title: Identification of molecular aggregates containing glycoproteins III, J, K (carboxypeptidase H), and H (Kex2-related proteases) in the soluble and membrane fractions of adrenal medullary chromaffin granules.
abstract: An investigation of the molecular properties of glycoprotein III has shown this to be a major component of molecular aggregates present in the membrane and soluble fractions of secretory vesicles from bovine adrenal medulla. These aggregates also contain components identified as glycoproteins H, J, and K which are molecular forms of Kex2-related proteases (glycoprotein H) and carboxypeptidase H (glycoprotein components J and K) and which have functions concerned with the processing of prohormones. A number of experiments indicated that these glycoproteins were associated. These components were coimmunoprecipitated from the soluble and membrane fractions of chromaffin granules. Purification of soluble glycoprotein III using wheat germ agglutinin-Sepharose resulted in the recovery of similar proportions of glycoproteins H, J, and K and gel filtration of the eluted material in combination with immunoprecipitation revealed the presence of heteroaggregates containing all of the glycoproteins. Similar results were obtained following octylglucoside solubilization of chromaffin granule membranes. Glycoprotein components III, H, J, and K were also found to have identical distributions following fractionation of chromaffin granule membranes with Triton X-114. It was concluded that the aggregates seen in the soluble fraction reflect an association of these components in the chromaffin granule membrane. This raises the possibility that these interactions are important for the targetting of these glycoproteins to secretory granules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D043423:Carboxypeptidase H; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002837:Chromaffin Granules / Q000201:enzymology*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013381:Subtilisins
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043423:Carboxypeptidase H; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013381:Subtilisins; C058751:KEX2 protein, S cerevisiae