title: The membrane form of acetylcholinesterase from rat brain contains a 20 kDa hydrophobic anchor.
abstract: Rat brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) consists of about 80% amphiphilic detergent-soluble (DS-) AChE and 20% hydrophilic salt-soluble (SS-) AChE. DS-AChE contains about 65% tetrameric, 20% dimeric and 10% monomeric, SS-AChE about 40% tetrameric and 60% monomeric forms. N-terminal sequencing of DS- and SS-AChE gave identical N-termini corresponding to the published cDNA sequence of the mature enzyme. The band pattern on SDS-gels is similar to that of AChE from human and bovine brain. SDS-PAGE of hydrophobically labeled DS-AChE revealed the presence of a disulfide bonded hydrophobic membrane anchor of about 20 kDa. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recognizing the anchor-containing subunits of mammalian brain DS-AChE, crossreacted with rat brain DS-AChE but not with SS-AChE. DS- and SS-AChE also reacted with antibodies raised against a peptide comprising the last 10 amino acids of the sequence of bovine brain AChE. Our results led us to conclude that both DS- and SS-AChE from rat brain contain T-type catalytic subunits, and DS-AChE in addition a P-type hydrophobic anchor similar to other mammalian brain DS-AChE.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boschetti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brodbeck
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007527:Isoenzymes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase