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  • Title: Purification of the G-protein G13 from rat brain membranes.
    Author: Harhammer R, Nürnberg B, Spicher K, Schultz G.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1994 Oct 01; 303 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):135-40. PubMed ID: 7945231.
    Abstract:
    Significant amounts of G13, a member of the recently described G12-subfamily of heterotrimeric G-proteins, have been detected in rat brain membranes by specific antisera. The alpha-subunits of G13 (G alpha 13) were purified by using a combination of conventional and subunit-exchange chromatography. Purification was facilitated by the fact that the initial anion-exchange chromatography separated G13 from most of the other G-proteins, including Gq/11. Moreover, G alpha 13-enriched fractions obtained from this chromatographic step were devoid of beta gamma-dimers, despite the absence of G-protein-activating agents. Nevertheless, the purified G alpha 13 retained its ability to interact with beta gamma-dimers under appropriate conditions, i.e. the addition of Lubrol PX instead of cholate as detergent and the omission of ethylene glycol routinely used as a protecting additive. The interaction was demonstrated by (i) the binding of G alpha 13 to immobilized beta gamma-complexes and (ii) the formation of stable heterotrimers during sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. Furthermore, our studies on G alpha 13 provide evidence for an extremely slow basal GDP/GTP exchange rate. The purified protein showed negligible binding of guanosine 5'-[gamma-[35S]thio]triphosphate (GTP[35S]). Accordingly, dissociation of G alpha 13 from immobilized beta gamma-complexes was achieved by AlF4-/Mg2+, but not by GTP[S]. These data indicate that G13 exhibits properties highly distinct from those of other G-proteins.
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