title: Purification and characterization of fatty acid-binding protein from rat kidney.
abstract: We detected the presence of a fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) in rat kidney cytosols. This protein was eluted and purified 9.3-fold by sequential gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography. Homogeneity was shown by a single band on polyacrylamide gel with a molecular weight of about 15,500. It had an optimum binding pH of 7.4. The binding of palmitate to the protein was saturable. Examination of fatty acid binding revealed the presence of a single class of fatty acid-binding sites. The apparent dissociation constant was 1.0 microM and the maximal binding capacity was 48 nmol/mg of protein. This protein showed similar binding characteristics for palmitate, oleate, and arachidonate. Rabbit antibody to this cytosolic FABP gave a single precipitin line with the antigen and selectively inhibited [14C]palmitate binding to the protein.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002845:Chromatography; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid