Purification of recombinant human cPLA2 gamma and identification of C-terminal farnesylation, proteolytic processing, and carboxymethylation by MALDI-TOF-TOF analysis.
Purification of recombinant human cPLA2 gamma and identification of C-terminal farnesylation, proteolytic processing, and carboxymethylation by MALDI-TOF-TOF analysis.
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通过 MALDI-TOF-TOF 分析纯化重组人 cPLA2 gamma 并鉴定 C 末端法尼基化、蛋白水解加工和羧甲基化。
DOI:
10.1021/bi034611q
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Gross,RichardW
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作者:
Jenkins,ChristopherM;Han,Xianlin;Yang,Jingyue;Mancuso,DavidJ;Sims,HaroldF;Muslin,AnthonyJ;Gross,RichardW
Cytosolic phospholipase A2γ (cPLA2γ) is a calcium-independent, membrane-associated phospholipase A2that possesses a C-terminal prenylation motif (-CCLA) whose covalent structure cannot be deduced from the primary sequence alone. Accordingly, we overexpressed human cPLA2γ containing an N-terminal His tag ((His)6cPLA2γ) in Sf9 cells and quantitatively solubilized and purified the enzyme by sequential immobilized metal affinity and Mono Q column chromatographies. The final preparation appeared as a single 61 kDa band after SDS−PAGE/silver-staining, possessed high lysophospholipase activity (50 μmol min-1mg-1), and was inhibited by, but did not hydrolyze, palmitoyl-CoA. Radiolabeling of recombinant human cPLA2γ with [3H]-mevalonolactone in the absence of statins and subsequent cleavage of prenyl groups with Raney nickel revealed that the enzyme is only farnesylated and is not geranylgeranylated. Analysis of CNBr-digested cPLA2γ by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight (MALDI/TOF-TOF) mass spectrometry demonstrated the presence of a farnesyl moiety at Cys-538, cleavage of the Cys538−Cys539bond, and carboxymethylation of the resultant C-terminal prenylated cysteine. Collectively, these results describe the solubilization and purification of recombinant cPLA2γ to homogeneity and identify cPLA2γ as a farnesylated protein that undergoes at least three sequential posttranslational modifications that likely facilitate its targeting and interactions with its membrane substrates.