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  • Title: Purification and characterization of subtilisin cleaved actin lacking the segment of residues 43-47 in the DNase I binding loop.
    Author: Kiessling P, Jahn W, Maier G, Polzar B, Mannherz HG.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1995 Nov 14; 34(45):14834-42. PubMed ID: 7578093.
    Abstract:
    The protease subtilisin has been reported to cleave skeletal muscle G-actin between Met 47 and Gly 48 generating a core fragment of 33 kDa and a small N-terminal peptide, which remains attached to the core fragment [Schwyter, D. Phillips, M., & Reisler, E. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 5889-5895]. However, amino acid sequencing and mass spectroscopy of subtilisin cleaved-actin revealed two cleavage sites, one between Met 47 and Gly 48 and a second between Gly 42 and Val 43, generating an actin core of 37 kDa and a nicked 4.4 kDa N-terminal peptide. Here we describe a procedure for purifying the actin core fragment and the attached N-terminal peptide from the linking pentapeptide comprising amino acid residues 43-47 under native conditions by anion exchange chromatography. After removal of the pentapeptide, the salt-induced polymerization of actin was abolished. However, the purified fragments could be polymerized by addition of salt plus myosin subfragment 1 or salt plus phalloidin as shown by sedimentation and fluorescence increase using N-(1-pyrenyl)iodoacetamide labeled actin. These results confirm earlier reports proposing that cleavage in the DNase I binding loop is affecting the ion induced polymerization of actin [Higashi-Fujime, S., et al. (1992) J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 112, 568-572; and Khaitlina, S., et al. (1993) Eur. J. Biochem. 218, 911-920]. Monomeric and filamentous subactin exhibited reduced abilities to inhibit deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) and to stimulate the myosin subfragment 1 ATPase activity. Direct binding of subactin to DNase I was verified by gel filtration and to myosin subfragment 1 by affinity chromatography, chemical cross-linking, and electron microscopy.
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