A new method to precipitate myosin v from rat brain soluble fraction

• Authors: Hugo Christiano Soares Melo , Milton Vieira Coelho
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Myosin can be precipitated from soluble fraction under different assay conditions. This paper describes a new method for precipitating myosin V from rat brain soluble fraction. Brains were homogenized in 50 mM imidazole/HCl buffer, pH 8.0, containing 10 mM EDTA/EGTA, 250 mM sucrose, 1 mM DTT and 1 mM benzamidine, centrifuged at 45000 × g for 40 min and the supernatant was frozen at -20 °C. Forty-eight hours later, the supernatant was thawed, centrifuged at 45000 × g for 40 min and the precipitate was washed in 20 mM imidazole buffer pH 8.0. SDS/PAGE analysis showed four polypeptides in the precipitate: 205, 150, 57 and 43 kDa. The precipitate presented high Mg2+-ATPase activity, which co-purifies with p205. This polypeptide was recognized by a specific myosin V antibody and was proteolised by calpain, generating two stable polypeptides: p130 and p90. The Mg2+-ATPase activity was not stimulated by calcium in both the absence and presence of exogenous calmodulin and the K+/EDTA-ATPase activity represented 25% of the Mg2+-ATPase activity. In this work, myosin V from rat brain was precipitated by freezing the soluble fraction and was co-purificated with a 45 kDa polypeptide.

Keywords

EN

myosin V; ATPase; F-actin

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 575-581

Dates

published

2007

received

2007-06-06

revised

2007-09-03

accepted

2007-09-12

(unknown)

2007-09-17

Contributors

author

Hugo Christiano Soares Melo

• Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Uberlândia - MG, Brazil

author

Milton Vieira Coelho

• Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Uberlândia - MG, Brazil

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