| Literature DB >> 3466183 |
M Israël, N Morel, B Lesbats, S Birman, R Manaranche.
Abstract
A protein, which we call "mediatophore," that mediates calcium-dependent release of acetylcholine from proteoliposomes has been purified from the presynaptic plasma membrane. About 250 micrograms of this material was obtained from 500 g of Torpedo marmorata electric organ. Precipitation of the protein and subsequent removal of associated lipids inactivated the protein, which then became water soluble; this permitted evaluation of its Stokes radius (52 A) and its sedimentation coefficient (9.8 +/- 0.75 S) and, hence, an approximate molecular mass of 210 +/- 16 kDa could be determined. PAGE analysis showed that the protein is made of 17-kDa subunits, not linked by disulfide bonds. When this material was observed by electron microscopy after negative staining, the apparently pentameric structures had an average diameter of about 7 nm.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3466183 PMCID: PMC387108 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.23.9226
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205