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. 1983 Jun 1;211(3):743–753. doi: 10.1042/bj2110743

Proteins of the kidney microvillar membrane. The amphipathic forms of endopeptidase purified from pig kidneys.

I S Fulcher, A J Kenny
PMCID: PMC1154422  PMID: 6349615

Abstract

The purification of detergent-solubilized kidney microvillar endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11) by immuno-adsorbent chromatography is described. The product (the d-form) was 270-fold purified compared with the homogenate of kidney cortex and was obtained in a yield of 5%. It was free of other peptidase activities and homogeneous by electrophoretic analyses. It contained about 15% carbohydrate and one Zn atom/subunit. Two trypsin-treated forms were also characterized. One (dt-form) was obtained by treatment of the d-form. The other (tt-form) was the result of solubilizing the membrane by treatment with toluene and trypsin. All three forms had apparent subunit Mr values of approx. 89 000, but the d-form appeared to be slightly larger than the other two. Estimates of Mr by gel filtration showed that of the tt-form to be 216 000 whereas those of the other forms were 320 000. An estimate of the detergent (Triton X-100) bound to the d- and dt-forms accounted for this difference. By several criteria, including charge-shift crossed immunoelectrophoresis and hydrophobic chromatography, the d- and dt-forms were shown to be amphipathic molecules. In contrast, the tt-form was hydrophilic in its properties. Differences in ionic properties were also noted, consistent with the loss, in the case of the dt-form, of a positively charged peptide. The results indicate that the native endopeptidase is a dimeric molecule, each subunit being anchored in the membrane by a relatively small region of the polypeptide close to one or other terminus. The d- and dt-forms had similar enzyme activity when assayed by the hydrolysis of 125I-insulin B-chain. Chelating agents and phosphoramidon inhibited the endopeptidase. The kinetic constants were determined by a new two-stage fluorimetric assay using glutarylglycylglycylphenylalanine 2-naphthylamide as substrate and aminopeptidase N (EC 3.4.11.2) to hydrolyse phenylalanine 2-naphthylamide. The Km was 68 microM and Vmax. 484nmol X min-1 X (mg of protein)-1.

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