo Esquelético
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Gliceraldehído-3-Fosfato Deshidrogenasas
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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BIOQUIMICA
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Marruecos