title: Purification and characterization of a new GTP-binding protein of Mr 24,000 in bovine brain membranes.
abstract: A GTP-binding protein with an Mr of 24,000 was purified from a cholate extract of bovine brain membranes in addition to the previously reported alpha beta gamma-trimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins). Partial amino acid sequence analysis of the purified 24-kDa protein revealed that it was not identical to any of the low Mr GTP-binding proteins already reported, but similar to the rac-gene products serving as the substrate of an ADP-ribosyltransferase (C3) purified from the culture medium of Clostridium botulinum type C. However, the 24-kDa protein was not ADP-ribosylated by the botulinum C3 enzyme. The 24-kDa protein was purified as a nucleotide-free form and characterized by the following unique properties distinct from those of alpha beta gamma-trimeric G proteins. (1) Mg2+ was essentially required for nucleotide binding to the 24-kDa protein; there was a progressive increase in its binding affinity for nucleotides as the concentration of the divalent cation was increased. (2) Nucleotides previously bound to the 24-kDa protein were rapidly dissociated from the protein in Mg(2+)-free medium, in accord with the fact that the protein was indeed purified as a nucleotide-free form with Mg(2+)-free solutions. (3) The 24-kDa protein apparently exhibited much lower GTPase activity than do alpha beta gamma-trimeric G proteins because the product GDP was released from the 24-kDa protein in exchange for the substrate GTP only at a very low rate. Based on these findings, a possible role of the 24-kDa protein in cellular signalling is discussed in comparison with well characterized alpha beta gamma-trimeric G proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kozasa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maehama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaziro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katada
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000201:enzymology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; C063007:exoenzyme C3, Clostridium botulinum; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins