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Query: EC:3.1.3.5 (5'-nucleotidase)
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In bull seminal plasma 5'-nucleotidase is present in heterogeneous forms. The heterogeneity is abolished by treatment of bull seminal plasma with the detergent sodium cholate. The purified enzyme, which is a glycoprotein, shows an apparent molecular mass of 160 kDa on gel filtration in the presence of 50 mmol sodium cholate and an apparent molecular mass of 72 kDa upon SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The 5'-nucleotidase of bull seminal plasma is a metalloprotein containing 2 zinc ions per molecule of dimeric protein. The removal of the two zinc ions from the protein results in a completely inactive apoenzyme. The substitution of the endogenous zinc with Co(II) Cu(II) produces a holoenzyme which is slightly activated in the case of Co(II), whereas, in the case of Cu(II) only 65% of the initial activity is recovered. The enzyme has a covalently attached glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol moiety which can be removed by treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. ESR studies have indicated a radius of 35 A for the protein and that Cu(II) binds to the metal-free enzyme to a site in which sulphur donors can be excluded.
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PMID:5'-Nucleotidase from bull seminal plasma. Biochemical and biophysical aspects. 196 12

Specific binding of [67Cu]ceruloplasmin to plasma membrane containing preparations from rat tissues was shown in the presence of an excess of nonradioactive Cu(II) or ceruloplasmin. With Cu(II) there was positive cooperativity and an apparent KD of 10(-7) M. The effects of both "cold" ligands was partly additive. No "specific" binding was shown with Zn(II), unrelated proteins and after boiling the membranes. Total and specific binding of [67Cu]ceruloplasmin were 2-7 fold greater for heart and brain than for liver preparations, per g tissue or per mg protein, +/- correction for yield of 5'-nucleotidase. Cu(II) also inhibited uptake of [67Cu] from ceruloplasmin by CHO cells, but monensin did not, suggesting uptake of ceruloplasmin Cu occurs at the cell surface.
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PMID:Binding and uptake of copper from ceruloplasmin. 376 88