title: Involvement of tyrosyl residue(s) in binding of endothelin and sarafotoxin to their receptors in rat brain and heart.
abstract: The possible involvement of tyrosyl residue(s) in the binding of endothelins and sarafotoxins to their receptors was examined by the use of tetranitromethane. Incubation of rat cerebellar, hypothalamic, caudate putamen and atrial membranes with the reagent (100 microM, pH 8.1, 20 min) was accompanied by a decrease in their capacity to bind endothelins and sarafotoxin. Experiments employing nitration at different pH values (6.0 vs. 8.1) and studies on the effect of dithiothreitol on the nitrated preparations indicated that the modified residue(s) is most probably a tyrosyl and not a cysteinyl residue, and that there is no oligomerization of the receptors. These data are discussed in relation to the structural data recently obtained by cloning and expression of the endothelin/sarafotoxin receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bousso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bdolah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokolovsky
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014757:Viper Venoms; C057354:sarafotoxins s6; D014443:Tyrosine