title: Purification and partial amino acid sequence analysis of human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase.
abstract: A single step immunoaffinity purification procedure for human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase is described which permitted the isolation of milligram quantities of enzyme from 10 U of erythrocytes, with 113,000-fold purification and a yield of about 22%. In SDS-PAGE analysis, the enzyme corresponds to a disulfide linked dimer of 140 kDa which is converted to a 70 kDa monomer upon disulfide reduction. The tryptic peptides generated from purified enzyme were separated by reverse-phase HPLC. Five of these peptides were analysed to determine the amino acid sequences. The obtained sequences showed no homology to the already known amino acid sequences for human serum and brain butyrylcholinesterase and Torpedo californica acetylcholinesterase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chhajlani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Derr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Earles
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: August
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000097:blood*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D014357:Trypsin