title: Effects of dithiothreitol, dithioerythritol and chelating agents on 5'-nucleotidase from bull seminal plasma.
abstract: 5'-Nucleotidase from bull seminal plasma is inhibited by dithiothreitol and dithioerythritol. These reactives proved to dissociate the dimeric glycoprotein 5'-nucleotidase of Mr 160 000 into two subunits of apparent Mr 80 000, indicating that the subunits are held together by interchain disulfide bridges. HPLC determinations of cysteic acid and carboxymethylcysteine protein derivatives resulted in 50 +/- 3 half-cystine plus cysteine residues, while 1.9 +/- 0.4 free cysteine residues were estimated by HPLC analysis. The enzyme is inhibited by EDTA and EGTA, and the inhibition appears to be of the non-competitive type for both the chelating agents. Experiments for the enzyme activity recovery by MgCl2 and CaCl2 additions, after the EDTA and EGTA treatments in the presence of 8 M urea, are reported.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camici
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Floridi
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D000818:Animals; D002122:Calcium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004220:Disulfides / Q000378:metabolism; D004226:Dithioerythritol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012661:Semen / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D004220:Disulfides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D004226:Dithioerythritol; D004492:Edetic Acid; D009708:Nucleotidases; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D008274:Magnesium; D002122:Calcium Chloride; D004229:Dithiothreitol