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. 1983 Jan 1;209(1):125–134. doi: 10.1042/bj2090125

Purification and properties of guinea-pig submandibular-gland kallikrein.

F Fiedler, M J Lemon, C Hirschauer, G Leysath, F Lottspeich, A Henschen, W Gau, K D Bhoola
PMCID: PMC1154063  PMID: 6552183

Abstract

Guinea-pig submandibular kallikrein has been purified from the glands to electrophoretic homogeneity by conventional procedures. The enzyme is active as a kininogenase, releasing kallidin at a rate of 462 micrograms/min per mg of protein from bovine kininogen, and proved potently hypotensive in the guinea pig and in the dog, properties which indicate its tissue kallikrein nature. The specific activity determined on the substrate N-alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (11.1 mumol/min per mg of protein) is much lower than that measured with N-acetyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (483 mumol/min per mg of protein). The latter value is of an order of magnitude comparable with the specific activities of other tissue kallikreins determined with this sensitive kallikrein substrate. The enzyme is a glycoprotein consisting of 237 amino acid residues and containing three to four glucosamine molecules. Its amino acid composition is not identical with that reported for guinea-pig coagulating-gland kallikrein, but is remarkably similar to that of the porcine tissue kallikreins. Apparent Mr values are 29000 (sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis) or 34000 (gel filtration). The amino acid sequence of the first 31 N-terminal residues was determined and was found to be closely homologous with that of other tissue kallikreins.

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