SOLUBLE GUANYLATE-CYCLASE FROM BOVINE LUNG - ACTIVATION WITH NITRIC-OXIDE AND CARBON-MONOXIDE AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FERROUS AND FERRIC STATES
SOLUBLE GUANYLATE-CYCLASE FROM BOVINE LUNG - ACTIVATION WITH NITRIC-OXIDE AND CARBON-MONOXIDE AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FERROUS AND FERRIC STATES
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00184a036
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发表时间:
1994-05-10
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
MARLETTA, MA
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作者:
STONE, JR;MARLETTA, MA
Nitric oxide ((NO)-N-.) is a recently discovered signaling agent which plays a role in many biological processes such as vasodilation and neuronal synaptic transmission. The only receptor characterized thus far for (NO)-N-. is the soluble form of guanylate cyclase (sGC). (NO)-N-. increases the V-max of sGC by 100-200-fold, probably by interacting with a heme moiety on the enzyme. Although several procedures exist for purifying sGC, these procedures result in preparations with low heme contents. Using a novel procedure, the enzyme has been purified to homogeneity from bovine lung with a heme content of approximately 1 heme/heterodimer. The UV-visible spectrum of the enzyme contains a Soret peak centered at 431 nm and a single broad alpha/beta peak at 555 nm indicative of a 5-coordinate ferrous heme with histidine as the axial ligand. The heme moiety does not bind oxygen but will readily bind (NO)-N-. to form a 5-coordinate complex or carbon monoxide (CO) to form a 6-coordinate complex. Oxidation of the heme with ferricyanide shifts the Soret to 393 nm, due most likely to the formation of a 5-coordinate ferric heme. In the ferric state, the heme will apparently not bind water but will bind cyanide with reduced affinity compared to methemoglobin and metmyoglobin. Purified enzyme containing 1 heme/heterodimer is activated 130-fold by (NO)-N-. and 4.4-fold by CO.