EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE DEGRADATION OF PROTEINS IN RABBIT RETICULOCYTE LYSATES AND AFTER INJECTION INTO HELA-CELLS
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE DEGRADATION OF PROTEINS IN RABBIT RETICULOCYTE LYSATES AND AFTER INJECTION INTO HELA-CELLS
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10.1073/pnas.81.1.90
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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RECHSTEINER, M
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HOUGH, R;RECHSTEINER, M
Bovine serum albumin, pyruvate kinase, Hb and the Fc fragment of IgG were labeled and introduced into [human cervical carcinoma] HeLa cells by erythrocyte-mediated microinjection. Degradation of the injected proteins was then measured in cells cultured at temperatures between 6.degree. C and 37.degree. C. Arrhenius plots revealed a constant Ea [activation energy] of 27 .+-. 5 kcal/mol over this temperature interval. Similarly, the apparent Ea for the degradation of long-term endogenously labeled HeLa proteins was 22-26 kcal/mol. Both local protein unfolding and proteolysis by defined enzymes, such as trypsin or papain, proceed with Eas between 5 and 15 kcal/mol. The 2-fold higher values obtained in this study indicate that protein unfolding or simple proteolysis is not rate limiting in the degradation of injected or long-lived endogenous HeLa proteins. Moreover, the relatively uniform Eas suggest that a similar biochemical event is rate limiting in the degradation of a specific protein independent of its half-life. This event may involve a reaction in the ATP-dependent proteolytic pathway from rabbit reticulocyte lysates because Eas for ATP-dependent proteolysis in this system were also 27 .+-. 5 kcal/mol.