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Abstract
The role of proteasomes, particles with latent multicatalytic proteinase, in ATP-dependent proteolysis in rat reticulocyte extracts was examined. Removal of proteasomes from the extracts by immunoprecipitation caused almost complete inhibition of ATP-dependent degradation of [3H]methylcasein, without affecting ATP-dependent proteolysis. Peptide fragments of [3H]casein, obtained by cyanogen bromide cleavage, were rapidly degraded in an ATP-independent fashion and this activity was not affected by removal of the proteasomes. These results suggest that proteasomes are involved in ATP-dependent proteolysis in the extracts and that they catalyze the initial cleavage of large proteins.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3042462 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80306-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124