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Guanylate cyclase was purified 1000-fold from washed rat lung particulate fractions to a final specific activity of 500 nmoles cyclic GMP produced/min/mg protein by a combination of detergent extraction and chromatography on concanavalin A-Sepharose, GTP-agarose, and blue agarose. Particulate guanylate cyclase has a molecular weight of 200 000 daltons, a Stokes radius of 48 Å and a sedimentation coefficient of 9.4 while the soluble form has a molecular weight of 150 000 daltons, a Stokes radius of 44 Å, and a sedimentation coefficient of 7.0. Whereas the particulate enzyme is a glycoprotein with a specific affinity for concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin, the soluble form of guanylate cyclase did not bind to these lectins. Purified particulate guanylate cyclase did not cross-react with a number of monoclonal antibodies generated to the soluble enzyme. While both forms of the enzyme could be regulated by the formation of mixed disulfides, the particulate enzyme was relatively insensitive to inhibition by cystine. With GTP as substrate both forms of the enzyme demonstrated typical kinetics, and with GTP analogues negative cooperativity was observed with both enzyme forms. These data support the suggestion that the two forms of guanylate cyclase possess similar catalytic sites, although their remaining structure is divergent, resulting in differences in subcellular distribution, physical characteristics, and antigenicity.
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Waldman, S.A., Lewicki, J.A., Chang, L.Y. et al. Highly purified particulate guanylate cyclase from rat lung: characterization and comparison with soluble guanylate cyclase. Mol Cell Biochem 57, 155–166 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00849192
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