title: Primary structure and function of superoxide dismutase from the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi.
abstract: A protein with a molecular weight of 17K, immunoreactive with the S-1B2 antibody, has been isolated from hemocytes of Halocynthia roretzi. Its amino acid sequence has been determined by sequential Edman degradation analysis of peptide fragments derived from proteolytic fragmentation. The 17K protein is a single chain protein consisting of 151 amino acids with an acylated N-terminal serine. A comparison of the amino acid sequence of H. roretzi 17K protein with those of other proteins reveals that the 17K protein is Cu,Zn-SOD. The protein was found to have a KCN-inhibited SOD activity. Cu,Zn-SOD has been purified from H. roretzi plasma. The molecular weight is 17K and the activity is inhibited with KCN and diethyldithiocarbamate. It has been demonstrated that it can enhance phagocytosis by H. roretzi hemocytes. Thus, plasma Cu,Zn-SOD plays a role in H. roretzi as a defense molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokosawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014561:Urochordata / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D013482:Superoxide Dismutase