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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Native glutathione S-transferases are composed of subunits with apparent molecular weights of 25,000, 23,500, or 22,000 which form either homo- or heterodimers. Glutathione S-transferases A, C, and X which contain two subunits with molecular weights of 23,500 yielded similar but nonidentical proteolytic fragmentation patterns. Fragments unique to the subunits of the homodimers A and X were present in decreased intensities in the patterns of form C. Two-dimensional electrophoresis under denaturing conditions showed single nonoverlapping spots for transferases A and X, while form C yielded two spots corresponding in position to those obtained from forms A and X. Renaturation of dissociated glutathione S-transferase C yielded enzymatically active transferases A, C, and X. These results indicate that form C is a heterodimer composed of one subunit from the homodimeric transferases A and X. This was substantiated by NH2-terminal sequence analysis showing extensive NH2-terminal homology amongst all three forms. However, in the positions where forms A and X yielded different residues, both amino acids were detected in the sequence of form C, indicating that the two subunits of Mr = 23,500 are the products of two different genes. NH2-terminal sequence analysis of the heterodimeric glutathione S-transferase B which is composed of subunits with molecular weights of 22,000 and 25,000 revealed a single unique sequence which bore no resemblance to the sequences of either forms A or X. Despite the identical NH2-terminal sequences, proteolytic fragmentation of the separated subunits showed markedly different fragmentation patterns. This indicates that two different mRNAs code for these two subunits.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
258
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11321-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies on the subunit composition of rat liver glutathione S-transferases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't