Abstract
The extracellular adenylate cyclase of Bordetella pertussis was partially purified and found to contain high- and low-molecular-weight species. The high-molecular-weight form had a variable molecular weight with a peak at about 700,000. The smaller species had a molecular weight of 60 to 70,000 as determined by gel filtration. The low-molecular-weight form could be derived from the high-molecular-weight species. The high-molecular-weight complex purified from the cellular supernatant was highly stimulated by calmodulin, while the low-molecular-weight enzyme was much less stimulated. Active enzyme could be recovered from sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gels at positions corresponding to molecular weights of about 50,000 and 65,000. Active low-molecular-weight enzyme recovered from SDS gels migrated with a molecular weight of about 50,000, which coincides with a coomassie blue-stained band. However, when both high- and low-molecular weight preparations were analyzed in 8 M urea isoelectrofocusing gels, the enzyme activity recovered did not comigrate with stained protein bands. The enzyme recovered from denaturing isoelectrofocusing or SDS gels was activated by calmodulin, indicating a direct interaction of calmodulin and enzyme. The high-molecular-weight form of the enzyme showed increasing activity with calmodulin concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 500 nM, while the low-molecular-weight form was fully activated by calmodulin at 20 nM. Adenylate cyclase on the surface of living cells was activated by calmodulin in a manner which resembled that found for the high-molecular-weight form.
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