Studies on naturally occurring proteinous inhibitor for transmethylation reactions
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- 31 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 156 (1) , 79-84
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09551.x
Abstract
An inhibitor for S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyltransferases has been purified from rat liver particulate fraction to apparent homogeneity, as judged by high-performance liquid chromatography, two-dimensional paper electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing chromatography. This inhibitor molecule, which is composed of 27 amino acid residues with an additional fluorescent chromophore, is rich in glycine, contains no basic amino acid, and has an isoelectric point (pI) of 3.70. A single absorption peak was observed at 248 nm in acidic as well as in neutral media, while two peaks were detected in alkaline medium at 206 nm and 248 nm. The former peak was found to be quite labile. The fluorescent spectra with excitation peak at 285 nm and emission peak at 358 nm are greatly influenced by the pH, being the highest in alkaline medium. The purified inhibitor inhibits all the AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases examined.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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