Tubulin and tubulin-colchicine complex bind to brain microsomal membrane in vitro |
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Authors: | Julio A. Rodriguez Hector S. Barra |
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Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, República Argentina
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Abstract: | Brain tubulin was labeled in vitro by post-translational incorporation of [14C]-tyrosine or in vivo by intra-cranial injection of [3H]-leucine. The labeled protein was purified by ion-exchange chromatography. After incubating at 37 degrees C with a microsomal membrane preparation from rat brain, part of the labeled soluble tubulin became sedimentable at high-speed centrifugation. This was independent of the native configuration of tubulin, the state of tyrosination of the COOH-terminus, or the presence of 100 microM colchicine in the mixture. In addition, the double-labeled tubulin-colchicine complex obtained from the binding of [3H]-colchicine to [14C]-tyrosinated tubulin, bound to the membrane preparation to the same extent as [14C]-tyrosinated tubulin. The data show that either tubulin or the complex resulting from its binding to colchicine distributed between the soluble and the membrane fractions when mixed at 37 degrees C with a microsome preparation. Seemingly, the site for colchicine binding to tubulin needs not to be free for the protein-membrane association. |
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