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Query: EC:3.1.4.1 (phosphodiesterase)
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A novel phosphodiesterase was purified from cultured tobacco cells to a state which appeared homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme hydrolyzed various phosphodiester and pyrophosphate bonds, including p-nitrophenyl thymidine 5'-phosphate, p-nitrophenyl thymidine 3'-phosphate, cyclic nucleotides, ATP, NAD+, inorganic pyrophosphate, dinucleotides, and poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose), which is a polymer synthesized from NAD+. However, it did not hydrolyze highly polymerized polynucleotides. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated as 270 000 to 280 000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 and Bio-Gel A-5m. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indicated that the enzyme was composed of subunits with molecular weights calculated to be 75 000. The enzyme did not require divalent cations for activity being fully active in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. The pH optimum for the enzyme was approximately 6 with p-ni-trophenyl thymidine 5'-phosphate or adenosine cyclic 3',5'monophosphate, and 5.3 with NAD+. Double reciprocal plots of the initial velocity against the concentration of p-nitrophenyl thymidine 5'-phosphate gave two apparent Km values of 0.17 and 1.3 mM, suggesting the presence of at least two active sites.
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PMID:A novel phosphodiesterase from cultured tobacco cells. 0 41

Large amounts (66-97%) of marker enzymes such as alkaline phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase, phosphodiesterase I, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase of bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) were selectively solubilized by nonionic detergents such as Triton X-100, Tween 20, Nonidet P-40, Liponox NCK, and Emulgen 109-P. On the other hand, the extractability of MFGM protein with these detergents was less than 50%. Judging from the recovery of total activity, it is likely that alkaline phosphatase, phosphodiesterase I, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase are activated by nonionic detergents, whereas 5'-nucleotidase is somewhat inhibited by the detergents, except for Tween 20, and acid phosphatase is strongly inhibited by all detergents. In addition, solubilization of the protein with the nonionic detergents was found to be somewhat selective by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. There was no appreciable difference between the five brands of nonionic detergents used as regards the extractability of protein and the enzymatic activity of the extracted marker enzymes of MFGM, except that the solubilizing ability of Tween 20 was relatively low.
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PMID:Selective extraction of marker enzymes of bovine milk fat globule membrane by nonionic detergents. 3 79

Frog (Rana catesbiana) rod outer segment disc membranes contain a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.17) which is activated by light in the presence of ATP. This enzyme is firmly bound to the disc membrane, but can be eluted from the membrane with 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.4 and 2 mM EDTA. The eluted phosphodiesterase has reduced activity, but can be activated approximately 10-fold by polycations such as protamine and polylysine. The eluted phosphodiesterase can no longer be activated by light in the presence of ATP, that is, activation by light apparently depends on the native orientation of phosphodiesterase in relationship to other disc membrane components. The eluted phosphodiesterase was purified to homogeneity as judged by analytical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing. The over-all purification from intact retina was approximately 925-fold. The purification of phosphodiesterase from the isolated rod outer segment preparation was about 185-fold with a 28% yield. Phosphodiesterase accounts for approximately 0.5% of the disc membrane protein. The eluted phosphodiesterase (inactive form) has a sedimentation coefficient of 12.4 S corresponding to an approximate molecular weight of 240,000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis separates the purified phosphodiesterase into two subunits of 120,000 and 110,000 daltons. With cyclic 3':5'-GMP (cGMP) as substrate the Km for the purified phosphodiesterase is 70 muM. Protamine increases the Vmax without changing the Km for cGMP. The isoelectric point (pI) of the native dimer is 5.7. Limited exposure of the eluted phosphodiesterase (inactive form) to trypsin produces a somewhat greater activation than is obtained with 0.5 mg/ml of protamine. The trypsin-activated phosphodiesterase has a sedimentation coefficient of 7.8 S corresponding to an approximate molecular weight of 170,000. The 110,000-dalton subunit is much less sensitive to trypsin hydrolysis and the 120,000-dalton subunit is rapidly replaced by smaller fragments. On the basis of the molecular weight of the purified phosphodiesterase (240,000) and the concentrations of phosphodiesterase and rhodopsin in the rod outer segment, it is estimated that the molar ratio ophosphodiesterase to rhodopsin in the rod outer segment is approximately 1:900. Since all of the disc phosphodiesterase molecules are activated when 0.1% of the rhodopsins are bleached, we conclude that in the presence of ATP 1 molecule of bleached rhodopsin can activate 1 molecule of phosphodiesterase.
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PMID:Purification and properties of the light-activated cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase of rod outer segments. 16 36

The tetrameric nature of the phosphodiesterase isolated from tobacco cells is confirmed by determining the number of oligomers formed upon cross-linking the enzyme with dimethyl suberimidate. The isolation of the catalytically active monomer, which is formed by incubating the enzyme with urea and 2-mercaptoethanol, has been accomplished by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. The isolated monomer of the phosphodiesterase is stable under nondenaturing conditions and catalytically active. The enzyme activity of the phosphodiesterase monomer is more sensitive to SDS than the tetramer. The phosphodiesterase tetramer exhibits characteristics of negative cooperativity, while the isolated monomer does not.
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PMID:Dissociated active subunits of tobacco phosphodiesterase. 20 21

The calcium-dependent regulatory protein (CDR).Ca2+ sensitive cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase was purified to apparent homogeneity from bovine heart by using ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-ceelulose chromatography, and CDR-Sepharose affinity chromatography. The enzyme was purifed 13 750-fold with a 10% yield and a specific activity of 275 mumol of cAMP min-1 mg-1. The purified enzyme ran as a single band during sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with an apparent molecular weight of 57 000. Phosphodiesterase activity was stimulated 10-fold by Ca2+ and CDR with half-maximal activation occurring at 9 ng/assay. [125I]CDR was cross-linked to the purified phosphodiesterase by using dimethyl suberimidate Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the cross-linked products revealed a number of discrete 125I-labeled bands. The molecular weights of the cross-linked products indicate that the stoichiometry of the phosphodiesterase complex is A2C2, where A is the phosphodiesterase catalytic subunit and C is the calcium-dependent regulatory protein.
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PMID:Cross-linking of iodine-125-labeled, calcium-dependent regulatory protein to the Ca2+-sensitive phosphodiesterase purified from bovine heart. 22 4

Human platelet plasma membranes were isolated with polylysine beads according to the technique developed by Jacobson and Branton (1977, Science [Wash. D. C.] 195:302--304). Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed surface iodination revealed that ninefold greater 125I specific activity was associated with the membranes isolated on beads than with whole platelets. Enrichment in the bead membrane preparation of the activities of membrane marker enzymes, bis(p-nitrophenyl)phosphate phosphodiesterase and Na,K-ATPase, was 8.0 and 4.4, respectively. Contamination with enzymes of other organelles, cytochrome oxidase and beta-glucuronidase, was relatively low as compared with membranes isolated by sucrose gradient centrifugation. Analysis by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that a full complement of surface glycoproteins was present on the membranes isolated with polylysine beads. The polylysine bead technique is a rapid, reproducible and efficient method for the preparation of relatively pure platelet plasma membranes.
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PMID:Isolation of human platelet plasma membranes with polylysine beads. 22 8

Endogenous calmodulin (CaM) in the EGTA-washed cerebral-cortical synaptosomal membrane (SM) preparation was estimated below 3 micrograms/ml protein by the semiquantitative immunoblot analysis (Natsukari, N., Ohta, H. and Fujita, M. (1989) J. Immunol. Methods 125, 159-166). Membrane-bound CaM was immunoelectron-microscopically demonstrated in EGTA-washed, non-treated (control), and Ca(2+)-treated cerebral-cortical synaptosomal membranes (SM) as well as for the SM enriched with added CaM. The density of CaM increased in the above order. CaM-dependent adenylate cyclase and CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase II) activities were restored, whereas the phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity was not affected by exogenous CaM over all the Ca2+ concentrations tested. Adenylate cyclase at pCa 6.2 was synergistically activated either by GTP and CaM or by CaM and beta-adrenergic agonist, (+/-)-isoproterenol, reflecting the intactness of signal transduction pathway in the SM. Also demonstrated were the presence of protein kinase A, CaM-kinase II, and their endogenous substrates in the SM. Based on 32P-autoradiography and 125I-CaM overlay data certain CaM-binding proteins such as CaM-kinase II and synapsin I were identified on SDS-PAGE. Ca(2+)-dependent and -independent CaMBPs were distinguished by 125I-CaM gel overlay with and without Ca2+. The former had bigger molecular size (greater than or equal to 49 kDa) than the latter (less than or equal to 34 kDa). Yield of Ca(2+)-dependent CaMBPs was not affected by Ca2+ concentration during preparation of the SM while that of Ca(2+)-independent CaMBPs was reduced by exposure to 100 microM Ca2+. In contrast with the CaMBPs of brain SM, those of enterocyte and eyrthrocyte plasma membranes especially, microvillous membrane of the enterocyte, showed quite distinct CaMBP profiles. The present findings suggested that the EGTA-washed SM preparation made a useful system for studying the role of CaM in the brain SM.
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PMID:Characterization of EGTA-washed synaptosomal membrane with emphasis on its calmodulin-binding proteins. Demonstration of possible reconstitution with added calcium/calmodulin. 131 53

We previously characterized human placental cytosolic cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) and found that two low K(m) cAMP PDE isoforms that were very sensitive to inhibition by cGMP and cilostamide were activated by insulin. As a first step toward understanding the mechanisms by which insulin activates this enzyme, we purified the cGMP-inhibited low K(m) cAMP PDE (cGI-PDE) from human placentas. The enzyme was purified 11,700-fold from a pool of 100,000 x g supernatant fractions of 10-15 placentas by ammonium sulfate precipitation, diethylaminoethyl-cellulose chromatography, and affinity chromatography, using an isothiocyanate derivative of cilostamide (CIT-agarose). The specific activity of the affinity-purified enzyme was 432 +/- 17 nmol/min.mg (mean +/- SD; n = 4). Gel permeation chromatography of the CIT-agarose eluates revealed one protein peak that coincided with PDE activity at an elution position of 135,000 daltons. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of this protein peak and CIT-agarose eluates revealed the same patterns, indicating that the purified PDE preparations contained multiple proteins with apparent mol wt of 138K, 83K, 72K, 67K, 63K, and 44K. The 138K form appears to be an intact enzyme; an analogous approximately 135K form has recently been identified in rat adipocyte particulate fractions by specific immunoprecipitation or Western immunoblots. In addition, other smaller forms eluted at 135,000 daltons on gel permeation chromatography, suggesting that, although proteolyzed, they must have been associated by either noncovalent interactions or disulfide bonds. All of the protein bands observed on the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide electrophoresis gel reacted with rabbit antibodies raised against human platelet cGI-PDE. Ten peptides from endoproteinase Lys-C-digests of the affinity-purified placental cGI-PDE were isolated and sequenced; sequences of eight peptides were identical to the deduced amino acid sequences in the C-terminal half of a human heart cGI-PDE cDNA, while those of two peptides were not found in the heart enzyme. The sequences of the eight peptides also matched peptide sequences derived from a purified human platelet cGI-PDE. These results provide evidence that the catalytic C-terminal half domain of the placental insulin-sensitive cGI-PDE shares homology with those of human heart and platelet cGI-PDEs. K(m) and maximum velocity values for cAMP and cGMP were 0.57 microM and 862 nmol/min.mg, and 15 microM and 467 nmol/min.mg, respectively. ED50 values for cGMP, cilostamide, and Ro 20-1724 were 0.12, 0.22, and 120 microM, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Purification and characterization of guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate-inhibited low K(m) adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate phosphodiesterase from human placental cytosolic fractions. 131 79

We describe the purification and the study of the kinetic and hydrodynamic properties of a 'low Km' cAMP phosphodiesterase specifically expressed in haploid male germ cells of the mouse. The enzyme has been purified approx. 13,000-fold with respect to the activity in total cell homogenate. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed specifically cAMP with a Km of 3.3 microM and with a Vmax of 10.5 mumol of cAMP hydrolyzed/min per mg of protein. The hydrolytic activity was neither stimulated nor inhibited by cGMP, whereas it was inhibited by RO 20-1724 and Rolipram. The enzyme showed a Stokes radius of 3.8 nm and a sedimentation coefficient of 3.1 S, corresponding to a native molecular mass of 50 kDa and a frictional ratio of 1.53. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of sucrose gradient fractions of the purified enzyme showed a major band of 43 kDa copeaking with enzyme activity.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a low-Km 3':5'-cyclic adenosine phosphodiesterase from post-meiotic male mouse germ cells. 131 79

A phosphodiesterase from bull seminal plasma was purified to homogeneity. The purification procedure involved sequential column chromatographies on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, ConA-Agarose, chromatofocusing and AMP-Agarose. The final yield was about 20% with a 3000-fold purification. As indicated by chromatofocusing, the enzyme is an acidic protein (pI approximately 4.6) and owing to its interaction with Concanavalin A it is also a glycoprotein. The SDS-PAGE showed that the purified phosphodiesterase seemed to be constituted of a single polypeptide chain of about 125 kDa. The enzyme did not show an absolute substrate specificity. Thus, it was able to hydrolyze 4-nitrophenyl ester of 5'-TMP (but not of 3'-TMP), cAMP, nucleic acids as well as NAD+, ADP and ATP. According to its enzymatic properties, bull seminal plasma phosphodiesterase is to be considered an oligonucleate 5'-nucleotidohydrolase. In addition the seminal plasma phosphodiesterase also showed phosphonate esterase activity.
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PMID:Bull seminal plasma phosphodiesterase. Purification and general properties. 133 28


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