title: Purification and properties of the enzyme arylamine N-acetyltransferase from the housefly Musca domestica.
abstract: The enzyme arylamine N-acetyltransferase (ANAT) from the housefly (Musca domestica) has been purified. The M(r) of the purified enzyme was 27,600 +/- 1700 as estimated by gel filtration. SDS/PAGE yielded a value of 26,000 +/- 300, clearly indicating a monomeric structure. The purified enzyme had apparent Km values for acetyl-CoA and tyramine of 8.4 microM and 8.8 microM respectively, a pH optimum of 7.2 in 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer and an apparent pI of 5.8. ANAT activity showed a strong dependency on the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol during the purification stages. The enzyme could be completely inactivated by treatment with p-chloromercuribenzoate although the enzyme activity was protected by preincubation with acetyl-CoA. One or more cysteine residues are clearly required for catalytic activity, as demonstrated for the mammalian enzyme. In contrast, partial sequencing of the enzyme has yielded a number of peptide sequences, including the N-terminal sequence, which show no similarity with those reported for the mammalian and avian enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Design Department, Shell Research Ltd, Sittingbourne Research Centre, Kent, U.K.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Whitaker
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Goosey
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006793:Houseflies / Q000201:enzymology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase