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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) has been purified over 6,500-fold with a 3.4% yield from rat colorectum with 2',5'-ADP-Sepharose, DEAE cellulose, and gel filtration. The purified enzyme gave a single band corresponding to an apparent molecular mass of 160 Dka on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. When assayed in the requisite presence of L-arginine, CaCl2, NADPH, calmodulin, tetrahydro-L-biopterin, and FAD, the purified enzyme exhibited a specific activity of 328 nmol/min/mg L-citrulline formed and an apparent Km for L-arginine of 2.9 microM. Amino acid sequencing of 12 peptides revealed identical sequences to that of the neuronal type enzyme except for two altered amino acid residues. When partial reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of RNA from rat colorectum and cerebellum was performed using primers designed according to the amino acid sequences determined, these amino acid changes were found in both cDNA fragments, indicating the identity of the colorectal enzyme to the cerebellar one. A polyclonal antibody raised against NOS purified from rat cerebellum cross-reacted with the NOS from colorectum but not that from IFN-gamma stimulated macrophage-derived cells, RAW 264.7. Immunohistochemical analysis of the colorectum using this specific antibody indicated that Auerbach's plexus is strongly immunoreactive, supporting the hypothesis that NO is an inhibitory transmitter for non-adrenergic and non-cholinergic nerves in the colorectum.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
602-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Amino Acid Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Chromatography, Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Rectum, pubmed-meshheading:7520037-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Nitric oxide synthase from rat colorectum: purification, peptide sequencing, partial PCR cloning, and immunohistochemistry.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't