INCORPORATION OF L-TYROSINE, L-PHENYLALANINE AND L-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE AS SINGLE UNITS INTO RAT-BRAIN TUBULIN
INCORPORATION OF L-TYROSINE, L-PHENYLALANINE AND L-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE AS SINGLE UNITS INTO RAT-BRAIN TUBULIN
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1975.tb02435.x
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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CAPUTTO, R
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ARCE, CA;RODRIGUEZ, JA;CAPUTTO, R
The product of the incorporation of [14C]tyrosine as single unit into a protein of the soluble fraction of rat brain homogenate was purified by following a procedure used to purify tubulin. Sodium dodecylsulphate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified material showed a single protein band containing all the radioactivity. Purification data indicate that this protein accounts for 10.2% of the total protein of the supernatant fraction. This is in good agreement with the amount found for tubulin by the [3H]colchicine‐binding method (10.5% of the total protein). The incorporated [14C]‐tyrosine was found in the α‐subunit of tubulin.Protein labelled with [3H]colchicine and [14C]tyrosine was precipitated with vinblastine sulphate and the radioactivity of3H and that of14C were quantitatively recovered in the precipitate (98%). Sodium dodecylsulphate ‐ polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the vinblastine precipitate showed that the14C radioactivity moved with the tubulin band.Results obtained in experiments with phenylalanine and 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylalanine were identical to those obtained for tyrosine.Binding of colchicine did not interfere with the incorporation of tyrosine.About 30% of tubulin from rat brain supernatant fraction can incorporate tyrosine as single unit.