The molecular form of acetylcholinesterase as determined by irradiation inactivation (Short Communication) |
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| Authors: | S R Levinson and J C Ellory |
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| Institution: | A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | The molecular size of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) from the electric organ of Electrophorus electricus and erythrocyte ;ghosts' was estimated in both membrane-bound and purified preparations by irradiation inactivation. Results suggest that the form of the enzyme in the membrane is a monomer of molecular weight approx. 75000 and that multiple forms of the enzyme observed in solubilized preparations are aggregates of this monomer. |
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