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. 1990 Sep 1;270(2):483–489. doi: 10.1042/bj2700483

Characterization of methylation of rat liver cytosolic glutathione S-transferases by using reverse-phase h.p.l.c. and chromatofocusing.

J A Johnson 1, T L Neal 1, J H Collins 1, F L Siegel 1
PMCID: PMC1131748  PMID: 2400397

Abstract

Glutathione S-transferase (GST) subunits in rat liver cytosol were separated by reverse-phase h.p.l.c.; five major proteins were isolated and identified as subunits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8. F.p.l.c. chromatofocusing resolved the affinity-purified GST pool into nine different isoenzymes. The five basic (Alpha class) dimeric peaks of GST activity were 1-1, 1-2a, 1-2b, 2-2a and 2-2b. Reverse-phase h.p.l.c. analysis revealed that subunit 8 was also present in the protein peaks designated 1-1, 1-2a and 1-2b. The four neutral (Mu class) isoenzymes were 3-3, 3-4, 3-6 and 4-4. The GST pool was methylated in vitro before reverse-phase h.p.l.c. or f.p.l.c. chromatofocusing. Chromatofocusing indicated that the Mu class isoforms (3-3, 3-4 and 4-4) were the primary GSTs methylated, and h.p.l.c. analysis confirmed that subunits 3 and 4 were the major methyl-accepting GST subunits. The addition of calmodulin stimulated the methylation in vitro of GST isoenzymes 3-3, 3-4 and 4-4 by 3.0-, 7.5- and 9.9-fold respectively. Reverse-phase h.p.l.c. also indicated that only the methylation of GST subunits 3 and 4 was stimulated by calmodulin. Basic GST isoenzymes were minimally methylated and the methylation was not enhanced by calmodulin. Investigation of the time course of methylation of GST subunits 3 and 4 indicated that at incubation times less than 4 h the methylation of both Mu class subunits was stimulated by calmodulin, and that under such conditions subunit 4 was the preferred substrate. In contrast, there was essentially no calmodulin-stimulated methylation at incubation times of 4 or 6 h, and the methylation of subunit 3 was predominant. Kinetic parameters at 2 h of incubation were determined in the presence and in the absence of calmodulin. The addition of calmodulin doubled the Vmax. for methylation of both subunits 3 and 4 and decreased the Km of subunit 4 for S-adenosyl-L-methionine 3.6-fold. Finally, methylation was substoichiometric and after 6 h of incubation ranged from 2.8 to 7.6% on a mole-to-mole basis for subunits 4 and 3 respectively.

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