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  • Title: Purification and partial characterization of rat brain acid proteinase (isorenin).
    Author: Hackenthal E, Hackenthal R, Hilgenfeldt U.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1978 Feb 10; 522(2):561-73. PubMed ID: 23850.
    Abstract:
    1. Isorenin was purified 2000-fold from rat brain by a simple 3-step procedure involving affinity chromatography on pepstatinyl-Sepharose, The preparation appears as a homogenous protein in analytical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis indicated an apparent molecular weight of 45 000. Isoelectric focusing separated isoenzymes with isoelectric points at pH 5.45, 5.87, 6.16 and 7.05. 2. The enzyme generates antiotensin I from tetradecapeptide (pH optimum 4.7) and from sheep angiotensinogen (pH optima 3.9 and 5.5). The rate of angiotensin I formation from tetradecapeptide was 30 000 times higher than that from sheep angiotensinogen. The enzyme has acid protease activity at pH 3.2 with hemoglobin as the substrate and pepstatin is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme with a Ki of less than 10(-9) M. 3. The properties of the enzyme strongly suggest that it is identical with cathepsin D.
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