title: Slight differences between adenosine deaminases from different species an immunochemical study.
abstract: IgGs against adenosine deaminase from rat brain, rat liver, mouse duodenum and human erythrocyte were purified from rabbit antisera with yields of 82-87%. The inhibition of adenosine deaminase by the antienzyme is studied, and it is demonstrated that rat and mouse antibodies are tight-binding inhibitors. These antibodies inhibit either the rat or the mouse enzymes and do not inhibit the human erythrocytes enzyme. The human antibody does not inhibit either the human or the rat or mouse enzyme. These results indicate that some differences in antigenic behaviour near the active site must be encountered among species. Comparing the sequenced of the two products corresponding to two adenosine deaminase genes recently sequenced (human and murine) a hypothesis concerning the localization of the adenosine deaminase active site is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Bioquimica i Fisiologia, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Centelles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Franco
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D058892:Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000201:enzymology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D058892:Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors; D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase