Studies on the subunit structure and molecular size of the human alcohol dehydrogenase isozymes determined by the different loci, ADH1ADH2, and ADH3
Studies on the subunit structure and molecular size of the human alcohol dehydrogenase isozymes determined by the different loci, ADH1ADH2, and ADH3
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由不同位点ADH1ADH2和ADH3确定的人乙醇脱氢酶同工酶亚基结构和分子大小的研究
DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-1809.1973.tb00604.x
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发表时间:
1973
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
H. Harris
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作者:
Moyra J. Smith;D. Hopkinson;H. Harris
Ann. Hum. Uenet., Lond. (1973), 36, 401 Printed in Ureat Britain Studies on the subunit structure and molecular size of the human alcohol dehydrogenase isozymes determined by the different loci, ADH,, ADH,, and A D H , BY MOYRA SMITH, D. A. HOPKINSON AND HARRY HARRIS M.R.C. Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, University College London It has been proposed (Smith, Hopkinson & Harris 1971, 1972) that human alcohol dehydro- gellase (ADH) is determined by three separate structural gene loci, designated ADH,, A D H , and ADH,, which code for structurally different polypeptides a, /3 and y respectively. Evidence has been obtained for the occurrence of two common alleles at each of the A D H , and A D H , loci, designated A D H ; and A D H ; and A D H ; and ADH;, which code for structurally distinct forms of the corresponding polypeptides (pl, pz and yl, y 2 respectively). According t o the hypothesis the isozymes of human ADH are dimers and any one particular isozyme may be homodimeric, consisting of two identical polypeptides (e.g. 0101, plpl, y'y', etc.) coded by a specific allele at one of the loci, or heterodimeric, consisting of two non-identical polypeptides (e.g. ~$1, ay', ay2, etc.) coded by alleles a t separate loci or heterodimeric but coded by different alleles a t the same locus (e.g. y1y2). The isozymes actually observed after electrophoresis of tissue extracts appear t o depend on the relative activities of the three loci and they vary from tissue to tissue and also with development. Thus, in liver, the homodimeric aa isozyme consisting of ADH, polypeptides predominates in early foetal life but later ADH, polypeptides appear and the heterodimeric ap and the homodimeric pp isozymes can be detected. During the first year of post-natal life ADH, polypeptides also appear and a complex mixture of homodimeric (0101, and y y ) and heterodimeric (ap, ay and By) isozymes can be detected in liver from children and adults. I n contrast, the isozyme pattern of lung tissue is simple in both foetal and adult samples and consists only of /3 polypeptides determined by the ADH, locus. In kidney and gastro-intestinal tract the ADH, polypeptides predominate in early foetal life and the homodimeric jsozymes y1y1 and y2y2 can be readily seen in the respective homozygotes, while in the heterozygotes (ADH, 2-1) they occur together with the hybrid heterodimeric y1y2 isozyme. I n adult gastro- intestinal tract specimens the ADH isozymes determined by the A D H , locus also predominate but traces of the ADH, type isozymes are seen as well. I n adult kidney it has now been found by careful homogenization of ice-cold post-mortem tissue that isozymes determined by the A D H , locus do occur, contrary t o what was thought earlier (Smith et al. 1971) but most of the total ADH activity can be attributed to the A D H , locus. The present paper is principally concerned with the results of in vitro hybridization experi- ments involving the dissociation and recombination of the postulated subunits of the different ADH isozymes. The findings support the hypothesis outlined above. I n addition, we describe experiments using gel filtration column chromatography to determine the molecular size of the various isozymea and the separation of the individual isozymes by ion exchange chromatography on carboxymethyl (CM) cellulose.