Properties of digitonin-solubilized calmodulin-dependent guanylate cyclase from the plasma membranes of Tetrahymena pyriformis NT-1 cells

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Abstract

Calmodulin-dependent guanylate cyclase from Tetrahymena plasma membranes was solubilized in about a 22% yield by using digitonin in the presence of 0.2 mm CaCl2 and 20% glycerol. The detergent, when present in the assay at concentrations above 0.05%, diminished the basal and calmodulin-stimulated activity of the enzyme. Guanylate cyclase solubilized with digitonin was eluted from DEAE-cellulose with 200 mm KCl in a yield of 50%. Properties of the solubilized enzyme were similar to those of the native membrane-bound enzyme. The Kms for Mg-GTP and Mn-GTP were 140 and 30 μm, respectively. The enzyme required Mn2+ for maximum activity, the relative activity in the presence of Mg2+ being 30% of the activity with Mn2+. The solubilized enzyme retained the ability to be activated by calmodulin, with its extent being reduced as compared to the membrane-bound enzyme. The presence of a Ca2+-dependent calmodulin-binding site on the solubilized enzyme was shown by the Ca2+-dependent retention of the enzyme on a calmodulin-Sepharose-4B column.

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    This work was supported in part by the research grant from Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Japan.

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