The study provides early biochemical evidence that the ANP receptor is a disulfide-linked dimer of approximately 140,000 Da.
Early animal characterization of the ANP receptor warrants clinical caution; leaves open its human functional and therapeutic relevance.
The receptor for atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) was purified to apparent homogeneity from bovine lung by a combination of detergent extraction, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and affinity chromatography on ANP-Affi-Gel 10. The Mr of the purified receptor is about 140,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. After reduction, the protein migrated as a single band with an Mr near 70,000. NH2-terminal sequence analysis of the purified material revealed only one sequence, indicating that the ANP receptor is composed of two probably identical subunits held together by disulfide bond(s), although it remains possible that one of the subunits is blocked at the NH2 terminus. Antibody was produced to the nonreduced Mr = 140,000 species and shown to interact with detergent-solubilized forms of the lung and kidney ANP receptor.
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