These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase C3. Purification of the enzyme and characterization of the ADP-ribosylation reaction in platelet membranes.
    Author: Aktories K, Rösener S, Blaschke U, Chhatwal GS.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1988 Mar 01; 172(2):445-50. PubMed ID: 3127209.
    Abstract:
    A novel ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 was purified to homogeneity from filtrates of certain strains of Clostridium botulinum type C by ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography and heat treatment. The molecular mass of botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 was found to be 25 kDa. In the presence of [32P]NAD but not with [carbonyl-14C]NAD, C3 labelled 21-24-kDa protein(s) in membranes of human platelets and other tissues. The Km value of the ADP-ribosylation reaction for NAD was about 2 microM. Labelling of the 21-24-kDa protein(s) by C3 was largely reduced by addition of nicotinamide. Snake venom phosphodiesterase cleaved the ADP-ribose attached to the 21-24-kDa protein(s) by C3 and released 5'AMP. C3 catalyzed hydrolysis of [carbonyl-14C]NAD and released [carbonyl-14C]nicotinamide. ADP-ribosylation of 21-24-kDa platelet membrane protein(s) was biphasically regulated by Mg2+, Mn2+ and Ca2+. In the absence of free divalent cations GTP, GTP[gamma S] and GDP but not GDP[beta S], GMP, ATP or ATP[gamma S] increased labelling by C3. In the presence of Mg2+, GTP[gamma S] was inhibitory. Guanine nucleotides prevented heat inactivation of the substrate protein(s) with the rank order GTP[gamma S] = GTP = GDP greater than GDP[beta S] greater than GMP much greater than ATP = GMP = ATP[gamma S]. The data support the view that the novel ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 modifies eukaryotic 21-24-kDa GTP-binding protein(s).
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]