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Purification of ras GTPase activating protein from bovine brain.

Gibbs JB, Schaber MD, Allard WJ, Sigal IS, Scolnick EM

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
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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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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1988-07-00
Pages
5026-30
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC281680
Subset
IM
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