CATHEPSIN-D - PURIFICATION OF ISOENZYMES FROM HUMAN AND CHICKEN LIVER
CATHEPSIN-D - PURIFICATION OF ISOENZYMES FROM HUMAN AND CHICKEN LIVER
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DOI:
10.1042/bj1170601
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
BARRETT, AJ
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作者:
BARRETT, AJ
1. The Barrett (1967) assay for cathepsin D was slightly modified. 2. The enzyme was purified from liver of man and chicken by a procedure involving autolysis, acetone fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography and isoelectric focusing. 3. Several isoenzymes of cathepsin D were resolved in the isoelectric-focusing step, and three major forms, α,β and γ, were distinguished for each species. 4. A modified analytical method of isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gel indicated a high degree of homogeneity of the purified β and γ isoenzymes from each species, and this was supported by their constant high specific activities. 5. Gel filtration of the isoenzymes in a calibrated column of Sephadex G-100 showed that each had a molecular weight of 45000. 6. Human cathepsin D had a pH optimum of 3.5, and that of chicken enzyme was 3.0, haemoglobin being used as substrate. In each species, the three isoenzymes have the same pH-dependence curve. 7. The purified cathepsin D samples showed very little action on acid-denatured albumin.