Multiple forms of calpastatin in pig brain |
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Authors: | E Takano T Hamakubo Y Kawatani M Ueda R Kannagi T Murachi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Pig brain was found to contain two calpain-specific, heat-stable inhibitory fractions which could be separated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. CS-0.1, which was eluted from the column at 0.1 M NaCl, was identified as an ordinary, well-known calpastatin. CS-0.2, eluted at 0.2 M NaCl, was different from CS-0.1 in that it inhibited calpain 1 more strongly than calpain II and that it did not cross-react with anti-calpastatin antibodies. Partial purification indicated that CS-0.2 contained inhibitor proteins smaller than ordinary calpastatin, but whether they are the products derived from CS-0.1 or entirely different genetic products has not yet been determined. |
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