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Purification of soluble GAF synthase from rat cerebellum achieved an approximately 10,000-fold increase in specific activity, revealing a homodimer of 155-kDa subunits dependent on calmodulin.
The study successfully purified soluble GAF synthase from rat cerebellum, identifying it as a calmodulin-dependent homodimer of 155-kDa subunits.
Rat cerebellum data warrant no clinical action; leaves open GAF synthase relevance to human cardiovascular signaling.
The soluble form of guanylyl cyclase-activating-factor (GAF) synthase from rat cerebellum was purified to homogeneity by sequential affinity chromatographic steps on adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate (2',5'-ADP)-Sepharose and calmodulin-agarose. Enzyme activity during purification was bioassayed by the L-arginine-, NADPH-, and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent formation of a plasma membrane-permeable nitric oxide-like factor that stimulated soluble guanylyl cyclase in RFL-6 cells. With calmodulin and NADPH as cofactors, purified soluble GAF synthase induced an increase of 1.05 mumol of cGMP per 10(6) RFL-6 cells per 3 min per mg of protein. The coproduct of this signal-transduction pathway appeared to be L-citrulline. GAF synthase catalyzed the conversion of 107 nmol of L-arginine into L-citrulline per min per mg of protein. Based on these assays, this represents a purification of GAF synthase of approximately 10,076- and 8925-fold with recoveries of 16% and 19%, respectively. Rechromatography of the purified enzyme on Mono P (isoelectric point = 6.1 +/- 0.3), Mono Q, and Superose 12 or 6 resulted in no further purification or increase in specific activity. A Stokes radius of 7.9 +/- 0.3 nm and a sedimentation coefficient s20,w of 7.8 +/- 0.2 S were used to calculate a molecular mass of about 279 +/- 25 kDa for the native enzyme. SDS/PAGE revealed a single protein band with a molecular mass of about 155 +/- 3 kDa. These data suggest that soluble GAF synthase purified from rat cerebellum is a homodimer of 155-kDa subunits and that enzyme activity is dependent upon the presence of calmodulin.
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Schmidt et al. (1991) studied this question. Purification of GAF synthase was evaluated on Enzyme activity and purification fold. Purification of soluble GAF synthase from rat cerebellum achieved an approximately 10,000-fold increase in specific activity, revealing a homodimer of 155-kDa subunits dependent on calmodulin.
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