title: Purification and characterization of glutathione S-transferases from rat pancreas.
abstract: Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) of rat pancreas have been characterized and their interrelationship with fatty acid ethyl ester synthase (FAEES) has been studied. Seven GST isozymes with pI values of 9.2, 8.15, 7.8, 7.0, 6.3, 5.9 and 5.4 have been isolated and designated as rat pancreas GST suffixed by their pI values. Structural, immunological and kinetic properties of these isozymes indicated that GST 9.2 belonged to the alpha class, GST 7.8, 7.0, 6.3 and 5.9 belonged to the mu class, whereas GST 8.15 and 5.4 belong to pi class. The N-terminal sequences and pI values of the mu class isozymes suggested that rat GST subunits 3, 4 and 6 may be expressed in pancreas. N-Terminal sequences of both the pi class isozymes, GST 8.15 and 5.4, were similar to that of GST-P, but there were significant differences in the substrate specificities of these two enzymes. Results of peptide finger print studies also indicated minor structural differences between these two isozymes. None of the GST isozymes of rat pancreas expressed FAEES activity. Rat pancreas had a significant amount of FAEES activity, but it segregated independently during the purification of GST indicating that these two activities are expressed by different proteins and are not related as suggested previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Awasthi
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005260:Female; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000217:Acyltransferases; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; C043403:fatty acyl ethyl ester synthase