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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-11-16
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pubmed:abstractText |
Guinea pig (GP) acrosin was purified following acid extraction of testicular acetone powder, pH precipitation of the soluble extract, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on SP-Sephadex, and affinity chromatography on Concanavalin A-Sepharose. Final purification was achieved by re-chromatography on Sephadex G-100. Enzymatic activity was detected by following the hydrolysis of N-benzyloxycarbonylarginyl amide of 7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin at 37 degrees C, pH 8.0, before and after activation. GP testicular acrosin exhibited a molecular weight of 48,000 by gel filtration and 34,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Following SDS-PAGE in gels containing 0.1% gelatin, protease activity was observed to comigrate with the major protein detected by silver staining. The purified GP acrosin showed cross-reactivity with a monospecific polyclonal rabbit antiserum directed against boar sperm acrosin and exhibited reversible pH-dependent activation. The physiochemical characteristics of the purified protein, including the amino acid composition, resemble those reported for acrosins from other species.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Aug
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pubmed:issn |
0006-3363
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
37
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
201-10
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Acrosin,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Amino Acids,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Chromatography, Gel,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Guinea Pigs,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Molecular Weight,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Serine Endopeptidases,
pubmed-meshheading:3477294-Testis
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pubmed:year |
1987
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Purification and initial characterization of guinea pig testicular acrosin.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6080.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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