PURIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN OF SARCOPLASMIC-RETICULUM FROM SKELETAL-MUSCLE
PURIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN OF SARCOPLASMIC-RETICULUM FROM SKELETAL-MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.82.12.4036
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
FLEISCHER, S
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作者:
MAURER, A;TANAKA, M;FLEISCHER, S
The Ca binding protein of [rabbit] skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (also referred to as calsequestrin) was purified by release from the compartment of the vesicles with the detergent octaethyleneglycol mono-n-dodecyl ether (C12E8) and by subsequent precipitation of the Ca binding protein with specific divalent cations. The isolated protein exhibited a single band on NaDodSO4/PAGE [sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis] and bound 903 nmol of Ca2+ per mg of protein. The Ca binding protein could be crystallized in the presence of Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, or combinations of these 3 cations used in a narrow concentration range. Needle-shaped crystals of up to 500 .times. 50 .mu.m were obtained. The removal of the divalent cations resulted in solubilization of the crystals. The spacings and angles of the crystals were obtained by EM using 3 different methods of sample preparation. By freeze-drying and negative staining EM, the spacings along axes a and b were determined to be 10-11 nm each, and the angle between the 2 axes was 90.degree.. By thin section EM, the spacing along axis a was 11 nm, along axis c was 15-16 nm, and the angle between the 2 axes was 75.degree.. This study reports a simple and rapid method for purification of the Ca binding protein; conditions to crystallize the protein using Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, or combinations of the 3; and some preliminary characteristics of the crystals. The crystalline nature was characterized by EM and X-ray diffraction. The larger crystals diffracted beyond 3-.ANG. Bragg spacing.