STUDIES ON PROPERTIES OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ACTIN .3. CARBETHOXYLATION

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MUHLRAD, A
HEGYI, G
HORANYI, M
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[1] Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
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10.1016/0005-2795(69)90240-2
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Diethylpyrocarbonate was used for the specific carbethoxylation of the histidyl residues of G- and F-actins. The characteristic properties of carbethoxylated actins were studied. The extent of carbethoxylation depended on the actin to reagent ratio, and equal numbers of histidyl residues were carbethoxylated in G- and F-actins. The number of tyrosine and SH groups did not change on diethylpyrocarbonate treatment. 30% of the bound nucleotide of G-actin was removed, whereas a high degree of carbethoxylation did not change the bound nucleotide of F-actin. The characteristic properties of F-actin (viscosity, repolymerizability, actomyosin formation, activation of myosin ATPase) were not altered by the treatment even on carbethoxylation of 70% of the histidyl residues. The characteristic properties of G-actin (polymerizability, actomyosin formation and activation of myosin ATPase) were almost lost on carbethoxylation of about half the histidyl residues. The treatment did not change the helix content of G-actin (the 233-mμ Cotton effect). These results lead to the assumption that the histidyl residues, which have some role in determining the characteristic properties of actin, are buried in F-actin. © 1969.
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