A Protease Inhibitor of the Serpin Family Is a Major Protein in Carp Perimeningeal Fluid: I. Protein Purification and Characterization |
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Authors: | Chang-Jen Huang †Chien-Chang Chen Hsiu-Jane Chen †Fore-Lien Huang ‡ Geen-Dong Chang |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica;and; Department of Zoology and; Graduate Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Abstract: Two isoforms of a protease inhibitor of the serpin family (p62) have been purified from bighead carp perimeningeal fluid. Both isoforms migrate with an apparent molecular mass of 62 kDa on reducing and nonreducing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Both proteins inhibited the activities of bovine trypsin, bovine chymotrypsin, and porcine pancreatic elastase. They also formed complexes with these proteases that were resistant to sodium dodecyl sulfate treatment. p62 exists in the extracts of all tissues examined, including brain, head kidney, kidney, liver, muscle, ovary, pituitary, and spleen. It is also present in serum, ovarian fluid, and milt as well as perimeningeal fluid. The protease inhibitor is a glycoprotein, and its carbohydrate moiety could be removed by endoglycosidase F. Because p62 resembles mammalian α1-antitrypsin in many aspects, it is likely a fish equivalent of α1-antitrypsin. |
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Keywords: | Protease inhibitor Serpin Perimeningeal fluid Serine protease |
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