Human placenta S-adenosylmethionine: protein carboxyl O-methyltransferase (protein methylase II). Purification and characterization |
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Authors: | M K Paik B D Hwang K Lim |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Won-Kwang University, College of Medicine, Chulia-Bukdo, Korea. |
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Abstract: | 1. Protein methylase II was purified from human placenta approx. 8700-fold with a yield of 14%. 2. Unlike protein methylase II from other sources, the activity of human placenta enzyme was completely inhibited by 2 mM Cu2+. Other divalent ions were without effect. 3. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), immunoglobulin A and calf thymus histones served as good in vitro substrates for the enzyme, particularly HCG. 4. The Km for S-adenosyl-L-methionine and Ki for S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine were 2.08 x 10(-6) and 5.8 x 10(-7) M, respectively. 5. The protein methylase II activity in human placenta changed with gestational age, the activity at 1st and 2nd trimester being approximately twice that of term placenta. |
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