On the properties of porcine elastase released from its complex with human alpha-1-antitrypsin by alkaline cleavage. |
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Authors: | H L James A B Cohen |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140 USA |
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Abstract: | These investigations were made to determine how the elastase released from its complex with alpha-1-antitrypsin at high pH is modified. Most of the elastase component precipitates on returning the pH to neutral. The elastase component and the native enzyme subjected to the same conditions of pH and temperature reacted to approximately the same extent with radio-actively labeled diisopropyl fluorophosphate. There were about two moles of dehydroalanine per mole of enzyme either in the presence or absence of complex formation. Thus, the enzyme is either still capable of reacting with diisopropyl fluorophosphate or it is denatured and thus inactivated by partial conversion of cystine residues to dehydroalanine. Anhydroelastase is apparently not formed during cleavage of the complex. |
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Keywords: | DFP diisopropyl fluorophosphate β-NADH β-nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide reduced form LDH actate dehydrogenase SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate |
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