ISSN:
1471-4159
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract: The higher-molecular-weight elongation factor-1 (EF-1H) of the chick brain was observed to contain three subunits (denominated α, β, and γ), contrary to a previous report that the brain EF-1H consisted of aggregates of low-molecular-weight elongation factor- 1 (EF-1L). Crude EF-1H, obtained from 20-day embryonic brain, was treated with 0.4 M ammonium chloride and 0.1 mM GTP, and EF-1βγ, was obtained using a DEAE-Sephadex column equilibrated in 0.025 mM GTP. Both EF-1β, and EF-1γ, were isolated by means of a DE-52 column equilibrated in 6 M urea and were found to have molecular weights of 2.8 and 4.8 × 104, respectively. EF-1β and EF-1γ were also obtained from young rat and calf brains by the same procedures. The molecular weight of the isolated EF-1α was 5 × 104. It was found that EF-1β stimulated the two EF-1α-dependent reactions, i.e., phenylalanyl-tRNA binding (reaction 1) and polyphenylalanine synthesis (reaction 2), and also stimulated the nucleotide exchange reaction in the EF- 1α-guanine nucleotide binary complex (reaction 3). The degrees of stimulation of reactions 1, 2, and 3 by the addition of EF-1β were 2 to 3 times, about 18 times, and 2 to 3 times as much as with EF-1α alone, respectively. The amino acid compositions of EF-1α -1β, and -1γ and EF-2 were very similar to those of other eukaryotic tissues. Thus the constituents and properties of EFs of the brain were found to be basically similar to those of other tissues of eukaryotes, although EF-1β, and EF-1, had not been reported in the brain. A possible physiological significance of EF-1β during brain development is also discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb08060.x
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