Purification and kinetics of recombinant SHIP. A, left panel, 100 ng of SHIP1 purified from HEK-293 cells, resolved on an 8% SDS gel and stained with Coomassie Blue. The right panel presents an immunoblot with a SHIP1 antibody. B, upper panel, time-dependent phosphatase activity of SHIP1 with the indicated concentrations of PtdIns 3,4,5-P3 (PIP3); lower panel, plot of initial rate against PtdIns 3,4,5-P3 concentration. Vmax and Km were estimated as 1.8 pmol Pi/min/ng and 46.0 μm, respectively. C, upper panel, time-dependent phosphatase activity of SHIP1 with different concentrations of Ins-1,3,4,5-P4 (IP4) as the substrate. Vmax and Km were estimated as 3.8 pmol Pi/min/ng and 351.4 μm, respectively.