Abstract
In cytosolic extracts of bovine brain, we detected ras GTPase activating protein (GAP) activity that stimulated the GTP hydrolytic activity of normal c-Ha-ras p21 but not that of the oncogenic [Val12]p21 variant. GAP was purified 19,500-fold by a five-column procedure involving DEAE-Sephacel, Sepharose 6B, orange dye and green dye matrices, and Mono Q resins. A single major protein band of 125 kDa was observed on NaDodSO4/polyacrylamide gels that correlated with the elution of GAP activity on Mono Q. Purified GAP was devoid of inherent GTP hydrolytic activity, suggesting that it was a regulator of ras intrinsic GTPase activity. Under submaximal velocity conditions, the second-order rate constant of GTP hydrolysis at 24 degrees C for p21-GTP + GAP (4.5 X 10(6) M-1.sec-1) was at least 1000-fold greater than that for [Val12]p21-GTP + GAP (less than 3 X 10(3) M-1.sec-1).
MeSH Terms
Animals
Brain/enzymology
Cattle
Chromatography
Cytosol/enzymology
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Female
GTPase-Activating Proteins
Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
Kinetics
Molecular Weight
Oocytes/enzymology
Proteins/isolation & purification,metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Rats
Tissue Distribution
Xenopus
ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
Chemicals
GTPase-Activating Proteins
Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
Guanosine Triphosphate
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Gibbs J B
Department of Molecular Biology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.
Schaber M D
Allard W J
Sigal I S
Scolnick E M
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