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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
An endopeptidase activity that cleaves glucagon, producing miniglucagon or glucagon (19-29), a Ca2+ pump inhibitory peptide, was isolated from rat liver membranes. The purified enzyme has a molecular mass of approximately 100 kDa and a pH optimum of approximately 8. It is inhibited by both sulfhydryl-blocking reagents and metal-chelating reagents and activated by thiol compounds. The partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 100-kDa protein does not correspond to any known protein. An antiserum was raised against a synthetic octapeptide corresponding to the N-terminal sequence. Immunoblot analysis of crude liver membranes revealed a single band at 100 kDa. Immunoreactivity was found in liver, pancreas, and heart, which are glucagon and miniglucagon target tissues, and in gastric mucosa and kidney. Low levels were detected in spleen, whereas immunoreactivity was undetectable in skeletal muscle and intestinal mucosa. The endopeptidase activity was inhibited by insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1, and glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36) amide, whereas other peptides that contain dibasic sites had no effect on its activity, indicating that the endopeptidase does not display strict selectivity toward basic doublets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21748-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Gastric Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Glucagon, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Protease Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8408029-Swine
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Endopeptidase from rat liver membranes, which generates miniglucagon from glucagon.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U264, CC.C.I.P.E., MOntpellier, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article