Water-soluble acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica. Solubilization, purification and characterization |
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Authors: | Kalderon N Silman I |
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Institution: | Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. |
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Abstract: | The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from electrogenic tissue of Torpedo californica was solubilized by tryptic digestion of membrane fragments obtained from autolysed tissue, without use of detergent. The water-soluble acetylcholine receptor was purified by affinity chromatography on a cobra-toxin-Sepharose resin. The purified receptor bound 4000-6000 pmol per mg protein of alpha-125I]bungarotoxin, and toxin-binding was specifically inhibited by cholinergic ligands. Gel filtration revealed a single molecular species of Stokes radius 125 +/- 10 A and on sucrose gradient centrifugation one major peak was observed of 20-22 S. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and beta-mercaptoethanol revealed two major polypeptides of mol. wt. 30 000 and 48 000. |
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