title: Binding and degradation of insulin by plasma membranes from bovine liver isolated by a large scale preparation.
abstract: With the large-scale preparation described, as much as 1 kg of bovine liver can be processed, giving a yield of more than 1 g plasma membrane protein. From analytical and morphological criteria the plasma membrane fraction isolated mainly derives from bile-canalicular and contiguous areas of the hepatocytes. The insulin binding activity is quite similar to insulin receptors in other cell systems and membrane preparations. Insulin-degrading activity is very low in the isolated plasma fraction. Most of degrading activity is located in a microsomal membrane fraction. Nevertheless the Km and the pH dependence of the insulin-degrading activity in both fractions are nearly identical. From these studies we conclude that binding and degradation of insulin are two independent processes located on different cell organelles.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin